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Wind-Powered Generator
Wind-Powered Generator
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Challenge: Mechanical (Advanced Editing III*)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5100
Location: PA Turnpike 76
Date: Dec 25, 2004
Aperture: 5.3
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/640 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2004

 crop, adjust hue/saturation/brightness to get orange color -- fade that.

adjust hue/sat/brightness to get blue then fade that.

add border.

I assume this will get down-voted because it creates electricity -- although the details clearly say 'something that is mechanical and doesn't use electronics as a means of operation'. This generator uses wind as a means for operation and creates electricity from the magnets and coils of wires inside like a car generator.

Oh well I hope it does ok at least...despite the un-level horizon.

Well, it was between this and the same shot with a tryptich border. I thought the tryptich border actually brought everything together and the focus more toward the generator itself, but due to some recent comments about them, I decided to submit this one instead.

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 243
Avg (all users): 5.7842
Avg (commenters): 6.8667
Avg (participants): 5.4500
Avg (non-participants): 6.0380
Views since voting: 1090
Views during voting: 367
Votes: 278
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/05/2005 03:22:18 AM
Thanks for all the feedback everyone -- very nice comments. I can't believe this placed 34 out of 243 though...wow.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/04/2005 05:57:45 PM
Very nice, and interesting colors, though they somehow don' look natural given the split and transition (I am not assuming they are PSd, just noting that's my impression). Compositionally, I think the angle of the blades would work better without a centered composition (or maybe if it were shot head on). It almost presents itself like a geometric abstract, so I can't help but wonder if this might have been improved by excluding the little bit of ground presented.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2005 11:19:09 PM
Love the colors and favor the subject
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2005 06:11:30 PM
The composition and technical execution of this shot leave a whole lot to be desired, unfortunately.
 01/03/2005 07:41:44 AM
beautiful colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2005 07:39:41 PM
very nice color. I would have shot this framed left, but that doesn't mean it would be better, just different. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2005 04:18:15 AM
Great colors, I like the solitary subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/01/2005 12:55:54 PM
the colors are weird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2004 11:45:07 PM
Not in focus and overly centered.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2004 03:22:19 PM
Fascinating subject, beautiful color in sky...great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2004 05:58:22 PM
I think this would have been a winner with a less centered composition and a more level foreground. Fits the challenge and delivers nice color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2004 01:35:41 PM
lower horizontal line ruins balance
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2004 05:49:55 AM
This is great! I really like the simple mechanics set against the beauty of the sky!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2004 05:24:43 AM
nice shot. This would have been a good time to use the rule of thirds. At least for the placement of the subject. Still a really nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2004 04:31:22 AM
Nice colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2004 09:11:42 PM
This wouldn't be my first choice for how to express the concept "mechanical", but it's a hauntingly lovely image, saved from stagnance by the gentle slope of the treeline horizon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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