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Challenge: Wind (Basic Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Molendijk, Schermerhorn
Date: Dec 12, 2004
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/1000s
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Dec 12, 2004
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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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12/22/2004 06:52:58 AM |
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.
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12/21/2004 01:18:54 PM |
| 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. |
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12/21/2004 10:16:05 AM |
returning for comments:
Almost like "Old faithful" A great image and figure helps tell the story. Bumping up. |
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12/21/2004 06:33:45 AM |
| Super composition. Now why weren't the sails on the move. I know - we can't have it all. |
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12/20/2004 06:20:32 AM |
| This is way too static to illustrate 'wind", IMO. The position of the figure is unfortunate as well, so much better had be been 2 steps dpwn... |
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12/20/2004 05:24:17 AM |
| would have been better without the person in that picture |
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12/19/2004 05:03:12 PM |
| BEAUTIFUL SHOT. NICE COLOR CONTRAST. |
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12/18/2004 01:52:03 PM |
| Beautiful shot, but it doesn't really say "wind" to me. Maybe a little motion blur on the vanes would have done it. |
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12/17/2004 12:00:08 PM |
| Majesty looks... very nice... just dont like that man standing there. |
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12/16/2004 07:05:41 PM |
| predictable, but well executed shot. I think the person in the shot and table, etc are distracting rather than enhancing this image. 7. |
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12/16/2004 01:20:09 PM |
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12/16/2004 12:58:34 PM |
| The image is nice but too static. No motion. I think if the blades look like they were moving it would have been a stronger entry. |
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12/16/2004 10:05:36 AM |
| Picture perfect, I really like the wind mill. Very good composition. I wish you had captured some wind action though. |
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12/16/2004 07:56:53 AM |
| One of the better windmill shots I have seen in the challenge. |
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12/16/2004 04:03:41 AM |
| Composition: 5 Technical: 4 Challenge: 4 Appeal 3 Average=4 |
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12/16/2004 01:56:34 AM |
| What is that person doing in the bottom left of the frame? Was it essential to the photo that he be positioned there or in the frame at all? |
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12/15/2004 10:32:02 AM |
| 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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12/15/2004 08:55:01 AM |
| A nice shot although a little static would hacve liked to see some movemant in the vanes , good idea with the person gives it scale. |
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12/15/2004 08:10:15 AM |
| Composition: 7, Technical: 7, Appeal: 5, Challenge: 7, Overall Calculated Average Score: 7 |
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12/15/2004 06:21:26 AM |
| very good shot but no movement |
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