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Technique LPOTY 21
Philip George
Chesterton Windmill
Winner, Classic View
Flickr @PhilipGeorge
‘I was returning from Birmingham to
Southampton and decided to take a detour
to Chesterton Windmill as the skies looked
good. I have been there quite a few times
before in the hope of getting a good sky.
This was taken quite late in the afternoon.
There were quite a few people at the
windmill, so I tried to find an angle to
eliminate the people from the pictures.
I finally found a low viewpoint in the barley
field, with just a hint of a leading line to
the windmill. I used a polarising filter to
deepen the blue skies and bring out the
wonderful clouds.’
PHILIP’S TOP TIPS
1
Visit a location frequently and spend
time looking at it from different
angles. You don’t always want the same
image as everyone else.
2
Get out and about and find locations
for yourself. Make a point of visiting
with the intention of taking aphotograph.
3
I love to look for the right sky
overhead. Sunrise, or sunset, from
dawn to dusk, there is plenty of
changeable weatherthat makes the
British Isles such a great place to take
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Canon EOS 5DS, 85mm, 1/125sec at f/7.1, ISO 200
Fujifilm X-T30, 10-24mm,
1/140sec at f/7.1, ISO 160