Submitter:	Brian Swale
Title:	Once hot but now not
Gear used:	Olympus E1, DZ 14-54.
Diaphragm:	f/3.5
Shutter speed:	1/125
Film used:	Electronic sensor, 800 ASA.
Technical information:	Captured as JPEG. No tripod
Subject information:	The forge from the 1895 at a famous pioneering engineering works away out in the sticks. This engineering works produced labour-saving devices that became well-known in agricultural circles, in two countries that I know of.
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Comment left by: Photographer (*)

Now that I see this on TOPE I think I left it too dark. If you save this image on your computer and open it there with Irfanview or FastStone Image Viewer, then lighten it just a little using the Gamma slider, you should see some more detail.

Comment left by: Graemw Pow (no e-mail specified)

Maybe the brightness of my monitor is a little high but I can see plenty of detail in the shadows, and I like the effect. Well done! If it's any consolation I have similar problems with Lightroom when I export my jpegs; I've learned to increase the exposure by 1/2 EV to get the look I want. There's probably a setting or something I've not understood, but it has defeated me thus far.

Comment left by: Graeme Pow (no e-mail specified)

Oh bugger! Don't you just hate it when you misspell your own name?

Comment left by: Wiliam Wagenaar (wiliam@orange.nl)

To me the subject matter is great but the contrast is a little too much here. On my monitor there is no detail left in most of the dark parts and the pliers are too bright. I can adjust my monitor so I can see the dark parts or the bright parts, but not both at the same time.

Comment left by: Photographer (*)

Wiliam, that is why I wrote comment #1 .... It WAS a very high contrast situation; the main light was from above through a skylight window if I recall correctly. I was torn between keeping the illumination more or less as it was, or reducing the contrast ( in the computer ) and brightening it all up. As it was in the end, it looks as though I should have lightened more ...

Comment left by: Brian Swale (no e-mail specified)

This is a historic forge at the Hayes Engineering Works, Oturehua, Central Otago (NZ). Google it to learn some more. It does not have its own entry in Wikipedia.

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