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Windmill at rest


Windmill at rest
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Copyright: Philippe BUFFARD (cobraphil8) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1753 W: 979 N: 1891] (11452)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2001-08
Categories: Food
Camera: Minolta Dynax 500si, Sigma 28-80 mm, Fuji Sensia 100
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): windmills [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-04-11 4:26
Viewed: 1756
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Today, a simple photograph of windmill taken close to Obidos with Malveira.

Small history of the windmills:

Since ancient times, man has harnessed the power of the wind to provide motive power for transportation. Likewise, the technique of grinding grain between stones to produce flour is similarly ancient, and widespread. Quite where and when these two came together in the first windmill is unknown, but a likely scenario suggests a Persian origin, from where (tradition has it) the knowledge spread back into Northern Europe as a result of the Crusades. (Of course wind was not the first non-human power source applied to the task of grinding corn - it was preceeded by both animal power, and in all probability by water power).
European millwrights became highly skilled craftsmen, developing the technology tremendously, and as Europeans set off colonizing the rest of the globe, windmills spread throughout the world.

The pinnacles of windmill design include those built by the Dutch (who used windmills extensively to pump water as well grind flour) and the British, who developed many advanced "automatic control" mechanisms over the centuries.

As steam power developed, the uncertain power of the wind became less and less economic, and we are left today with a tiny fraction of the elegant structures that once extracted power from the wind. These remaining windmills, scattered throughout the world, are a historic, and certainly very photogenic, reminder of a past technological age.

However the promise of power from the wind lives on, both in the form of wind turbines producing electricity, and in the form of small scale windpumps (often largely low-tech "appropriate technology" installations) still used extensively in world agriculture.

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Bonjour Philippe
Très belle composition. Ce moulin se détache de superbe façon sur le bleu du ciel.
Beau travail. Merci pour le partage.
Amités
Nicole

Hi Phillipe
interesting pic here, great colors and a nice pov with a great note
regards
manuel

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  • delkoo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3869 W: 235 N: 5055] (24828)
  • [2006-04-11 5:02]

Bonjour philippe
joli moulin, qui se detache bien du ciel saturé,
j'aime bien les deux points rouges '(porte et drapeau)qui apportent un plus a la photo
cordialement
didier

salutphilippe
le moulin se detache parfaitement sur ce superbe ciel bleu,c'est comme cela que j'imagine les moulins a vents de don quichotte!
bien vu!
ciao joel

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  • Marche Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 765 W: 67 N: 1080] (4307)
  • [2006-04-11 11:23]

Bonjour Philippe,
Beau moulin, à la curieuse forme et bien cadré, jolie lumière et netteté.
Note très intéressante.
Amicalement
Martine

Salut Philippe,
LOL! Pour la guerre des moulins, tu arrives un peu comme la cavalerie... mais c'est pas grave! :o))
Ainsi, tu as choisi le camp des portugais avec ce beau specimen, baigné d'une belle lumière. J'aime ton cadrage serré et ces couleurs saturées.
Amicalement, Brigitte

Salut Philippe, magnifique bleu immaculé qui va à ravir avec cette blancheur très bien contraster du moulin (cela allait quand même bien l’argentique), amicalement

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  • sines Gold Star Critiquer [C: 115 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-04-13 8:28]

Salut Philippe,
Quel magnifique moulin ! Cela me rappel celui que possédait mon arrière grand-père à Santigao-do-Cacem dans l'Alentejo. Je crois que tu as réveillé en moi la saudade...On dirait une diapo. Belle composition en diagonale. Il me semble que le Portugal reste le pays ou les moulins de ce type sont encore les plus nombreux.
Bonne continuation.

Salut Philippe,
Une beauté evidente et simple avec ce ciel pur et degradé,le moulin blanc a une belle texture,
bon week end,
vincent

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