In times gone by......

Posted by JJ (Jersey City, United States) on 11 December 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

This was a top of the line as far as anything with a keyboard was concerned
Another one from a window display at Lord and Taylors

Was a hectic day yesterday and didnt get to visit all your blogs, will catch up tomorrow :)

Thank you for taking the time to visit. I really appreciate all your comments, and welcome any critique as I am learning the art of photography, and having a blast with it
Was away for a while but finally back
Other shots are posted on my flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/tattoodjay/

IF you see yourself in any of my people on the street shots and want it to be removed please contact me and I will remove it straight away

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Comments (53)

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

State of the art!! Great image, love the sepia...played with of natural?

11 Dec 2008 5:21am

Sidney from Manila, Philippines

And in fact it is not THAT old...
Wonderful light again...

11 Dec 2008 5:55am

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Wonderful lighting, love it!

11 Dec 2008 5:59am

willow from Chelsea, United States

Typewriter, right? Just kidding, I'm actually enough of a relic to remember these, yoo. Like the lighting and tones of this iamge.

11 Dec 2008 6:07am

Nicholas from Shah Alam, Malaysia

Nice lighting :)

11 Dec 2008 6:47am

Ross Collins from Wellington, New Zealand

Nice 'feel' JJ!

11 Dec 2008 6:48am

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

Now there is a call back the past photo! And then came telex machines to speed up communications....:) Beautifully photographed, JJ.

11 Dec 2008 7:36am

Craig from United Kingdom

Lovely warm "glow" to this one, really nice tone. Well done through glass too!

11 Dec 2008 7:39am

aubry from Montpellier, France

hi jj,
Nice mood but i would prefer a long DOF to see all details...i dont like the blur in the middle

11 Dec 2008 7:41am

k@ from Paris, France

Wonderful & wistful - I prefer stay silent and admire..............

11 Dec 2008 8:48am

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Another nice one, cool lighting

11 Dec 2008 9:14am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

OOO indeed very authentic looking JJ, well done! You better drop in today, the gang's on...your input is needed ;)

11 Dec 2008 10:52am

BoB from Italy

this is really amazing, great light and very nice vintage object, beautiful contest too

11 Dec 2008 11:22am

Elaine- from Vancouver, Canada

my parents had an old underwood like that, boy those keys could clack... great shot man!!!

11 Dec 2008 11:28am

Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada

the lighting is wonderful - could be on the set of Srooge - nice image

11 Dec 2008 11:29am

Florence from Paris, France

Lovely "rétro" mood ! I like it ! Gret post-processing, perfectly suits the subject.

11 Dec 2008 11:46am

Marion from Liberty Township, United States

incredible lighting - once again :) You do a wonderful job. It does look like an old type writer...

11 Dec 2008 12:37pm

vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada

Now we just need a chain-smoking reporter hacking at the keys.... Beautiful warm color tones!

11 Dec 2008 1:28pm

NarB from Bruxelles, Belgium

Lovely composition and fantastic lightning, I like.

11 Dec 2008 2:03pm

Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco

very beautiful ! I love colors ,light and composition !

11 Dec 2008 2:23pm

Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece

nice warm lighting!

11 Dec 2008 2:27pm

Ada Panich from S.Benedetto del Tronto, Italy

Great shot!! Perhaps a bit slanting on the left?

11 Dec 2008 2:56pm

Manel from Girona, Spain

Interesting image, superb colorurs an textures.Well done!

11 Dec 2008 3:20pm

Earnest from Oklahoma, United States

Excellent image... looks like one I learned to type on in High School... a million years ago... :)

11 Dec 2008 3:30pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Stunning image.

11 Dec 2008 3:40pm

Mohammadreza Rezania from Tehran, Iran

golden shot, beautiful lighting ...

11 Dec 2008 3:51pm

Rags from Plano, United States

Suerb shot. It is so full of detail.

11 Dec 2008 4:03pm

don from United States

A fine nostalgic shot of this venerable machine. I spent many an hour sitting at one of these!

11 Dec 2008 4:39pm

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

beautiful scenery and warm colors

11 Dec 2008 6:45pm

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

great shot its amazing how times have changed

11 Dec 2008 7:13pm

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

Beautiful warm shot. My father-in-law gave me one of these, a heavy cast-steel machine on rubber feet.

11 Dec 2008 7:26pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Like the antique feel to this shot.

11 Dec 2008 8:11pm

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

The best friend of many writers, with the Remington ! Nice mood.

11 Dec 2008 8:32pm

Grahame from Mt Maunganui, New Zealand

A loverly Golden Oldie photo.

11 Dec 2008 10:14pm

beanow from Poland

The return to former times... Excellent composition and the colouring of this picture...

11 Dec 2008 10:23pm

Terry H. from Azle Texas, United States

The few times I try to use one of those there was a lot of cursing going on and a lot of paper used.

11 Dec 2008 10:36pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

It looks like someone is writing to Santa.

11 Dec 2008 10:44pm

manel from Girona, Spain

Muy buena composición y acertadísima esa calidez que trasmite. Me trae un gran recuerdo: en mi primer trabajo yo tenía una Underwood.

11 Dec 2008 10:48pm

Charles from New York, United States

Nice shot. Mine used to have a correction ribbon!

11 Dec 2008 11:25pm

Chris from Jefferson City, United States

Lovely mood here...I'll add my praise to a long list!

12 Dec 2008 12:06am

Marcah from Quincy, United States

Wonderful creation. The Underwood work horse.

12 Dec 2008 1:26am

MontereyJohn from Salinas, California, United States

Love the color and light.

12 Dec 2008 2:44am

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

Hey, JJ - nice use of the time machine here. A beautiful capture - nicely produced.

12 Dec 2008 2:51am

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Fabulous golds and browns; warm light, almost glowing. Antique-looking. It's great work JJ.

12 Dec 2008 3:49am

Khorshid.~ from Iran

superb shot..Nicely done!

12 Dec 2008 3:51am

One from Açores, Portugal

A particularly beautiful and precious !! I really like the golden atmosphere.

12 Dec 2008 3:56am

Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life from United States

Even then, this was an amazing piece of equipment. I still love the typewriter. I remember sitting in type class and being "invited" up to Mr. Vance's desk and asked if I wanted to redo a page because there was a strikeover. A strikeover that was so faint I couldn't even see it but HE could. I redid the page.

12 Dec 2008 4:51am

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

The astonishing thing is that these typewriters were not that long ago in human terms . . my, my, how we have flown. Very nostalgic.

12 Dec 2008 10:33pm

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

Beautiful image. It's perfect as far as I'm concerned! (Imagine retyping pages, though, for one small mistake...)

13 Dec 2008 3:39am

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

it looks like from a book "look and find" - wonderful image! love the earthy tones and detail

13 Dec 2008 8:26am

Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States

Very nice! Closing in works very well, and the typewriter takes me back to the old days.

15 Dec 2008 2:11pm

fanfan from la motte servolex, France

superbe...le traitement colle parfaitement au sujet ....extra !!!

10 Jan 2009 10:48am

BOCCONE CLAIRE from ISTRES, France

Superbe photo!!Très belles couleurs et lumière!
Bravo!
AmitiéS de France:CLAIRE

1 Aug 2010 1:28pm

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