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| camera | Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL |
| exposure mode | aperture priority |
| shutterspeed | 1/15s |
| aperture | f/8.0 |
| sensitivity | ISO100 |
| focal length | 200.0mm |
| resolution | 3888x2592 pixels |
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comments (24)
Is this a 44 gallon drum love the rust
Louis: Thanks vintage - 44 gallon drum it is
Ah, beautiful rust! Love the focus point and the way the rust contrasts so well with the blue paint. (:o)
Louis: Thanks Rosalyn. Rust, especialy for the aficianadoes
LOVE the focus and the DOF and the colors, this is what I mean by capturing things that have always been around, I am glad you spotted this one.
BTW the 44 gallon, is that US gallon, for the Imperial Gallon (GB) is 36.6 US gallon and the 44 US gallon makes 167 liters.....just wanted you to know, which you did of course
Louis: Thanks Astrid. Being ex-GB colonies the aussies and us go Imperial.
What a bunch of nerds
Louis: Heh, heh thanks Nigel.
I like the colors - very interesting picture
Louis: Thank you gaelle
LOL at Nigel!
BUT that is one fine drum opening, Sir!
Louis: Thanks Ginnie. I bet if anyone goes to the trouble to research the 44 there will be a perfectly good reason. At some stage in the UK taxes were raised on car's piston diameter. The brits built their car engines with a small diameter and a long stroke to the pistons. For many years the british car had a distinctively different character and sound.
Similar tax on street-front windows in that one town in holland - led to minimum windows on the street - a bit dark in the house if you had a corner stand. In the US around 1900 or just thereafter import taxes were raised on the import of veggies. Tomato importers got taxed, which they took to court claiming tomatoes are fruit. The court decided that tomatoes are vegetables for linguistic reasons. Today the tomato which is the fruit of the tomato plant is known as a vegetable Went to search on the web and found in wiki: A 44-gallon drum (known as a 55-gallon drum in America, and increasingly in Australia as a 200-litre drum) is a cylindrical container (drum) with a nominal capacity of 44 imperial gallons, 55 U.S. gallons, or 200 litres (Aus). The barrel of oil is 42 US gallons. Today's 55 gallon drum resulted from military shipping requirements and specifications circa World War I, the first modern war where trucks, cold rolled steel, stamp or pattern forging machinery and welding were widely available making mass produced standardized shipping containers feasible. The 55 gallon drum will fit handily four to a fork truck standard wooden shipping pallet and so greatly ease material handling and rapid shipping. The drums size, shape, and weight distribution lends itself readily to being moved about readily on the loading dock or factory floor with a two wheeled Hand Truck. So there you are - tax was not the reason but war shipping efficiency requirements.
Wil je concurreren met Harry O'C..., for he is the rust-speci! A wonderful rust-pic! I could imagine to sail along the sea and some eilands on bright, lovely day as today, but I have to be very attentive in order I don't fall into the dark hell-hole( a new entrance to the Hades?)!
Louis: Thanks Philine. Depending what chemical they are transporting in the drum, that hole could be an entrance to Hades
Fuel prices being what they are...someone has made off with the contents...all 200litres of it!
Really like this image, Louis.
Louis: Thank you ray. People over here also have lotsa ideas to get hold of fuel
Rust and blue, where is Martin.
Terrific shot Louis.
Louis: Thanks Aussie. If my memory serves me well he said he will be away over easter, scouting new photo opportunities.
Greaat contrasting colours!
Louis: Thank you Mary
rust tells a story, great captire
Louis: Thank you Chantal
Excellent rust Louis and I really like the contrast with the blue paint.
Louis: Thank you Bernie
100 dollartjes precies vandaag om kwart voor 4 CET+1
Louis: Brent crude zeker. Ja, dit hang alles de spuigaten uit. En de mannetjes in de middenoosten bouwen alleen maar groter huizen.
Beautiful shot Louis. Great colours contrast!
Louis: Thank you Richard, rust often provides good picture opportunities.
Excellent composition and the hues are a delight. richard
Louis: Thank you Richard
Wow, Louis. I love this DOF action you've got going here. And it's of my favorite color/shade of blue!
Louis: Thank you Kay. And I thought you liked green
good comment ginnie / louis.
ty both.
Louis: Dankje wel Giep
Sry was te snel met submitten, kmoet nog ff wat kwijt.
Ik vind het weer heel netjes van onze zuidafrikaan dat hij, hoewel levend aan de andere kant van de evenaar, op de hoogte is van de (reeds opgeheven) gevelbelasting. Knap.
Louis: Da's meegenomen. Had allen de naam van de dorp vergeten. In de buurt van de groot rivieren. Gaat goed met je broertje. Slaapse.
Nice combination of colors. Something I would pass by without noticing. Good work.
Louis: Thank you Nadine. Before I joined Shutterchance I wouldn't have noticed it as well. My ability to recognise a photo opportunity has changed
Perfect. You have been able to deceive to me! I have been surprised when I have opened the photo. It did not hope to see this. Bravo by the detail!
Louis: Thanks for the comment José-Angel
great shot! a fine composition. luvly colour.
Louis: Thanks for the comment Gihin
Nice details and a good idea once again !!
Louis: Thanks Imaginerf, alias Zebigleb.
Lovely contrasts, brightness and focus... very vivid...
Louis: Thanks for this comment minelmio
It's been a while since I saw a blue and brown combo that I liked - and here I find one - I like the DOF and overall composition
Louis: Thank you Aksel - sometimes I aim to please
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