Split ends
by geewhy

Comment by scalvert:
*Ahem* This would make a strong candidate for Best of 2004. ;-)

Mechanical lock gates
by geewhy

Comment by Albireo:
Congrats on your ribbon. This shot was one of my favourites in this challenge. I like the symmetry of the scene and the soft tones of the water falling down. Good you chose bw.

Mend some fences
by geewhy

Comment by nova:
Like the post reflections, also good choice of apertures for the dof. (6)

Mend some fences
by geewhy

Comment by Bear_Music:
A lot about this image is appealing to me, but I feel the composition is out-of-balance. There's not enough interest in the water to the left to sustain me, and the dynamics of the image are forcing me over there. I believe it would work better if the foreground were cropped so all of the third reflection from the right was visible, and only a bit more. Id this exact image were cropped to that more horizontal format, it would work better for me already; and if the picture had been framed that way, so there were more reeds at the top, it mught work better yet. Depends on what was up there, It's conceptually very nice.

Mend some fences
by geewhy

Comment by Gallatin:
Nice shot, interesting composition.

Mend some fences
by geewhy

Comment by dsb_mac:
without the title the connection to the challenge eludes me.

Mechanical lock gates
by geewhy

Comment by geewhy:

Originally posted by Halim: where is the mechanical show?...it is a water fall show....i don't understand how u got that rattings with out realy showing any related subject...sorry but that is how i see it...thanks for taking my harsh words

I can understand how you see it this way, I left a comment on Sandymaya`s submission (which also depicted the same system of handcranked lock gates but concentrated more fully on the winding gear) saying that I found it a very tough choice on how to compose the image.
I finally decided to go with this set up which shows the full system with the added attraction of the water cascade.
The mechanism for controlling the water level is shown more fully on the distant gates. (The small black boxlike objects with spindles attached)

Paul....thanks for the clarification (much appreciated).

Message edited by author 2005-01-06 05:12:31.

Mechanical lock gates
by geewhy

Comment by peecee:

Originally posted by Halim: where is the mechanical show?...it is a water fall show....i don't understand how u got that rattings with out realy showing any related subject...sorry but that is how i see it...thanks for taking my harsh words

For those of us that are familiar with lock gates it is a very good example of mechanics.
The gates operate in a system of raising or lowering canal barges from one section of canal to another by flooding or emptying.
Hope this clarifies,
Paul.

Mechanical lock gates
by geewhy

Comment by Halim:
where is the mechanical show?...it is a water fall show....i don't understand how u got that rattings with out realy showing any related subject...sorry but that is how i see it...thanks for taking my harsh words

Mechanical lock gates
by geewhy

Comment by Bear_Music:
I'm really pleased to see this image win. It SO stood out from most of the others for its much more meditative approach to the challenge. It tells a "mechanical" story very well, and adds a purity of composition
and tonality that makes it stand out as a "pure" photograph. Well done!

Robt.