Windmill
Winter in Holland
Winter in Holland
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Location
This photo was taken just outside the village where my wife and I live (Hazerswoude-Rijndijk in South-Holland). It is a typical mill around here and is called "de rode Wip" (the red wip) wip is the generic name for this type of mill, a type that is used for controlling the waterlevel in the canal ("vaart" in Dutch lingo). This mill was built in 1636 is is still functioning and is maintained by a miller who regulates the position of the rotating square structure and the rigging of the sails on the arms of the mill.Time
The photo was taken on 12-20-2005 around midday. A nice cold wintersday. It appeared to become snowy later that day so I took the shot at the moment where I thought photographic conditions were not getting any better. And that was correct, it started to drizzle and became very cold and unpleasant.Lighting
As I said above: the weather was changing and becoming unpleasant. This was the best I could do given the circumstances.Equipment
This was shot with a Canon EOS 300D, at ISO 1600 f16, speed 1/800 focal length 32mm. No tripod.Inspiration
My wife and I walk a lot in the area where we live. It is a typical Dutch landscape: flat, pastures, canals, windmills. I like to show the pictures that represent that landscape in all seasons.Editing
no postprocessing. It is, what it is.In my camera bag
I have a few lenses. At the time I mostly used the kitlens, I believe the 18-55. In the mean time I changed to a Canon 6DmkII with a Tamson 18-300mm zoomlens. Besides this workhorse I have a 50mm Canon prime, a 85mm portraitlens with macro. And a polarisationfilter, a ND-filter and a few effect-filters that I seldom useFeedback
Don't wait too long, the weather may turn on you and you loose the picture (unless you favor that specific type of shot with the changed weatherconditions)
