Disengaged

Literally, this is a picture from an old grist mill showing a wallower

(foreground) against a spinning bull (or pit) wheel. In operation, the miller

engages the wallower against the pit wheel, and everything in the mill starts

doing its job, from grinding the grain, moving the flour or meal to different

stations, etc, all by capturing the power from a trickle of water.

I wanted to emphasize the concept of disengagement. I did that two ways.

First I used a very long exposre (over 4 minutes) to make the pit wheel

nothing but a blur. Second, I used supplemental lighting from a flashlight to

illuminate the wallower to further differentiate it from the pit wheel and wall. I

like how this presentation worked to visually "disengage" the main subjects.

What about you?

Best regards

PDE