Donald Darling Jr
January 2025 - OLD CHROME
About the Image(s)
Taken this past November from a derelict vehicle parked in a farm field in Hudson, Maine. I used my 50 Z with a 16 to 55 kit lens as 24 mm. Iso was 800 with a 1/250 second exposure at f11. I bought the file into Elements 2023 and cloned out some distracting elements then desaturated the image and increased the contrast a little. Cropped the image and sharpened with the high pass filter. This is the hood ornament from the old Ford I submitted to this group in December.
5 comments posted
Donald, love the simplicity and detail. Also low key was definitely the way to go. This image is very striking. Posted: 01/03/2025 15:57:07
Tom, thank you! I was pretty impressed with the condition of the car. It's a 1950-something Ford. I'm not sure how long it's been sitting outside. It's in pretty fair shape for a car or that age.
Anyway, the shape of the ornament did catch my eye and the condition of the chrome was somewhat striking.
I appreciate your comment!
Don Posted: 01/03/2025 16:56:52
Anyway, the shape of the ornament did catch my eye and the condition of the chrome was somewhat striking.
I appreciate your comment!
Don Posted: 01/03/2025 16:56:52
Love it. You caught the shadings on the image right on and not "framing" it was a real plus! Well done as usual. Posted: 01/07/2025 14:02:17
Bev, thank you for the comments. It's an interesting thing that this location was more or less known to me for a decade, but I never worked up the initiative to drive out there. Only a 30 minute drive..... Posted: 01/07/2025 19:22:42
It was worth your drive out to capture this photo. Very striking and intricate. Really like it Donald. Posted: 01/11/2025 21:12:20