We see a lot of modern wind turbines these days but this windmill, in York, dates back to 1770 and was milling flour long before the houses appeared around it in the 1900's. Now restored, by volunteers in the Holgate Mill Preservation Society, it is open to visitors and does grind flour on open days.
The restorers have done an excellent job on the mill, but can you show what the scene might have looked like in its golden years of the 18th century?
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The well hidden past
Before the move to Holgate
Under the dark clouds
Whirling round a certain head
That was far from round itself
And ended in a basket
Click/RightClick to get closer, Click again to get closer still
This is the best I could get with Topaz Simplify, which has been my goto for line art for as long as I can remember. That sail on the right is very fient, and that's after duplicating the layer several times, and setting to Multiply.
I thought Bob might have used standed PS tools so tried Filter > Sketch > Notepaper, and got a nice surprise. I had to invert of course. I wonder if the large resolution helped?
Here's my go (quick and dirty).
* Filter Gallery - Stylize > Glowing edges
* Change to Grayscale
* Invert
Here's not-quite-so-quick and not-quite-so-dirty. 😄
Copy that to new layer, invert, make smart object.
Blend mode > Linear Dodge.
Motion Blur on Linear Dodge layer, angle and distance to taste.
Add a Levels adjustment layer, adjust contrast to taste.
What's better than one windmill? Two - but best not too close to each other.
Used Generative Fill as a smart Content Aware fill in parts.
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