Saw this old truck in Texas along side the road. It was obviously part of someone's outdoor Christmas display. Unfortunately, I wasn't there at night to see how it looked all lit up. But since I like old rusty vehicles as photo subjects, it looked good enough to me in the daylight to make a photograph.
I wish my family and friends a very merry Christmas and I hope all of you are able to be with those you love this Christmas season. Please join me in praying for the well being of our troops across the world defending our freedom.
Well, winter is on the horizon as autumn fades away. Here in SoCal autumn doesn't really kick in (i.e. leaves changing color) until late November on into December. The photo above was taken in my backyard of the leaf of a liquid amber tree. As you can see, there is a little glare on the leaf in the upper left. Had I not been so lazy, all I had to do was to go get my polarizer and that glare would have been history. Either way, I like the detail in the leaf.
Here's a night shot of the San Clemente Pier. This was taken about a half hour after the sun went down using a long exposure setting. As you can see, the sky looks more like it does in the daylight. Of course because of the long exposure the water looks silky and smooth. This is one of my favorites of this pier.
The Austin Capitol building has many interesting view points. This was one of my favorites. I liked the mixture of fall color, interesting sky and stately old building.
This old Texaco service station was scheduled to be demolished when the contractor in charge decided to move it to his own property up in eastern Washington. We got permission to go on his property to take photographs. This is one of the many I took. We got there right in the middle of the day so the lighting was pretty harsh, but HDR helped save the day.
When I first saw this photo opportunity I was thinking it would be a good candidate for a black & white. However, when I saw it on my computer screen it didn't do much for me. So I thought to create more interest and to emphasize the freight train which really was the main subject of the photo, I would add back in the color of the train only. For me it makes the photo work. What do you think?
It seems like old vehicles that have seen better days make for great photo subjects. I've included a few more in this post that I took up in the Palouse country of Washington. Something about the old chipped paint and rust that makes you wonder what stories the truck could tell you if it could talk.
