On Wednesday last week I had the day off work as I was taking my daughter to Loughborough for a university interview.
While she was with the university I managed to grab a couple of hours photographing the nearby power station at Ratcliffe-On-Soar.
This is the power station that the famous b&w fine art photographer Michael Kenna has photographed so eloquently over a period of several decades and it was great to see the place for myself at last.
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@Jerry: Thanks Jerry!
@Marie LC: Thanks Marie!
@Hans ter Horst: Hi Hans!....I agree that you can get as close as you want to the power station (certainly much closer than I was expecting). Regarding location - the bit I found most difficult, because it was my first visit, was finding a spot to photograph the cooling towers from where I could see all 8 towers in a line like this.
In this shot the power station's tall vertical chimney is hidden in the smoke and steam behind the second cooling tower on the left side.
@Gérard Beullac: Thanks very much Gérard!....yes, they are like something from a dark fairy story aren't they. Have you ever seen Hayao Miyazaki's animated film "Howl's Moving Castle"? I sometimes wonder if he got his inspiration from places like this power station.
@Hans ter Horst: Thanks for the link Hans! What are your thoughts on the theme of the competition? - I read the description but I'm not sure yet if my photography would fit.
This image has been featured in 2 Remix collections.
NIKON D700
241/2 second
F/4.0
ISO 200
35 mm (35mm equiv.)