Water tower

Water tower near Macon, Missouri
October 3, 2010
Photograph by Tom Atwood

I have what my wife thinks is a strange preoccupation with water towers. Cell phone towers, too, for that matter. The towers are visually striking but sometimes in a horrifically ugly way. Cell towers are like scars on the landscape. Some water towers I actually like, including this one in Missouri that is one of my favorites. From a distance it looks like Sputnik. Shutter: 1/100; Aperture: f/8.0; ISO: 100; Focal length: 18mm (a polarizing lens filter was also used in this photo).