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Three long exposures combined give the impression of wisps of cloud being sucked in by the blades of the windmill.
This windmill can be found at Weybourne on the north Norfolk coast.
This shot was taken at the weekend with my friends saxonfenken, lesley60 and ~Rod~.
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A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Centuries ago, windmills usually were used to mill grain (gristmills), pump water (windpumps), or both.
Lytham is a lovely town which still has it's own identity, totally unspoilt and free from the usual cloned pedestrianisation of many of our towns.
As seen at Windmill Park in Baldwin, Wisconsin, constructed in 1987 and house's the park office. I have driven by this many times, not knowing it was there until I saw it on Flickr. This is a 3 exposure HDR mix in Photomatix and developed in Lightroom and a little Picnik.
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What’s a trip to the Netherlands without some pictures of windmills right? Kinderdijk is a UNESCO world heritage site with 19 windmills. We drove out here for a sunset shot, but it was a bust. There were no clouds, and the winds were very gusty.
We got up bright and early the next morning for our second attempt. To my surprise, there were no winds and the water was glassy calm. Then just as the dawn approaches, wisps of clouds showed up as well. This is probably one of the most beautiful sunrises that I saw while in the Netherlands.
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Shirley Windmill was built by Richard Alwen in 1854 to replace the former post mill destroyed by fire. The post mill had been built in 1809 by Richard Alwen (Sr) and passed to Alwen on the death of his father in 1846. The post mill burnt down in October 1854.[2]
The mill is thought to have been brought from Stratford and re-erected [2][3] A date of 1740 on a beam in the windmill is evidence of re-use of materials from elsewhere. The mill cost £2,000 to build.[2] More recent research has suggested that a post mill at West Ham, allegedly moved to Shirley c.1809, may have been the mill in question
Shirley Windmill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill in Shirley, in the London Borough of Croydon, England which has been restored to working order
A few weeks back I decided to head to Chesterton Windmill for sunset. The windmill was standing in a field of rapeseed oil at the time but I'm yet to look through the images propery to pick one.. I was shooting with the intention of trying some exposure blending but I have no idea what to do in photoshop so I've given up..haha! Instead I decided to try the new lightroom HDR tool and this is what it produced, It's nothing special but I quite liked the sunburst though the arch.
I had today off work and sat down this afternoon wondering if there was anything interesting close by I could photograph. A quick google search came up with Chesterton Windmill which is +- 30 mins drive away from my house. I grabbed my equipment and jumped into the car.
Possibly not the easiest place to find, but definately worth the effort.
I've been playing around with the built in HDR function on my Nikon D5100 and the results so far havent been great. So I thought I would give Photomatix a try. Quite happy with the results.
The 'Westermolen', dating from 1652, in the Dutch municipality of Molenwaard (Langerak). The polder is called the Alblasserwaard.
I noticed that we could take a detour en route back to our ferry and get to see the windmills of Kinderdijk. It is a famous tourist attraction and is also a UNESCO world heritage site. It is easy to see why. There are 19 windmills in total and they date back to the 18th century.
What I didn't know was there is a lovely story attached to the area and of course it involves a cat:-)
"The name Kinderdijk is Dutch for "Children dike". In 1421 during the Saint Elizabeth flood of 1421, the Grote Hollandse Waard flooded, but the Alblasserwaard polder stayed unflooded. It is said that when the terrible storm had subsided, someone went on to the dike between these two areas, to see what could be saved. In the distance, he saw a wooden cradle floating on the waters. As it came nearer, some movement was detected. A cat was seen in the cradle trying to keep it in balance by jumping back and forth so that no water could get into it. As the cradle eventually came close enough to the dike for a bystander to pick up the cradle, he saw that a baby was quietly sleeping inside it, nice and dry. The cat had kept the cradle balanced and afloat."
Not sure how true it is, but it does make a lovely story
Halnaker Windmill is a tower mill which stands on Halnaker Hill, northeast of Chichester, Sussex, England. The Mill is reached by a public footpath from the north end of Halnaker, where a track follows the line of Stane Street before turning west to the hilltop. There is no machinery in the brick tower, which can be used for shelter.
Halnaker Mill was first mentioned in 1540 as belonging to the manor of "Halfnaked". It was built for the Duke of Richmond as the feudal mill of the Goodwood Estate. The surviving mill is thought to date from the 1740s and is known to have been standing c.1780. Halnaker Mill was working until struck by lightning in 1905, damaging the sails and windshaft. The derelict mill was restored in 1934 by Neve's, the Heathfield millwrights as a memorial to the wife of Sir William Bird. Further repair work was done in 1954 by E Hole and Sons, The Burgess Hill millwrights. The mill was again restored in 2004. The mill is owned by West Sussex County Council.
Halnaker Mill is a four-storey tower mill with a sixteen sided beehive cap. The mill was originally hand wound, and later fitted with a fantail, which was not replicated when the mill was restored. The four common sails were originally carried on a wooden windshaft, which was damaged by the 1905 lightning strike. A cast iron windshaft and wooden brake wheel from a wind sawmill at Punnetts Town were fitted. The windshaft is cast in two pieces, bolted together and was too short for Halnaker Mill. Neve's inserted a spacer to lengthen it. The mill worked two pairs of overdrift millstones.
Halnaker Mill (or Ha'nacker Mill, reflecting the true pronunciation) is the subject of a poem by the English writer Hilaire Belloc in which the collapse of the Mill is used as a metaphor for the tragic decay of the prevailing moral and social system.
Ha'nacker Mill
SALLY is gone that was so kindly,
Sally is gone from Ha'nacker Hill
And the Briar grows ever since then so blindly;
And ever since then the clapper is still...
And the sweeps have fallen from Ha'nacker Mill.
Ha'nacker Hill is in Desolation:
Ruin a-top and a field unploughed.
And Spirits that call on a fallen nation,
Spirits that loved her calling aloud,
Spirits abroad in a windy cloud.
Spirits that call and no one answers --
Ha'nacker's down and England's done.
Wind and Thistle for pipe and dancers,
And never a ploughman under the Sun:
Never a ploughman. Never a one.
Black and white night photograph.
Lytham Windmill is situated on Lytham Green in the coastal town of Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
Herringfleet Mill, a smock windmill in Suffolk. Thanks to www.flickr.com/photos/tris1972/ for the inspiration