This slough exists mostly as a storm water management facility. A major freeway is being built right behind it, and it served to collect rainwaters all summer (it was a very wet summer). In the meantime countless waterfoul have called it home. I drive by this slough several times a day, as it is on the route to and from school and shopping from my home.
When I stopped the car to take this shot, my daughter remarked "Oh, yeah, mom, like power lines are beautiful". Well, in this case, I think they are.
This photo is one of several different compositions and exposures that I took tonight. It is, in fact, straight out of the camera, for whatever that means. (PSP 9 USM - again artifacts near the power poles).
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