Posted by David Staff on December 10, 2006 at 1:59 AM
This was taken last week after a snow and ice storm. Unfortuatly over 500,000 people in the area lost power. It was quite a mess and they are still working to get power to everyone. Even though the devistation there is still beauty. As I walked through the pine forest the smell of fresh pine came from the broken limbs and the sound of crunching snow under foot.
Nikon D200 - Nikon 24-85 mm @ 24 mm - 3 seconds at f/11 - 400 ISO
Posted by Chuck Beatty on December 10, 2006 at 8:22 AM
You captured the devastation very well, David. Looks like a mess. Is there a path running up through the right side of the image? The trees create lines of perspective that lead my eye there every time.
There is a sense of brutality here. The snow on the one side of the pines is especially nice, and really makes this work for me.
Posted by David Staff on December 10, 2006 at 9:14 PM
Chuck, you were right about the lines. The trees are actually planted in perfect rows. If you stand at one end of a row you can look down it with no obstructions. I choose not to show that.
Joel, brutal it was. Our power company lost power to over 500,000 customers. Brought linemen in from 14 states and Canada to do the repaires. They claim that in 7 days they put up the same amout of utilty poles that they normally put up in 6 months. Seven of us spent 5.5-6 hours cutting and removing trees from the road so we could get down our block. It is a long block that is about the distance of two normal blocks in our area. It is a mess, but there is still a beauty to it.
Posted by Jack Graham on December 11, 2006 at 11:25 PM
David
Posted by Jack Graham on December 11, 2006 at 11:28 PM
David,, Sorry for the confusion---i tried a small crop that for me really helps. I really like this image. It shows the primeval of the decimated forest. --just another prospective.
JG
Posted by David Staff on December 11, 2006 at 11:38 PM
Jack, thanks for the info. I like both views. It is amaizing how two people will see something different when looking at the same scene. Yours gives a tunneling effect.
Also, it is amaizing what you can do if you buy a good camera and then take the time to train it. I have spent hours training my camera, and it looks like you have too. Maybe we can start some camera training classes that people can send their cameras to so we can train them. When they get them back they can put them on auto and get great images. Thanks again.
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6 repliesNikon D200 - Nikon 24-85 mm @ 24 mm - 3 seconds at f/11 - 400 ISO
Joel, brutal it was. Our power company lost power to over 500,000 customers. Brought linemen in from 14 states and Canada to do the repaires. They claim that in 7 days they put up the same amout of utilty poles that they normally put up in 6 months. Seven of us spent 5.5-6 hours cutting and removing trees from the road so we could get down our block. It is a long block that is about the distance of two normal blocks in our area. It is a mess, but there is still a beauty to it.
JG
Also, it is amaizing what you can do if you buy a good camera and then take the time to train it. I have spent hours training my camera, and it looks like you have too. Maybe we can start some camera training classes that people can send their cameras to so we can train them. When they get them back they can put them on auto and get great images.