Not sure what I'm looking at, fishing? boating?
It certainly looks old and battered.
I do like a bit of rust in B&W, very nicely done Jim.
Nice composition but a little dark. The histogram looks well to the left.
I see what you were going for a gritty black and white but it does seem a little dark which kind of kills it a bit, I do like a bit of rust maybe colour would have been better.
Thanks, really appreciate the feedbackLovely image of the old horse shoes Jim lots of lovely texture in there and a great black and white conversion at first I thought it may be a touch to dark but actual I think it's just right.
Its nice to see you put some old items to good use. I like the closeup but just a tack too dark for my taste. Each to their own I suppose.
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You can make quite a few things from old horse shoes, I've made some gate latches before.
I don't mind the darkness myself, you've captured the textures well.
Great rack.. I bought a candle holder made from racehorse shoes last xmas at a craft fair. The seller had all sorts of interesting designs.
Nice textures - perhaps a tad dark but doesn't deter from the composition for me.
Love your rack image, imo works well slightly dark.
Nice idea for Liqud Jim I had a similar thought. I quite like the lighting on the background tiles. The only thing that lets the image down is the wall socket I find that quite distracting as my eye is drawn to it.
The back lighting works well. As Mark said.. the socket is a little distracting.
I'm not actually that fussed about the socket, I think a little more light on the front of the mug would help.
As an overall shot I like what you've done. The warm light was the right choice.
What socket Still a cool shot Jim and bang on theme.
I can see what you're trying to achieve there, Jim but limited by what you have. Image wise I like the warm colour cast and the light on the cup/mug outline but like to see where the liquid came from or the tip of the spout.
Sometimes you just have to work with what you have. Seems perfectly fine to me.
I *suppose* you could have put a couple of decorative bottles in front of the socket maybe? but...
A classic shot well taken Jim.
As Dave says a classic nicely executed. love the details in the forks prongs.
I'd say you forking well nailed that Jim
Nice detail and nicely executed