Thanks for your comment, Don. This was taken at somewhere around four on the afternoon, I think. Those smokestacks are visible from where I shoot much of my wildlife photos, bit they're so ugly that I usually ignore them.
Last Sunday, however, the light was kind of different. It was low, but there were dark clouds down by the horizon. This darkened the lower part of the sky but the sun above the clouds backlit the smoke, silhouetted the factories and brightened the water. The cold air made whatever was coming out of those stacks look big and puffy and white. It all looked pretty cool to my eye and it translated well into the photograph. Glad you enjoyed it. And thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Don Guthrie <[email protected]> Sent: February 20, 2012 2/20/12 To: [email protected] Subject: re: PESO - Progress Yes Frank I remember you saying you were posting something in this vein. Great photo - moody and well framed with the expanse of water setting the scale. What time of day did you take this? > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:06:45 -0500 > From: frank theriault <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO - Progress > Message-ID: > <calosnqlpd6q+frrmsufp4pnocfybg8fghuv+spp44n5psgx...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This scene reminded me of the 50's, when smoking factories were a > symbols of progress and prosperity: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/progress.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
