Michael Lloyd
11-13-2008, 08:16 AM
Personally I have a love hate thing going on with wind power. I don't like the way that the "fans" clutter the landscape but I am fascinated by the technology. I took a detour last night and found a place where I could get ridiculously close to a huge wind farm near Abilene, TX. Literally in the middle of it. The full moon provided a light source and the wind did a nice job of posing the subject in such a way that I could get the shot that I wanted. To put that last sentence in context, I've been in the area before but the wind was always blowing from a direction that oriented the "fans" away from the camera.
The "fan" is rotating at 6 RPM. I varied the shutter speed between 6 and 10 seconds. i wanted to capture a full rotation and achieve some definition of the blades. I managed to get what I wanted (see how the blades made a cross at the center?)
(Caveat) I'm traveling so this is edited on my laptop. I try not to do much to my images because the screen isn't very good. So... if the color is off or something else seems like it's not right I'll look at it when I get home next week and repost if possible. Thanks for stopping by...
PS- For the astrologers in the viewing audience- I think the "fan" was in Sagittarius setting... whatever that means
EOS 1DsMKII
14mm f2.8L II
Exposure = 10 second
f2.8
ISO = 400
The "fan" is rotating at 6 RPM. I varied the shutter speed between 6 and 10 seconds. i wanted to capture a full rotation and achieve some definition of the blades. I managed to get what I wanted (see how the blades made a cross at the center?)
(Caveat) I'm traveling so this is edited on my laptop. I try not to do much to my images because the screen isn't very good. So... if the color is off or something else seems like it's not right I'll look at it when I get home next week and repost if possible. Thanks for stopping by...
PS- For the astrologers in the viewing audience- I think the "fan" was in Sagittarius setting... whatever that means
EOS 1DsMKII
14mm f2.8L II
Exposure = 10 second
f2.8
ISO = 400