Mill in Motion

Another rainy dreary day at Cades Cove. I tried to keep the lighting consistent with the mood of the day. I didn't like some aspects of Simplify processing, so I re-processed the image in Topaz Adjust with emphasis on details, and overlayed it onto the Simplify image in Photoshop. I used on overlay mode of Soft Light at 60% opacity. This gave me the most desirable apects of both Simplify and Adjust. Very similar in processing to adding textures. Cloned out a FG plant, used a reverse S-curve to even out the shadows and highlights and that was it.

Interesting motion aspect, that the rim of the water wheel is rotating the same rate (revolutions) as the center axle but the amount the speed/distance covered (motion blur) of the rim is much faster (I'm not sure how to atriculate this in engineering terms). Anyway, I got lucky, a faster shutter speed, might have frozen the axle movement and allowed blur in the rim.........might have looked strange.

Hope you like..........Comments are most welcome.

Really powerful, Jay. Lots of energy. I enjoy the subject and the way you handled it. I'd be tempted to see what would happen to the dynamics if the whites in the center water were dimmed a little. (maybe the URC white patches on the boards also) I'm looking at my laptop, so take this with a grain of salt. :bugeyed:

The splashing water and motion blur combined with the curve of the wheel make this an appealing image. Using Curves to even out the lighting was a good idea. I might've gone a bit further in darkening the highlights at least of the splashing water.

The rim is traveling faster than that piece around the axle in direct relation to their diameters. If the diameter of the rim is five times greater, it's traveling five times faster.

(Added later. Steve posted his comment while I was writing mine and playing around with a Curves layer to see the effect of toning down the highlights. We arrived at that conclusion independently.)

Jay, I like the composition and would also like to see the highlights toned down.

Hi, Jay, I like the filter effects on the leaves at the bottom and the wall and the sense of motion. Another vote for toning down the highlights in the water.:S3:

thanks everyone..................I will tone down the
highlights.

Highlights toned down..............I like it better, thanks.

I like it better too :)

Marvelous textures, colors and lines. The sense of motion is palpable. I prefer the repost. Your processing is excellent.