Show us your Windmills

[SWPhotoImaging]

Wind power has been used for centuries to grind grain, pump water, operate machinery, and more recently to produce electricity.
There are many variations of windmills around the world, and most of us have seen them in various forms.

This thread is a call to post your favorite windmill photos to share. They don't have to be great shots, just shots with windmills in them.

I will start this one with a photo of a pair of modern power generating windmills that are part of a wind farm in Rio Vista, CA, USA.

http://sdwike.smugmug.com/photos/70042016-O.jpg

[Rendezvous]

http://mrdj.250free.com/Wind-Farm-GKPE.jpg

[TAH]

Seen this one while driving through Alford Lincolnshire uk

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/terry.hillyer/images/windmillalford.jpg

[Edd S]

Here's mine.

It is an old, abandoned windmill in the country near where I live. It may no longer be in use, but it still has a lot of character.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/Edd_S/windmill.jpg

[SWPhotoImaging]

Here's mine.

It is an old, abandoned windmill in the country near where I live. It may no longer be in use, but it still has a lot of character.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/Edd_S/windmill.jpg

I like the beat out old windmill. And the contrails playing tic-tac-toe in the sky, too!

[mgreenlee]

Here's an old one just outside of town.
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[jbrown1]

This is one on my way to work

http://BoogalooPhoto.smugmug.com/photos/70245084-L.jpg

And this is the oldest working mill in Sussex, UK

http://BoogalooPhoto.smugmug.com/photos/70245204-L.jpg

[SWPhotoImaging]

Those are all cool windmills. What a variety there are!

[TAH]

A new wind farm a few miles away from me.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/terry.hillyer/images/wind.jpg

[SWPhotoImaging]

Very nice, TAH. I love the motion in this one.

[BigOsmo]

I took this on a trip out West a couple years ago.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/Bobsbucket_2006/WindmilloutsideOgalallaNeb.jpg

[SWPhotoImaging]

Wow, Nice one, BigOsmo. You don't see a lot of wooden structure windmills left standing.

[toddie1965]

'Betty's Hope' - Took this a couple of weeks ago while on honeymoon in Antigua, plantation last used by slaves in the production of sugar cane.

[red_fan]

This is one on my way to work

http://BoogalooPhoto.smugmug.com/photos/70245084-L.jpg



This is Outwood Windmill, and is the oldest working windmill in Britain. It is open to the public on Sundays and is well worth a visit.

[rbro]

Nice posts, all. Here's my two bits -- shot about four years ago and scanned from a print. These windmills are located near Warsaw, New York (western NY), and are part of an experimental program to see if they are viable. With the current energy situation, I think that we will be seeing more of them. I also love the soothing sound that they make.:)
rbro

[bikerider]

I took this about this time last year at a place called Orange in western NSW. I like it for the simplicity and I would have had more motion blur except no tripod with me at the time.
Roger.

[SWPhotoImaging]

bikerider,

That one looks like the twin to the ones in my first post. Possibly the same manufacturer?

[bikerider]

Hey Steve I thought that when I checked the post.
Roger.