Summer Mill

I am fortunate to have some of my photos on display at the Stotfold Water Mill which is located on the River Ivel just on the edge of Stotfold in Bedfordshire (http://www.stotfoldmill.com/).  In August of 2011 I was allowed to go to the mill before opening to take some shots inside in the hope of getting a few good ones to share with them for use in their brochures and leaflets etc.

One of the photos I took was this one, shot with my old EOS450D at f11, 1/200ths of a second at ISO200 in RAW and on manual.  I used my 18-55mm kit lens and balanced my tripod precariously on the edge of the river bank to get the shot as close to straight on as possible.

In post processing I dulled down the exposure of the whole image a bit before using the magic extractor to select the white washboards of the main mill building which I then brightened to give the impression that the building was catching more sun than reality.

If I could do anything differently with this shot it would be to use a boat to get in closer and have a clearer view of the building!  Also I feel the chimney is sloping slightly to the left, although to my eye the roof-line looks flat.