At the graveyard

TonyCooper

I don't need a lot of post-processing to show rust:



But it couldn't hurt:



So just a little here:

DonRicklin

I am feeling some might strong envy right now.

Those are great shots. No. 2 is totally Rust Junkie worthy!

Got to find me a graveyard like that!

Rust Rules

Don

black mamba

Well, by your own admission in the past, Tony, you don't consider yourself a true RUST JUNKIE. You tend to eschew the extreme PP work that distinguishes a real JUNKIE....and that's OK. However, there's a more defining line to me; you most often shoot rusty things, but rarely is rust the main show.

A rust addict would take the subjects you shot, extract some killer abstracts, blast the hell out of them with whatever their favorite PP tonic is, and then revel in the mysteries that rust can divulge. Admittedly, my position is one of a JUNKIE who likes to operate at the lunatic level.

Again, you're certainly right; you don't have to employ a lot of PP work to show rust. At the same time, though, you really leave a lot of meat on the bone.

Tom

Stumblebum

First one is Supreme (even though it can use some processing tweaks...but you are processing master so I won't be saying nothing)! Third one is cool! Cheers!

TonyCooper

Stumblebum wrote: »

First one is Supreme (even though it can use some processing tweaks...but you are processing master so I won't be saying nothing)! Third one is cool! Cheers!

Thanks, but you don't know me. I'm always open to suggestions about post-processing
my images...and sometimes even agree with them. In fact, I'm always happy to upload
the original RAW file to Dropbox and let anyone show me what they'd do with it.

Tom is right, though. I rarely post-process in the approved Rust Junky manner. I don't
look for rust; I look for the object under the rust. In old cars, the rust adds character,
but the car must have some character to start with. It's like the lines on an old
person's face that add character to the face. Still, the photograph is of the person.