Rust-on-the-Cob

Earache

RUST JUNKIES.... eat your vegetables!

black mamba

Magnificent, Eric. You really nailed this one.

Tom

superduckz

That IS really cool. You guys now have me looking around fir some rusty candidates. Too bad my favorite old junkyard shut down.

DonRicklin

cobble. cobble, cobble! yummy....


Great find.

Rust Rules Still!


Don

Richard

Cool. You know, I had been thinking about trying to give something not rusty the ol' rust treatment, but I think you got there first. Well done.

DaddyO

Well done Eric we love the cast iron items too. I save these items every time I find a keeper. After seeing your nice result I'll have poke around and find which flower bed my iron went to. Probably under the shade tree next to my chair some wheres. My outside man cave and occasional doghouse

Earache

Thank-you Gentlemen, for your kind comments - I was pretty stoked about this one too.
What happened was, we went to a pretty nice yard sale and among the other things we bought (that we didn't need) was a pair of antique cast-iron cornbread pans.
Well, I really wanted to use them, and after giving-up trying to clean away the years of crud, I forgot, and left 'em outside... then came some rain... then came the mention from my wife about my goof.
I thought I was in trouble until I walked over and looked - Eureka!
I almost fell down running to the house to get the camera.

R.Jay

Hi Eric, every cloud has a silver lining - great shot.

Cheers, Richard.

Earache

R.Jay wrote: »

Hi Eric, every cloud has a silver lining - great shot.

Cheers, Richard.

Thanks Richard, for the look and the sentiment... something I heard, along those lines:

"The glass is neither half-empty nor half-full - it's simply twice as big as necessary"

DaddyO

Earache wrote: »

Thanks Richard, for the look and the sentiment... something I heard, along those lines:

"The glass is neither half-empty nor half-full - it's simply twice as big as necessary"

Well, "Eureka" is funny as hell. From don't need to money can't buy & I get the added bonus of rediscovering this quote I have been looking for lightly over the years. First time I heard it, and I think this is the one, I thought "there it is"! Perfect answer. I wonder if Ashley Brilliant put that one together?

Some see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big.
George Carlin, Brain Droppings (1997)

Juano

Good shot ERic, nicely done.

Earache

DaddyO wrote: »

Well, "Eureka" is funny as hell......

Some see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big.
George Carlin, Brain Droppings (1997)

Thanks for finding the correct quote and attribution Michael - good to know, and to give credit due. Dunno where I heard the colloquial version.
Eureka is our State Motto.... I'm livin' the dream over here. :ivar

Earache

Juano wrote: »

Good shot ERic, nicely done.

Thanks Cristóbal - sorry about that snow thing... long winter eh?

redleash

Love it!! Very clever and well executed. Thanks for the rust fix, Eric.

Lauren

Earache

redleash wrote: »

Love it!! Very clever and well executed. Thanks for the rust fix, Eric.

Lauren

Thanks so much Lauren, for the look and the kind comment... in this case, I think Lady Luck trumped cleverness.
I'm glad folks have a little fun with these rust images - most photography activities seem so *serious* at times... each has it's place.

BTW - Thinking about you folks in Texas today in the wake of the terrible explosion down there... hope you and yours are well.

redleash

Thanks, Eric. It is a very sad day up in West. I have been there a few times when I was in law school at Baylor. There is a pastry shop in West that makes the best goodies. I wonder if it was damaged in the explosion. I am glad I don't know anyone there. We are all fine here.