Critique Welcomed Steve Cooper Ironworker

[Kev Pugh]

Called in to see a very good friend of mine today for a coffee and took the opportunity to pop a few shots off of him working. Sadly no fires or bashing going on today

Bending Rollers

Bending by Kev Pugh, on Flickr

Feeding the Bender

Bending 2 by Kev Pugh, on Flickr

Tightening the Bend

Bending 3 by Kev Pugh, on Flickr

The Smithy

The Smithy by Kev Pugh, on Flickr

Different PP for each of the ports as trying to see which works best.

Thanks for looking

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Liking #3 with the industrial vignette effect - good idea!

 

[Beth Anthony]

no fires? crap.

#1 and #3 are my favorites, 1 for the shallow dof and cool looking subject and 3 for the framing.

for pp i'd probably pick #2 or #4. #4 has a grittier feel that goes along with the subject matter, but it looks dark and red on my monitor (probably the screen's fault not yours, i'm at work in front of 6 uncalibrated monitors with 6 different color issues), #2 is brighter, but doesn't look as gritty on the crap screens.

 

[Kev Pugh]

Thanks both, have been promised fires more to come I'm sure....I could spend days here especially when it's fired up, in fact have been promised a let go with the fires and hammers myself, it's been a long time since I bashed any metal so looking forward to that too

 

[Pete Askew]

Lovely set Kev, especially number 3. That's going to be some seriously big wheel!

 

[Dave Green]

Some good shots there! I'd be tempted to tonemap them a bit - not too much - just enough to give them a gritty industrial edge

 

[Kev Pugh]

Thanks Guys yes the gritty feel would suit nicely.......will explore more later.