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From Wind To Electricity: The Power Of Progress?
From Wind To Electricity: The Power Of Progress?
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Progress (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Location: Green Park, Reading, Berkshire, UK
Date: Jul 7, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2000s
Galleries: Black and White, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jul 9, 2006

 The town where I live has a single wind turbine that can be seen from the motorway. It is also very easily accessible on an office park. Having wanted an excuse to shoot this for a while, this seemed like a great opportunity.

As I believe that there is always a price to pay for progress, I wanted to make the picture "dark", maybe a little foreboding in a kind of science fiction way. Given the day was very overcast and that the colour of the wind turbine was grey/green, converting to black and white seemed obvious, if not essential. My daughter thinks this looks like a scene from a Gus van Sant film.

Post processing:
* noise ninja
* shadows/highlights
* levels
* curves for contrast
* channel mixer for conversion to greyscale
* crop
* size
* noise ninja
* usm
* save for web

Statistics
Place: 79 out of 152
Avg (all users): 5.3653
Avg (commenters): 5.2500
Avg (participants): 5.0167
Avg (non-participants): 5.4645
Views since voting: 707
Views during voting: 365
Votes: 271
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/18/2006 04:03:25 PM
I think too much highlight and shadow was used for processing this image. I wish I could see more detail in the turbine but great placement in the thirds. (5)
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 07/18/2006 07:44:36 AM
Sorry but not at all fond of the strong halo around the subject, definately a turnoff for me personally, would have given a 5 but that knocked you down to a 4.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/17/2006 05:20:47 PM
I love the way this mill glows, the of center placement, and the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/17/2006 01:39:49 PM
you got my attention. I like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/15/2006 08:17:14 PM
Kind of a weird glow around the windmill, but I guess that lends to the concept of "power". Does meet the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/15/2006 07:19:05 PM
No question about it...we should follow this path more vigorously. Nice photo!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2006 12:29:59 PM
Good idea but the sky isn't very interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/12/2006 08:23:35 PM
I don't really like the halo effect around the windmill. was this spot editted?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/12/2006 12:29:25 AM
Snap!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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