Geometry in the Fields

[Robert Watcher]

I know, I know - - - lots of people hate the big electric towers and lines running overhead - and in Ontario there has been a futile fight against covering the landside with large wind turbines.

I suppose that for me, it's a little like going into an impoverished country that many might find repulsive if visiting. I simply don't see what is in front of me the way others do. I am focused strictly on the visual.

And it was the visual that I found along this stretch of country road a few nights ago. I remained in the car, and viewed the openings of trees and scruff and knew I'd find the right geometry and composition if I just nudged a few feet forward and a few feet backward on the edge of the road.

Other people's ugly can be a photographers beauty I suppose.

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[Tom Robbins]

These are absolutely wonderful images, Robert! That first one really made me sit up and look.

I completely agree with your assessment about ugly and beauty and the photographer's eye. There's an incredible place named Nachusa Grasslands nearby that has a line of high tension towers and lines running down the middle of its original property. It is considered an eyesore by just about everyone who cares about the place, and rightly so. Just the same, I can't seem to resist it as subject when hiking around the place with camera gear.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Rob,

All are impressive, but thios last one goes a step further in the richness of the fields below.

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Is this art, yes sir!

I do not see any eye-saw, I just see the wonder of power, without which life would be a lot harder and shorter for many people!

Very few of mans architectural changes to the landscape are this impressive!

Asher