Mabry Mill Sluce: While I was at Mabry Mill to photograph the mill site I noticed a flash of white behind the mill that look promising. When I finished the mill shots I went to...

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Nov 7, 2019 17:15:25 #

treadwl Loc: South Florida

While I was at Mabry Mill to photograph the mill site I noticed a flash of white behind the mill that look promising. When I finished the mill shots I went to investigate what was behind the mill. It did require a bit of bushwhacking to get to the proper position but I think it yielded a pretty good shot.

I'm including the link to my original mill post and then the the new shot of the sluce follows.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-617743-1.html

The sluce photo data was ISO 64, F 20, 4 seconds on the shutter.

Thanks for looking.
Larry

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Nov 7, 2019 17:25:38 #

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Is this excess water not needed for the mill? Guess I don’t understand exactly how it looks works. However, it is obvious that this is an out of the way position and it made a very interesting shot.

Nov 7, 2019 17:33:06 #

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Cwilson341 wrote:

OK, a quick lesson on the workings of a mill. A mill gets its power from water that is diverted from a river to run through a man made wooden channel and then spill on the the paddles of the mill wheel. If you look at the original photo of the mill you will see a light colored wooded bridge along the side of the mill just above the mill wheel. In this photo, on the far left edge you can see part of that same wooden channel (the sluce) At Mabry the water from the river comes through the sluce that runs across the photo I posted today then make a left turn to run toward the mill. When the mill is running the water continues to spill over the mill wheel. When the mill is not operating the sluce may be closed. Often the sluce fills with water and then spills over the edges or through cracks in the sluce. That is what you are seeing in today's photo.

I just thought it made a pretty good image.

Thanks for your interest and for looking.

Larry

Nov 7, 2019 17:41:00 #

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

I think it’s an excellent image. Your explanation is along the lines of what I suspected but I really appreciate you taking time to elaborate!😊

Nov 7, 2019 18:08:29 #

MoT Loc: Barrington, IL

Your efforts resulted in a very good unusual image. I like it as it strikes an emotional tone.

Nov 7, 2019 18:32:59 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Nov 8, 2019 00:01:47 #

Silverrails

treadwl wrote:

While I was at Mabry Mill to photograph the mill s... (show quote)

Might I ask you;
Would a little "Exposure Compensation" to brighten the photo have been a realistic proposal?
What did your Histagram say to you?

Nov 8, 2019 00:16:59 #

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Cwilson341 wrote:

I think it’s an excellent image. Your explanation is along the lines of what I suspected but I really appreciate you taking time to elaborate!😊

No problem. Glad to help out.

Nov 8, 2019 00:17:44 #

treadwl Loc: South Florida

MoT wrote:

Your efforts resulted in a very good unusual image. I like it as it strikes an emotional tone.

Agreed. I like it because it has feeling with it.

Nov 8, 2019 00:18:04 #

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Longshadow wrote:

Thanks for looking and commenting.

Nov 8, 2019 00:23:56 #

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Silverrails wrote:

Might I ask you;
Would a little "Exposure Compensation" to brighten the photo have been a realistic proposal?
What did your Histagram say to you?

I purposely let this image retain some dark areas. It was dusk, the light was fading and what attracted me to this image was the play of light against dark. It was that play that created the drama. This image is exactly the way that I metered and exposed it to be. If I had exposed more for the shadow and made them bright then I would have completely blown out the highlight that, in the current image, are correctly exposed. Just because I CAN eliminate shadows does not mean that I WANT to eliminate shadows.

This is my preferred style.

Thanks for looking.

Nov 8, 2019 00:32:45 #

Silverrails

treadwl wrote:

I purposely let this image retain some dark areas.... (show quote)

Thank you for your excellent explanation of your personal Exposure choice. Yes every Photographer has their personal choices when creating an image, and that is Good.

Nov 8, 2019 05:30:33 #