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greenmachine11235 t1_j4ck6q2 wrote

Reply to comment by Calcutec_1 in PsBattle: Long exposure wind turbines by C20H25N3Oh

I think there must have been a light haze/fog during part of the exposure and the turbine poles cast a shadow on it creating the floating shadows and the shadow fades toward the ground cause the fog was less dense there so less to shadow.

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Engine_engineer t1_j4czohc wrote

No, it is the shadow/exposure caused on the blades surface.

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Grogosh t1_j4dcv54 wrote

Except the blades are not flat, the long exposure shadow would not be that well defined.

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Shaggyninja t1_j4eefz3 wrote

Yeah they would be? The sun and tower is always in the same place.

Shadows don't become blurry if something is not flat.

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Swallagoon t1_j4flch2 wrote

I’m not sure you understand how light works, friend.

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Average_Cat_Lover t1_j4d5839 wrote

No fog, the blades are just long. Some wind turbines have blades that are ~80% of their height.

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greenmachine11235 t1_j4dbce2 wrote

That does not explain the rectangle shadow at the top. If the top housing rotated it'd be white not shadow, shadow on mist explains the top and the fact that none of the shadows change geometry like a blade does.

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Average_Cat_Lover t1_j4e6guj wrote

The rectangle shadow is from the "box" that holds the blades. The shadow is from the main body, not from the pretty thin blades. Look at the farther turbines, some of them either did not rotate much or at least rotated in synchrony with each capture, so you can see their relative size and width.

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