I found this strange device down by the South Shore (Blackpool). It's a sculpture of sorts – that's wind activated – and seems to work on much the same principle as a church organ. Oh, and as I didn't include any foreground detail it's a bit difficult to judge the scale – I'd estimate that it's between 40 and 50 feet high.
As always, let me know what you think. And I would write more, but it's one minute to midnight and I hate back-dating stuff (i.e. if I don't put this up now it will be tomorrow ;-)
Update: this is version two of this shot (I changed it after quasi's comment below). The original one that I put up had two white balance settings applied via a mask, the first (the device) was set 'as shot', and the sky was altered to a more natural shade of blue. However, I think, on this occasion (especially since I cleaned my sensor earlier this evening and didn't do a particularly good job of it), that I probably pushed this image a bit further than I should have done. So here's a 'straighter', but weirder version.
Update #2: I just put up a copy of the original if anyone's interested:
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capture date camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter cropped? |
9.12pm on 8/12/04 Canon 20D EF 17-40 f/4L USM 24mm (38mm equiv.) f/8.0 2m 0s manual +0.0 evaluative 100 no RAW DPP no |