[ d u n g c a r t d o t c o m ]A place for the stuff that leaks out of my head

Power To The People from duncmc via flickr.

The sun was setting as we drove into Mojave after a long day on the road, and the last rays were glinting off the slowly turning blades of the wind turbines up on the hill. By the time we had checked into the hotel and unpacked the bags the best of the light was gone. A quick walk up the road yielded a few shots of the wind farm silhouetted against the final light in the sky.

A Sustainable Forest from duncmc via flickr.

Another shot from the arc building in Hull. This is an upshot of the forest of wind turbines and photovoltaic panels that provide power for the building.

Some Of Us Are Looking At The Stars from duncmc via flickr.

Following on from my previous post in which I extol the virtues of film and the qualities it brings to the image, I thought I would post this digital shot taken with the Canon EOS 300D.

Sometimes when I get a photo out of the camera and into Photoshop I am utterly amazed. It’s as if someone else took the picture when I wasn’t looking. This is one of those. The crisp, smooth detail and the colour just took me by surprise. To me this demonstrates the best qualities of digital photography, which are the antithesis of the organic qualities of film.

Incidentally this is a photo of the arc building in Hull, described as “a radical demountable and zero-carbon exhibition building”. The building has its own array of small wind turbines and photovoltaic panels which help the building to generate more energy than it draws from the National Grid. Heating is provided by a wood-pellet burning boiler.

More information is available on the arc web site here.