*Try showing different angles on a windmill. Zoom in to show detail or out to show the structure on its natural setting. Be creative.
*Due to their recognizable shape and function, windmills can often be silhouetted against a dawn or dusk sky to achieve greater impact.
*Don't place a windmill right in the center of the picture. This tends to make the photograph static and boring. Place it off center instead.
*Sometimes the composition is helped by framing the windmill with a tree branch or other nearby object to give the subject a sense of perspective.
*Use a polarizing filter to reduce the reflections and get good color saturation, especially of the sky.
*If you have a lot of sky in your image be careful that the camera meter does not underexpose it. If the sky is influencing your camera meter, bracket your exposure by taking another image with the camera opened up one stop.
*Vertical formal suits this subject best, but I guess that goes without saying!
