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Making do and mending: it used to be popular in the U.K. before the throwaway society took a hold.
Blacksmithing is endlessly fascinating. The concentration in those taut muscles speaks volumes.
An excellent study, the close crop and the mono are perfect.
Mind you, it's V2 for me: I'm having a year of being a purist . . .
Regards
Bill
Blacksmithing is endlessly fascinating. The concentration in those taut muscles speaks volumes.
An excellent study, the close crop and the mono are perfect.
Mind you, it's V2 for me: I'm having a year of being a purist . . .
Regards
Bill

V1, not just for the colour-popping but for the slightly more detailed shadows, for instance, the man's shorts. Was the hammer closest to the axle going down or up at the moment of capture? If it was going down, the motion blur says otherwise and that's likely the result of a first/front curtain flash. A rear-curtain would have probably resulted in a nicer looking motion blur.
Still the blurring adds movement and it's a nice addition. The picture would have also been just as nice without the two other hammers on the left hand side showing at the very edge of the frame.
Regardless of my nit-picking though, I am proud to give my vote to this picture as well, and taking the vote count past the Readers' Choice mark of 30. Well deserved!
(In the meantime, I realised I was the 31st to vote hehe...)
Still the blurring adds movement and it's a nice addition. The picture would have also been just as nice without the two other hammers on the left hand side showing at the very edge of the frame.
Regardless of my nit-picking though, I am proud to give my vote to this picture as well, and taking the vote count past the Readers' Choice mark of 30. Well deserved!
(In the meantime, I realised I was the 31st to vote hehe...)

ChristineD
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Both versions work well ,prefer v1 with the touch of colour,

Wow thats really really good Dave. Love V1 with the 'popped' colour of the steel. Cliche it may be buts its totally suitable here. i believe in using techniques when they are appropriate. Its the over use at times when its not, which turns people off these techniques. The expressions and body language is so intense and focused. Paul