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vincent
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Registered: December 2008
Location: Co. Kildare Ireland
Posts: 876
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Fri, 25, October, 2013 4:29pm
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Excellent shot Simon. I love how you have the lower half of the knocker surrounded by black to make it stand out.
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Vincent - Not afraid of the dark
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MikeHeller
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Registered: October 2010
Location: North Wales
Posts: 1,287
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Fri, 25, October, 2013 4:46pm
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I want it.
Print good enough to look 3-d and real.
I have been on the look out for a decent knocker and fancy one of those disembodied hands holding a ball that you see in Spain. But my late other half thought they were too macabre!
I am still waiting for my son whose partner is Spanish to come good: I keep reminding them.
I have had to make do with a cheap lion with a ring in its mouth that has no weight, is losing its surface paint to reveal corroded aliminium and doesn't even cause my cat to stir when used.
Mike
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peterlg
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Registered: December 2010
Location: living in Luxembourg
Posts: 507
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Fri, 25, October, 2013 4:54pm
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If you google ''knocker'' as I did (to make sure I understood the meaning of the word) you'll find a couple of jokes, and then a great collection of knockers - door knockers! Among them is the one of 10 Downing Street - it is amazingly similar to your photo. I like it, yes the contrast makes the brass shine. Well done Simon.
Peter
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Richard Gould
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Registered: December 2008
Location: Jersey Channel Islands
Posts: 5,433
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Derek Lincoln
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Market Drayton, Shropshire
Posts: 206
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Sat, 26, October, 2013 11:00am
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Love the tones in the face of the knocker. Not a particularly welcoming face to make you want to enter but then perhaps that is the intention? Great shot. I have just bought some Kentmere 400 to try out.
Derek
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SimonNOTTS
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Registered: January 2013
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 78
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Mon, 28, October, 2013 3:38pm
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Thanks for all the comments. Like most of my photography, there is an element of previsualisation but also some luck! I didn't realise at the time the bottom would turn soo black, which I also feel helps to make it stand it more than the rest. It must have been a combination of the exposure, direction of light and finish on the door. Or a stroke of good fortune!
Mike - if you'd like a copy, happy to send you one in the post. Same goes for anyone, just PM me your details.
Ta, Simon
p.s - I googled 'knocker' too, there are some interesting and quirky ones out there!!!
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