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Power II | Shelocta, PA Keystone Generating Station Facebook | Twitter | Flickr | 500px | Google+ You may remember a shot from this same vantage point that I posted several weeks ago. The night that I shot Power, it was insanely windy, raining/snowing and the sky was full of blowing clouds. The very next night, I returned to the spot to shoot again. This night, it was cold, calm and clear. The very cold temperatures were keeping the steam low in the sky which was perfect for a long exposure. I really wanted to capture the stars in the sky above the power plant too, so shooting a 20 second exposure, I was able to do that with minimal star trails. I would have loved to have gone longer, but would have blurred the stars too much because of their motion across the sky. Fun facts: At the time the Keystone Generating Station was constructed, it’s steam turbines were the largest generating units in the world. The plant was the first to be built away from a significant source of cooling water. The Keystone Dam was constructed a short distance away to provide cooling water year-round. The cooling towers at Keystone mark one of the most significant of early environmental controls on large power plants in the world.
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Power II | Shelocta, PA

Keystone Generating Station

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You may remember a shot from this same vantage point that I posted several weeks ago. The night that I shot Power, it was insanely windy, raining/snowing and the sky was full of blowing clouds. The very next night, I returned to the spot to shoot again. This night, it was cold, calm and clear. The very cold temperatures were keeping the steam low in the sky which was perfect for a long exposure. I really wanted to capture the stars in the sky above the power plant too, so shooting a 20 second exposure, I was able to do that with minimal star trails. I would have loved to have gone longer, but would have blurred the stars too much because of their motion across the sky.

Fun facts:

  • At the time the Keystone Generating Station was constructed, it’s steam turbines were the largest generating units in the world.
  • The plant was the first to be built away from a significant source of cooling water. The Keystone Dam was constructed a short distance away to provide cooling water year-round.
  • The cooling towers at Keystone mark one of the most significant of early environmental controls on large power plants in the world.
Power | Shelocta, Pennsylvania Connect- Facebook | Twitter | Flickr | 500px | Google+ This is the power plant in Western Pennsylvania where my dad has worked my whole life. I used to drive past this spot every day when I lived in PA while on my way to and from school/work without paying much mind to it. I knew that during this trip I wanted to shoot some long exposures from this spot along the road. On this particular evening, there was a 35-40mph wind blowing directly at me with some rain and snow mixed in. Makes for very difficult shooting conditions to say the least! At one point, the wind actually blew my tripod over mid exposure… This 25” exposure really captured the insane motion in the sky well. I went back to shoot it the next night too, with a clearer sky, but I prefer this version with the water on my lens. Just adds to the feel and is a reminder to myself what the scene really was like. The shot: Nikon D90, 19-105mm VR Nikkor lens @18mm. 25 second exposure, ISO 400, f/5.6. Lightroom for some exposure correction and RAW conversion; finished in Photoshop with Nik Silver Efex Pro for black and white conversion. ©2011 Zach Frailey
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Power | Shelocta, Pennsylvania

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This is the power plant in Western Pennsylvania where my dad has worked my whole life. I used to drive past this spot every day when I lived in PA while on my way to and from school/work without paying much mind to it. I knew that during this trip I wanted to shoot some long exposures from this spot along the road. On this particular evening, there was a 35-40mph wind blowing directly at me with some rain and snow mixed in. Makes for very difficult shooting conditions to say the least! At one point, the wind actually blew my tripod over mid exposure…

This 25” exposure really captured the insane motion in the sky well. I went back to shoot it the next night too, with a clearer sky, but I prefer this version with the water on my lens. Just adds to the feel and is a reminder to myself what the scene really was like.

The shot: Nikon D90, 19-105mm VR Nikkor lens @18mm. 25 second exposure, ISO 400, f/5.6. Lightroom for some exposure correction and RAW conversion; finished in Photoshop with Nik Silver Efex Pro for black and white conversion.

©2011 Zach Frailey

I Love This City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania I’m going back to Pittsburgh for today’s photo. I don’t know what more to say than, ‘I love this city.’ It’s so strange to me that in the 24 years that I lived there, I spent very little time exploring the city. Now that I’ve moved over 500 miles away, I find myself wishing that I had. Every time I visit home I make sure to take at least one photowalk around the city. This image was shot on one such walk. The Roberto Clemente Bridge is in the foreground and behind it, PNC Park. Perfect. The Shot: Three exposures, hand held. Tonemapped in Photomatix and finished in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex and Viveza plug-ins. -Join me on my other social networks:  Facebook | Twitter | Flickr | 500px | Google+
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I Love This City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I’m going back to Pittsburgh for today’s photo. I don’t know what more to say than, ‘I love this city.’ It’s so strange to me that in the 24 years that I lived there, I spent very little time exploring the city. Now that I’ve moved over 500 miles away, I find myself wishing that I had. Every time I visit home I make sure to take at least one photowalk around the city. This image was shot on one such walk. The Roberto Clemente Bridge is in the foreground and behind it, PNC Park. Perfect.

The Shot: Three exposures, hand held. Tonemapped in Photomatix and finished in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex and Viveza plug-ins.

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A Froggy Heaven Lilly pad bed in Yellow Creek State Park, Pennsylvania ©2010 Zach Frailey
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A Froggy Heaven

Lilly pad bed in Yellow Creek State Park, Pennsylvania

©2010 Zach Frailey

Today has been what I like to call a miserable day. It has been overcast and unbearably hot and humid. Here’s a shot from when I visited my family back in western Pennsylvania a few weeks ago. Temperatures were in the 70’s, no humidity and plenty of sunshine…those were the days! Hopefully if you are dealing with this eastern North Carolina weather, or any sub-par weather anywhere else in the world, this helps cheer you up and cool you off (or warm you up)! ©2010 Zach Frailey
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Today has been what I like to call a miserable day. It has been overcast and unbearably hot and humid. Here’s a shot from when I visited my family back in western Pennsylvania a few weeks ago. Temperatures were in the 70’s, no humidity and plenty of sunshine…those were the days! Hopefully if you are dealing with this eastern North Carolina weather, or any sub-par weather anywhere else in the world, this helps cheer you up and cool you off (or warm you up)!

©2010 Zach Frailey