Inspired By Light
Sarehole Mill
Posted by P J W Miller (Chase Terrace, United Kingdom) on 26 April 2009 in Architecture and Portfolio.
Sarehole Mill was built in 1765 on the site of Biddle's Mill and is one of the two surviving watermills in Birmingham. It was first built as a corn-grinding mill but it served also for rolling sheet metal and wire rolling. This historic place was used also as the setting for author J.R.R. Tolkien’s famed book “The Hobbit” Its structure shows the transform of the industry through the centuries.
There is no doubt that Tolkien used the area around Sarehole Mill as the setting for the ‘Shire’ in The Lord of the Rings. Soon after it was published, he said that ‘The Shire…is in fact more or less a Warwickshire village of about the period of the Diamond Jubilee.’ (he was referring to the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1897)
Me and my camera(s) will travel both locally and as far as is physically allowable within the constraints of this our local celestial body and provide images from a purely subjective point of view for your evaluation and commentation .
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Scott Schilling from San Martin, United States
Incredible History and wonderful photograph and processing! I love these and the history and age is amazing!
26 Apr 2009 5:05am
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
Beautifully composed and processed With great detail Peter!
26 Apr 2009 5:12am
Craig from Vacaville, California, United States
I'll bet this was a beauty in its day! A fine capture!
26 Apr 2009 5:15am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
What wonderful history...I hope it always survives!!!
Super shot and great compo!!
26 Apr 2009 6:27am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Great scenary for Tolkien, and not only. I like very much this building and the framing of it in the picture.
26 Apr 2009 10:50am
zOOm from Paris, France
I understand now why Tolkien was inspired by this place ! Mediaval and gothic ! Perfect setting for the Community of the Ring !
26 Apr 2009 11:05am
shoti from Everywhere in the, Philippines
beautiful composition Pete.. makes me feel like.. the wolf in little red riding hood story hahaha
seriously, I love the composition and the tones are great, smooth.
26 Apr 2009 12:01pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Excellent composition. Superbly processed.
26 Apr 2009 12:52pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Wonderfully creepy! This is a superb shot, and your processing is perfect!
26 Apr 2009 1:18pm
Veronica from Bucharest, Romania
very nice place, i can find in your photos many place to spend a quiet time
26 Apr 2009 2:18pm
Mariana from waterloo, Canada
Love places like this ! Excellent fin . Excellent photo .
26 Apr 2009 2:43pm
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
the tree a third in from the left helps frame this shot. Nicely taken!
26 Apr 2009 7:00pm
Craig@Random Ramblings from Herts, United Kingdom
This is very nice Peter, nicely framed and really good tones. Just that bright area on the upper right is bothering me a little, just doesn't seem to fit with the rest of that brooding sky but we can't help nature I guess! I didn't see any hobbits, did you? :)
26 Apr 2009 8:08pm
@Craig@Random Ramblings: Craig, I have uploaded an edited image with the sky now hopefully corrected, cheers
observing from North West, United Kingdom
It's an interesting old place Pete, and your history narrative was informative too, altogether a splendid post.
26 Apr 2009 8:23pm
JJ from Jersey City, United States
Such a wonderful capture of the Mill, and so interesting to read about its hisotory and tie in to the Hobbit
27 Apr 2009 12:17am
One from Açores, Portugal
Excellent shot and great composition, perfect post processing !
27 Apr 2009 4:22am
Craig@Random Ramblings from Herts, United Kingdom
Yes that's much improved, a difficult area to work and you've done well.
27 Apr 2009 9:48am
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
superb scenery with a lot of history and good context too! nice tonal range here and quite an extensive amount of growth around - nicely taken!
27 Apr 2009 11:23am
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
Really great HDR work... (or other processing)
27 Apr 2009 2:36pm
