Grandpa's Drill

[JonK]

My grandfather passed away a few weeks ago. He was 103 yrs. old and this was his drill.
Very independent, he lived alone in his house until last fall.

 

[woodsac]

103

I like the whole series Jon. The b/w works great with the metal. Gives a good industrial feel.

 

[Arch]

wow 103, lets hope you take after him, eh. Great tones jon, really like the second and forth compos. they're great :thumbup:

 

[JonK]

thanks you guys

 

[terri]

....and if that drill could talk.... I'm thinking of all the things he did with it, all those years he had it. He sounds like a wonderful old man, Jon! Sorry for your loss. :hug::

This series does him proud. :thumbup: Love that top image, especially.

 

[THORHAMMER]

amazing textures and detail, I love it....

 

[AIRIC]

Excellent captures.

Eric

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

awesome series Jon, regards to you and your family, and I bet that drill smells awesome when its running,. I had one just like it when my uncle pasted, and I ran it just for the smell.

 

[JonK]

thanks terri, thor and airic
yeh raymond I jus fired it up and it totally has a distinctive 'old shop' odour...reminds me of the smell of my grandpa's garage which was always a wondrous place when I was growing up.
Threw some wicked sparks too! may try to catch those on camera later
thanks for the comment.

 

[Ice]

love the lines on the last one

 

[danalec99]

:thumbup:

 

[LaFoto]

That is a cool age to reach! 103 and living independently up until only a few months before the end of this long life was reached. Wow.

Photographing this drill in the way you did gives your grandfather some great additional honour. I like the whole idea behind it.

And of this entire series the 2nd photo is my favourite. It is so nicely abstract and pleasing in it being a circle.

 

[mad_malteaser]

Beautiful series. That last one in particular is my favourite.

 

[M @ k o]

103 ! Wow ! Bless his soul.

Nice detail and really nice tone to these images. Good eye on #3 man !

You have a great vision for angles JonK, I've always admire you for that. Awesome series of shots dude !

 

[JonK]

thanks everyone appreciate the wonderful comments.

thanks for the coments corinna....i did want to honour him in some small way...I realise its just a material object but I know how much use he would have put it to and I know how well he took care of his tools. That and the fact this one hass an artistic quality to it made it an easy choice.

cheers m@ko and I guess I do have a thing for angles thanks for this and all your other encouraging comments.