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Work took me to Chicago and I was able to do some picture taking. The sky was stark white and I was concerned about getting any good building shots.
This machine is actually a wind turbine called helix wind. This contraption was mounted on the corner of a building downtown. There were forecasted 17mph winds when I took this and only the top turbines were spinning. It would seem these are doing a better job of looking cool than actually generating a lot of energy.
I have been cutting these deadlines too close. I took this picture on Monday night and I am posting it Wednesday. Mari Ann is the head NSO (non-skating official) for the Springfield roller derby teams. She was out NSOing and invited Jesse and I to come out. I had not done any photography in the past week and needed a subject. The weather had been poor and that took away my fallback of a sunset or astral body.
I have seen a lot of women’s roller derby but this was the first time I saw the new men’s league. While they are less attractive to look at, they do hit harder and that is always entertaining. I have to admit that I made a noob mistake while I was packing up and left Jesse’s flash at the rink. Luckily, someone found it and I will be able to get in on Monday.
At Centennial Park there is a big hill that has a nice path to walk up. Mari Ann and I went up to capture a sunset. This hill has a great vantage point for getting the setting sun as well as some nice woods and houses. As it turned out, the sun had no color and the ground below was nothing but dead and brown. The shot didn’t come out.
Instead, while we were setting up I had Mari Ann walking around while I tried to take her picture with a low shutter. I was attempting to get the background blurry while keeping her in focus. They all came out blurry but I found this shot of her waiting and liked it enough to use it for this week’s picture.