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Mechanical and electrical connections ... connecting us to each other.
May 21, 2010 at 03:03 PM
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Nice photo. Down guys? Brings a tear to my eye. Although not the power company, I'm still a lineman... for Verizon.
May 21, 2010 at 08:56 PM
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taat2d wrote:
Down guys?

taat2d ... Thanks.
Nope ... all is good.

Just the grounding wire and some extraneous loops in the foreground. Also some burnt highlights near the tower to give an illusion of 'reaching' for it.

This was a radio tower ... probably has Verizon equipment hanging on it now. I could hear the A/C kicking on for the equipment room (which was a recent build) while lying on the ground to get this one. It was a pain, I was backed up against the fence that was around the anchors. My best angle had a ton of keystoning in it, so I corrected & cropped best I could.

Brought back some memories ... I had project oversight for building one of these puppies back in the 90's for a gas company to hang their cell equipment on.

Edited on May 24, 2010 at 10:23 PM · View previous versions
May 21, 2010 at 09:20 PM
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Very interesting connections. Clever too.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.


May 22, 2010 at 03:20 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #398 Grounded


This is a very interesting image, Rusty. And I really like the processing. Great angle.
Good luck! A fine entry!

Scott
May 24, 2010 at 06:26 PM
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Thanks guys ... tried some different things on the processing. Struggled with the sky, but didn't know how to really do anything with it, the DR was too much ... thought cloning out the clouds would be too cliche' ... maybe a good place to try some HDR (if I had it). But I feel the clouds make it a bit too busy and compete with the subect ... open to suggestions ??

I appreciate the comment on the angle ... lying on the ground, backed into the fence ... my kinda shot I should shoot more of.
May 24, 2010 at 10:06 PM
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Great sense of menace here, Rusty. An interesting commentary on how much we depend on the technology we've designed, and how vulnerable we all are because of it. Great processing, too!

John
May 25, 2010 at 10:30 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · #398 Grounded


Menace ... hmmm, my family would probably agree with you on that one

Thanks. I would have liked to have shot it with some lightning ... but I figured that would be not too 'bright'.
May 25, 2010 at 10:18 PM





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