This is great angle. I hope you were holding on tight. I think you can shout from the rooftops about this photo. Great colors, shadows and composition. Well done Sabine.
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What an amazing view over this old Dam. I am so glad you stopped to take the photograph - wonderful tones in the bushes and the old building has such a lot of character!
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Hmm lovely. I am also not sure what it can be, it might be that in earlier times a water wheel was attached, but it can also be just a lock beween different hights in water.
Good shot though, lovely scenery.
Have been staring at the pic for quite some time and still cannot believe my own eyes ...
1. Very beautiful by all means
2. Very interesting in the technical sense
Congratulations, dear Sabine !!!! Cheers !
If you look on the right side of the building (bottom center) just above the rock outcropping (left side of the stream, bottom center) there is break in the water level wall. I believe this was a mill, but the water wheel (or equivalent) was inside the building. I could be wrong, but there were some build this way - it would provide the ability to continue production in times of adverse winter weather.