Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm
The weather was poor; windy and mostly cloudy and dull.High dynamic range photography (HDR) improved this photo markedly.
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Cape Bridgewater Wind FarmThe weather was poor; windy and mostly cloudy and dull.High dynamic range photography (HDR) improved this photo markedly. Email daveclarkecb@yahoo.com |
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Cape BridgewaterThe beautifully restored stone house is well placed for photographs.The turbines were not operating, but the wind was causing some movement in the blades as can be seen in the more distant of the two in this high dynamic range photo. |
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Wonthaggi Wind FarmThis photo was taken in the evening, when the light was getting more interesting.There is a hill of mine waste that can be reached along West Area Road that gives one of the few opportunities for an elevated point of view in the generally flat land around Wonthaggi.
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Toora Wind FarmBefore sunriseA one-second time exposure produced major blurring in the blades. Some of the few remaining trees in this area (that once was covered in rain forest) are useful in composing photos of this wind farm. The off-vertical tower is produced by the perspective; I was looking steeply up at it and using a wide angle setting on my lens. It is technically correct, whether it appeals aesthetically is another matter; I like it. |
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TooraAnother shot before sunrise.An eighth of a second exposure gives just enough blurring to produce an impression of movement in the blades. Willson's Promontory in the background. |
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TooraThe same place as the photo above, but after sunrise1/400sec 'shutter speed' has frozen the blade movement.
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TooraCows grazing beneath a working turbine.The high dynamic range process - producing a single well balance image from several photos of a very high-contrast scene - has doubled the apparent number of blades on the turbine. The turbines were producing quite a bit of sound - more than I have noticed at other wind farms - but neither this, nor the movement, bothered the cows. |
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TooraToora Wind Farm is nicely placed between Wilson's Promontory and the Strzelecki Ranges (in the background here).Of the Victorian wind farms I visited in March and April 2008, Toora was, by a big margin, the most photogenic. This was partly due to the weather, but the locality also gives good oportunities. |
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TooraA fifth of a second exposure before sunrise silhouetted the turbine and tree against the brighter sky.
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TooraMuch of the weather while my wife and I were in Victoria was cold and cloudy. I think the clouds add something to this view. |
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TooraThe sun was rising over the hill behind the turbine.1/13sec gives a blur to the rotating blades (and less desirably on the wind-blown grass on the left). |
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TooraVenus, the 'Morning Star', was in the sky behind this turbine.
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TooraIt was good of the cows to stand on the skyline while I got this shot. |
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TooraOverlooking the coastal plain at sunrise |
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Waubra Wind FarmI was in the Ballarat area for two days. The weather was crap!There were about 15 turbines erected at Waubra (of the intended 128), but none of them working at the time of my visit.
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Challicum Hills wind farmThere is a sign-posted viewing area on a public road near the Challicum Hills Wind Farm. It is not well placed. Unfortunately it is not possible to get onto the ridge where the turbines are except by crossing privately owned farm land. |
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Challicum HillsThese turbines are more-or-less spread along the top of a single ridge.The local people and the people of Ararat, the nearest town to Challicum Hills, are very happy with the wind farm, similarly to the people of Snowtown and Edithburgh in SA with their wind farms. |
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Challicum HillsThe turbines of the previous photo can be seen on the prominent hill on the left of this photo. |
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