Tag: Rust

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Old Truck

Old truck in the Palouse

The Palouse, you have heard me speak about it many times before.  Lots of old and abandoned things in the Palouse, hoes, cars and trucks.  This is one of those trucks.  I found this in the back of an old gas station.  The gas station sits on this gentlemen’s farm and he restored it to look like the old ones that were seen across America.  This person collects old cars and trucks and has dozens on his property.  This one is an old GMC and caught my eye and the lens of me camera.  Color, rust and symmetry.  Some good elements.

 

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Nature Takes Over

Nature Takes Over - Train Car - Noblesville, IN

Kind of cool how mother nature in all her ways eventually reclaims things and takes over.  Nothing is more evident than this shot of the side of s rusty train car with a small plant beginning to grow out of it.  Shot with a P65+ there is a load of detail in this shot. I made a large 30×40 inch print of this and it is stunning.

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Heavy Metal

TRain Restoration, Noblesville, IN

Close by to where I live there is a transportation museum.  This museum is mainly focused on trains.  There are a lot there.  Most of them rusty and falling apart.  I just love that.  They do a fair amount of restoration on these trains and have a special building just for that.  It is fun to shoot there and catch restorations in progress which is what this shot is all about.  Made with a Canon 5dII in multi expose mode then using an HDR program I made it the gritty look.  Then on the iPad using SnapSeed I worked on focus and some selective color to come out with this image.

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Time For Some Rust Again

Steam Engine Restoration, Indiana

So many images.  I now have quite a library stacking up for the daily blog here.  Thought I would change it up today and put some rust back into the blog.  Close by where I live  there is a transpiration museum and the place has a ton of old train cars in various rates of disrepair and well as restoration and completed cars that are restored.  I love wandering this place and also visiting the train shop where the work is done.  This is shot is of an old locomotive that is being restored. I have kind of enhanced it a bit and made it somewhat vintage looking to add to the overall feel.

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A Little Color Today

Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas, NV

In only three days I head out for a 21 day trip that will take me to Australia and then New Zealand.  I’ll be leading a photo workshop in New Zealand for PODAS (www.podas.info).  So, it has been a busy week prepping all the details for this trip that should yield some fantastic images.  I’ll try to post images here as time and internet connections allow.  Todays image is from the Neon Boneyard in Las Vegas.  It is colorful and arty.  I like the simple composition.  If you visit Las Vegas you need to take  atour of this place.  it is where all the old signs in Vegas go when they die.

 

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Man In Row Boat

Man Rowing Boat

This is a shot that I always liked and finally decided to post.  It was shot in Buenos Aires which is an interesting place to visit.  Lots of rust and abandoned ships and buildings.  This guy was just rowing his boat up this extremely busy and dirty river.  He had a mission and purpose.  I messed with the image a bit and grunged it a bit.  I love the way his face peeks out and the splash from his oar.

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Anchor

Anchor, Michigan

Make an anchor look good.  I love objects that are peer of other, and I have been drawn to anchors after shooting some cool rusty ones in Argentina.  I didn’t have to go far to shoot this image though.  It was made in Saugutuck Michigan at and old lake passenger ship museum.  Lots of very graphic elements at this ship.  More to come soon.

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Car Hood

Car Hood In The Plaouse

Sometimes when shooting with my big boy camera (the IQ180) I like to pull out the iPhone and mess with it.  This was one of those instances when I was shooting old cars in the Palouse.  I got out the iPhone shot some images and then played on the iPad and dressing them up.  So here is my version of car hood #1.