Denise McKay
About the Image(s)
This is a quick edit of another photo from my series taken at the International Museum of Transportation. Prior to posting my image, I ended up in the hospital with gall stones, and had to have my gall bladder removed! But I managed to get this submitted after I got home.
Taken with my 24 - 105 telephoto lens at 63 mm, ISO 800, F 16, 1/160 sec.
First edits in Lightroom:
Used transform tool to adjust vertical and horizontal lines due to slight curve in the tank. Cropped image to align the door grid better in the frame, and decrease the area on the right. Increased exposure and contrast, reduced luminance noise, increased clarity, used the dehaze slider to increase structure a bit. Removed a distracting white spot (bird poop?).
Second edits made in Topaz Studio 2 - chose a filter called Urban Grit which was made up of 6 layers including 3 textures, vignette, color overlay, and some basic adjustments. I went into each separate layer to see if I wanted to change anything, and I only increased exposure a little more. Otherwise, I like the overall effect and how it pulled specks of the red into the gritty texture.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
8 comments posted
I, too, love to photograph rust on old machinery. Where is this Museum of Transportation?
I love the way your straightened, sharpened, and brought out the colors on this lovely geometric image. it is quite appealing. My only suggestion would be to remove the white spot at the upper left corner.
Nice job, and I hope that you have recovered well from your surgery!
  Posted: 11/02/2020 12:34:19
The National Museum of Transportation is in a suburb of St. Louis, Mo., where I live. It's one of my favorite places to photograph. I just noticed I described it as "international", LOL. It's "national". https://tnmot.org/
  Posted: 11/02/2020 14:31:20
I like your suggestion to put more emphasis on those areas however, and I will play with that some more.   Posted: 11/09/2020 07:06:20