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This must be the one thousandth windmill that I see on photo net, and yet people will go on looking at them and rating them. Sorry, but the subject has become so terrible boring. Please forgive this outlet of frustration.

Daniela, is that all ?

Sam, you know what I find fascinating, is that the people who are the most critical of others on this site seldom or never have any photo's uploaded for the community to critique, such as your critic above. Keep the windmills coming. I enjoy them. We all have a choice on whether we want to see them or not.

Al, I fully agree with you. Cheers !

Wow. And I was so polite! But agree about the postings. I will have to get a friend to scan my work. Mostly children. Maybe someone will find that equally boring, but I will expect them to say so. Hey,I'll give you two 5's. It's a nicely balanced shot! Best wishes.

Daniela, you'll never hear me even whispering that kids are boring. Get one of them to do your scanning. They are usually better at this type of modern work than you & me. Thanks for the rating ! Cheers !

Sam, don't worry about Daniela as she has a habit of insulting people on photo.net.

 

Daniella has a right to her opinion and I don't think she was rude. I've seen much ruder comments on PN. What is helpful, however, is for posters to point to what might make a "typical" windmill shot more interesting. Take a look at Jaap Hart's windmill shots. I think that's his name.. If not I'll come back and fix it so you can find him.

Unusual lighting is probably one of the only things I can think of to make a windmill shot more interesting. Or, light/shadows/texture in black and white. Or, interesting graphic elements in a close up of one of the elements of the windmill. It would be a cool experiment to take an ordinary subject such as this and photograph it with about 20 rolls of film in different weather/angles/lighting/film etc.

Mary, originally coming from the same country as Jaap Hart, I yet have to see such technicolor, in my opinion rather unreal, windmills as he apparently enjoys taking pictures of... Oh well, everyone has his/her own taste.

...to start milling

Sam,  

 I have seen the Daniela types here before.  I always look for the portfolio of people who just say negative things.  She is typical, with no images posted, but just making snide remarks.  When one of them does it to me, I send them a personal message to get the h___ off of a site that is for photographers.

 I haven't seen that many windmill pictures on P.N so I think yours is a worthy travel image.  I doubt very much that I will go to Holland, so it is only through such pictures and videos that I can have the experience of knowing about them.  What I would really like to see is an interior image, that shows how it works.  Those two external lever arms look quite primitive.

There seem to be two sets of markings of inverted white triangles - almost remind me of a "radioactive" sign.  Do you know what they mean?

 Regards,

Jerry

Hi Jerry,

thanks very much for your thoughtful observations.

The two 'arms' at the back of the mill are part of a triangle, with the apex at the lowest part, where a wooden wheel contraption is attached, enabling the miller to turn he top end of the mill against the wind, so the rogors can rotate  & collect energy.

The energy efficiency of such a mill is roughly 4 % only !

If you'd look inside, you'd see a mass of wooden axes, gear wheels, cog wheels and rag wheels, emitting lots of noises due to friction - all tha tis energy lost for milling.

Difficult to photograph all that gear, as it's very close together in a rather smallish & dark housing.

The two 'nuclear' radiation signs are in reality parts of the coat of arms of the landowner, who may have belonged, or still belongs, to rural aristocracy.

That's about it.

cheers

Sam