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I guess an old rusty car is like a cancer victim. Unattended the body is OK but the rust keeps eating it away until it is no longer its former self and not able able to hit the road and get out and enjoy life again.Then one day somebody says "what a waste...that can be restored, all you gotta do is kill the rust and start over again"
Cut to the chase.....my Big C is in remission, hopefully a stem cell transplant will be the restoration....and the road never looked so good again.
thanks everybody for listening and CARING....merc
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This old grain elevator sits near the intersection of IL. routes 34 and 40 between Buda and Manlius,IL.I remember driving by this all my life,my dad bought some feed from this place probably 30 years ago.Things were much simpler then which can be witnessed by its modern counterpart,built just a short distance away along the highway.This has so much more character though!
Earth, Sand, Rusty fence, Blue sky and Perfect clouds, Oxidized metal
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My most interesting shots are here
A 1932 Chevrolet Confederate pick-up truck sits rusting on its hubs.
Seen at Becker Roofing near Knoxville, Iowa. Thanks to Lloyd Becker for giving Randy and I a Sunday morning tour of his collection.
Left over from a set of hay mow pulleys I photographed several years ago. I took another shot at it because I love the casting detail as well as the rusty texture. This is another 50mm prime lens exercise. It provides a great quality shot. The EF Myers Company was known for its efficient water pumps but they also manufactured other products for agriculture. www.farmcollector.com/equipment/history-f-e-myers-and-bro/
Even stainless steel struggles with the constant exposure to salt spray. Merewether Ocean Baths, Newcastle.
SMC TAKUMAR 55mm f1.8 wide open (should have dropped the ISO).
Last weekend, Ken & I bought a beautiful little metal gazebo- rusted and perfect for SO many of my tiny spots here- it's not big at all - 6 ft. wide. But here it sits, still on the truck! Not as easy as I thought, with only two of us to manage getting it off there! The leg columns are lying down in the bottom of the truck bed. :)
This is not "new" new, but new to me! I hope that counts! :)
Taken for the Jules' Photo Challenge Group
Instructions: April 28 - Something brand new ( purchased or received within the last week or so)
Goldfield Ghost Town, Apache Junction, Pinal County, AZ Jul 2, 2011 — I hand-held multiple exposures then converted five images to tiffs using Lightroom. I used Photomatrix to tone-map the HDR image. I spruced-up the image using the Topaz plug-ins DeNoise, Detail, and Simplify, and touched-up the image using Photoshop.
PENTAX K-5
SMC Pentax-DA* 16-50mm ƒ2.8 ED AL [IF] SDM
ISO 100-400, ƒ5.6, 1/50-1/125