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Prairie Windmill at Sunset

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Posted by Rod Chandler on May 11, 2010 at 1:50 PM
Prairie Windmill at Sunset
I have been driving east of Kiowa for a couple of weeks hoping to get a good sunset with a windmill. Last night was not too bad though the wind was howling and even with a heavy tripod it was difficult to avoid camera shake. This image is looking west from Highway 86 about 10-miles east of Kiowa. I would have preferred to be closer to the windmill and lower in order to have the structure entirely silhouetted. I would have had to go on private property to do that but, without permission, I was not about to trespass.
Nikon D2Xs, Nikon 70-200mm lens at 200mm, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/100sec.
Lightroom and Photoshop CS5
Comments, please.
Posted by Todd Caudle on May 11, 2010 at 2:05 PM
Nice image, Rod. I wouldn't worry too much about the windmill being farther off than you would've liked. It adds ample punctuation to the beautiful atmospherics in this shot. I like (what appears to be) the distant mountains on the left. Overall I think the image is a little too heavily weighted on the left, but not having been there, I wouldn't know if there was a preferable option.
Posted by Jack Brauer on May 11, 2010 at 2:44 PM
Sweet shot! Amazing atmosphere. I think the windmill is a perfect size for the scene, as Todd said.
Posted by Randall K. Roberts on May 11, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Just a really great shot. Windmill is good-- sky is perfect!
Posted by Scott Fricke on May 11, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Beautiful work Rod, amazing sky and I think the windmill is fine, there is enough of it still in silhouette.
Posted by Morris McClung on May 11, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Great sky and the silouhetted windmill works well. Nice!
Posted by Paul Wegemann on May 12, 2010 at 7:45 AM
I really like this, Rod. I'm quite fond of prairie images. Love that sky too.
Posted by Paul Beiser on May 12, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Well done, Rod!
Posted by D J Kuklinski on May 12, 2010 at 4:03 PM
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Rod Chandler on May 13, 2010 at 3:29 PM
:cool:
Posted by Kelly Black on May 19, 2010 at 3:34 AM
I like it. I think that the windmill is silouhetted enough and the sky is beautiful.