High Wire Act
Driving to a customer site in Italy I spotted a couple of odd shapes on the high tension power wiring in the distance crossing the autostrada. As we got closer I realized those two shapes were actually men, attached to the wires with harnesses. I can only assume they were doing some sort of maintenance inspection. Were the wires live? I suspect not. Even if what appears to be a safety rope connecting them to each other were perfectly insulated, you always have to worry about surface effects were the electricity can run along a ‘skin’ formed of moisture (from humidity) and dust particles. But then who knows.
BTW this shot was taken from a moving car as we passed underneath the wires. Lucky I got it.
December 4th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Great driving shot! I thought I was the only fool to try shots like these…
;) Did you snap it in B&W?
December 4th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Aside from this being a great shot, I am loving this because it tells me to love my job more :)
December 4th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Nature is truly beautiful! Happy weekend! Hope you get time to visit my corner too…
December 4th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
This is a very original, unusual and beautiful photo! Very nice ands creative choice for SWF!
December 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
You just lucky to take while the car is moving…. nice
gray sky!
December 4th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Diane, just to be clear I was a passenger :) in the car. Though I admit to having tried taking pictures while driving (very carefully of course). On the color I just desaturated the original. Some shots have so little color to start with (like this one did) that you might as well turn them into B&Ws.
December 4th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Very cool shot. I’ve never seen guys hanging from the actual wires like that before. Fascinating.
December 4th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Great – and unusual – photo. Doubly impressive for being taken from a moving car, even if you weren’t the driver.
December 4th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Yoiks! What if someone turns the power on? Great shot though.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Happy sky watch Friday
Love your beautiful photos. looks like a scary job.
December 5th, 2008 at 4:02 am
That is excellent, especially for being in motion too.
December 5th, 2008 at 8:13 am
You have here splendid pictures stand.
Beautiful back-light.
Nice done!
Gr.
P-TER
December 5th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Holy crap! I sure hope these wires weren’t “live”.
December 5th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Excellent