Hellebore
Hellebore of a different color
Tip of the Leaf II
A different view of yesterday’s subject. I prefer this, slightly more abstract version.
Hellebore
Tip of the leaf
Hellebore
One Good Turn
Lathe
So many things to turn and adjust! And in the end what this thing does is just that … turn. For those interested, this is small flashlight work. And it is the last image from our visit to a local machine shop. Again, a special thanks to my friend Don for finding the location and to Lee, the shop owner, who is so gracious to allow us to spend a few afternoon/evenings there. There are so many more subjects to explore and I hope we will return soon.
More Pressing Things
Machine Shop
This thing was begging to be painted with a flashlight, but with large banks of windows and mid-afternoon sun, exposures were much too short for anything other than flash. So, flash it was. If we return to the machine shop I may try it after dark. Tomorrow will be the last from this series (Until our next visit).
Blue Hose
Lathe
Soft light for a hard machine. This was painted with the little flashlight which results in much softer light while still bringing out surface texture.
Battleship of the machine shop
Machine shop
It was still daytime, with some direct sun actually hitting the machine, so this was painted with flash keeping the shutter speed high enough to overpower the sunlight.
Retired Iron
Machine Shop
Some images just elude explanation … like this one. I can’t tell you just what it’s supposed to ‘say’, but I was fascinated by the story shared by the owner of the shop. The large machine with the belt is some type of planer which evidently ran very slowly and a young boy it was his job to stand watch over it’s progress. It seems to have been idle for some time, but even surrounded by drill bits, a drill press, and various random pieces of steel it still stands tall, watching over the shop. And again, a special thank-you to that shop owner, Lee, for allowing my friend Don and me access to do the shooting. I’ll be posting more over the next few days.
The Lathe
Lathe
From the same location as yesterday’s post. Again with flash.
Iron (Revisited)
Machine Shop
Same image as yesterday with some subtle, but important changes. With light-painting, especially when using flash, I have a tendency to over-light. Yesterday’s image lost focus (Visual, not image quality), from an over-lit background. I also increased the shadows on the machine to give it more form. Again … subtle, but for me, very important adjustments.
