Now this should be interesting! I took this shot at the weekend, but this is the first time I've shown it alone. I'm intrigued to see what kind of reaction it gets.
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@Ian Bramham: Thanks Ian. I drove to Kendal the other day and was amazed by the opportunities along the side of the 590. I'll need to find half a day to pop along there - not a nice place to park or walk. And there are more closer to home - lets face it, there's no escaping these things!
@Rags: thanks Rags
@Tammy-Cricket: Thanks Tammy, I'm surprised by the potential of this subject - I've got plans!
@Peter Miller: Thanks Peter. I'd think that a power line/cable photo that works on its own would be a rare beast. This is possibly the closest I've come so far. I'm posting a couple more over the next two days, and the feeling of a set will hopefully start to make more sense of them. It isn't an image that I expect to having popular appeal, though I find viewing things like this stimulates ideas.
@Giovanni: Thanks Giovanni
@Momo: Thanks Momo, it is a subject I had experimented with in the past, but seeing someone else's stark processing pointed the way forward.
@bluechameleon: I hadn't though of it as chaos, but minimal chaos does sum it up rather well!
@hugo poon: I'm glad you enjoyed this one with its strong graphic influence. Here's a more comprehensive set from John Abbott and was the inspiration for the stark processing. His collection extends the concept far more than my limited opportunity so far. I live in a very small town, we just don't have the complexity of some of his more involved studies! But it is a collection what I indent to expand.
@Cheryl: thanks Cheryl - I thought yesterday's shot would have been more popular that this, but a nice surprise! Talking of surprises - if the KGB tapped into these lines they'd be in for a bit of a shock, its a 3 phase mains power line with thousands of volts pumping through it. I know that isn't relevant to your comment, just an amusing thought :~)
@ZoomLNZ: Did you go up the really tall ones as well? I bet there's some amazing views from some of those. I was talking to a guy who worked on the tall pylons, but is now in management. In the 70s when safety took more chances (ie, very little safety) he had a photo of two of them up in the heavens sat on the structure, eating sandwiches, ice around them. He had it framed on his office wall - but the company insisted that he took it down as it sent out the wrong message! I'd love to see that photo. I bet it is similar to the classics of building NY.
@ZoomLNZ: 120' - serious stuff. As a builder once said to me, fall off something like that and its what? Broken fingers?
@Ken: Fair comment Ken. I use the same white border on all of my internet pics for consistency. I used to put a keyline around any where white edges bled into the frame, but a while ago I decided to ditch that unless I feel it is really necessary... and so far have not resorted to it. The argument to use one for these pics is quite sound, though I did try one and found that the keyline fights with the power lines. I usually tinker with the white areas slightly in order to define the edge. In this case I like the way that the lines do that themselves. But I'm not saying it is right this way, or a different presentation would not be better!
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