The Stillness of Dawn

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted July 23, 2011769 views15 comments

The hills around Livermore, CA have heavy winds and there are many thousands of wind generators to help provide power to this heavily-populated area. While they do mar a beautiful scene, I guess they are more environmentally-friendly than many other types of power generators.

This was taken at dawn a few weeks ago, on my way to yosemite.

D300
18-200mm @ 48mm
72mm (in 35mm film)
1/250 sec, f/5
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 500
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on July 24, 2011 at 11:05 AM

Beautiful image Sandy ....and while we celebrate nature photography ..its unfortunate that man ends up scarring nature ....nice image ..

Balan Vinod

Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments

Comment posted by Hank Pennington on July 24, 2011 at 9:09 PM

Simply wonderful Sandy! I'm a fan of strong graphic images, as is the market. This shouts "stock" for uses on a wide range of fronts.

Well done!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 226 Posts, 1532 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM

Good eye, Sandy.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on July 27, 2011 at 1:22 PM

Nicely seen. What are the chances of capturing a sun star between the windmills ?

Registered on November 29, 2006, 236 Posts, 1210 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM

Congratulations on the Weekly Pic Sandy. I love the design of this, wonderful work!

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 27, 2011 at 8:18 PM

Phil - great idea - I'm sure it's possible from some of the vantage places, since there are so many - but here, the sun is coming up in the wrong position, and I was already illegally pulled over on the freeway shoulder for a quick grab shot.

I might try hiking up there some day to see..
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on July 27, 2011 at 9:54 PM

"Good eye" for sure, Sandy. I like the fact that the sun is not visible. Wonderful comp. Terrific color combination. I can see why it was selected as a WP. Congratulations!

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 27, 2011 at 10:51 PM

Congrats on the wp. this is a great image with the repeating pattern of the wind turbines against the empty sky. The curve of the hill is a strong graphic element. Very nice

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 28, 2011 at 7:47 AM

This is really nice Sandy. Very fine composition. If this is on the north side of the interstate, I think I stopped here over twenty years ago on a business trip to let one of my co-workers make the image. His was no where near as good.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on July 28, 2011 at 2:12 PM

Very nice image Sandy! Great comp and nice diagonal split of light and dark. Nice strong image, as Hank said.

Registered on March 9, 2009, 79 Posts, 676 Comments

Comment posted by denise ippolito on July 28, 2011 at 5:59 PM

Very nice Sandy!

Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on August 8, 2011 at 8:32 PM

Great shot, Sandy! I have mixed feeling about the mills--better than coal etc, but i hate to see all the 'marred landscapes' (and dead birds!) Cell towers are worse though--at least windmills have a weird sort of romantic aestheticism to them...

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Sam Rua on August 15, 2011 at 12:22 AM

Well seen and captured, Sandy.

Registered on September 9, 2006, 130 Posts, 2281 Comments

Comment posted by Verdon on August 15, 2011 at 12:27 AM

Great shot Sandy, I got the same shot (only from the car...) from the same spot but on my way from Yosemite.....
two thumbs up !!!

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Zachary Lake on August 20, 2011 at 12:06 AM

Wow, that is a really neat shot!

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