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I hate grease and oil and dirty engines and heavy metal stuff. This photo really communicates it. It makes me feel ... dirty ! I have to take a shower.

Well done. This is what photography is all about. Emotion and communication.

Rudy, can't agree more about emotion & comm. That this would convey that is more than I'd hoped.

Awesome, so real - you can feel a combination of dirt and cold. Great job. The Pyro is magical

Ahh - nothing like dirty metal - detail and tones are super - love how you got the highlights on the Valve Oil and the rod next to it.

Bob, thank You. It was the one frame slightly overexposed. I metered in moderate shadow on the on the curved bottom of the oil tank above 'valve oil' and between the shaft plate and the rod. It looked about zone 2.5-3. I exposed it w/ the intent to make it a 3-4, giving 2.5 stops for the polarizer & another 2/3 stop for reciprocity. Any surface not coated in oil/grease was high-gloss black paint, throwing reflections all over. The polarizer really did its job. I did reduce exposure & highlights in the scan, but this one got the most extensive notes so I could learn from it.

naeroscatu - thank you. 'Gotta say I love the Pyro. First the honorable Andrew O. recommended, then Tony L. They sure told me right. 'Preciate your sharing your thoughts.