Even at the end of the day the ‘machine’ keeps working

January 18, 2008 on 4:32 pm | In Photographs

Now that I’ve resolved to take my camera with me more often, I’m likely to shoot more city scapes…like this one. This is just a small part of the enormous Shell refinery on the eastern part of the island Montreal. It was a quick shot since the light was fading fast. It was shot at ISO 1000 at 1/80 at F.2.8.

Shots like these tend to bother me somewhat. There is a sense of industry here. Things are happening. Machines are working. Machines are polluting.

……and yet the colours and the contrast seem intriguing. What do you think?

photograph of refinery

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  1. Nice shot! With the winter leaves very little time to take pics (at least for me). I do not get off work until 5pm lol. I do like th epic – was curious if you had this on a preset WB setting such as the ‘cloudy’ setting… (curious)

    br0_cam

    Comment by br0_cam — January 18, 2008 #

  2. Hi br0_cam, thanks for the comment!
    This shot was on automatic white balance. I did adjust the levels slightly in post processing but that’s it.

    Comment by admin — January 19, 2008 #

  3. Out standing. The orange and blue colors make a powerfull visual statement

    Comment by cora — January 30, 2008 #

  4. I like these kind of shots. You’re right, something dangerous & polluting is going on. It’s all so mysterious & looks like it could blow up any second, adds to the drama & tension.

    Comment by Tom Doyle — February 16, 2008 #

  5. I think that presenting a crooked, overcompressed image on a photo blog is not a good idea.

    Comment by Dean Owen — January 4, 2010 #

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