Stunning! Great job with the long exposure and depth of field. I love how you’ve captured the ambient glow of the town and the refinery emissions. This photo ends up speaking to pollution in more ways than one: carbon emissions from the refinery and light pollution from its surroundings. Well done!
Wow, what a beautiful and ironic photograph. I love the soft, pastel colors and rolling green hills of the land in the foreground.. But the illusion of an idyllic landscape crumbles with the realization that the fog atop the trees is likely tied to the power plant looming in the distance. Great job capturing the visual paradox of pollution and carbon emissions – the ways these create natural beauty and simultaneously threaten it. Well done!
Wow, what vibrant colors! I love the silhouettes of the petroleum refinery structures against the apocalyptic-looking sky, and the fact that some of the carbon emissions from the stacks are still visible. Great job with framing and exposure. You’ve captured a scene that is at once visually appealing and ominous. Well done!
When I think of climate change-causing carbon emissions, I often envision coal-fired power plants, but not typically the coal itself. I really appreciate having this visual; it’s sort of a behind-the-scenes view. I find the perspective of the image and the texture of the coal blocks themselves really intriguing; at first, I thought I was looking at coated raisins or coffee beans. Well done!
Great use of perspective: The aerial vantage point provides a really unique view of carbon emissions! I love seeing how they mirror and blend into the surrounding clouds. It’s a reminder of how readily industry fades from view while continuing to impact the environment. The soft, pastel color palette here is nice, too. Well done!
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Climate change is real, accelerating, and urgent. Humanity’s production of greenhouse gases is warming the world, resulting in increasingly large-scale shifts in weather patterns, and other damaging effects. In this contest we’re focussing on the things that we humans do that emit greenhouse gases, and that we need to stop doing, or do in fundamentally different ways, to slow down and ultimately halt climate change.
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What a striking scene! Great job with leading lines and framing; you’ve captured the train at just the right moment as it winds its way through the majestic winter landscape. I think the image has an interesting irony, too: The train cars carry fossil fuels that will ultimately harm the surrounding idyllic environment. Well done!
Love this – it definitely has an Edward Hopper “Nighthawks” vibe! I especially like the placement of the driver filling the car with gasoline, as well as the contrast between the bright, cheerful colors of the gas station and the surrounding lonely darkness. Great job with composition, exposure, and depth of field.
Wow, very striking! I love the geometry of the contrails and the way they gradually blend in with the surrounding clouds. Pollution becomes difficult to distinguish from regular golden hour skies. Great lighting and color, too; ironically, this makes the carbon emissions and pollution quite appealing. Well done!
