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24Peter
05-10-2008, 09:49 PM
Taken this past March. See all the pics here: http://imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea (scroll down for panos - full size in gallery)

1. http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea/large/IMG_2462e.jpg

2. http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea/large/IMG_2471e.jpg

3. http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea/huge/IMG_2645e.jpg

4. http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea/large/IMG_2313e.jpg

5. http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea/large/IMG_2304e.jpg

6. http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea/large/IMG_2307e.jpg

Panos -

1. http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea/huge/PSpan2.jpg

2. http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/palmspringssaltonsea/huge/PSpan5.jpg
cdifoto
05-10-2008, 10:10 PM
Impressive set there Pete. Is that the same highway they usually use in the movies (think Rain Man) or are there a bunch of different ones with those wind generators?
TheWengler
05-10-2008, 10:13 PM
I really like #3 Peter. Very nice. :)
AdamW
05-10-2008, 10:13 PM
Don's right--very impressive. I especially like #4.
24Peter
05-10-2008, 10:42 PM
Impressive set there Pete. Is that the same highway they usually use in the movies (think Rain Man) or are there a bunch of different ones with those wind generators?

Thanks guys.

I don't remember the exact scene in "Rain Man" but since these windmills are about 1 1/2 hrs from Los Angeles, they're probably the ones. (another film is "Less Than Zero".) There are some in Northern Calif. outside San Francisco too.

A little trivia: I believe most of these wind farms were built in the 1980's as a tax shelter scheme for wealthy investors. In the 1990's Congress/IRS took away that protection and most were abandoned and fell into disrepair. However I think the local utilities took them over and now many actually produce energy. People love - or hate them. Their location is based on the flow of air between the desert and Los Angeles basin. There's a very narrow opening in the mountains and it's always windy there.
drama
05-11-2008, 05:12 AM
I cant get past the blues :(
nism
05-11-2008, 07:59 AM
kinda barren out there
well captured!
Nickcanada
05-11-2008, 08:01 AM
Very nice. I love the processing you did on them!
24Peter
05-11-2008, 10:53 AM
I cant get past the blues :(

Oh - I love 'em! First the sky is usually pretty good out there. Then I enhanced a little in camera (CP/ND grad) and a little in post CS3... ;)
namesalex
05-11-2008, 11:24 AM
i love your pictures peter. this such an influence.
michaelb
05-11-2008, 06:55 PM
Peter - amazing series.

I love the compostition and colors in the first.

The 3rd one is awesome as is the last pano. Out of curiosity, how did you do the panos?
JMWallace
05-11-2008, 08:48 PM
Very nice Pete! Composition and editing are SPOT ON!

Print that pano and hang it right infront of your work space!
24Peter
05-11-2008, 09:03 PM
Out of curiosity, how did you do the panos?

Thanks guys. :D

On the panos, I used CS3 for all except for #29 in the gallery. For that one I used Autostitch. While Autostitch blended the individual images really well, overall it seemed to soften/defocus the image. I also wasn't crazy about the interface. CS3 sometimes did a less than perfect job blending but overall I like the Photomerge function.