Down Mexico way

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Down Mexico way

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:46 am

I was struck by the essentially industrial nature of modern winemaking. I guess the days of peasant girls crushing the grapes with their feet are long gone. If they ever existed.
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Especially when it is surrounded by a quintessential Australian landscape
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My take on that VERY imposing building
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Thank you for inviting me Kristen
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Re: Down Mexico way

Postby Reschsmooth on Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:34 am

Deleted photos again?
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Re: Down Mexico way

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:58 am

It seems I managed to republish all the photos I have on Flickr. I have fixed the links to the ones I posted last night, but older ones will have to fend for themsleves
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Re: Down Mexico way

Postby rflower on Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:20 am

You showed us (or me at least) #1 on your display sometime after you took it and I liked it then. Seeing it here, it is great. I really like the shadows.



It certainly is an interesting building though. Thanks again for coming down
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Re: Down Mexico way

Postby bigsarg7 on Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:09 am

Ah, those hard shadows!! I must say I hate that photo of me! funny how we always hate photo's that include ourselves, but that one wasn't very nice, i'm not even smiling! i figured you'd have deleted them like i did!! lol

Will have a look on flickr to see the rest! definately curious to see your photos from the visit and your trip down, there were a few stops you mentioned that you took a few photo's at, so i'm definately wanting to see them!!

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Re: Down Mexico way

Postby aim54x on Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:17 am

Very industrial indeed....where were the peasant girls?
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Re: Down Mexico way

Postby Murray Foote on Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:32 pm

You can fit a lot of peasant girls in one of those vats. Of course with 85% of the population living in cities the difficulty these days is finding them. That's why the winemakers provide a special work environment for them.
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Re: Down Mexico way

Postby biggerry on Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:25 pm

Love teh second one Greg, looks more like one of the industrial blocks over in Alexandria (Sydney) than a winery!

Great use of the shadows in the first. Where both these with the polariser?
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Re: Down Mexico way

Postby Mr Darcy on Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:46 am

biggerry wrote: Where both these with the polariser?

CPL was there for all of them
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