I love the the mighty columbia river and the gorge. except all those stupid windmills. they are a travesty.This message has been edited. Last edited by: old rugged cross,
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April 06, 2026, 10:45 PM
lizardman_u
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Originally posted by old rugged cross: I love the columbia river and the gorge. except all those stupid windmills. they are a travesty.
I agree. At night all I see is the red lights on the wind farms. I have a view of the river for now until new construction takes it away; as well as being able to see across the river to the Horse Heaven Hils.
I despise the wind and solar farms as they are a fraud as they cost more to maintain than they produce unlike our hydro-electric that is truly renewable.
Some of the wind and solar farms aren't even sending the electricity to the grid.
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April 07, 2026, 07:04 AM
ridewv
The big transmission lines kill the view IMO.
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April 07, 2026, 07:55 AM
chbibc
Stunning!
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April 07, 2026, 10:03 AM
Minnow
Nice composition and a beautiful view. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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April 07, 2026, 04:41 PM
wishfull thinker
Gorgeous, thanks
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April 07, 2026, 05:11 PM
6guns
Beautiful photo! Thanks for posting.
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April 07, 2026, 07:10 PM
Pipe Smoker
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Originally posted by ridewv: The big transmission lines kill the view IMO.
I kind of like them. Lends a Sci-Fi aspect.
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April 07, 2026, 09:01 PM
6guns
Yeah, I think the power lines are a big part of the composition and interesting. Otherwise it's just another sunset...albeit a nice one!
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April 07, 2026, 09:06 PM
92fstech
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Originally posted by 6guns: Yeah, I think the power lines are a big part of the composition and interesting. Otherwise it's just another sunset...albeit a nice one!
lizardman_u, Is this image straight out of the camera or did you run it though something like Lightroom? It is an amazing picture
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April 09, 2026, 09:43 PM
Silent
Nice. I like the power lines and transmission towers. We drive by 2x per year when going to and from the Oregon coast. Silent
April 10, 2026, 08:36 AM
lizardman_u
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Originally posted by Mark in Michigan: lizardman_u, Is this image straight out of the camera or did you run it though something like Lightroom? It is an amazing picture
I shoot in RAW (Digital Negative) in order to capture the colors with film one used to overexpose up to five stops... with digital this will just give you many "hot" spot where there is no data so one under exposes the shot and brings it back in post processing.
RAW captures all the data so is a much bigger file while JPEG is like a 5000 piece puzzle with 500 pieces missing but the 'brain' fills in the missing pieces.
So I didn't enhance the photo, but did edit the shot to be what my eye saw by enhancing the contrast and making the color temperature correct.
Originally posted by Silent: Nice. I like the power lines and transmission towers. We drive by 2x per year when going to and from the Oregon coast. Silent
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