Mike's Photoblog
Ironbrige Power Station - River Severn
Posted by Mike (Lichfield, United Kingdom) on 4 April 2009 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Good use of these graceful shapes in this setting, Mike. Nice.
4 Apr 2009 3:11pm
P J W Miller from Chase Terrace, United Kingdom
Not a bad image, nice tones and detail. Could be improved (I think) by removing the lines and cloning out the building at the back behind the tower. Slightly blurred in the foreground with a distracting line in the water running towards the towers. besides that, good industrial landscape styly
4 Apr 2009 3:31pm
@P J W Miller: I've managed to sort out the issues and have uploaded the better version.
observing from North West, United Kingdom
These cooling towers look very close to the river Mike, concrete monsters closing in on nature. I like the BW.
4 Apr 2009 9:58pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Beautiful composition! These tones are so nice and smooth...love the way the towers shine.
5 Apr 2009 3:23am
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
great b&w composition - the tonal range seems perfect for this type of a photo! everything in the shot is nicely defined and your composition is great as well!
5 Apr 2009 2:11pm
Anthony Lambert from Bielefeld, Germany
I´ve never been this far up the River Severn(crossing the bridge into Wales is about the limit for me) I may have to change that fact soon looking at this great view !!
5 Apr 2009 3:09pm
k@ from Paris, France
The dialogue between Mother Nature and our Industrialisation is strong in this quiet yet full of message pic !
7 Apr 2009 6:30am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
You've done an incredible job of mixing the power plant in with the landscape. By using greyscale it softens the blow of what mankind does...if you know what I mean. I really like this image.
7 Apr 2009 12:21pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom
Beauty and the beast. A wonderful composition and choice of mono. Could have been used by the company as a PR shot to show how they integrate into the countryside, so accomplished is the composition. A superb shot, Mike
7 Apr 2009 12:26pm
@EYES WIDE SHUT: Interesting you should say that. When the power station was built it won design awards for it's blending into the environment. I'm not sure of the finer details, they've been lost in the back of my mind somewhere. Wiki has all its history if you're interested.
Godo from Barcelona, Spain
Great compo again
Using chimneys as a part of the rural lanscape works perfectly.
Amazing post-processed.
Wel done, Mike
;o)
7 Apr 2009 4:09pm
Andy from United States
The beauty of nature combined with the "progress" of mankind. Really nice composition!
7 Apr 2009 4:19pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
This is an excellent view. The cooling towers seem to fit in with the landscape. I've always found the lines of them to be very graceful.
7 Apr 2009 4:31pm
Veronelle from Lens, France
great b&w, composition ! ( nuclear is bad for the planet !)
7 Apr 2009 7:17pm
@Veronelle: Don't worry, I mentioned to you on my last photo that this wasn't a nuclear power station. It's fuelled by coal and is actually due to close down in about three years time.
Canon EOS 40D
1/50 second
F/8.0
ISO 100
53 mm