Over time, the existence of humans has resulted in technology being spread far and wide, into places where nature once reigned supreme. For this photography challenge, we want you to take the best photo you can that shows technology and nature intersecting, co-existing, or even interacting.
There are podium rewards for the best three photos, judged on the quality, lighting, composition, and effort, with 12 consolation prizes available for remaining entrants.
Captured with a DJI Mini 3, post processed in GIMP
This one is a bit of a double technology whammy as it was captured with my DJI Mini 3 drone and it's of a viaduct, showing both natural and man made beauty from a unique arial vantage point. The weather perhaps wasn't the best, but sometimes you have to take what you can get.
Photo taken in Trinità dei Monti. (ROME). It is a thriving place of commercial activities, with many houses around... buildings but the little green left seems to create a frame that harmonizes perfectly with everything else.
I live out in the middle of nowhere and recently a huge snow storm knocked out my power for 14 hours. I’m able to get cell reception at the front of my property, so I brought my foldable solar charger to a stump and set it up.
It’s not gonna keep you entertained, like you can’t stream Netflix all day, but it’ll keep you in touch.
It’s also got a Velcro pouch you can put the phone in to keep it from getting sun damage and can charge two devices.
I’m not sponsored, I just really like that thing haha
When I'm on campus, this is the perfect place to chill out, be quiet, and calm down. Sitting by the lake enjoying the afternoon breeze calms the mind. There are several Jet Turbine Aerators that function to provide circulation to the bottom because the lake has deep water and increases high oxygen in a short time because the lake also has fish.
Fortunately in my city, Seville, the city council has had the great detail to protect certain precious natural elements although a surface parking lot is built.
On the sidewalk, a tree and the streetlight seem to have become friends. The streetlight illuminates the branches as if it wanted to highlight their beauty, while the tree, with its leaves, seems to offer it company. It is as if they have found a way to get along, each one contributing their own thing.
This is a photo taken at a job I do at the weekend. It’s one of many coffee trucks, which contain the full equipment needed to make barista grade coffee (industrial espresso machine, electric grinders, fridges etc). It is driven all around to rugby fields, outdoor markets, festivals and all sorts of locations (most of which are outdoors and in the heart of nature!). This to me is a perfect example of where technology and nature intersect, to create something wonderful that brings joy to so many customers!
When I was little, I had heard that the Netherlands was a land of tulips and windmills. After coming to Europe for my studies, I saw this tulip country with my own eyes, and it was exactly as I had imagined.
What I like most about this photo is that it represents this city so well! Salvador is a tropical, beachy city that makes good use of its coastline. In the photo, I think it's clear to see how it's possible to live harmoniously with nature. Environmental preservation is mandatory in this environment and control is strict, so the beautiful landscape that alternates between very green trees, the blue/green sea and the clear sky remains beautiful even with human technologies occupying a piece of its territory!
This photo I took on the island of Fernando de Noronha, in Brazil. As it is an island, we already have the aspect of nature in itself, while at the same time we have a historical environment, with technologies that are not necessarily contemporary technologies, but rather those of a few hundred years ago, with the cannons. But we also have contemporary technologies, with the power pole there I believe this image represents the bounty proposal well!
I see my classmates' photos and they are incredible, how lucky able to travel to other countries. My photos are taken from my cell phone and the locations are where I live in Mexico, Monterrey. The famous "Cerro de la Silla" and other nearby locations in the mountains and I put an extra photo of a restaurant shaped like a hat haha, I found it funny (it's not common to see that).
I took this picture while going to my father's parents home. it is called "Jembatan Kelok 9" its called that because there is a 9 turn (kelok) road hill all the way down. I took this picture while on the highest turn.
I have thought long and hard about something I could capture that truly gives off a Tech X Nature vibe, and one of the most impressive sights near me I could think to aim a camera at is this:
These two striking hybrids of human technological advancement and nature; Lock and Dams and Power Plants, are essential to commerce and life in many places around the world.
These specific man-made structures powered cities and, to this day, allow boats to move between different water levels along the tributaries of the Mississippi River.
The Peoria Lock and Dam complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 2004, and was originally designed and constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, from 1937 to 1939.
Check out more about it if you are interested here:
In the background, two large smokestacks stand tall, these are remnants of the now-defunct Edwards coal-burning power plant, which officially closed at the end of 2022. The plant also utilized the river to cool and condense steam from its generating process, discharging the circulating water back into the river.
This view offers a truly awe-inspiring vista of human technological advancement and achievement.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed this complex located on the Illinois River near Peoria .
Photo of the Peoria Illinois Lock and Dam and Edwards Power Plant as taken from the Shade-Lohmann Bridge.
Occasionally the river floods. Giving way to stunning and surreal images like this:
The first photo was taken from the Shade-Lohmann Bridge, and the second images shows the bridges in the background which are an impressive pair of twin cantilever bridges that helps millions of vehicles a year travel over the Illinois interstates. https://www.instagram.com/p/DH4AvPzvT_N/
All in all this area is responsible for a lot of commerce in the region and is a huge contributing factor to the viability of such a location for my local cities and towns. We couldn't do it without them!
Thanks again to the Editors and Admins of JustAbout.com for another awesome opportunity for us to share cool things in our worlds.
It's a restricted area, still considered strategically important—so I'll keep the exact location undisclosed. Inside, everything remains solid and intact, capable of concealing civilians if ever needed.
Here I want to share my photos taken when it was getting dark, and the results were very good, there were many combinations in the photo such as clouds, water, sky, and some people Who is enjoying the afternoon approaching evening
