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27-MAR-2008

"Precious Metal" SCUBA TANK

Thursday Challenge "Precious Metal"
see fellow Pbase entries here: http://form.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=36884

I had taken pictures of some jewerly that belonged to my grandfathers and my parents along with my lapel pins showing my ratings as dive instructor and private pilot but figured that many entries would be of jewerly, silver and gold so I went with this.

For those that are not SCUBA divers, this is a steel tank that holds 3443 psi of AIR, 80 cf of it.
I consider that precious when I'm down 30 to 100 feet underwater.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
1/80s f/5.6 at 100.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Jim Larkin19-Apr-2008 05:23
Great take on the theme.
Phillip Normanton28-Mar-2008 23:08
Nice cool tones - and that splodge of blue to liven it up :)
Antonio Ruggiero28-Mar-2008 21:34
Excellent !! ....Bravo
Guest 28-Mar-2008 12:02
I'd say that's precious! Nice image, too.
beverley harrison28-Mar-2008 09:04
very precious when under water... !!
Barbara Heide28-Mar-2008 07:44
excellent close-up!
carolynne_w28-Mar-2008 04:27
Well chosen! Nice in B&W
Greg Christie27-Mar-2008 22:41
Precious indeed. Very clear details and definition of the cylinder's texture.
Malcolm Smith27-Mar-2008 22:08
Great take on the challenge.
Colin Clarke27-Mar-2008 21:53
Is this a 'compressed' JPEG then? LOL. Nice industrial image, BTW.
Dan Chusid27-Mar-2008 21:36
You sure you don't just use that to blow up balloons for the kids on the weekend?
; )
Guest 27-Mar-2008 21:23
Leaves me simply breathless LOL
Maaike Huizer27-Mar-2008 21:22
Indispensable, Great thinking. Great shot.
Guest 27-Mar-2008 21:02
Makes a striking image,Jonathan!
J. Scott Coile27-Mar-2008 20:20
At times so much more precious than others :-)
Laura Sebastianelli27-Mar-2008 20:05
Nice composition, Jonathan!
Norbert Fortelny27-Mar-2008 19:40
I bet you do!
Nice detail picture.
Jola Dziubinska27-Mar-2008 19:22
So very important!
Denise J. Johnson27-Mar-2008 18:13
Ah yes! The most precious life-sustaining metal there is! Very nice!
Liz Bickel27-Mar-2008 17:26
Very well thought out and composed. This is indeed "precious metal"!