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Father Ted
Posted 14/05/2012 - 10:05 Link
I was going to a friends house a few weeks back and happened to have the camera with me.
As I passed along New Brighton promenade the sun was setting behind the wind farm.
I didn't have long, but couldn't resist taking a couple of shots. Here is the best of the bunch.
[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/WindTurbines.jpg[/IMG]
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wvbarnes
Posted 14/05/2012 - 10:24 Link
Excellent, proof if ever needed to always have your camera with you
snappychappy
Posted 14/05/2012 - 14:19 Link
Very nicely composed lovely colorful tones, great shot.
Northgrain
Posted 14/05/2012 - 15:23 Link
Great shot. I'd be tempted to remove the ?bird (which detracts a little from the main image).
Father Ted
Posted 14/05/2012 - 15:28 Link
It is a bird and I couldn't decide whether it detracts, or adds. So I left it in.
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wvbarnes
Posted 14/05/2012 - 16:02 Link
I think the bird being there adds to it.
bluenose82
Posted 14/05/2012 - 23:07 Link
Nice shot...i'd get rid of the bird..
Frogherder
Posted 14/05/2012 - 23:08 Link
What shutter speed did you need to stop the blades

Bernard
Father Ted
Posted 15/05/2012 - 09:45 Link
wvbarnes wrote:
I think the bird being there adds to it.
bluenose82 wrote:
Nice shot...i'd get rid of the bird..
Mabye I should start a poll?
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fatspider
Posted 15/05/2012 - 15:18 Link
I think this looks better Ted:

[IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j168/impotentspider/WindTurbines.jpg[/IMG]
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davidtrout
Posted 15/05/2012 - 15:29 Link
Very dramatic Ted. I also like Alan's treatment.
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Edited by davidtrout: 15/05/2012 - 15:29
Father Ted
Posted 15/05/2012 - 15:30 Link
Thanks.
Yep, I like Alan's crop, too. But he's shot the bird!
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Edited by Father Ted: 15/05/2012 - 15:31
Father Ted
Posted 15/05/2012 - 15:32 Link
Just looked again. How did you shorten the sky area?
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fatspider
Posted 15/05/2012 - 15:43 - Helpful Comment Link
Copied the top of the pic to just above the clouds and pasted it as new layer lower down the image, then just used the eraser tool to blend it in, started with 50% opacity to reveal the clouds then dropped to 3% to feather in the rest.

I think there is a way to compress a section of an image without affecting the rest but don't know how its done.
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Father Ted
Posted 15/05/2012 - 15:46 Link
I might have a play with that myself. Your crop does look better than mine.
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