Windmills in the haze

#1
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...nd-d7dfv57.jpg

#2
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...nd-d7dfurp.jpg

#3
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...nd-d7dfvk6.jpg

My intent in these shots is to capture the windmills as "giant" that erect on the green fields, hidden in the mist.
If in the first two shots I wanted the windmills to look like guardians in the last one instead I tried to make them more "threatening" but in my opinion they endend just to look darker. So I would like opinions and advice on how to shot the windmills in a more "threatening" way, I want to make a shot where they look like monster in front of a modern Don Quixote and need some suggestions (saddly frontal view is pretty difficult since the windmills are surrounded by wheat fields), also general comments are welcomed.

I see many of these everyday, and am cheered by the 'greenness', rather than some chimney belching out pollution or worse, potentially exploding like Chernobyl.

I have yet to determine how best to capture them, as it is not easy, but I reckon close up, if you can, to capture the vast and threatening 'menace' of these 'Triffid' like creatures.

Or like a colleague who managed to get a tour up the inside and sit at the top with the vertical turbine doors open!

What struck me first of all in #3 was the near windmill and the 'squiggle' of the exposed trackway leading up to it - if you could find some way of just capturing that one or more of those nearest mills and their trackways set against theat very verdant field I think you would have a very interesting image.

As for a more threatening way of portraying them I can only suggest capturing them when there is mist or fog about and no far horizon.

steve

Have you tried using a wide angle lens?

I suspect, Pellegrino (have I got the name correct this time?) if you want them to look bigger you need to get closer, or crop tighter.

Possibly find an angle where you can concentrate on one or two in the foreground but let the others gradually fade into the mist, and become' smaller' with distance. Including some houses certainly gives a good sense of scale.

And the suggestion of them 'marching' across the landscape is something to consider. Also, cropping to a different size ratio such as 5 x 4 or even 4 x 5 can appear to increase height.

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am cheered by the 'greenness'

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I, on the other hand, am somewhat disappointed by their slaughter of eagles. :(

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Originally Posted by Geoff F

I suspect, Pellegrino (have I got the name correct this time?)...

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Yes but i like "Pellegringo" too

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Originally Posted by Geoff F

... if you want them to look bigger you need to get closer, or crop tighter.

Possibly find an angle where you can concentrate on one or two in the foreground but let the others gradually fade into the mist, and become' smaller' with distance. Including some houses certainly gives a good sense of scale.

And the suggestion of them 'marching' across the landscape is something to consider. Also, cropping to a different size ratio such as 5 x 4 or even 4 x 5 can appear to increase height.

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I want to make them look "threating", "evil", not just big and I think will be hard now with the spring fully "exploding" to try to repeat the shot with the haze/mist, for that I would like some idea for make them look like threating evil monster giant. Also, point of views are limited since, as I said, around of them is full of wheat field (I can enter a wheat field,stepping the wheat, I will get shooted by a farmer). I tought to get closer and try a very low framing from down to up but again that would make them look just big, not "evil".

To turn this scene into something from a horror movie I would be trying something roughly along these lines.

http://i57.tinypic.com/33v296t.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/jakzd1.jpg

Simply a bit of crop and adjustment layers. The first one used Overlay Blend Mode and the second was Multiply Blend Mode at 50%.

Pellegrino, I would certainly try shooting closer, from a low angle looking upwards. I suspect the distortion would assist in making them seem overwhelming. Also, consider the position of the rotor blades. Depending on where they are relative to the tower, they may be seen as aggressive or passive. eg two 'arms' up; or two 'arms' down.