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bgriffin70 Junior Member Registered: October 2006 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 31 users gallery	While in western Oklahoma today, a line of intense thunderstorms formed near the town of Weatherford, OK. There is a large wind farm there, and this made for an interesting series of photos. Sorry folks, no tornadoes today. ;-)
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Ned James

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Location: New Mexico
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Wed August 1, 2007 10:06pm

I'm enjoying the tones and the peaceful mood this shot conveys. In reality I know those storms may not be very peaceful, but there is a reassurance here that I like if that makes sense.

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chaud

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Registered: April 2004
Location: British Columbia Canada
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Thu August 2, 2007 7:17am

Great sky. A slower shutter would have resulted in some motion blur of the blades on the windmill. As it is, they appear frozen.

Fred

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bgriffin70
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Registered: October 2006
Location: Norman, OK
Posts: 31

Thu August 2, 2007 8:32am

Fred, actually, they were frozen - they were locked up I guess. At least, they weren't spinning. I notice that often at the wind farm. Not sure if they have to let the turbines cool down or how that works, but as windy as it was yesterday, they sure could have generated some power!

Most others were moving, but unfortunately, it started pouring down rain and lightning around, so I didn't want to mess with that and the camera.

jasonh

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Registered: March 2004
Location: Brooklyn!
Posts: 518

Thu August 2, 2007 6:30pm

Wow, that is one dramatic sky. I like the perspective, the windmills have an epic appreance to them. I tried cropping off a bit of the left side, so the front and rear windmills fall on the "third" lines, and it looked good. This composition looks good too.

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Matt

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Registered: March 2004
Posts: 2,253

Thu August 2, 2007 6:53pm

In the pictures, it looks like the blads are 'feathered' meadning their leading edge is facing into the wind and the rest of the blade is parallel to the wind direction. This keeps the blades from spinning in the wind. One thing about the giant windmills, they are designed for certain wind speeds. Too much wind will actually destroy them. They will actually use varying degrees of pitch to ramp up power or lower it down based on the needs of the grid or to compensate for the danger of over spinning.

Nice shot, I love it.

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Matt
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chaud

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Registered: April 2004
Location: British Columbia Canada
Posts: 2,478

Thu August 2, 2007 8:00pm

I think Matt is right about the windmills. They may have locked them out due to the approaching storm; probably, to protect them against damage.

Fred

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