4 Shots from my work (power station)

[fokker]

Hi, I work night shifts at a geothermal power station. It's boring, but it gives me lots of time to take pictures. Here a 4 of my favourites. C&C welcomed.

#1

#2

#3

#4

 

[slowstr8fastturns]

I like 4 a lot

 

[bonobo_slr]

#4 is fantastic. Dark, eery, cold & isolated. Love it.

It certainly looks like you have plenty of interesting subject matter with all those pipes and steam. Lots of reflections and patterns to be explored!

 

[D-B-J]

the last one is definately the best. The only thing that bothers me about the nighttime one is the angle.. i wish the composition wasnt so crooked.

 

[cnutco]

#2 - The far right pipe is bent!

No really, great shots. I think I am leaning toward the bright #3 as my pick!

Not very many chances to see these areas...
THANKS!

 

[fokker]

Thanks for the comments. I really like #4 as well, that's why I included it even though it's not very specific to a power station.

cnutco - yeah the pipes are all bent a lot, it's caused by expansion and contraction when they heat and cool. Some of the longer pipes can move by as much as a meter or so during heating or cooling. That's why we have the big loops shown in #1 - they are called expansion loops and they take up the slack between anchor points. All the pipe supports between the anchors are sliding supports .

D-B-J I don't usually go for crooked compositions, for me it just seemed to work in this case, I could be wrong about that though.

It really is a great place to photograph, especially at night and it's awesome having free reign to roam around wherever with nobody looking over my shoulder I'll put up a few of my other shots later.

 

[fokker]

Some more from my other drive:


#5

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#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

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#14