The ovens fall silent

[Dave Moss]

I have walked past this hundreds of times and thought it made a thought provoking shot. Once upon a time there were about 2000 bottle ovens in Stoke there are now about 30 and Longton is about the only place with a concentration higher than 3 or 4 in one place and with the church behind it must be what the skyline looked like once upon a time


longton (4 of 4) by davem44, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice Dave and the toning suits the mood of the image very well. I like especially the way you have framed the clock face. The only sligt distraction is the dark line on the LH edge. Super shot.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Surly it's what the skyline looks like now Dave
Heh, I'm tugging ya chain
Really suitable pp or the subject, I like the vignette!
What is that thing up the left had side?

 

[Dave Moss]

One thing I will be looking at tomorrow Hamish lol think if I had seen that on lightroom it would have been cropped out