Comments on: Long-exposure shots of beautiful old machines http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 13:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: hhype http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203536 hhype Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203536 I have taken many a trip to the Hagley museum. It was the first headquarters and manufacturing site for the DuPont company, 200 years ago when all they made was gunpowder. These are the most beautiful photos I have ever seen of the machine shop. My super amateur pictures always turn out horrible because of the bad lighting in there. Harold Ross must have an in with the guys demonstrating the shop to have taken such great pictures, good for him. This machine shop originally ran on water power like the rest of the powder mills but was eventually converted to that new fangled steam power. They run all of those pulleys with an electric motor now for demonstrations but I am sure it could be converted back to water. That is why <a href="http://honesthypocrite.blogspot.com/2005/08/old-tech-is-best-tech.html" rel="nofollow">Hagley Mills machine shop is on my apocalypse team</a>. If civilization falls and we need to bootstrap ourselves up to 19th century technology, this machine shop is the place to go. Forget steampunk, this place was waterwheelpunk. I have taken many a trip to the Hagley museum. It was the first headquarters and manufacturing site for the DuPont company, 200 years ago when all they made was gunpowder.

These are the most beautiful photos I have ever seen of the machine shop. My super amateur pictures always turn out horrible because of the bad lighting in there. Harold Ross must have an in with the guys demonstrating the shop to have taken such great pictures, good for him.

This machine shop originally ran on water power like the rest of the powder mills but was eventually converted to that new fangled steam power. They run all of those pulleys with an electric motor now for demonstrations but I am sure it could be converted back to water. That is why Hagley Mills machine shop is on my apocalypse team. If civilization falls and we need to bootstrap ourselves up to 19th century technology, this machine shop is the place to go. Forget steampunk, this place was waterwheelpunk.

]]> By: paulthekindd http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203814 paulthekindd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203814 Beautiful pics. Being a purple prose hypergraphic with a telepathic link to sci-fi artists, I am sure 100s are already speculating on what steampunk contraptions can be conjured from these images. Beautiful pics.

Being a purple prose hypergraphic with a telepathic link to sci-fi artists, I am sure 100s are already speculating on what steampunk contraptions can be conjured from these images.

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203827 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203827 EPIC FAIL! And truly pretty pictures. They remind me of some kind of CG rendering because of the lighting. EPIC FAIL!

And truly pretty pictures. They remind me of some kind of CG rendering because of the lighting.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203829 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203829 Dear Rossstudio http://www.kinoflo.com/12VDC%20Systems/Kamio/Kamio.htm Dear Rossstudio
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]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203830 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203830 or http://brainerror.net/texts/howto/macroring/ or
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]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203843 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203843 Never seen light painting used like this before, only for 'light graffiti' type stuff- I must try this. UK readers who like machinery like this would do well to visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cragside" rel="nofollow">Cragside</a> in Northumberland. A country retreat built by a monied Victorian arms dealer, it first used water power to operate equipment (lifts, laundry equipment, a rotisserie) via a system of belts, and later <a href="http://www.hevac-heritage.org/items_of_interest/heating/national_trust_properties/cragside/cragside.htm" rel="nofollow">hydroelectric power</a> (probably the first in the world) for the new-fangled electric light. Their Victorian machinery (especially the really early electrical stuff) is absolutely fascinating. Never seen light painting used like this before, only for ‘light graffiti’ type stuff- I must try this.

UK readers who like machinery like this would do well to visit Cragside in Northumberland. A country retreat built by a monied Victorian arms dealer, it first used water power to operate equipment (lifts, laundry equipment, a rotisserie) via a system of belts, and later hydroelectric power (probably the first in the world) for the new-fangled electric light.

Their Victorian machinery (especially the really early electrical stuff) is absolutely fascinating.

]]> By: rossstudio http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203647 rossstudio Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203647 Thanks for the positive comments! This was my first trip to Hagley, and thanks to my friend Diane Mattis for taking me. I don't have an "in" with the with the guys at the shop, but they were more than kind about letting me shoot for a couple of hours. I used a small LED flashlight to paint light onto the machines, as the light in the building is virtually non existent. There is light coming in through the windows, but it does nothing but create lens flare. The machinery there is amazing, all operational, and all run by water power. I'm a fool for cast iron! Harold Thanks for the positive comments! This was my first trip to Hagley, and thanks to my friend Diane Mattis for taking me. I don’t have an “in” with the with the guys at the shop, but they were more than kind about letting me shoot for a couple of hours. I used a small LED flashlight to paint light onto the machines, as the light in the building is virtually non existent. There is light coming in through the windows, but it does nothing but create lens flare.
The machinery there is amazing, all operational, and all run by water power. I’m a fool for cast iron!

Harold

]]> By: scuba http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203401 scuba Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203401 It's fascinating looking at old things like this. Great detail. It’s fascinating looking at old things like this. Great detail.

]]> By: Olorwen http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203444 Olorwen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203444 I love Hagley! We used to take field trips there when I was younger, but it's interesting how much more I appreciate it now. That's a gorgeous set of pictures. They capture so much detail and texture. I love Hagley! We used to take field trips there when I was younger, but it’s interesting how much more I appreciate it now. That’s a gorgeous set of pictures. They capture so much detail and texture.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203470 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203470 Dear Scuba leave your site with your profile please, using it (or a link to it) as a by-line is a faux pas here. Otherwise we'll be hip deep in them, Thanks Dear Scuba

leave your site with your profile please, using it (or a link to it) as a by-line is a faux pas here. Otherwise we’ll be hip deep in them,
Thanks

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/longexposure-shots-o.html#comment-203516 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203516 Really nice images. The natural patinas on the metal are beautiful- as is the framing and lighting of the devices. Thanks for the post. Really nice images.

The natural patinas on the metal are beautiful- as is the framing and lighting of the devices.

Thanks for the post.

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