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We “went out for breakfast” this morning and found a few hills popping up out of the fog, and these things. I hope the guy wires show well enough.

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Screenshot 2026-01-26 at 4.28.50 PM

Just LR here – denoise and a little contrast bump. The small aperture gives a little more sharpness if I shoot at an angle through the plexiglass. Cropped a little to level.


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This is very cool, Diane. A nice minimalist sort of composition of the sort I like. I have to look for the wires, but they are visible. I’m not sure how well they’d show on a print viewed from any reasonable distance.

Very nice framing here Diane, it gives a great sense of the masts being lost in the clouds.
The whites are well balanced and I can see the guy wires.

Hi Diane,
I like the minimalist approach with the two towers rising above the clouds. Makes one wonder what we are not seeing. The guy wires show up well enough in the large version IMO. Very nicely done and I like this for it’s uniqueness. How was breakfast?

Thanks, @Dennis_Plank, @Ryan_H and @Ed_Lowe! This is the famous winter tule fog of California’s Great Central Valley. It was clear at home and at the destination, in the Sierra foothills. Breakfast was excellent, and moreso with the company of an old friend we don’t see often enough.

YES !!! keep it simple !!! I love the clouds. maybe a little more contrast maybe not. Interesting composition and made me go" What is That" ???

Thanks, @Gill_Vanderlip! And thanks @Dennis_Plank for the EP – a wonderful surprise!

Congrats on the EP. !!!

The guy wires are visible! Nice composition, Diane. The clouds were pretty low based on the image. I wouldn’t change much on this image. I am thinking if it were enlarged, the wires would really show up.