I myself a mechanical engineer post graduate ! :) Love these valves as a photographic subject. More so when it is rusted. Some of the first few test shots, directly taken out of my D750, noedit whatsoever and uploaded through wifi utility ;)

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This old, rusting tractor sits in an area just off the road along Rt 9 north of Carrollton, Ohio. I've lost track of how many times I have passed this thing this year alone since Rt 9 is one of my favorite riding routes going south. I have no idea how old this tractor is but the emblem says "Oliver" and it has a crank starter.

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The "Picture This!" assignment for this week was Ghosts on the Landscape. When I read that assignment a week ago, this was the first thing that came to mind.

Today the We're Here group visit Rusty and Crusty.

I shall leave you to decide which is which.

An abandoned and rusted Dodge Coronet found in junkyard in eastern Oklahoma City.

Rusted

Detail on one of the locomotives once used to haul crushed copper ore from the rockhouse (where the ore was crushed) to the smelters. Part of a large US National Park Service historic site in Hancock Michigan and also in Calumet fifteen miles to the north.

Quincy Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton County, MI

While I’m not sure this spot bears an official title of junkyard, it does at least appear to be a yard of junk. Rusted metal and haphazardly placed tires, among many other things in disrepair dot the yard. Still, I’m always drawn to images like that, sooooo *snap snap*.

113 Pictures in 2013 #34 Rust/rusty .

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Another rusted out and near forgotten beauty at McLeans Auto Wreckers.

Steamtown, Scranton, PA

rust and corrosion

Sony W830

Rust in peace, Werombi, New South Wales, Australia.

Ah yes,

The debate,

What is art?

Wabi sabi says,

Rust is art.

Whether cubist,

Or impressionist,

Who's to say,

This is not art?

I like it.

Rust Glorious Rust

New York

Rust macro

Eugene, Oregon

OM System OM-5

OM System 75-300mm f:4.8-6.7 II

You already know why

For the monthly ARAF competition on 'Texture.'

More black and white shots in THIS set.

View On Black

Rusted machinery

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Andreas Manessinger, manessinger.com, Creative Commons BY-SA

My great grandmother "Granny" grew up on a small farm in Anna, Texas (north Texas - closest "big" town was probably Sherman, I guess). Her entire life she's been fascinated by windmills, and every time I see one I think of her.

2017.

Rust never sleeps, this wire cage I thought made for a great repetition shot that if you look closely you can see the rust flake and come closer to claiming another inanimate victim.