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power lines
Posted:
Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:50 pm
by northstar37
Posted:
Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:22 am
by rileypm
Leave them in. It is not like there is a couple of powerlines in the way of an otherwise fine photo. The tower and the powerlines work well with the photo and are not a distraction.
Posted:
Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:23 am
by reflectionsbyruth
the thing is if you took out the power lines then the one electric pole would look outta place.
I think I would just leave them since it seems to be part of the subject
Posted:
Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:30 am
by andrys
Nature and man harnessing the power of nature!
I think the power lines are essential.
once I looked at the photo
Posted:
Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:10 am
by jypsee
in full size, it's essential to your composition to have the powerlines in the photo. The tilt/curve of the road and the swoop of the lines make for a pleasing tension. After the eye moves to the car cresting the hill, the lines give another dimension to explore.
What your photo NEEDS, is a title .
Posted:
Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:56 am
by dougj
I think to power lines and tower are contributing elements to the photo and should stay in.
Posted:
Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:33 pm
by pinemikey
I would tend to go ahead and agree with the others about a shot like this but unlike others here I just don't like powerlines, so what I would do is go a little further down the road to the other side of the power lines and try another shot, hopefully with a similar landscape, but you go with what you got.
Posted:
Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:40 pm
by andrys
I want to add that pictures should not just be about pretty sights,
and I find the power lines run by humans harnassing nature
(and defacing the landscape) while trying to enjoy nature can
make an effective image.
Yes, it's a sort of an eyesore with respect to 'views' but these also
fit when that is part of the intended subject.
To that end I'd bring up the foreground a bit (brightness) while
adding contrast, to make the lines starker, including the tower's...
That the lines run parallel, almost diagonally, interested me.
And then I agree with Michael about moving to avoid having
that subject matter if you don't want it...
Posted:
Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:53 pm
by northstar37
Thanks for all your opinions. I usually try to avoid powerlines but in that case I couldn't and the mist was disappearing fast, yet it would have been fiddly to get rid of them afterwards, I haven't the patience.
Then I thought maybe that the picture was better with them.
The same with the pic below. I really wanted the picture of the cumulonimbus cloud so took it with the powerlines which I couldn't avoid but again it seems better with them.
Posted:
Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:12 am
by andrys
Wow, that last one is VERY effective !
Posted:
Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:18 am
by sean_mcr
I'd no more remove those lines then i would a bird.
"One evening on the beach near Galway I overheard an American couple evaluating their vacation. "The problem I'm having," the woman said at one point, "is that Ireland doesn¹t look quite enough like pictures of Ireland."
"I thought it was amusing that she didn't phrase that the other way around"
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/colum ... 0-27.shtml
we're as natural as the nature we created
Posted:
Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:44 pm
by jypsee
I'm of the belief that the concept of nature/natural is human created so the concept of humans in the landscape needs to be addressed and enjoyed (or corrected -- better design, land use, pollution cleanup, etc.). It's futile and foolish to deny we live in a world of human created vistas.
Anyhow, here's a photo that I made recently, and I'm of the opnion that without the lights in the photo, it's not very interesting.
I like photos of power poles and towers and so forth. It's how you use them that makes the photo.
LUV that quote re: Ireland, Sean!!
Posted:
Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:05 pm
by pba33
If we really very serious about this problem then it can be solve very well
because we have some so good option instant of power lines
Posted:
Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:15 pm
by halesr
I agree with Jypsee. The power lines are an important element in your composition and add to the look and feel of the image.--Rene