My most recent Rust (Tom!)

DonRicklin

For all the Rust Junkies!

1) WPI Field Gate Lock:


2) Old train rust:


3) Art panel rust


4) Four Panel Rust art


Don

Stumblebum

These are total WOWs in my book!clap
#1, #3 and #4!

black mamba

WHOA!! That is some seriously good stuff, Don. All of them. Man...I'd take that 3rd one, rotate it into a horizontal shot, print it out huge, and hang it with my collection. Seriously good stuff.

Take care,

Tom

Stumblebum

Never taken a picture of rust, but how are you guys getting these vivid colors? All the rust I have ever seen has had a single color - muddy brown.

David_S85

EDITORIAL:
Its a good thing that no one here has done rust shots (like we have), cranked up the saturation to eleven or beyond (like we have), but then dared to do a full color reversal (like a color slide negative) because that would be so intense it could easily melt brain cells into oblivion. Anybody even contemplating that move should reconsider, for the optical health of us all. End editorial. Thank you.

Stumblebum

David_S85 wrote: »

EDITORIAL:
Its a good thing that no one here has done rust shots (like we have), cranked up the saturation to eleven or beyond (like we have), but then dared to do a full color reversal (like a color slide negative) because that would be so intense it could easily melt brain cells into oblivion. Anybody even contemplating that move should reconsider, for the optical health of us all. End editorial. Thank you.

Thanks David!bow

lifeinfocus

Oh, where I can get some of that stuff! Beautiful

If I find some, I would edit colors in LR - hue, saturation and luminance. The number of combinations with an image like number 3 would be off the charts.

Phil

black mamba

Stumblebum wrote: »

Never taken a picture of rust, but how are you guys getting these vivid colors? All the rust I have ever seen has had a single color - muddy brown.

Truth be told, Taz, we RUST JUNKIES play a game.....I'll call the game " Flying Sliders ". If you play our game, the most important thing to remember is that there are NO RULES.

You start with a chosen image. Don't bother trying to end up with a preconceived outcome. When you start dancing with rust, you can never predict what the final image will look like. You start, in my case, wildly throwing the sliders around.....working with hues, saturation, color channels, etc., etc. Flog the contrast and sharpening controls unmercifully. Rip into any adjustment level you can think of. The more aggressive you are in your manipulations, the more brilliant are the secrets rust will begin to divulge. There are hidden colors and textures in rust that will only surface when you have excelled at playing the game.

Stop the process when you have an image that pleases you. The beauty is that you can attack the same starting image time and time again until happy with the results. As I said, there are no rules in this game. The more you play it, the more exciting it becomes.

Jump on board with us, Taz. With your vision and skills, you can be a real JUNKIE.

Tom

Juano

black mamba wrote: »

Truth be told, Taz, we RUST JUNKIES play a game.....I'll call the game " Flying Sliders ". If you play our game, the most important thing to remember is that there are NO RULES.

You start with a chosen image. Don't bother trying to end up with a preconceived outcome. When you start dancing with rust, you can never predict what the final image will look like. You start, in my case, wildly throwing the sliders around.....working with hues, saturation, color channels, etc., etc. Flog the contrast and sharpening controls unmercifully. Rip into any adjustment level you can think of. The more aggressive you are in your manipulations, the more brilliant are the secrets rust will begin to divulge. There are hidden colors and textures in rust that will only surface when you have excelled at playing the game.

Stop the process when you have an image that pleases you. The beauty is that you can attack the same starting image time and time again until happy with the results. As I said, there are no rules in this game. The more you play it, the more exciting it becomes.

Jump on board with us, Taz. With your vision and skills, you can be a real JUNKIE.

Tom

Taken from the official guide to become a rust junkie!

Great shots in this series.

Stumblebum

black mamba wrote: »

Truth be told, Taz, we RUST JUNKIES play a game.....I'll call the game " Flying Sliders ". If you play our game, the most important thing to remember is that there are NO RULES.

You start with a chosen image. Don't bother trying to end up with a preconceived outcome. When you start dancing with rust, you can never predict what the final image will look like. You start, in my case, wildly throwing the sliders around.....working with hues, saturation, color channels, etc., etc. Flog the contrast and sharpening controls unmercifully. Rip into any adjustment level you can think of. The more aggressive you are in your manipulations, the more brilliant are the secrets rust will begin to divulge. There are hidden colors and textures in rust that will only surface when you have excelled at playing the game.

Stop the process when you have an image that pleases you. The beauty is that you can attack the same starting image time and time again until happy with the results. As I said, there are no rules in this game. The more you play it, the more exciting it becomes.

Jump on board with us, Taz. With your vision and skills, you can be a real JUNKIE.

Tom

Thank Tom! Sounds like great fun!! No rules are the best rules! Cheers!

DonRicklin

Stumblebum wrote: »

These are total WOWs in my book!clap
#1, #3 and #4!

Thanks, I aim to please, i the Rust Junkie vein!

black mamba wrote: »

WHOA!! That is some seriously good stuff, Don. All of them. Man...I'd take that 3rd one, rotate it into a horizontal shot, print it out huge, and hang it with my collection. Seriously good stuff.

Take care,

Tom

Your welcome to buy a print through my Smugmug Gallery!

lifeinfocus wrote: »

Oh, where I can get some of that stuff! Beautiful

If I find some, I would edit colors in LR - hue, saturation and luminance. The number of combinations with an image like number 3 would be off the charts.

Phil

I sometimes do more than one riff on a image.

Thanks all!

Don

DonRicklin

David_S85 wrote: »

EDITORIAL:
Its a good thing that no one here has done rust shots (like we have), cranked up the saturation to eleven or beyond (like we have), but then dared to do a full color reversal (like a color slide negative) because that would be so intense it could easily melt brain cells into oblivion. Anybody even contemplating that move should reconsider, for the optical health of us all. End editorial. Thank you.

I have, in fact done just that once or twice. Inversion, that is.

I work solely in Lightroom for these.

Don

Earache

Wow, Wow, Wow, Don!!!
Love the peek-through in #1!
#3 and #4 are fantastic!!!
IMO, you take the Rust-Crusted cake this go-round Don - nice work!!

DonRicklin

Earache wrote: »

Wow, Wow, Wow, Don!!!
Love the peek-through in #1!
#3 and #4 are fantastic!!!
IMO, you take the Rust-Crusted cake this go-round Don - nice work!!

Eric,

Thanks for the kind words. Rustalicious shots are my specialty!

Don