winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

a hill

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selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Well composed and executed. It's getting some views but I guess nobody dares comment.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

What is there to say? OP is correct - this is a hill. It's not a picture I would take, but he and I have different standards. I'm not going to be nice and say "Nice picture", nor am I going to say nasty words just because he and I have different standards.

Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

Getting the views but not many comments but do not fear thats a temporary thing I'm sure. Its a hill exactly as you say and with good sky treatment. For some reason beyond comprehension the oil platform type thing catches my eye too readily and if it were mine would consider cloning just that item out. I do of course realize its part of your normal landscape there.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

I'd like to thank this respondent for his kind words.

I was pretty sure that a hill was what it was.

I completely understand that he would have found the scene daunting, somewhat over his head for him to attempt.

Even I had to think about it for a moment.

But as he can see, skill proved triumphant over extraordinary adversity.

Rob.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

That so-called "oil-platform-thing" looks like a standard rural windmill to me, absolutely essential in a scene like this.

{and the former college teacher in me just has to tell you that the correct phrase in the second line is "too readily", not "to readily"}

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Thank you Billy, rehess also confirmed my belief that this bulge in the terrain could well in fact be a hill. It is heartening that you, as a person resident of the Phillipines confirmed it.

(sorry folks, I forgot that humor is banned here)

The oil platform thingy is actually an old wind driven water pump (pls see attached) minus the hurdy gurdy which was probably carried away in a storm or stolen by the guy next door who lost his when it was carried away in a storm.

IMPORTANT NOTE to the FYC copyright police:-

I DID NOT repeat, DID NOT take this picture.

It is thanks to EP Pumps Water Management specialists

For information, EP Pump Services specialize in the supply, installation and maintenance of water equipment.

Their range of pumps and equipment include solar pumps, tanks, and pumps to cater for household and agriculture pumps needs including windmills and poly pipe.

Their experienced team designs and installs a wide range of water systems from agricultural, industrial to the humble home irrigation system.

Based in Port Lincoln South Australia they provide a professional service for the Eyre Peninsula and outback areas of South Australia....

These types of water pumps are iconic and can be seen everywhere in the Australian landscape.

Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

Good day young Sir. It is this amazing contradiction of this item catching the eye almost in an unsettling manner and yet appearing to belong where it is that makes this such an amazingly interesting picture. The simple things in a composition that lead one to believe a lot of thought and care went into this shot.
On reflection it is probably essential to the image as you suggest.

Thank you for the grammar correction but it was already attended too before your post. I understand fully once a teacher always a teacher my friend. My plumbing skills mean I cannot possibly pass a dripping tap without whipping out a pipe wrench.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

It's a constant battle checking that infernal spelling suggestion/correction nuisance. It has trapped me a number of times when I failed to proof what it did to what I had initially written correctly and it has obviously caught Billy out here.

jenny Loc: in hiding:)

Of course some people say that no body is perfect.

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

I don't sleep on airplanes and get bored watching too many movies crossing the pond so I rotate between thinking too much or pacing the plane and for the longest time I'd ponder What makes a hill a mountain, a creek a stream, a stream a river, a puddle a lake, and so on. One day I remembered and looked it up to find that there are pretty clear definitions for each. It matters not to this post, but I thought it interesting the original poster made a crack at the definition so I thought I'd share.

Apparently someone else was thinking too much too as I found this -
When does a hill become a mountain? https://www.howitworksdaily.com/when-does-a-hill-become-a-mountain
"Unlike with many other landforms, there is no universally accepted definition of a mountain. Many geographers state that a mountain is greater than 300 metres (1,000 feet) above sea level. Other definitions, such as the one in the Oxford English Dictionary, put the hill limit at twice that. Still others make distinctions about the degree of slope (including two degrees or five degrees). In Scotland, meanwhile, landforms with distinct summits are called ‘hills’ no matter what their height. But in America, there are several ‘mounts’ that are less than 300 metres (1,000 feet) tall. So, essentially, a hill becomes a mountain when someone names it as such."

And to clarify -
Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill
"A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit.
Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain
"A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges."

So ya, it's a hill! S-

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

You never saw Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain?

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

I don't think I have, but find the title intriguing. Thanks, S-

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

When faced with a title, I pondered hillock, mound, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, knoll, hummock, hump, tump, dune, barrow, tumulus, bank, ridge, howe, knob, koppie, archaicknap and monticle.

But a hill's a hill by any other name.

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Is a hill a hill in your part of the woods or is there a common term there? S-