We had a wonderful Saturday with my sister, driving and hanging out in the nature around Pori, in the western coast of Finland. We were already staying up late on Friday and photographing way past midnight, so we were pretty chilled on Saturday and were ready to head back around 10pm.
These are the last photos from our little trip, driving away from Reposaari (saari = island) which has a lot of wind turbines. I don't really like them but because they were everywhere, I had to snap a few pictures of them too. The last three pictures are from the road and little bridge that connects the island to the mainland.
Shot with the Nikon D7200 and Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8.
What is up next?
I know as little as you do!
Ps. This wasn't really the end of my road trip, I still had to drive 200 kilometres home the next day, but I didn't take any photography stops during my drive.
These images are iconic, I love them.
The angles in respect to the car, and wind turbine, great.
Yup. They're big. I understand why they'd be scary!
Hey, we tried something... maybe we'll look back in the future and say "hey, we tried this, but it turned out not to be the best idea... we moved on." I know there's a huge back lash over them here. (eye sores, disrupt bird migratory patterns, dangerous, ect.) I thought they were awesome to see because they are huge... but would rather they go a different way if all that is true.
P.S. - The first pic reminds me of one of my favorite parks here. It's about 5 acres of a cut-through to the university and it's allowed to be absolutely natural (rare for here) and do it's own thing with no interference. Just beautiful. (Just 1 paved path through the middle is all they touch.)
Yes.. they might and do result in all you've listed, however they are an effective and serene power source which make them indispensible.
In other words the only solution would be mounting them in remote locations, far from natural life, which I think is the case in this pictures.
It's funny about wind turbines, I never hear people complaining about power pylons (there are some in the pictures); they are far more ugly and much more dangerous. I don't know about the birds, but turbines move pretty slowly, if birds can't fly past them then it seems a bit odd to me. I saw a statistic the other day that cats kill millions more birds than wind turbines do; who knows the truth on that one...
I'm, usually, the only one in a group that hates those. (Hate is a strong word. I know they are necessary, for now.) I try not to say too much to further the tinfoil hat rating I already have with friends and family! hehe. However... Since you brought in up. :) There are medical studies that plot cancer instances geographically. There is at least one study (I would reference but don't remember where I saw it years ago) that showed the instances of cancer, clearly, traced the paths of the high tension power lines in populated areas. I have, ever since, avoided living anywhere near them. The effect diminishes rapidly with distance. So I usually allow, approximately, half a mile buffer either side as a "don't live there" zone. More if you have the options.
But... the truth is hard to discern. I just listen to as much as I can and make the best, somewhat educated, attempt to chose the best options as they come up.
The wind turbines are up for debate... but the cats stay! I like 'em! ;)
Hi Eve. At least they are green energy. We still have coal power electricity turbines.
That is debatable.
Maybe but we have very bad pollution. It is so bad your sunset shots would take on a whole new level.
Where in the world do you live?
Johannesburg. Some days the smog is so bad it is like a brown haze just above the sky line. It is very noticeable when you fly into the air port.
it is so beautiful
It really is :)
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finland is my one of the favourite place.
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nice picture shots of nature.