Hi!
OK, just so you folks don't get the idea that I only photograph black
and white nudes...
WARNING: This image contains absolutely no nudity, snakes, spiders,
green grasshoppers or other nasty beasts. Pyrophobics should not view!
http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/blacksmith034a.jpg
(Taken with available firelight on Nikon D70 set to ISO 1600.)
Bob, I suppose it is not generally a good idea to be somewhat
disappointed by a work of maestro ;-)... Yet...
I cannot say why, but I have this feeling that the person you depicted
is not breaking sweat... He looks at ease. He doing his job, but he is
doing it in a very light, relaxed kind of way. I suppose it is my
pre-judice speaking, but I'd like to see some tension. After all the
work of blacksmith is dangerous and demanding...
May be I am off base, but that's what I feel when I look at this photo...
Technically, your Nikon definitely did not let you down...
Boris