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Latch on a greenhouse door at Southport Botanical Gardens.
| Camera: | Canon EOS 300D |
| Lens: | Sigma 18-50 |
| Recording media: | ISO 200 |
| Title: | Latch |
| Username: | 
ericfaragh |
| Uploaded: | 2 Jun 2004 - 11:33 AM |
| Tags: | Access, Battered, Chipped, Chipping, Close-up / macro, Damage, Damaged, Decay, Decayed, Decaying, Door, Doors, Doorway, Entrance, Handle, Handles, Latch, Latched, Latches, Paint, Paintwork, Peeling, Texture, Textured, Textures, Water, Water damage, Wear, Worn |
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| Votes: | 320 |
Comments
Well spotted Eric, I didn't even know you could get that close to the greenhouses there.
I love the range of textures and colours.
Ian
Lovely rich colours. Great how you have found such beauty in a mundane object.
Gareth
Stunning shot, Eric, well deserved EC. Fantastic, you inspire me, thank you
Click!
Many thanks to one and all for your positive responses. Just got back from Chester to find this pleasant surprise. 
Great range of colours Eric and well composed. Congratulations on the EC.
Brilliant Eric, a well deserved EC, fantasic colours, great composition and pin sharp, very well done!
Many thanks for the comments. Computer problems this end, but hope to be back soon.
Thanks Alan, Phil, Malcolm, George and Dean, great to have your comments.
Wow all the above and more,congratulations on your EC,well deserved.
Andy..
Simply stunning. Very well captured. The colours are out of this world.
Congrats on the award Eric, this one truly deserves it.
Cheers,
Hudson
CLICK
Thanks Brian, very flattering. It's a good camera, but the automatic settings can't be relied upon for creative images, especially in high contrast and low light situations. Happily, there's manual control. Wish it had a split ring option for manual focus and I wish there were some way of having dof markings on the lens barrel like the older slr zoom lenses. You have to make do with a dof button which closes the aperture, but I find this misleading as the darkened image often appears to indicate a good sharp image over a wide dof, when in fact either the background or foreground turn out to be softer than expected when you zoom in to examine the results. It's also chunky and damned heavy!
Still, when all said and done, when it all comes together, it works. It didn't take long to grow accustomed to its little eccentricities. I'm saving for another lens as soon as I've a working burn drive in my computer.
Thanks Steve and Danny, great to hear from both of you. Greens are good for you Danny, didn't your mum tell you?
Great shot Eric. Congratulations on the EC, really pleased you've got another, very well done.
Richard
Hi Eric ...so many comments here I won't attempt to read them all and I'm sure I'm repeating what others have already said!! ...This is a great shot, there's so much interest with the different textures and subtle colours and the composition is spot on. That new camera's earning it's keep already!! ....well deserved EC ....congrats and click
Rob
Just come across this one Eric. I love it - superb detail and colours. So much going on in such a small area.
Adam.
Thank you Jo, no plans in that direction, although I'm open to offers!
Fantastic Eric. One of your best I think - the colours and texture all come together and make this a real treat for the eyes. Every element in this from the screws to the latch itself really delight the eye and you get a real sense of the craftsmanship in the making of it. Big click.
Its wonderful that something so simple could be made so interesting! The colours and the details are amazing
However did I miss this one?, sorry Eric, it's great, congratulations on the EC.
106 clicks eh?, I havent had that many for all my photos added together lol.
Well done.
Geoff.
Thanks for viewing Geoff. I didn't expect this to do so well myself.
Congratulations on recieving an editors choice award. I really do like this photo, and with the huge feedback already given by many many others, there's little that i can add that hasn't already been said. The colour saturation is unbelievably stunning. Thoroughly deserved EC. And thank you for your comment too. Much appreciated. But i have a hard task to match anything near this standard. Well done!!!!
Many thanks for viewing and commenting Craig, good to know you like it.
That colours on this have to be seen, such a gd compo on such a simple object. D.
Thanks for stopping by to view and comment Ian. Good to hear from you.
Thanks Sean, not a record by a long way. There are pics I've seen that have topped the 200 clicks.
Hi Eric
Been looking through your portfolio and I think your images are fantastic, but this one stood out (not just to me it seems!). Love the colours and texture, you can almost reach out and touch it and know what sound it would make when opened. Congratulations.
Greetings from a fellow adult ed IT tutor!
I love extraordinary shots of the ordinary like this. Amazing colours.
Outside the square. Nice shot and who would think to stop and admire such a thing. Well done.
Val
Lovely photographs in your portfolio. You have your own distinctive style. Many thanks.
A stunning shot. Love the colours and detail. A worthy EC.
Abdul
I was sure I had clicked on this but apparantly not. I know I did not have access to a computer at the time. Absolutely stunning composition and well deserved of the awards
Jenni
As you left me a really nice comment I thought I would look through your portfolio. Wow have I got a lot to learn ! Everything about this photo is perfect in my eyes. Such a simple subject that produced such a superb shot. Congrats on your awards, well deserved. Keep up the good work.
True, this is (among others of yours) a very, very good and poetic picture. And thanks for your kind, useful and well pointed comments.
ariel alexandre
Thanks Tony. Yes, it was the mix of colour that caught my eye on this one. The door was a very old one and had been re-painted a fair few times, I think. The steamy atmosphere of the greenhouse had also encouraged a lot of micro plant growth on the wood.
I re-visted recently, and the door has been replaced, although I was happy to see, they had kept the old latch and transferred it the new door.
