Sunset windmill +repost

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted July 27, 20131,461 views7 comments

A recent outing started with a rainbow and ended with this sunset. I took a series of 3 exposure images, merged them, then cropped this out of the resulting pano. There is a radio tower just to the left of this windmill that I had to account for with the crop. C&C always welcome and appreciated.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 27, 2013 at 9:45 AM

Spectacular light show Rob. I like how the windmill seems to be beaming it own rays of light.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 27, 2013 at 12:09 PM

Rob,

I am always looking for windmill shots as I travel and this on is as good as it gets. The rays shooting thru the windmill are sweet.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 27, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Some tremendous light, and the off-center windmill creates the perfect focal point to rest and enjoy it. Compositionally it maybe feels a tad tight on the right and at the top.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on July 28, 2013 at 8:32 PM

Thanks for the comments. I went back and restitched the original pano files. I then took the time to remove a couple of radio towers. The largest was between the 2 trees on the left side of the repost. The stabilizing cables were the pits to remove. I would appreciate it if you could take a look at the wider pano. I have a hi res version loaded at http://www.heartland-images.com/Other/temporary/30789638_6Z8JCq . I will be taking the large version down at some point, but it will be up for a while. Are there any artifacts that I missed during cloning? Any other issues? I would like to eventually print this fairly large, so any input would be appreciated.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on August 1, 2013 at 12:53 AM

Cool image Rob. The pano version looks great. I really like how the sun rays in the sky seem to mimic the shape of the windmill. It's almost like there is a giant windmill in the sky!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on August 1, 2013 at 11:36 AM

Just wow, wonderful timing and capture ! I am for #1.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 20, 2013 at 6:14 PM

Rob, I love both of these. The original post has a neat focus on the windmill while the full pano does a great job of capturing the magnificance of a stormy prairie sky.

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