Inspiring Photo: Typewriter Keys #2312878

Typewriter Keys

Uploaded: June 27, 2006 13:32:50

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A very old Royal typewriter. Taken at Heritage Village in Largo, Florida. Lots of old homes and buildings here. A neat place to vist. This was in the train station area. Had my macro setting on.

Comments

Melissa G. Meiselman June 27, 2006

Great idea for a picture...and it works soooooo well, Kay. Love the pattern formed by the keys and the lines beneath the keys!!! #473177

Tressie Davis June 27, 2006

Wonderful photo Kay - love the full frame comp of the keys! #2958169

Wendy Stevenson June 27, 2006

Nice detail and great pattern those round key pads make! Nice fine and great shot Kay! #2958186

Gail Vitikacs June 27, 2006

Wonderful details Kay! #2958201

Janet Criswell June 27, 2006

Love this shot, Kay! #2958268

Katja Z June 27, 2006

what a wonderful image of what used to be. my hubby and I were JUST talking about old typewriters yesterday! :-) #2958301

Bill Wyatt June 27, 2006

Wonderful presentation and details, Kay! #2958324

Dan Holm June 27, 2006

BEAUTIFUL detail and capture, Kay!! Excellent work! #2958348

Jenny Bosmans June 27, 2006

Superb capture of this beautiful oldie, Kay!! :) #2958391

Lynne Morris June 27, 2006

Gorgeous image Kay, love the details of this. You just reminded me I have one of these old typewriters in my attic! #2958420

William C. Raco June 27, 2006

Much to my dismay, I remember using typewriters like this one.
Nicely photographed, Kay

Bill #2958466

Jenny D June 27, 2006

Ahhhhh, yes. I remember also!! Great capture & memory! #2958541

Claudia Kuhn June 27, 2006

Great find Kay,wow, the keys aren't in rows! #2958550

Carol Dibble June 27, 2006

Cool picture Kay! #2958639

Keith L. Clayton June 27, 2006

Good eye!! #2958650

Nina Shields June 27, 2006

Kay, what a great idea; I just don't have "the eye" yet but shots like this truly inspire me to continue to be as observant as possible! Love the detailing and sense of pattern; well done! #2958842

Nancy L. Green June 27, 2006

Love the comp on this one Kay. Very cool piece of nostalgia!! <>< #2959030

Linda Boehme June 27, 2006

Great shot, Kaye! What a difference between the keyboard of those days and our computer keyboards. At least the letters are still in the same place. #2959055

Agnes Fegan June 27, 2006

Great shot of this oldie Kay! #2959107

Deborah C. Lewinson June 27, 2006

Well designed nostalgia, Kay, great find and capture!
-Debby #2959178

Chastity Abbott June 27, 2006

WOW, this is pretty awesome. Like the full frame of keys. Neat idea! #2959326

Su Sana E. P June 27, 2006

Kay, excellent close up with wonderful lighting nice details!! #2959369

Kay E. Mahoney June 28, 2006

Thank you everyone for all of your wonderful comments. We've come a long way from these typewriters. I love to see the old old things from way back. #2960274

Darren K. Fisher June 28, 2006

Very well seen and captured. #2961199

Emile Abbott June 28, 2006

Golden oldies, Nice macro, Kay. #2961432

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer June 28, 2006

Great macro shot. #2961849

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas June 28, 2006

Very interesting image Kay!,
Amalia #2962041

Anita Ott June 28, 2006

Great capture. Wonderful eye to see this. #2962153

Ken Smith June 28, 2006

Cool find, Kay. I can honestly say that typewriter is probably older than me. #2962341

Anita Hogue June 28, 2006

Awesome find, Kay! We have a vacation home in Marathon Keys. How do you find all these neat photo places in the keys. Mostly when we're there I come back home with bird shots. I loved your butterfly photo yesterday. #2962635

Sharon King June 28, 2006

Love these old shots, great find Kay! #2963417

Kay E. Mahoney June 28, 2006

Thank you Darren, Emile, Kirsten, Amalia, Anita, Ken, Anita, and Sharon for your nice comments. Anita H this was taken in the train depot at Heritage Village in Largo, Florida. I live about 20 minutes away from there. Love going to visit the place. #2963537

Nemil B. Chabebe June 28, 2006

Great macro, great capture, you can see the years that went by in this photo. #2963950

Glenn E. Urquhart June 29, 2006

Very creative and unique abstract, Kay!!! Well done! Cheers, Glenn. #2964516

Dr Silly June 29, 2006

Reminds me of when I was taking typing class in high school. To get into typing 2 your typing 1 teacher had to give you the OK. My tpying 1 teacher told me he wouldn't OK me to go into tpying 1 never mind typing 2. LOL

Wonderful photo reminder. :O)
#2965273

Dennis Flanagan June 29, 2006

Cool shot Kay. I have never seen the keys offset like that. #2965543

DiAnna F. Paulk June 29, 2006

Excellent macro, Kay!! Way to see a great shot in a common, old typewriter!

Thanks for commenting on my tulip triptych today! #2967352

Kay E. Mahoney June 30, 2006

Thank you Nemil, Glenn, Doc, Dennis, DiAnna, and One for your comments. #2969947

Alice Lero July 09, 2006

Wonderful Kay....you have such a good eye for the neatest pictures. Just love this one! :) #3004409

SaMi Martin July 09, 2006

Wow am I glad we don't have to type like that anymore...lol. Great capture and composition Kay! #3005356

Kay E. Mahoney July 09, 2006

Thanks you so much Alice and SaMi. I love to find different things to take pictures of. Everything I look at I wonder if it would make a neat photo. #3005509

Jeffrey S. LeBlanc July 10, 2006

Kay,

Great composition! Would be a great sell for stock photo don't you think?

nice work. #3008127

Ugur Erkmen July 10, 2006

Great shot Kay.Very creative. #3009082

Kay E. Mahoney July 11, 2006

Thank you Jeffrey and Ugur for your comments. #3012717

Jill Odice July 16, 2006

Wow, remember those days? :-) My late Dad was a writer and wrote all his books using an old typewriter! He would have loved computers! Very cool image Kay! #3036200

Kay E. Mahoney July 17, 2006

Thank you Jill. It's fun going to these places seeing these old things. #3039235

Connie J. Turner July 19, 2006

I smell a winner! #3051879

Barbara Helgason July 20, 2006

Beautiful Kay, I love it! #3053734

Mick Burkey July 20, 2006

I love this shot, Kay! Mostly 'cause I like old stuff like this. Beautiful comp and use of macro. #3055741

Kay E. Mahoney July 21, 2006

Thank you Connie, Barbara, and Mick for your comments. #3060543

Ellen Hodges July 28, 2006

LOVE THE SHOT, KAY. #3096408

Kay E. Mahoney July 30, 2006

Thank you Ellen. #3102768

August 03, 2006

This is a great shot, a classic and I really enjoyed it :) #3121630

Kay E. Mahoney August 04, 2006

Thank you Denise. #3125926

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