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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)
A scene at Balbriggan harbour on Ireland's east coast on the afternoon of Monday 25th September 2023.
Never one to miss an opportunity for a musical reference, for the title I have adapted the name of the acclaimed 1979 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, called Rust Never Sleeps.
This old rusted hook was screwed into a blue wooden fence post or something of that nature, and had bits of ivy covering it.
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
“Would you that ever find yourself walking the Road, trudging without purpose, seeking some journey's end, I give you this warning. The Road is a living being. She is an enchantress and She has a long reach.” ~ Caiseal Mór
Why rust? Well, rust is cool. I mean, look at it this way. Metal tends to be pretty tough stuff. You can smash it, bend it, reshape it, fire it, freeze it, generally abuse it in a number of different ways. But if you really want to destroy it with minimal effort, just leave it alone for a while outdoors in a moist environment. In time, it will break down.
Viewing large on black shows all the grungy details. ;)
This is an old Plymouth that sits in a driveway in my neighborhood. I love the colors of the rust against the fading body paint. Throw a little chrome in there and it's photographic eye candy. ;)
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PROCESSING NOTES:
for each individual image I ...
- duplicated the Background Layer, changed to LAB Mode, ran a high-pass filter, changed back to RGB Mode, and switched the blend mode of that layer to Soft Light
- duplicated the new layer to double the effect
- made another duplicate of the Background Layer, dragged it to the top, ran high-pass filter, changed blend mode of that layer to Soft Light (to bring out details even more)
- made a stamp of all layers, added a b&w adjustment layer, manually adjusted it for a high-contrast look, switched that stamped layer to Soft Light blend mode, then tweaked the b&w adjustment layer until I achieved the desired look
- added a texture layer to the top and changed it's blend mode to Soft Light
After putting them all into the collage then individual adjustments were made (curves, hue, levels, masks where needed, etc.) to get them all to flow well.
Former West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. Mill in Cass, Wv. By 1942 the first growth timber had been cut and the the WVP&P business model shifted and the mill was sold to the Mower Brothers. The mill lasted until 1960 when it was shut down. The mill however was on fire at least twice in the late 70's and early 80's. Left over rusted machinery with a touch of Cass Shay coal smoke in the background.
Another faux wood and iron necklace. In this piece i wanted to limit the use of paint to a single wash of black acrylic to bring up the detail and textures and create the colours of the rust with polymer clay alone.
I went to take pictures of driftwood but found this rusted area on one of the bridge columns and became more interested in it than the driftwood.
This is where my eye has been lately, spotting all sorts of interesting abstract textures.