Thursday, 4th October 2007
Chesterton Mill
by David Meredith
The Windmill is Chesterton's ( Warwickshire, UK ) most famous landmark, standing on the hill, overlooking the village for nearly 350 years. It was built in 1632, probably by Sir Edward Peyto, who was Lord of the Manor. At this time John Stone, a pupil of Inigo Jones, was in Chesterton, designing the new Manor House, and he probably helped with the Windmill as well. Sir Edward was a mathematician and Astrologer, and it was said to have been built as an Observatory, but it was very soon working as a windmill grinding corn. About a year ago a sail fell off and hit a woman on the head, luckily she was ok, it has just had new sails fitted, lets hope they do better than the last ones!!
Equipment: Sony A100
David Meredith
I took up digital photography two years ago and am just starting to understand it!!
Website: theirisgallery.org
Chesterton Mill by David Meredith was photo of the day on Thursday, 4th October 2007. It is tagged Windmills. You can leave a comment below.
31 Comments
kml
The colors in the image go together so well. Really enjoyed the history you provided. Great capture!
Eli Shams
Love the compo, with the road leading to the sky… Congrats.
Anurag
Magical atmosphere, specially the fact that it is an overcast/stormy sky, implying strong wind which goes well with the idea of the wind mill. I also like the sunlight falling on the Mill ( Did you tweat it up in PS?).
Anurag
Sorry!! Spelling mistake, its Tweak not tweat:-)
TomBrooklyn
Ah…the earths bounty feeding man captured. Thanks for the interesting description and history of the observatory/mill. Well done.
Keith
Beautiful image, nicely framed and atmospheric sky. Great location too. Well done.
Naaz
Serenly Lonely, Amazingly Crafted…
Ann
This image conveys many moods. The storm in the sky the entrance of the sunlight the peace and tranquility of a bygone age with a depiction of the modern day English countryside. Taken at exactly the perfect angle to portray a beautiful shot. Well done.
kane
thank you for the history. Great shot of contrasts. Nicely done. Thanks for this.
Genoa
I too appreciate the history to go along with this photo!! Great shot!
David Constable
Fantastic image, the brooding sky adds bags of atmosphere. Well done and congratulations
Regards
Dave
Terry Everson
Everything looks great in this photo, the lighting, leading lines and composition. Nice work.
Ellie
Thanks for the history on this windmill..and a beautiful image. Evokes much feeling.
Alex
This is wonderful! The spotlighting from above lends great focus to the windmill…. the path leads the viewer to the center of the photo etc…. good stuff!
Pedro Bento
Great light and lines!
Bobbi
Awesome sky and light! Thank you so much for detailing the site of your picture. The history was a much welcomed bonus. So many do not indicate where their photos were taken.
Adrian
I know the windmill well. Last time I was there, it only had a grass track leading to it, but I took exactly the same shot. Yours has better lighting
Pauline Jones
This is just right, well done.
Terrence James
VERY nice, but I agree with Anurag… looks like a little High Dynamic Range work done in Photoshop. Nothing wrong with that, but worth mentioning if so.
Dave Meredith
Thanks to everybody for your kind comments, the shot is HDR as spotted by Anurag & Terrence, all the best … Dave
Morris from DPReview
What do you think of the exposure? Is your moniter calibrated?
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
And I thought Dutch windmills were the most photogenic.
This is a lovely picture; excellent composition, great sharpness and very nice monochrome colorscheme. Well done!
mike
Very nice scene.
Davey
Good Work. You used an otherwise mundane concrete path to your advantage. Good eye!
susolov
Wow, you captured the beautiful atmosphere and scenery. Look at the photo arouses the senses.
renee
excellent shot!
Su
What a great shot sky is just right.
Light of the Wild
What awesome light!
grinding mill
Good post again.Thank you for sharing, I hope you happy and wish you good luck! this helpfull information.
Elsa Shea
Great picture. The first sails lasted almost 350 years – can’t get much better
Deborah Flowers
Nothing wrong with a little HDR…Excellent and dramatic mood portrayal.