Photo Challange II: Patina

[Kres]

All in all I would not want to get hung up on minor details, I think the best way to handle questions like that is ask yourself, if you're unsure if it fits, then perhaps it doesn't but I for am not going to worry it to death. The other main theme is as I said before, to challange yourself to look at your shots critically and pick what you consider the best rather than flood the thread with a bunch of shots at once. Thats one of the main techniques that will make you a better photographer.

Okay, examining my portfolio - this exact subject is a almost completely missing. Sounds like a great excuse to saddle up for the day and do a field study. That recent picture of the run down statuary in a quiet cemetery is about all I have.

Time to add some width - and grab a few miles on the way.

[RocketMan]

All in all I would not want to get hung up on minor details, I think the best way to handle questions like that is ask yourself, if you're unsure if it fits, then perhaps it doesn't but I for am not going to worry it to death. The other main theme is as I said before, to challange yourself to look at your shots critically and pick what you consider the best rather than flood the thread with a bunch of shots at once. Thats one of the main techniques that will make you a better photographer.

Okay, examining my portfolio - this exact subject is a almost completely missing. Sounds like a great excuse to saddle up for the day and do a field study. That recent picture of the run down statuary in a quiet cemetery is about all I have.

Time to add some width - and grab a few miles on the way.

the key word being "almost" ? just photoshop an old chruch into the background! like I said lets not sweat the details, but yeah sounds like a great reason to saddle up and go for ride (just in case riding ain't enough in itself )
RM

[jskene]

Here's an old David Brown (DB) tractor I saw in New Zealand.

The founder later bought Aston Martin, of sports car fame, and added the moniker DB-5, DB-7, etc., after his initials.

[Flash!]

Abandoned permafrost-damaged buildings, Dawson City, Yukon Territory. Late evening sun.

Jody

[Kres]

Oh wow... that's a great capture! You'd think the door frame or window frames would crack.

[RocketMan]

Nice! looks like the ground was sinking in the middle. Years ago there was a wooden framed house in G-town in DC right on the corner on a back street that had a "wave" for lack of a better term along the long side. The whole structure rose and fell a good two feet along its length yet the windows were intact (though I can't see how they could have opened). At some point it got straightened never did get a picture of it, it was very strange, something like this place in New Orleans, note how the door bottoms had to be cut at an angle. Talk about a crooked house!


And no, the picture was NOT taken at an angle!

RM

[RocketMan]

One of my favorite subjects! Great idea for show and tell. I haven't taken many shots lately, but a few years ago I began collecting post cards of places created about 90 years ago and finding the same location today. I'm breaking your rules here, but it's a subject that is near and dear to my heart...



Here's a few lilnks to galleries of buildings and places that have withstood the test of time:

http://www.pbase.com/bricciphoto/pixie

http://www.pbase.com/bricciphoto/then_and_now

http://www.pbase.com/bricciphoto/littlestowns_backside

http://www.pbase.com/bricciphoto/details

http://www.pbase.com/bricciphoto/littlestown_sunrise

nice pics and great idea, past and present. I've been working on something similar, pictures of places that my Great Great Grandfather worte about visiting during his travels between Cincinatti and Washington Dc during the Civil War. I have his journals and have looked for prints/pictures of places from those times and want to take pictures of them now. Great way to connect to the past. Nice job I know the effort it takes.

RM

[RocketMan]

Do headstones count? I've used her today, but here is the close up...

Well now that I can see the picture, all I can say is Wow! Very nice composition, the age of the stone fits nicely with the theme even if its not a building or vehicle, it meets the main objective of old and worn/weathered beautifully. Very Nice, very nice indeed!

RM

[RocketMan]

Here's an old David Brown (DB) tractor I saw in New Zealand.

The founder later bought Aston Martin, of sports car fame, and added the moniker DB-5, DB-7, etc., after his initials.

Well now, New Zeland, boy now that's a fer piece to travel just for a photo of an old tractor! (or did you go there for some other reason, too? )

Nice addtion, thanks!

RM

[Ted]

OK, here are a few

Old House in a field, taken from a train ride out of Romney, WV

[Ted]

Old factory being overtaken by progress in Renovo, PA

[Ted]

This old house on Rt. 220:



Had this barn:

[Unity]

I got curious about how long the tractor had taken to achieve its patina.

Do you suppose that's "DB Orchid White"?

DB Orchid White BS10B15 1965-1985

I think it resembles the DB 850, seen here in red (as if you didn't notice), which was manufactured from 1960-65.



No documentation found so far whether any 1965 850s were painted Orchid White.

--John
(The 1959-60 Aston Martin DB4 GT awed the auto-enthusiasts' world -- and fevered my young brain -- by reputedly doing 0 to 100 to 0 in twenty seconds. )

[Blaster229]

Patina, yes, no or not yet?

[RocketMan]

Patina, yes, no or not yet?

well, they don't appear to be buildings or vehicles though some might be bit older and asuming they are all still around and not completely worn by the elements,.......





Probably not quite!

RM

try it again in, say, sixty, years?