Another view

Posted by Fred (Easton PA, United States) on 24 January 2007 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Here's a different angle on the hand cranks used to open and close the locks of the Lehigh canal

Comments (3)

Wayne from Melbourne, Australia

I think there's been a bit too much light in this one...but I love the shadows cast by the railings.

24 Jan 2007 10:00am

@Wayne: Your right there is, strangely enough it was so cold out that my camera wasn't responding to manual settings. I turned the dial to program mode and managed to get a shot that wasn't too washed out.

good call on the exposure .

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

These gears have seen a lot - nice one. I agree you could probably add a little contrast in post processing and gain back some of that. Looks like a tough lighting situation shooting towards the sun.

24 Jan 2007 3:10pm

@Jason Kravitz: Thanks for the comment, I think a lens hood might have helped a touch too .
This view is alittle better http://fredbarr.aminus3.com/image/2007-01-20.html

chiquitafilipina from United States

So when these cranks were used, were they manually operated? It's amazing how engineers did things.

24 Jan 2007 7:47pm

@chiquitafilipina: Yep, hand powered. I don't think there was much of a choice at the time this was built. Thet are probably 150 or so years old.

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