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Spoolaroo — Longspruce: Looking Across

Published: 2006-07-07 20:51:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1564; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 53
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Description This is a view across the top of Longspruce Generating Station, where I work. I went outside for a cigarette, and this is what was waiting for me. I had to shoot it.




The figure on the right in the distance is the spillway, where they raise and lower the gates, to allow surplus water to flow past.
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Comments: 88

Spoolaroo In reply to ??? [2006-11-11 06:49:21 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it. I was going to try this picture in b&w, but I like the colours too much.

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davinc1 In reply to Spoolaroo [2006-11-11 18:23:00 +0000 UTC]

I agree there are lovely tones in the color version.

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shwayday [2006-10-23 20:28:44 +0000 UTC]

i love the drama in this shot but some of the colors kind of throw it off...

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Spoolaroo In reply to shwayday [2006-10-24 03:28:52 +0000 UTC]

I was playing with the idea of screwing with the colours, but it was the colours that made me want to shoot this in the first place. Maybe I'll have to give it another shot and see what I can come up with.

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Little-Miss-Kit [2006-10-16 14:40:37 +0000 UTC]

what an amzing shot! im so glad u captured this! i love it when that happens tho - u just find urself in front of amazing things that u have to capture in that moment - uh *sigh*

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Spoolaroo In reply to Little-Miss-Kit [2006-10-17 04:18:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. I'm still waiting for more of these moments to present themselves. I try to keep my camera close, just in case.

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Little-Miss-Kit In reply to Spoolaroo [2006-10-17 14:49:07 +0000 UTC]

I'm the same! but these kinda moments always seem to happen when u arent expecting them - thats what makes them special too! *sigh* cameras rule! x

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Spoolaroo In reply to Little-Miss-Kit [2006-10-17 16:03:19 +0000 UTC]

Cameras are good stuff.

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Karroslave [2006-10-05 17:22:58 +0000 UTC]

Coooooooooool

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Spoolaroo In reply to Karroslave [2006-10-05 22:14:18 +0000 UTC]

Thaaaaaaanks!

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levelgreensquidlord [2006-10-03 00:31:21 +0000 UTC]

kick arse. Ps. canada is awesome

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Spoolaroo In reply to levelgreensquidlord [2006-10-05 03:51:38 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks. Yeah Canada is alright.

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Neomage [2006-09-19 00:16:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow...

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Spoolaroo In reply to Neomage [2006-09-22 20:38:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot man.

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acid-reign [2006-08-15 14:28:54 +0000 UTC]

I like the dirt on the road. That's my favourite part. Its so.... dirty.

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Spoolaroo In reply to acid-reign [2006-08-15 19:10:52 +0000 UTC]

Your mom is so dirty.

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acid-reign In reply to Spoolaroo [2006-08-17 19:03:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh snap!!!

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xwereallmadherex [2006-08-07 02:59:40 +0000 UTC]

Whoa. The clouds looks so heavy and low.

Awesome picture.

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Spoolaroo In reply to xwereallmadherex [2006-08-07 04:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yeah the clouds were really low. They really make this picture, in my opinion.



Thanks a lot for the comment.

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ueris [2006-07-26 17:12:16 +0000 UTC]

i really like this shot, the sky is very dramatic and i like the contrast between the sky and the pavement

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Spoolaroo In reply to ueris [2006-07-26 18:00:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot. I was just lucky that I was there to take the picture.

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Scyrens [2006-07-26 06:04:41 +0000 UTC]

*gasps* That's cool! I love it!

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Spoolaroo In reply to Scyrens [2006-07-26 13:17:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, and thanks for the fave!

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Scyrens In reply to Spoolaroo [2006-07-28 03:35:04 +0000 UTC]

Kein problem!

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acid-reign [2006-07-25 21:30:40 +0000 UTC]

Oh, by the way... very nice shot. Did you alter the colours at all? They're very... super real. Almost too real haha.

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Spoolaroo In reply to acid-reign [2006-07-26 13:14:05 +0000 UTC]

I played with the levels, adjusted the contrast, and a changed the saturation a bit. Just tweaked everything.

