Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/02/07, Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Digital Image Studio wrote: > > > Current technology is providing upwards of 4MW per turbine, so a farm > > of 20 turbines can produce in the order of 800MW or about half to a > > one third the size of an average coal fired power plant (in

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-31 Thread Igor Roshchin
Digital Image Studio wrote: > Current technology is providing upwards of 4MW per turbine, so a farm > of 20 turbines can produce in the order of 800MW or about half to a > one third the size of an average coal fired power plant (in > Australia). Sorry, Rob, for nit-picking, b ut 4 MW * 20 = 80

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Fascinating. I remember my drive from Silicon Valley to Yosemite. And I remember the these "martians". Too bad I wasn't too much into photography these days... Boris Rick Womer wrote: > Ordinarily, I would be taking (and posting) > winter-type photos now. However, it reached 72F/ 22C > in Phil

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines--Response

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Re wind power: I found these devices very intriguing, > and did a good deal of reading about them. The main > problem is that the wind blows least when the power is > needed most (a hot, humid summer day), and blows the > most when power is nee

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Think local wetlands commission and be afraid, be very afraid... Bob Shell wrote: > On Jan 7, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > > >> They are actually quite effiecient these days both in a conversions >> sense and in the fact that in relatively remote outposts transmission >> los

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines--Response

2007-01-07 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks for the comments. Yes, these are hard to shoot, and I deliberately chose a dark day to eliminate the problem of white turbine blades against a bright sky. I hoped that the tracks through the field in the foreground would "lead the eye" into the photo. The problems are that these things ar

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-07 Thread mike wilson
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hey Bruce, maybe we can take a drive out to the Altamont Pass some time and > see what we can generate in the way of interesting photos. I think it > would be a challenge. > > Shel When the *ist-D first came out, somone posted a picture on fotocommunity.com using multip

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-07 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 7, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > They are actually quite effiecient these days both in a conversions > sense and in the fact that in relatively remote outposts transmission > losses are minimised due to the proximity of the generators to the > users. As such they are bec

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hey Bruce, maybe we can take a drive out to the Altamont Pass some time and see what we can generate in the way of interesting photos. I think it would be a challenge. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > These look difficult to shoot. There are a bunch out here in > California,

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
These look difficult to shoot. There are a bunch out here in California, but I have never been in a position to try. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, January 6, 2007, 8:23:27 PM, you wrote: RW> Ordinarily, I would be taking (and posting) RW> winter-type photos now. However, it reached 72F/ 2

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-06 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 07/01/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can see them all over the American west as well. They're somewhat > of a solution to energy problems, but not very efficient. > Interestingly enough, a lot of east-coast democrat congressmen and > women were high on these at one time. And

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
You can see them all over the American west as well. They're somewhat of a solution to energy problems, but not very efficient. Interestingly enough, a lot of east-coast democrat congressmen and women were high on these at one time. And then someone proposed building some within viewing dis

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-06 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 07/01/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ordinarily, I would be taking (and posting) > winter-type photos now. However, it reached 72F/ 22C > in Philadelphia today, the rosebush next door is in > bloom, and it's not wintry at all. > > So, I've returned to my collection of pix from our

PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-06 Thread Rick Womer
Ordinarily, I would be taking (and posting) winter-type photos now. However, it reached 72F/ 22C in Philadelphia today, the rosebush next door is in bloom, and it's not wintry at all. So, I've returned to my collection of pix from our trip to Germany this fall, for this shot taken on a cold, wet,