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    There are a surprising amount of old and abandoned mills in what are now thickly forested areas of New England. Where I found this one is one such place, although a mile or so away I think I found remnants of the old road, too. Anyway, I'm playing with sepia and sepia-like treatments for these and I think they work.





    It's a little hard to imagine a wheel affixed between those walls as the stream itself doesn't seem deep or powerful enough, but probably things were different when it was installed. Enjoy.
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    I think that it works for the first one, not so sure about the second. I think I'd like to see colour in it.
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    Lovely captures, I think I'm in agreement with Bambi, the first is very successful. but I'm not so sure about the second in sepia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wicked Dark View Post
    It's a little hard to imagine a wheel affixed between those walls as the stream itself doesn't seem deep or powerful enough,
    Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe there another purpose to this site?

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    No, it really was a mill. They're all over.

    As requested, here's a similar view in technicolor...well sort of.

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    Looks great in colour

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    Looks great in colour
    I agree. I prefer the colour version. It could be that they built up the sides of the stream taking advantage of Bernoulli's law to move the grindstone.
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    I'm loving the sepia tones in shot 2, which works better than the colour (also nice tho) imo.
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    Thanks guys. We all see beauty differently. I think the sepia-ish tones work for the subject matter as presented as a thing of the past. The color version lends a vitality to the water that suggests defeat of the manmade and is a bit more lively. Either works.
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