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Challenge: Best of 2010 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Pentax K200D
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 DG MACRO for Pentax
Date: Oct 10, 2010
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2011

 Wm. Blake, "and did those feet"

[Feb. 20th, 2011 01:36:02 PM]

Crofton Mills, Vancouver Island

I never see this without thinking of William Blake's poem, which, set to music, we sang every year at my school's closing:

And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In Englands green & pleasant Land.

(Blake's original is without apostrophes. It is untitled and appeared in his preface to "Milton," a poem).

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Fujifilm X30
Custom Made Pinhole
 03/03/2011 12:27:22 AM
The smoke from those stacks glows, an eerie dark and dismal landscape that sparkles and glows.
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Sigma DP1x
02/22/2011 08:08:35 AM
What Penny said. Something quite different with the poem. My lukewarm comment clearly only scratched the surface.
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
02/21/2011 02:15:12 PM
On my first viewing it appeared too dark and the whites too white. But together with the poem, which I didn't know, it's just perfect - in fact rather luminous.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sigma DP1x
02/20/2011 01:34:51 PM
A little too sharp, Maybe too dark, maybe not. Great composition.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 02/20/2011 04:41:50 AM
Nice and dark gothic industrial
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/19/2011 07:30:04 PM
great contrast and use of b&w
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 02/19/2011 05:48:53 PM
I like your composition, but why so low key? I wish there were some whites in this photo.
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Sony Alpha a7
 02/18/2011 12:41:29 AM
really interesting would like to see it a little lighter
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G
 02/16/2011 12:16:15 PM
Not enough pop! Looks muted and needs some more white
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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 02/15/2011 06:20:34 PM
A classic. Thanks
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 02/15/2011 01:59:13 PM
Beautiful industrial photograph. Love the irony of the imagerly most people have of the title vs. the reality.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/15/2011 12:10:16 PM
NOT my idea of Jerusalem at all...makes for a great industry challenge
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/15/2011 07:09:23 AM
nice dramatic contrast 7
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/14/2011 10:45:41 PM
I love the lightness of the smoke. I wish there was just a tad more definition and light on the factory. Nice use of B & W.
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 02/14/2011 10:43:13 PM
Great industrial shot.
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