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acid-reign [2006-07-25 21:29:05 +0000 UTC]

I remember the day when I was exploring Limestone (very similar to Longspruce) and I was really deep down in the dam. It was all dark and the walls were leaking and there was HUGE calcium deposits. So then I started climbing stairs and ladders upwards and eventually I end up in that house above the spill gates. It was very impressive. The huge winches wound with cables were very cool. Good times...

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Spoolaroo In reply to acid-reign [2006-07-26 13:12:08 +0000 UTC]

That's what I liked the best about being a summer student with Hydro. You could just waste part of the day exploring the plant.

Kudos for climbing all the way to the top of the dam, from all the way at the bottom. Breathlessness for the win.

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jondean [2006-07-24 18:42:22 +0000 UTC]

what a beautiful sky! i love the angle and the composition is near perfect. good job!

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Spoolaroo In reply to jondean [2006-07-24 20:10:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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JagerOfDarkness [2006-07-23 17:24:33 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful shot! It's got such a... vast feel to it.

JOD

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Spoolaroo In reply to JagerOfDarkness [2006-07-23 17:40:29 +0000 UTC]

That vastness was definitely something that I felt when I took this shot.

Thanks for the fave.

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MysteriousWays [2006-07-22 17:08:00 +0000 UTC]

I really like this. For a moment I thought the clouds were moving. It also reminds me of a place near my house. You may have inspired some new photo ops for me.

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Spoolaroo In reply to MysteriousWays [2006-07-22 18:32:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

And I'm always happy to provide a little inspiration.

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Gordorca [2006-07-17 08:31:55 +0000 UTC]

I like the sense of prespective this brings. The rather small but bright patch of light sandwiched between the ominous looking clouds and asphalt road seems to suggest the phrase 'Theres always light at the end of the tunnel'. An overall well captured photo.

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Spoolaroo In reply to Gordorca [2006-07-17 08:38:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot


I like that idea of light at the end of the tunnel.

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homigl14 [2006-07-17 04:05:10 +0000 UTC]

wow the clouds are so ominous... this is lovely :]

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Spoolaroo In reply to homigl14 [2006-07-17 04:16:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot.

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lucid-light [2006-07-14 09:10:23 +0000 UTC]

awsome perspectivity

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Spoolaroo In reply to lucid-light [2006-07-14 09:12:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot.

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MegMcMuffin [2006-07-12 03:14:05 +0000 UTC]

Dams are amazing pieces of construction on their own, without awesome clouds and lighting. This is a great capture.

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Spoolaroo In reply to MegMcMuffin [2006-07-12 05:05:38 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I think that dams are pretty impressive pieces of work. There are 3 of them in the area surrounding this town, and I want to get some good pictures at all of them.


Thanks for the comment.

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MegMcMuffin In reply to Spoolaroo [2006-07-12 22:23:20 +0000 UTC]

We have 5 of them in my county, I think. They're all pretty cool, but Grand Coulee Dam is by far the most impressive. I like going inside them, taking the little tours. But I suppose that working at one would be even cooler than that

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Spoolaroo In reply to MegMcMuffin [2006-07-13 04:21:33 +0000 UTC]

I've been to Grand Coulee Dam. It definitely is an impressive one.

I definitely enjoy working in a dam, you get to go all over, into the places that people rarely get to see.

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fazy0ye0old0horus [2006-07-11 14:31:17 +0000 UTC]

the asphalt and the clouds are really nice so is the reflection on the containers.

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Spoolaroo In reply to fazy0ye0old0horus [2006-07-12 04:28:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot.

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birdbirdbird [2006-07-11 01:09:53 +0000 UTC]

That is a damn impressive sky. Actually the whole picture is impressive.

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Spoolaroo In reply to birdbirdbird [2006-07-11 04:25:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot. I'm glad you like it.

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Jerrod5o [2006-07-11 00:57:51 +0000 UTC]

whoa that IS a wicked picture, the color in the clouds is awsome.

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Spoolaroo In reply to Jerrod5o [2006-07-11 04:25:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I was really happy that this shot turned out so well, because I only took 2 pictures, and normally I would take 10 or more just to get a good one.

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