2210_1971 Front Left Fender
Here's a pulled-back shot that includes the elements in yesterday's post - visible at the bottom, just right of centre. This surface is curved - it's a car fender, after all - so the only way to capture it in focus edge-to-edge is to use a tripod and stop the lens down. Which is what I did.
As you can see, there's a wealth of material here, and I've returned to it again and again over the years. Stars, a forest, rust flowers - wherever your imagination takes you. It's a Rorschach test for the bold, a deep dive into fantasyland, or maybe pure psychedelia. And it's slowly changing, as the rust spreads and the paint gradually flakes off, layer after layer, revealing whatever's beneath. I would love to have that fender on top of a bookcase in my living room, but it isn't mine to take. A framed print, though... that's very possible.
For the record, this fender is from a 1939 Pontiac that has been sitting in a rancher's pasture for nearly eighty years. I hope it sits there for eighty more.
More to come...
Photographed at Rosefield, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2210_1971 Front Left Fender
Here's a pulled-back shot that includes the elements in yesterday's post - visible at the bottom, just right of centre. This surface is curved - it's a car fender, after all - so the only way to capture it in focus edge-to-edge is to use a tripod and stop the lens down. Which is what I did.
As you can see, there's a wealth of material here, and I've returned to it again and again over the years. Stars, a forest, rust flowers - wherever your imagination takes you. It's a Rorschach test for the bold, a deep dive into fantasyland, or maybe pure psychedelia. And it's slowly changing, as the rust spreads and the paint gradually flakes off, layer after layer, revealing whatever's beneath. I would love to have that fender on top of a bookcase in my living room, but it isn't mine to take. A framed print, though... that's very possible.
For the record, this fender is from a 1939 Pontiac that has been sitting in a rancher's pasture for nearly eighty years. I hope it sits there for eighty more.
More to come...
Photographed at Rosefield, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.