So… this is the result of my crawling around underneath some wind turbine control house stairs. It’s a bit of an unusual perspective, which I like, but I sure wish I could have caught a bit of motion blur in those blades. Maybe if we all flap our arms really, really hard…
About this image: digital photograph, lightly modified
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unusual angle of view as always …
It was a bit of a challenge to crawl under those stairs!
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Sky is the limit! This image holds a great deal of optimism.
As always, I am so impressed by your positive outlook on things, S.D.D…
Thank you!
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Very cool pic, thanks for sharing.
And thank you for the kind comment, I.B.!
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You see the most interesting things. 🙂
Thank you so much, Ms. A…
you are very kind!
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OK, I helped you out Spilled Ink and downed a few glasses of red, now those blades are as blurry as hell!!!
Hmm…
that might be how I wound up crawling around on the ground in the first place!
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oooh, ow, head hurts this morning. Sheez, make those blades stop spinning…..
Yeouch! I thought that was the only thing that wasn’t spinning…
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I’m in love! Now must get off the honkin computer. That blue sky is calling. !!!
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Please enjoy it, Dishy!
(The sky is very, very gray here today…)
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I love the contrasts! And the glare at the bottom actually adds to the interesting quality of the picture, I like!
That is wonderful to hear, thank you so much!
I had to airbrush a bit of lens-flare out of this… I wanted to capture some sparkle, but I wound up with a lot more than I bargained for – hopefully there’s a decent balance here now…
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Good idea, I’d never think to take a photo of a turbine in this way. The grates make a really good addition to it. Like you said, shame about the blades not spinning but great shot anyhow.
Absolutely! Come-on, work with me here, wind!
Thank you very much, Nigel!
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Like always very interesting shot. It looks amazing from down, with deep blue sky and light of the sun up.
It was a beautiful day… I kinda lucked out with that!
Thank you very much, Ms. B!
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I’m flapping my arms as fast as I can . . . nothing! 😉
Great shot!
Hahaha… well, it was worth a shot!
Thank you so much for your kindness!
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Glimpses of blue through metal grating – great composition
The sky was so crisp and clear, N.M… it was such a nice day!
Thank you very much!
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Yes, I agree with NurseMyra…. the blue through the metal is excellent. This is great. Love the perspective.
Thank you very much, Ms. D…
I was hoping all the crawling around would do something for me…
(either way it was a lot of fun, though)!
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I am getting sea sick.
Hahaha…
I hope you’re stocked up on Dramamine!
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Nice shot, with a unique perspective. I do hope they let you out of your cage to play once in a while, though.
Hahaha… or at the least throw me some breadcrumbs through those cracks!
Thank you very much, Binky!
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Well done ! Hope all that crawling around down there didn’t leave too winded.
Hahaha…
While I was down there I made sure to ‘rest my eyes’ for a minutes… which helped… a bit.
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That was a fun field to visit! Just think, if there hadn’t been all that flooding we wouldn’t have detoured that way and you would have missed such a cool shot! Remember how noisy that thing was? And HUGE! It’s kind of strange getting so close to one. But interesting too!
That is very true, Annabelle… and thank you for taking me out there!
It really is hard to get an impression of how large these things are until you walk around one…
it was a little bit eerie, wasn’t it?!
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Next time hold you breath until you get up under there.
Hahaha…
or ‘supervise’ while someone else does it for me, I guess!
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if that don’t work take a couple of politicions with you.
If I have to take politicians along, can I at least lock them in the control house and leave them out there for a while?!
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wouldn’t have it any other way.
2 votes…
motion carries!
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wouldn’t it be interesting if that was actually under your feet? 🙂
very nice indeed!
It sure would be! As long as the whirly bits were pointed down and I was much, much taller!
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i’m flapping my arms…not sure if it’s working.
Hahaha…
an A for effort, anyway, U.M…
(I just flew over from the wind turbine, and wow, are my arms tired!)
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Very cool. It was like you were in future prison. Either that or on some kind of weird flying boat.
Hahaha…
so… would you be willing to… uh… accept a future collect phone call for bail money?!
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YOU are admitting to not being able to make something happen in Photoshop? I am shocked. I mean, not that you tout your skills, but you always manage to make the impossible possible anyway.
I hope this forces you to waste the rest of your day trying to do it.
HA! Well… maybe with some selective distorted radial blur…
must… fight… the urge…
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I love the perspective and the contrast between metal and sky.
Have you ever taken a photo from under a subway grate?
Thank you very much, YAW!
I have never done that, but I think it’s a wonderful idea! I will defiantly keep that in mind if I am ever around one!
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Oh, I’m late! Great perspective, SIG.
Fashionably so, though, S.E.!
And thank you!
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Hi inky…lol@flapping our arms 😀 I really like the perspective on this…grids are a big favorite with me 🙂
Very happy to hear that, Mary…
(have your arms gone numb too, or is it just me?)!
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Wow, cool. I was shooting these things from the ground level last week – and really wish I could have seen them from this angle.
It was a pretty cool view, Mr. H…
a little rough on the spine, though!
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For some reason I get the fear of heights when I look at this picture..
I had the same experience, Mr. H!
It’s strange… looking up at that giant structure… I almost got vertigo… and felt like that tower was about to topple over on me at any moment!
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:You mean you didn’t see the large sign that said press the “ON” button for turbines? Oh, well… the shot is wonderful anyway!
Hahaha… BLAST! That must have been what that gigantic red arrow was pointing to!
Thank you very much, Juana!
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Hey Robert!!!
Are you OK down there???
Looks like you are trapped down a drain.
Ya better get outta there. Remember the old stories about Baby Pet Alligators that were flushed down toilets & grew to enormous sizes in the underground sewers.
Robert?
Robert?
Hello!!!
Are you ok Robert???
Hahaha!
Psst… so far so good, Tony… I have to be very, very quiet, though…
I’d hate to wake up the wildlife down here!
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Cool, I like it.
Thank you very much, Mr. J!
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Wow, amazing! It also seems a bit scary where you were standing. Really unique photo 🙂
It really was a bit scary… looking up that sharply almost gave me vertigo… and I had the strangest feeling like that tower was about to topple over on me!
Thank you very much, Y.P.! That is very kind of you!
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great shot! I like it.
That is very nice to hear Ms. F…
thank you!
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