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It's not often I show a before shot (in the comments), in fact, I have only done it once but I thought it was time to do it again. Truth be told, I'm rusted and can't come up with a good (or bad) story. Nor did I have any idea what to shoot today but I know I wanted to shoot something.
With no idea what to photograph, I went outside and looked around. I try to come up with different photos to keep the viewer from getting bored with my shots and at the same time I want people to see a shot and know right away it's from me.
I found an old metal and glass candle holder hanging on the fence full of cob webs. I love the rust on it so I decided the rusted candle holder would be the subject.
As for the background, that was tougher. Composition is everything to me. You can't have a good shot without it.
I love my gargoyles and I haven't taken a photo of them in awhile so I decided I wanted one in bokeh for the background. I found one I thought made a nice profile. Then I found a nice red leafy plant in a pot and thought it would make great flames coming off the gargoyle.
So I placed the red leafy plant in a nice spot, positioned the gargoyle about a foot in front of it then placed the rusted candle holder about two feet in front of that. I took my camera, got a few inches from the candle holder and found the angle I wanted but then I had to re arrange the gargoyle and red plant to fit the line of sight.
Once set up, I took 5 shots at different exposures. Processed them through Niks HDR effexs. Then processed it through Niks Color Efex and smoothed the shot out using Niks Dfine. I saved it as a Tiff and opened the shot using Lightroom to add some finishing touches with saturation and exposure then saved as a Tiff and JPG. (jpg is uploaded on flickr, tiff is saved on my computer)
So thats how I take a shot, good or bad, and hopefully I can shake some of this rust off soon and get back to normal.
View on black or I will send the cobs to your house to leave there webs all over
Our Daily Challenge: Begins With R
Wonderful rust on a cast iron grill on the White Star building. This building is on the waterfront, so I'm not surprised it's rusty, the wind and rain coming in there sometimes is phenomenal :)
Rusted and Secure - Another view of the back of apartments in an alley of the Roosevelt Row Arts District. Early morning sun is bright and intense in the July heat. Great pattern, texture and shadow play here.
This rusted door is on an old Ford Econoline Van--it looks like it hasn't moved in over 15 years! This rusted van sits in a boatyard in Annapolis. The tires are flat, the seats are rotted, and oxidation is taking over its exterior. The patterns of rust appear to be where people would have touched it regularly--above the door handle and near the cover for the door key.
Since the introduction of its 1961 model in the year 1960, the Ford Econoline Van has gained a good reputation for its spacious interiors and hauling power. It is certainly an American classic.
Taken with Nikon D300 and Nikkor 85 f1.4 lens @ f5.6.
As an addition to my entry this week for the Saturday Self Challenge and rust , here is another view of the same footbridge . As you can see the whole bridge is alive with rust , just hope it has not affected the integrity of the structure . People are constantly using the footbridge over the railway line and what with constant vibration every time a train goes through and the rust - just hope it is up to the job.
Would hate to think what would happen if it did fail , not only the collapse but with trains passing underneath and of course the third rail . This area uses a third rail for the supply of electricity to the train .
After this week's challenge I think we all look on rust in a new light !