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Windmill at Dusk
Windmill at Dusk
Nigel


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Challenge: Square Crop (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
Location: Stevington, Bedfordshire, England
Date: Mar 5, 2006
Aperture: F/11
ISO: ISO-400
Shutter: 1/10 sec.
Galleries: Landscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2006

 Stevington Windmill

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 03/13/2006 02:07:08 AM
Originally posted by Strontious:
a center composition? WHY??? placed off to the left, following the rule of thirds would have made this a MUCH better photograph


Why the centre composition?..... I tried it as an off center ROT crop, but somehow it just didn't work as a 640x640 crop. I wonder if it's because the focal point on the windmill is the centre of the 4 sails?

Any comments/ideas?

Several people commented that a full on front view would have worked better for the "square crop", but unfortunately the front view would have had a housing estate as the background.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/12/2006 09:30:55 PM
The haloing around the windmill really detracts from an otherwise wonderful shot.
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 03/12/2006 09:02:09 PM
An image filled with charm.
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 03/12/2006 10:11:06 AM
nice, but could be a little more contrasty
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 03/12/2006 09:53:13 AM
One of my favorites this challenge -- like the contrast between the windmill and the sky
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 03/11/2006 04:26:09 PM
mmmm clouds look beautiful
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 03/07/2006 07:36:22 PM
interesting shot, I like the center composition...it works here
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 03/07/2006 06:11:11 PM
Beautiful! A great subject for square crop.
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 03/07/2006 02:18:29 PM
The sharpening artefacts around the sails are a shame - really quite eye-catching. Might I recommend that you not shoot against the bright part of the sky in this instance? That's left you with an enormous brightness gap to bridge between keeping detail in the windmill and the sky - the opposing angle, shooting from the right of this frame, would have allowed you to keep the entire shot within the dynamic range of your camera more easily. Obviously, there may be other factors preventing such a shot - but that very bright area of sky has certainly caused problems.
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 03/07/2006 01:05:57 PM
a center composition? WHY??? placed off to the left, following the rule of thirds would have made this a MUCH better photograph
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/06/2006 05:21:29 PM
For square crop, IMO would have filled the frame more from the front,to improve the impact.....7
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 03/06/2006 03:43:16 PM
Great subject beautiful sky in background. The green seems a bit flat, but being that this shot was taken at dusk, that makes sense.
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 03/06/2006 12:01:45 PM
Great picture!
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 03/06/2006 02:51:03 AM
Magic, just magical.....
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