Amateur Photographer - UK (2021-11-13)

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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