Chesterton Mill by David Meredith

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!!

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22 Comments

kml Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 12:45 am
The colors in the image go together so well. Really enjoyed the history you provided. Great capture!
Eli Shams Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Love the compo, with the road leading to the sky… Congrats.
Anurag Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 7:21 am
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 Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 7:28 am
Sorry!! Spelling mistake, its Tweak not tweat:-)
TomBrooklyn Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Ah…the earths bounty feeding man captured. Thanks for the interesting description and history of the observatory/mill. Well done.
Keith Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 8:54 am
Beautiful image, nicely framed and atmospheric sky. Great location too. Well done.
Naaz Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 9:27 am
Serenly Lonely, Amazingly Crafted…
Ann Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 9:59 am
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 Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 11:39 am
thank you for the history. Great shot of contrasts. Nicely done. Thanks for this.
Genoa Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I too appreciate the history to go along with this photo!! Great shot!
David Constable Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Fantastic image, the brooding sky adds bags of atmosphere. Well done and congratulations

Regards
Dave
Terry Everson Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Everything looks great in this photo, the lighting, leading lines and composition. Nice work.
Ellie Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Thanks for the history on this windmill..and a beautiful image. Evokes much feeling.
Alex Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
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 Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Great light and lines!
Bobbi Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
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 Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
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 Says:
October 5th, 2007 at 8:45 am
This is just right, well done.
Terrence James Says:
October 6th, 2007 at 4:16 am
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 Says:
October 6th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Thanks to everybody for your kind comments, the shot is HDR as spotted by Anurag & Terrence, all the best … Dave
Morris from DPReview Says:
November 26th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
What do you think of the exposure? Is your moniter calibrated?
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
December 30th, 2007 at 10:17 am
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!