This is a working print shop across/next to the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. I wandered in and glanced around, said "Guten Tag" with apparently a very American accent, because one of the printers asked, in perfect English, "Would you like to take some pictures? We'll let you take them here - they won't let you in the museum." So I took some pictures! It was a small space, and as I said, they were working, so I tried to stay out of the way. It was delightful to watch!
This is converted to B&W and has a quadtone applied - I liked the depth and richness the quadtone gave it.
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A very good photo. At first, I found the motion of the hand quite disturbing, but now I've got used to it, so it's OK, I guess. Add to it the tension of this man's face, which I still want to be without the slight blur, and I realize that something important is going on.
A comment about the title: I don't like how the old is defined based on the new, because the new will be old, and the old was new before. So, by reading the title, the new is drawn into the picture, where it doesn't belong. This image is a nice presentation of something old, where old is defined by my experience - I hope "my" will include other DPC viewers as well.
Still, a very nice presentation that refreshes the memories from history lessons at school. In a perfect world, that quite modern NHT design would be some banner for the next weeks demonstrations. Over all, I loved the bottles and the details of the machine, bolts and the arch shapes.
Very nice. Having a person in the image gives it so much more character. What he's actually doing is lost in the motion blur, but that helps to focus the viewer to think about it.
Great image of a craftsman at work and one that both fits the challenge well and but also stands alone as an excellent image. I love the accentuated blur on the hands (although for some reason I find the very very slight blur of his head a little distracting. A suer shot though and bumping to 9
with the movement of his hand, you can feel the hard work that is going into that. great capture, the details of teh machinery are crisp and clear, excellent shot 10
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