Old cars

Cornflake

Criticism is always welcome.

black mamba

Gracious, Don, I see enough fertile opportunities here to make a RUST JUNKIE weep. I could spend a whole day just on the objects I see in this scene. You start going in for close-up abstracts of rust and just let the sliders fly when doing the PP work.....man, you could end up with some startling work. A true RUST JUNKIE knows no boundaries when it comes to saturation, sharpening, or any other effect. Rust holds no limit to the images that can be extracted from it....you just have to be brave enough to really throw out traditional processing and go in there and drag it out.

Tom

DonRicklin

You can NOT leave us with one shot. The opportunities are boundless.

Get in there and give us some meaty rust shots. You've given us the taste, now satisfy the craving! !



Rust Rules

Don

Cornflake

Tom, Don, thanks very much for commenting. I could never be a true rust junkie...this is pretty adventurous processing for me. Saturation sliders terrify me.

Alas, I can't get any more shots. This was taken at a place called Vulture Mine. I took this one earlier this year but overlooked it when I was working up shots from the outing. Meanwhile, Vulture Mine has been closed to visitors.

Don

DonRicklin

So your leaving us cold turkey!

:cry :wow



Don

Cornflake

Well, I'd hate to do that, Don. Here's a rust shot, but the saturation still isn't boosted.

phatspaz

Don cracked me up reading his post in this tread!

Dogdots

Looks like you hit a gold mine of rust in your first posted photo That would be rust heaven for a rust junkie

Your second photo ... I really like this one. There are shapes in it to keep the eye searching. As for the rust factor .. I know it's hard to crank on the saturation and contrast sliders, but go for it It can be very creative and fun.

Cornflake

Thanks, Mary. I like the second one as well. I used a contrast mask on it to reduce contrast, so if high contrast is required for rust junkies, I'll never be admitted.

TonyCooper

Cornflake wrote: »

Thanks, Mary. I like the second one as well. I used a contrast mask on it to reduce contrast, so if high contrast is required for rust junkies, I'll never be admitted.

I'm with you. One of my favorite subjects is old cars, and I'm a regular
visitor at some salvage yards. A rust wagon is like a magnet to me.

However, I don't like to process the image to show extreme rust. I go for
the natural look. The attraction, to me, is the natural aging and rustification.

Dogdots

Cornflake wrote: »

Thanks, Mary. I like the second one as well. I used a contrast mask on it to reduce contrast, so if high contrast is required for rust junkies, I'll never be admitted.

I was wondering what editing process you used to give it the look it has. I like it. It has a pastel look to it.

As for rust -- I always edit the photo normally first and keep that one. Then I move onto editing it for the rust factor only for the fun of it. On my site I have a gallery just for rust so I can keep them separate

Cornflake

Tony, Mary, thank you both for commenting.

For anyone unfamiliar with contrast masks, here's an explanation http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/contrast_masking.shtml although that's not exacty how I do it. It's a surprisingly versatile and useful tool. Even when the image isn't too contrasty, the mask can give it a somewhat painterly look.