Dutch Windmill Sails Against Blue Sky, Leiden

9 June 2024 · Leiden

Four sails spread wide against deep blue sky, the mill's dark brick tower rising from below until the frame holds almost nothing else. Shot from low angle at Leiden, this is Dutch heritage architecture as decisive geometry — the cross of the sails doing graphic work that no eye-level postcard angle can replicate. The gallery railing curves at the bottom; clouds break and drift behind. Structure as subject, sky as the only backdrop it needs.