Comment from Jairos
OMG very antique piece beautiful capture, good initial impact, nice contrast and good framing well focused, very nice clarity and good camera techniques well done , - Jairos

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Thanks so much, I appreciate your positive feedback :) Mary

Comment from phil1950
Nice clear shot of the old water pump Mary that could tell a lot of stories it is befitting to be amongst the long grass great subject composition lighting focus exposure detail colours tones well done :)

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Thanks Phil, appreciate your comments - hot one here today 42C and not much relief in sight so no going out with camera :-(

Comment from WendyG
Nice shot of the old water pump Mary, it looks very good with the water pooring out of it. Excellent sharp focus, dof, exposure and framing;)

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Thanks Wendy, appreciate your comments as always :)

Comment from BirdsEyeView
a nice composition of texture and era of age. good color and clarity. the detail and definition is well done. neat how life keeps rolling as eras chage. BEV

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Thanks so much, I appreciate your positive feedback. :) Mary

Comment from RenieRutten
Very nice. Beautiful shot, love the contrast of colors, they look very good together.

Good detail and texture, I love things old and what a perfect way to use it!

Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks so much, I appreciate your positive feedback. :) Mary

Comment from bigbear2081
This is great. Subject nicely centered. Color good, well focused. Brings back memories of our camp in Vermont. We had an old water pump that looked like this where we got our bottles of water from each time we went camping.

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Thanks so much, I appreciate your positive feedback. Glad I bought back some nice memories for you :) Mary

Comment from MKFlood
cool capture. the clarity is great. the capture of the ligfht is great. the angle of the shot of the spiket is great. the cropping is good. overall great job.

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Comment from Susan F. M. T.
Mary,
A beautiful & peaceful picture of the redundant Water Pump being brought back to life in an second stab at "Life" The long grasses making the perfect backdrop. Artistic composition, with soft lighting, superb camera techniques & sharp focus.
Susan

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Comment from SteveANH
What a great picture, it is so well balanced and framed. The tight focus on the individual stalks of grass is wonderful. The rusted pump is perfectly focused. Nice composition.

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Comment from adrianart
This was well seen Mary, I like the different textures between the man made and rusty looking pump and the shades of the green grasses.

I also like how the grasses have surrounded the water pump and the fact that the water is coming out of it.

Perfectly framed and composition, well done.

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Thanks so much, I appreciate your positive feedback. :) Mary