Wind Turbines, near Tracy, CA, 2010.
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This was captured near the Tesla substation (no relation to the car company) near Altamont Pass with a DSLR and a 400mm lens, compressing the turbines in a way that made them resemble a histogram.
There's a lot of power being generated in those hills. The was an audible hum in the air and vibrations could be felt in the ground. In some spots, the camera rebooted from induced currents.
Infrastructure like this is easy to ignore, but has an accidental beauty that I think is worth examining.
"the camera rebooted from induced currents." holy it.sh! Was that your 645D?
The scale of these wind farms is beyond what we're equipped to process in day-to-day human experience. They conquer the landscape in ways we can't fully comprehend even when they're in front of us. In a sense, they're abstract sculptures of themselves, mostly visible in fleeting glances from interstate highways or airplane windows.
@[email protected] I both love and hate that there’s nothing in the shot to give a sense of scale. No ladder or human sized door, or truck/car
@[email protected] by “induced currents” you mean those caused by the blades becoming charged?