power lines

[northstar37]

http://www.pbase.com/northstar37/image/86734371

To leave them in or not?

[rileypm]

Leave them in. It is not like there is a couple of powerlines in the way of an otherwise fine photo. The tower and the powerlines work well with the photo and are not a distraction.

[reflectionsbyruth]

the thing is if you took out the power lines then the one electric pole would look outta place.
I think I would just leave them since it seems to be part of the subject

[andrys]

Nature and man harnessing the power of nature!

I think the power lines are essential.

[jypsee]

in full size, it's essential to your composition to have the powerlines in the photo. The tilt/curve of the road and the swoop of the lines make for a pleasing tension. After the eye moves to the car cresting the hill, the lines give another dimension to explore.
What your photo NEEDS, is a title .

[dougj]

I think to power lines and tower are contributing elements to the photo and should stay in.

[pinemikey]

I would tend to go ahead and agree with the others about a shot like this but unlike others here I just don't like powerlines, so what I would do is go a little further down the road to the other side of the power lines and try another shot, hopefully with a similar landscape, but you go with what you got.

[andrys]

I want to add that pictures should not just be about pretty sights,
and I find the power lines run by humans harnassing nature
(and defacing the landscape) while trying to enjoy nature can
make an effective image.

Yes, it's a sort of an eyesore with respect to 'views' but these also
fit when that is part of the intended subject.

To that end I'd bring up the foreground a bit (brightness) while
adding contrast, to make the lines starker, including the tower's...

That the lines run parallel, almost diagonally, interested me.

And then I agree with Michael about moving to avoid having
that subject matter if you don't want it...

[northstar37]

Thanks for all your opinions. I usually try to avoid powerlines but in that case I couldn't and the mist was disappearing fast, yet it would have been fiddly to get rid of them afterwards, I haven't the patience.

Then I thought maybe that the picture was better with them.

The same with the pic below. I really wanted the picture of the cumulonimbus cloud so took it with the powerlines which I couldn't avoid but again it seems better with them.

[andrys]

Wow, that last one is VERY effective !

[sean_mcr]

I'd no more remove those lines then i would a bird.

"One evening on the beach near Galway I overheard an American couple evaluating their vacation. "The problem I'm having," the woman said at one point, "is that Ireland doesn¹t look quite enough like pictures of Ireland."

"I thought it was amusing that she didn't phrase that the other way around"




http://www.luminous-landscape.com/colum ... 0-27.shtml

[jypsee]

I'm of the belief that the concept of nature/natural is human created so the concept of humans in the landscape needs to be addressed and enjoyed (or corrected -- better design, land use, pollution cleanup, etc.). It's futile and foolish to deny we live in a world of human created vistas.

Anyhow, here's a photo that I made recently, and I'm of the opnion that without the lights in the photo, it's not very interesting.


I like photos of power poles and towers and so forth. It's how you use them that makes the photo.

LUV that quote re: Ireland, Sean!!

[pba33]

If we really very serious about this problem then it can be solve very well
because we have some so good option instant of power lines

[halesr]

I agree with Jypsee. The power lines are an important element in your composition and add to the look and feel of the image.--Rene