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Offshore Wind Farm edit

Original - An off-shore wind farm in the North Sea off Belgium

File:Windmills D1-D4 (Thornton Bank) edit1.jpg

Edit1 Noise reduction

Reason: High quality image that displays a number of wind turbines in a wind farm off shore
Articles this image appears in: Wind turbine, Wind farm
Creator: Lycaon

Support as nominator --~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 23:01, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Technical quality may not be as sharp and noiseless as some images submitted around here, but EV and difficulty of shot compensates. There seem to be a few dust smudges in the sky that could be cloned out (upper right, at least that's where I was looking.) Fletcher (talk) 00:12, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - for the shooting conditions this is very sharp, clear and high resolution. The image page is a model of good image description page construction, and it's an FP on Commons already. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 11:59, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Um, a wide angle shot on a clear blue day is about as easy as it gets for shooting conditions. Does anyone have idea as to why there is such a huge tilt? Noodle snacks (talk) 05:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well, easy is a big word here ;-). Ships cannot come close to these things (to windmills at sea in general actually), with only a few exceptions. We are carrying out research on the influence of this these turbines on the environment, so we are allowed to fish (beam trawl) there and haul our nets just before we reach the line of windmills (about 800 m). Then we do a quick transit in between two turbines (6-7 knots). This whole exercise happens twice yearly, so timing is crucial whether for position as for weather. But this said, these are just the circumstances and it is indeed the result which counts most ;-). Lycaon (talk) 05:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - BTW, We had 8.8 m/s (5 Bf) wind that day from the NNW, air temperature was 14.6 °C and solar radiation 427 W/m² ;-) Lycaon (talk) 15:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment needs a better caption. What make and model are the turbines, who buys their energy, etc. Otherwise I think I'd lean support on this... it's pretty impressive even if not as crisp as it could be (for the reasons you mention). gren グレン 12:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above, M.K. (talk) 13:25, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Maybe they can be beautiful afterall.Terri G (talk) 18:31, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Edit1 just some noise reduction. Mfield (Oi!) 20:06, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Richard Bartz (talk) 12:55, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support dramatic shot that illustrates the subject well. mennonot (talk) 21:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - As above -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted ~~Image:Windmills D1-D4 (Thornton Bank) edit1.jpg~~File:Windmills D1-D4 (Thornton Bank).jpg MER-C 02:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to original on discussion with the photographer. MER-C 12:17, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]