Here’s another one from the rusty grunge of my brother’s car collection. I loved the shadow of the mirror so made that the focus but also wanted to include the lines and colors. On this one I edited out some trees in the sky that didn’t really add anything to the composition. Then I was… Continue reading Day 51 – Grunge Abstract with Mirror
Category: Abstract
Day 43 – Barn Door
I went for drive in the country yesterday. This barn door was just one of the abstracts I got from this well weathered building. Lots of old barns and packing sheds to be found in the orchard country of the Rogue Valley. This one had the standard processing.
Day 36 – Grunge Abstract
My brother has quite a collection of old trucks sitting on our parents’ back lot. This one they call the Crummy. It’s paint is getting pretty crummy, that’s for sure. I shot this close up near the fender for an interesting abstract. I gave it a maximum detail extraction in CEP then used a cool… Continue reading Day 36 – Grunge Abstract
Saw Blade Abstract
I headed up to Embudo this week to revisit the Classical Gas Museum. My primary mission was to collect some grungy textures from the many old gas pumps with all manner of peeling paint and rust. On my previous visit I had taken a picture of these rusty saw blades and never could do anything… Continue reading Saw Blade Abstract
Eye Candy
One of the painters in my artist’s group refers to my images as eye candy. I’m sure she means that in the most positive sense and that is how I take it. This image is one that clearly falls into that category. I was taking a workshop on Creative Macro Photography with Photographer Charles Needle… Continue reading Eye Candy
Milk Abstract
It was another week of snarfy winter weather here in New Mexico so my plan to go to the Bosque del Apache was thwarted. My backup plan to go shoot inside the greenhouse at the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens was also twarted by snow or a threat of snow each day. And it was too cold… Continue reading Milk Abstract
Sunflower Abstract
We are working on compositing techniques in Photoshop class this week and I was playing around with pairing this sunflower with an old rusty tractor. I thought it was way cool that the tractor engine came up to replace the center of the flower. Makes a nice commentary on nature and technology. So, how did… Continue reading Sunflower Abstract
Best of 2012
I traditionally like to start each year’s photo blog with my favorite image from the previous year ( I don’t know do two years in a row make for a tradition?) Anyway, this year it is mostly about getting this new site up and running and since I don’t have any new photos for… Continue reading Best of 2012