PP Opinions

[gregj1763]

The first one is a little bit dark for me too and man o man! that looks huge!...the second and third are all done beautifully...I like lathes, the grease, the dirt and dusts all make up for the shot. I particularly like #2...detailed well. Good find.

Thanks Izzie.
Having some fun with the camera at the moment

[JBW]

On the contrary Paul that is exactly the crop I was thinking of in my reply to Brian.
Perhaps the composition doesn't work but as you said its a different approach and I find it interesting to pick apart the image to make new ones.
Thanks for posting.
Greg

maybe just a touch more on the front? In any case there is a superb shot hidden in there.

[TonyW]

I like looking at old machinery. You have captured the look of the tailstock well, which is interesting because it seems to have a cute mechanism for moving it to the side. This means that it was probably used for turning a taper, perhaps with axles.

Because I am interested in it as a documentary, I would like to see more about the headstock and how the drive works. The gear cluster looks good but I would probably like to see it not quite so heavily cropped as in the processed version. A shot of the motor and headstock area from an opposite angle to the original might be good.

I think you have done well here. I have not been so successful in my attempts at machinery.

[gregj1763]

As the owner and user of a baby brother made in Asia I found the first shot the most interesting. I am guessing you found it in Tasmania where my other guess if was used to service wheels/axles of locos and rolling stock. I did once see a machine at the Hillside Works [ NZ Railway Dunedin Workshop] turning chunks the size of my little finger off a wheel ... very impressive. That machine was enclosed for safety reasons.

The other shots I assess as photographs where to me they are all too wide to be of interest.
As I guess you are using an Adobe product I suggest adjusting the black and white points, a little lightening of the 'red wheel' area and a touch of sharpening ?



The lathe is interesting in that the drive is at the opposite end of the machine to what I have ever seen or read about

edit... there seems to be a bit missing with I wonder what drove/adjusted the cross-slide using that pully wheel? perhaps for adjustment from a safe distance when the chips were flyoing

Thanks for your comments and suggestions John. I'm going back to the museum this weekend and will try to find out some more of the history of this particular lathe and what it was used for. I will see if I can find an image of it in its working state if possible.
I would like to see an image of its/your baby brother some time.
Regards, Greg