This is "Bovenmolen G", Molendijk 8, Schermerhorn. Build in 1633.
I stood up sundaymorning, saw reasonably good light, jumped into a car and raced towards Schermerhorn. But as I got near the light turned towards a boring grey. That blue sky in the background was rapidly disappearing and never came back. :(
Widmills? AGAIN!?!?
Yes, well, what am I to do if the subject is Wind, I live in Holland and my primary photography (cough) is landscapes (it seems)? So again windmills, but I chose another one this time. Here the miller was just ready with the sails on the 'wieken' (the wings?), I was too late at the scene to capture him standing on the wings busy with the sails. The light became very dull after this, so I took no more photos.
The windmill in the background is this one:
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Editing (dsc_0130.nef):
Nikon Capture 4.1.2
- Levels whitepoint to 232
- Digital DEE, shadows 25, highlights 20, tresh 190
- Whitebalance, Daylight Shade 6500K
- Color Booster, nature, 20
- Sharpening to low
Photoshop 6 (dsc_130a.tif 16 bit)
- rotated to straighten, with the doorpost as marker
- cropped out the biggest crop possible
- FM Chroma Noise Reduction
- Resampled to 640 high
- USM on lightness channel in lab mode 150% on 0.3 radius and 1 treshold
DateTimeDigitized : 2004:12:12 12:08:53
still on summertime, actual time is 11:08
ExposureProgram : Aperture Priority
ExposureBiasValue : EV0,3
MeteringMode : Division
FocalLength : 22,00(mm)
Quality : RAW
FocusMode : AF-S
Lens information : 18,0-70,0(mm) F3,5-F4,5
ColorSpace : MODE1a
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I agree with the comments about the movement of the wind. Unfortunately I had no tripod with me, else I'd have shot it @ F18, ISO200 and probably a polarizer attached. The shutterspeed would need to be very slow, because the wings were not turning fast. So I opted for freezing @ 1/1000s.
Another aspect of uncertainty is the person in the shot. I should have asked him to pose, but I was not that bold. The reason why I kept him in is that a similar photo without him looked boring (The pose could be way better). I kept the grey box in because cropping it tighter made the stairs look too short and wrong.
Anyway, the photo was interesting enough to get a lot of comments, most helpful. Thank you all.
Lovely photo, good quality, nice subject. Although this is a wind object, I think it may have been more fitting if the mill had been cycling around, which could have been shown with a slower shutter speed.
Ah, this is a beautiful capture. I think the smaller windmill is a nice counterpoint to the foreground. Person on the steps is unfortunately distracting. Same with the metal housing/cabinet in the lower left edge. I feel that you could have improved the color saturation by selectively boosting the cyans/blues, and greens. A dehazing step with an unsharp mask could also liven up the picture somewhat. Overall a pleasing entry.
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