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Moon over Pump

by Richard Teller

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted November 4, 2012133 views4 comments
Taken just south of the Wildcat Hills in the panhandle of Western Nebraska. All comments and critiques are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
Sigma 70-300
All settings manual
Shutter 1/125
Aperture f18
ISO 400
108mm
Polarizer
Tripod & shutter release
Slight color correction in PSE9

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Rick Turner on November 5, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I am a windmill junkie and shoot them everywhere I travel. :wink:
This is very well done Richard. :toast:
Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 5, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Richard, I like old windmills too and this is a nice shot of one with the surroundings. Cool that you have the moon in the shot. Would have been nice if it was a bit lower in the frame, but it still looks great! :smile:

edit: Looking back at this it looks like I could write a long letter to you Richard. Not sure what I did but I know I can't come up with that many words to fill up all that space....

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI


















































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Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by John Clulow on November 5, 2012 at 7:25 PM
I like this on conceptual grounds; the comparison of the roundness of the windmill and that of the moon drawing the mind to consider the contrast of the ephemeral and the eternal, at least relatively, respectively.

And then there is the secondary reference for how the function of the windmill is to operate a well pump and that of the moon to operate the tides; a pump of a much greater scale; but also, in its spare time, to stabilize the rotation of our planet and make our life form possible here.

Nice image, well composed, and engaging. Thanks.

Registered on November 1, 2012, 155 Posts, 1079 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Graham on November 7, 2012 at 11:04 PM
classic, Richard. I like that you still had nice light on the ground, while the moon was high enough to be easily seen.
Registered on August 22, 2006, 842 Posts, 2824 Comments