01-09-08 – Utility Poles – Page 2 – Its not photography, its Farktography

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December 25, 2007 at 9:12 pm #14451

Thenationalfreak
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Alright thanks, I went back to the rules page and realized that I need to start remembering to scroll down. I’ll get it one of these days 😳

December 30, 2007 at 6:14 am #14452

JamesPolk
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So, I’m a little confused. I have a really nice picture of a powerline tower… but I guess that doesn’t count. If you exclude those three things…. can you give me an example of another utility pole that would count?

December 30, 2007 at 2:56 pm #14453

schnee
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So, I’m a little confused. I have a really nice picture of a powerline tower… but I guess that doesn’t count. If you exclude those three things…. can you give me an example of another utility pole that would count?

We discussed some of this in the original thread, so you can hop over there and take a look.

December 30, 2007 at 5:44 pm #14454

JamesPolk
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Thanks, I didn’t see that thread.

December 30, 2007 at 7:39 pm #14455

jpatten
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I just need to think of an interesting way to take a picture of one… How to take one that stands out. I have been carrying our camera around past 2 days hoping to see something interesting

December 30, 2007 at 10:24 pm #14456

corsec67
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I just need to think of an interesting way to take a picture of one… How to take one that stands out. I have been carrying our camera around past 2 days hoping to see something interesting

My method was to get close and isolate it against the sky for one of them where the single pole is interesting, and against snow for the others.

For Thenationalfreak and jpatten, who wanted an example:
flickr page

(I don’t think I am going to use this one because I think that the 3 I chose are better, but in the world of farktography better is almost impossible to judge)

December 31, 2007 at 1:14 am #14457

jpatten
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nice picture.. don’t have any snow around here…. wish I did but not likely anytime soon…. Bu I know I can find something

January 3, 2008 at 4:51 am #14458

jpatten
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I have a few what I think are nice ones.. Then last night we had a unexpected and SHORT lived snow shower so I throw on my coat and run outside to get a few of the snow and took another utility pole shot that I think moves into my favorites category … saving it for the contest 🙂

However… for the long arm of the law

January 3, 2008 at 4:52 am #14459

U-Man
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Hey, does the photo have to include the entire utility pole to ‘prove’ that it isn’t a lightpost or something? I was out New Years day and got some shots – in 10 degree F, 30 mph winds weather. Brrr. On some of them, the shots I got that exclude the top of the pole are better than the wider angle ones.

I suppose I could link to a wider angle photo of the same scene. Or is the honor system good enough?

January 3, 2008 at 5:40 am #14460

Curious
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U-Man historically we use the honor system. there is a bot that checks for images that were entered in earlier contests since you can only use an image once but if a repeat is found the usual reaction from us is that it’s an honest mistake. i know, i’ve done that.

January 3, 2008 at 5:45 am #14461

corsec67
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My take on U-Man‘s question is whether the picture has to include the enitre utility pole, or can it be almost a macro shot, like here:

flickr page

(if this is ok I might use it)

January 3, 2008 at 1:12 pm #14462

Elsinore
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I don’t see why a photo like that would be a problem. I mean, there’s still no streetlight in the shot. But I’ll leave the final word up to schnee since this is his theme suggestion.

However… for the long arm of the law

Are those streetlights on that pole?

January 3, 2008 at 1:38 pm #14463

jpatten
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No, Its a traffic camera, and the two other things are … well not sure of the exact term, but connectors for wires attached to the pole

January 3, 2008 at 2:52 pm #14464

Elsinore
Keymaster

Ahhhh gotcha

January 3, 2008 at 2:55 pm #14465

schnee
Participant

of all the images shown, I would not DQ any of them.
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