One Horse Power by Tom LeRoy

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8-Jul-2012	T.A. LeRoy

One Horse Power

Mercedes Benz Museum, Stuttgart

"I believe in the horse. The automobile is only a passing phenomenon."
-- Germany's emperor Wilhelm II in 1905.

When you start the tour through the Mercedes-Benz museum, you are greeted
by this stuffed horse and the quoted misjudgement before entering the
world of Mercedes-Benz automobiles...

Guess Mercedes is happy that the emperor was wrong.

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Alexander Kazakov		03-Feb-2013 09:47
Nice shot! And well done! V

Linda & Pär Johansson		10-Jan-2013 08:39
Fascinating shadow play and reflections! V

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		10-Jan-2013 07:50
Beautiful well composed image Tom, great shot!! V

Gill Kopy		10-Jan-2013 02:02
Wonderful lighting in this building - I wonder what Wilhelm would say if he saw our congested highways today ! Love your shot V

Hank Vander Velde		10-Jan-2013 01:07
Neat well composed image Tom.

Marcia Colelli		10-Jan-2013 00:52
Wonderful composition. Nice light and details. Nice title. My daughter lives not too far from Stuttgart. V

Frank Brault		10-Jan-2013 00:51
:) Love the title! V

bill friedlander		10-Jan-2013 00:05
The horse is lovely but the graphics and colors of the building dominate. V

Jean Chiasson		09-Jan-2013 23:24
Beautiful image reflection Tom vote

Karen Stuebing		09-Jan-2013 22:10
Great light and composition. The horse looks odd in this modern environment. A lot of people have been wrong about a lot of technological advances. V.

Guest		09-Jan-2013 22:06
shoudn't he be in front of the wheels? V

woody34		09-Jan-2013 21:57
The Emperor certainly did get that one wrong,. wonderful capture,,the light and colours are great..V

Helen Betts		09-Jan-2013 21:40
Excellent capture, and love the shadow and light. The title and commentary are great as well. V.

Mairéad		09-Jan-2013 21:13
Certainly not what you'd expect to find in a car museum! Great shot. V

Colin Storey		09-Jan-2013 20:34
Fantastic image of this, great looking building. v

Bill Miller		09-Jan-2013 19:38
One horse power, but much more interesting.

Simon Chandler		09-Jan-2013 18:49
Unique and interesting composition. v

Alain Boussac		09-Jan-2013 16:53
Yes, the horse is very beautiful but not only him : great play with light and shades and superb range of soft tones of colors too. Excellent image. V.

Neil Marcus		09-Jan-2013 16:39
Good shot. An incongruous place for a statue of a hors

Walter Otto Koenig		09-Jan-2013 15:33
Great lighting from all these different angles. What an interesting juxtaposition. "V"

ac		09-Jan-2013 15:17
The first Daimler.

Ted Aanensen		09-Jan-2013 14:49
brilliant in thought and capture V

Jim Coffman		09-Jan-2013 13:52
It certainly is and a beauty at that!

joseantonio		09-Jan-2013 13:29
What an amazing light. Love those reflections on the floor..V

Ceya		09-Jan-2013 12:49
10 + for the title and shot, Tom! Think if we still had only natural horse powers available on our streets and ways!:) V

Guest		09-Jan-2013 12:44
A gem, beautifully lit and framed with reflectons on shiny surface below.

Stephanie		09-Jan-2013 12:41
Great title and image! V

Graeme		09-Jan-2013 10:32
Agreeing with the others, at first look I thought this was a real horse too! Great lighting and capture, Tom.BV

Guest		09-Jan-2013 10:19
And runs on hay! Nicely presented, Tom.

Yvonne		09-Jan-2013 10:16
Fascinating filtered lighting really adds to this image! v

Vickie BROWN		09-Jan-2013 10:06
A brilliant idea and fantastic display of a genuine 'Horsepower', Tom! V

Zoltán Balogh		09-Jan-2013 09:17
I agree: this horse looks absolutely real! Great capture Tom! V

Irene Wehrli		09-Jan-2013 08:32
Wow - the horse looks so real and I must admit, I prefere one horse power... Irene

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