they don't build them like this anymore...

[David Monkhouse]

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M8 with 35mm non-aspheric Summicron and processed using Capture One v.5 and Adobe Photoshop 7

[elansprint72]

Indeed not; do I spy a Lancashire boiler and a tin of Ambrosia?

 

Good set; where is it?

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[daveleo]

this is very pretty stuff . . . . esp for machine photos . . . very nice.

i love to see techy things made beautiful.

 

can you to explain exactly what i'm looking at ?

 

PS . . . you are right . . . they don't

[David Monkhouse]

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The photographs are of the Leawood Pumping Engine used to lift water from the River Derwent to the Cromford canal. It was in steam yesterday so I took along the camera and digital sound recorder. When I have the Zenfolio gallery of the engine organized the slideshow will have an interesting soundtrack to accompany it.

 

and for more information this is their website

 

Middleton Top Engine and Leawood Pump Group

 

and Pete, you are correct regarding the Lancashire boiler and the rice pudding tin but you wouldn't eat the contents...

Edited August 9, 2010 by David Monkhouse

[daveleo]

went over to your zenfolio page . . . I love your photos.

[pauledell]

David

 

An excellent series. Exquisite shots of the machinery.

 

Paul

[elansprint72]

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David,

Thanks for sending me the link to the version with sound- excellent. Do you also do a scratch and sniff option? I love the smell of oil, hot metal and steam.

[David Monkhouse]

Just looked through your Dungeness gallery and am seriously impressed. The compositions and colours are ace. Compared with Derbyshire it looks a different and much harder world, not one that I am familiar with though.

 

Regarding smells I am told there’s a company in the States that does an aerosol spray for real estate merchants that does a good impression of “coffee and baking bread” to accompany a sales pitch. I wouldn't mind betting they do an “oil and steam on hot metal”. Come to think about it, “hot tarmac” is also a favorite of mine.

 

and for those who wonder what the h... we are talking about, this has a soundtrack http://davidm6lllc.zenfolio.com/p555650496/slideshow

Edited August 11, 2010 by David Monkhouse

[biglouis]

Fantastic set of pictures. Excellent composition and framing, nice colours and sharp. Highly informative, too. Well done.

[likalar]

Excellent photos documenting these great old machines. Thanks for the links, too. It's a labor of love to keep these in decent shape, and your photos show the results beautifully. Thank you.

 

Larry

[turner]

Whew.

The Severn Valley Railway with the sound

on is an absolute knockout!

[David Monkhouse]

Thank you for the most kind comments, they are much appreciated and to Mr Turner, I am pleased that you enjoyed the "Severn Valley Railway" slideshow with it's soundtrack on my website. Sound certainly adds a new dimension.

[wda]

David, very impressive subject and photography. As an aside, you would be interested in the water-powered mill at Claverton. It performs a similar function with the Kennet & Avon canal near Bath. I did post a picture here some time ago. I will look out my old project.

[Peter Roworth]

All been said David, great set of images, full of technology and not an i-pod in sight...whatever that is!!

Peter

 

ps: check your email in box - I sent you one but not sure if it ever reached you??