Ferguson

[Black Pearl]

I knew as I drove past this old tractor that I needed to get a shot and it needed to end up monochrome.

 

Processed using the free DXO software I posted a link to - used the Ilford Pan-F profile as it gave the right tones:

 

[bugmeister]

Does look a little 'worn' and it's given a picture that the b&w really works well with. Nicely done

[Charlie]

Wow! Love it & what you have done with it. I have driven 'fergie's' many a time. That picture just sums nostalgia up in one shot. 

[Martyn]

Love it, takes me back to my childhood down on my uncle Robert's farm. I think mono works best for the old grey Fergie!

[FUJI]

A great shot of an excellent locally made Tractor...........living just five miles from where they were designed and manufactured, I remember the first of the little grey tractors moving through on transporters, all had the patented hydraulic hitch and lift? system at the back......I remember that farmers loved them. Two of my current friends worked at Massey Ferguson in Coventry, they too have find memories of being part of this very important icon of agriculture.

FUJI

[NannyFerret]

John worked there too, but he joined the workforce when things were just starting to get bad and was only there for five years before it started to go under.
My dad was in the garage and my oldest brother also worked in the factory.
We took our kids to one of the MF open days and saw what heavy machinery the men had to use, and was amazed at how they managed to manoeuvre them.