Kinderdijk IV Photo

Photographer’s Note

A break from the castles and back to the famous windmills of Kinderdijk.It was a cloudy day with a nice equal and soft light.Hope you like it.

Taken with a Contax RTS II and a Zeiss Planar 1,4 50mm on Fuji Reala neg film.No pp-work,just saved for the web and usm.

elihesamian, jhm, ChrisJ, bertolucci, PLD_images, Jeppe, mumek has marked this note useful

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vbourrut (30670) 2005-03-17 3:59

Amazing sharpness on this nice composition ! I would crop the bottom though

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-03-17 4:06

Very strong composition by the sharpness and the colors.
This is a very beautiful place and this mill is great.
I like it.
Jean Michel
ps Just a word on the crop at the foreground, I suggest either to have more by if possible a flat view from the grass or less whith nothing because I find the quantity of edge so small could be disturbing. ( Anyway I like it for the place and all other elements)

bantonbuju (48856) 2005-03-17 4:10

hi hermann, an excellence in 99% i love this series with the mills (haven't i said that already?)
just a bit disturbing is the cut-off of the canal in the bottom of the pic
but the sharpness and precission is perfect here

alvaraalto (5305) 2005-03-17 5:05

Hallo Hermann,
Well done, this Dutch classic. Many years ago I made a series of Kinderdijk, but that was pre-digital and scanned pictures are difficult. So I do it now with yours.
Groet Rob

nwoehnl (120) 2005-03-17 5:06

Good morning Hermann. A pleasant shot of the off-centered windmill, with another "junior mill" seen at the background left (nice play with perspective there). The reflections and slight diagonal offered by the stretch of water are nice, and the subdued light works fine to render a very balanced illumination of the scenery.

puister (570) 2005-03-17 5:45

Hoi Hermann,
Nog weer eens één uit deze serie. Erg mooi en vooral ook de molen in de verte vind ik een mooi detail.
Groet,
Paul

supereira (9576) 2005-03-17 5:48

I like the composition and point of view.Great reflection sin the water.I like the light and sharpness.Great colords and contrasts.I like the contrast between the sky and the windmills.Good job!

elihesamian (26091) 2005-03-17 7:36

Exellent sharpness,Hermann!
very beautiful,with a lovely sky that I like it very much.
You had a good light,soft,and well controlled it reaching a best colors with a great contrast.
also in a fine way composed,strongly composed which is great for eyes and reflection althought it's not compelet,but add to beautifully of the view.
Thanks for posting it,Hermann!
Yours
M

joseelias (367) 2005-03-17 8:49

In fact the light on this one is great. That’s why I like grey and cloudy days. The light gets very soft. Also like the POV and the fact the mill is almost centered doesn’t harm this photo because it has such a weight in the composition our attention focus completely on it.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-03-17 12:14

great windmill shot and the reflections are really nice here, very good scenery too, well done

carper (66132) 2005-03-17 14:00

wel Hermann.
Het is een prachtige foto zonder meer. Maar laat me U een raad geven. Let bij zo'n goede foto eens op de details. Dat kleine stukje grond onder aan de foto heeft hier geen enkele dienst, snij het eraf en U houdt een gave compositie over. Gr. Jaap

Hanssie (9133) 2005-03-17 15:28

Excellent Nederland, you capture our country very well, Hermann, all the elements are in this picture, the mill, the trees in the right-corner, water, barns, little bridge and even the sky, it's "een plaatje" !

Tue (25608) 2005-03-17 19:12

Yeah, the light is very good! The sharpness is great as well as the composition, well done!

jhm (83786) 2005-03-18 3:52

Herr Hermann,
Wat een zeer mooie foto daar in Kinderdijk, de opstelling en de kleuren zijn gewoon fantasties, ook het klein beetje weerspiegeling in het water zijn mooi, prachtig werk Hermann.
Groeten,
John.

ChrisJ (70521) 2005-03-18 3:58

Guten Morgen Hermann

Superb graphism of both the tree & mill, with excellent sharpness color saturation & lighting. Well done!

bertolucci (12022) 2005-03-18 5:15

Goedemorgen Hermann! Wat een prachtige capture is dit met de subtiel decentraal geplaatste molen in het prachtige polderlandschap. Het zachte licht en de reflecties zijn fantastisch. Erg goed werk.
Groeten uit Rotterdam,
Bert

jrj (34779) 2005-03-18 12:50

A very nice compo presenting these windmill 'landscape'. The river is great detail with the shiny water surface. Good colour use, nice one Hermann..

manny (21378) 2005-03-18 21:40

nice colors. love the sharpness of this pic. did you go for another angle. interested to see that.

clodreno (0) 2005-03-19 8:47

very nice landscape hermann. Lovely windmill. very sharp.
have you done special to it to have it so sharp.
Only wish I hadn't the samall piece of land at the bottom, a detail..
Very nice.
have a great WE.

PLD_images (7143) 2005-03-19 10:59

Very good photo Hermann. The windmill is well placed in the photo and I think that the grey sky makes the subject come out more. Good use of proportions and I like the composition with the river and the small other mill.
Nice one.

Jeppe (18623) 2005-03-19 14:10

Truly a wonderful catch - I would like to post some windmill shots from here - but our mills placed on spot which less worthy for a post - thanks Hermann for this fine job.

mumek (17530) 2005-03-21 5:24

Hermann!
Very good scenery with fantastic view at the windmills. Could be a postcard from Netherlands. Nice reflections in the water.Very, very well seen and done.Congratulations
ziggy

Steft (5962) 2005-04-23 6:01

Mooie foto, Hermann!
Deze foto met molen heeft een soort eeuwigheidsuitraling.

Omdat er geen menselijke activiteiten zichtbaar zijn, straalt de foto een soort ernst en kalmte uit: een hele mooie sfeer!

Knap werk!

Groeten,
Stef