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The Powerline Sentinals
The Powerline Sentinals
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Challenge: Powerlines (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Hydro-Electric Facility in Near Chattanooga, TN.
Date: Dec 5, 2009
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320sec
Galleries: Science and Technology, Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2009

 Taken at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Chickamauga Damn Hydro-Electric Facility in Near Chattanooga, Tennessee. initial intent was to get the huge power lines leaving the plant but fell in love with the Blue Herons standing vigil over the smaller lines on the nearby railroad tressel.
Cropped, Sharpened just a bit and then a very, very minor saturation otherwise untouched from as-shot.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 88
Avg (all users): 5.3357
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.2368
Avg (non-participants): 5.3725
Views since voting: 623
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 140
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/13/2009 08:49:16 PM
what an unusual picture...well done
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 12/13/2009 07:10:41 PM
nicely composed image. 8
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 12/12/2009 11:55:05 AM
Interesting processing, has a drawing quality. Like the composition of the overpass (?) and the powerlines passing diagonally through the frame, and balanced on each side (by the pylon and another structure).
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 12/11/2009 12:30:49 PM
Somehow the drabness of the sky kills it for me. I still like it - 6 or 7 if I were voting.
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 12/10/2009 11:11:32 AM
I love the soft light and the added elements in this shot. Nicely done!
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 12/07/2009 10:57:14 PM
Wonderful geometry in this shot, and I love the pelicans (?). But the power lines are just too incidental.
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 12/07/2009 07:48:04 PM
Blue Herons just giving you the bird pose! What a hoot! Fun shot.
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 12/07/2009 05:00:40 PM
Interesting subject
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 12/07/2009 04:35:59 PM
The powerlines are a bit secondary in this image. But, still, they are integral. I like the graphic structure of the image. The blank sky provides an interesting canvas for all the zig-zags of the structure to the right and the herons. I know it might have been impossible to avoid but the glowing light of the pylons (lower left corner) competes for attention in the image. Looking forward to finding out where one finds so many herons hanging out.
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 12/07/2009 08:37:38 AM
Very Industrial shot, pleasing. Sky an odd pale grey too. Simple colours. (Can't vote)
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 12/07/2009 01:32:07 AM
intresting birds
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