Oct '98 w/ my Nikon 6006 - not sure which lens, but I suspect it is the Quantaray 35-80 f4-5.6. Scanned from the neg on a Kodak 2035+. Not sure of the film, tho it is probably Kodak Royal Gold 100.

This is the Sewell's Falls Dam, in Concord, NH - just down the river a bit from where I work.

This was an early Saturday morning "crawl out of bed and notice it's very foggy, I wonder if I can find any interesting images" kind of a shoot. Took a number of pics, but this one in particular came out pretty close to the way I wanted it to. The DOF was actually a happy accident.

I like the non-symetric symetry between the spiderwebs and the gears.

I'm open to critique or wild adoration.

As a side note, while composing this I've been listening to Harry Belefonte's "John Henry"... which I admit to be the inspiration for the subject...

-- Tundra Slosek (tundras@draconis.com), June 29, 2000

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Perfect. I laughed long and loud, that is a very witty title. I would not change a thing. This belongs on your wall with that title on a little white paper underneath. Composition, exposure, artistic worth, all there. Good job.

-- Joe Perrigoue (Joe@supply.com), June 30, 2000.

I think it's great. You got those symetrical gears playing back, the fog behind, and the spider web. You also have a couple of extra foreground elemets that are pulling my eyes to the right.
Here is my attempt at a different crop.

I also think it's great that you've posted here. The traffic on this board has fallen off to just about nill.

-- John Thurston (John_thurston@my-deja.com), July 03, 2000.

John,

I do think I like your cropping better than mine. Looking it over now... I might actually crop the out of focus bearing off the bottom, but leave the support arm on the right. I rarely give any thought to cropping after I scan.

-- Tundra Slosek (tundras@draconis.com), July 04, 2000.

Nice shot; The crop works for me.

-- Wayne Crider (waynec@apt.net), July 16, 2000.