In Rust We Trust - II - Micro$oft Photo

Photographer’s Note

Detail from a closed down factory that used to process soft drink bottles and add carbonic acid to them.

Just like the previous posting I experimented here with exposuring of the negative film.

Instead of f/5,6 and 1/100s shutter time (hand held) I used a tripod, adjusted aperture accordingly to expose the subject for 1 sec.

Not really sure if this kind of experiment works with a digital camera, but the results with negative film are simply stunning. Colours tend to come out more contrast rich with these kind of long exposurings (see also my comment related to the previous posting).

eleparc, ale, avigur_11, mbravo, joseelias, cs-ist has marked this note useful

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eleparc (24059) 2004-05-28 5:22

Edwin, this is a stunning and beautiful photo ;-)) i like the result very much... Negative films (slides is that right?) are also my favorite in argentic photography... did you use Fuji ou kodak? I've come to use fuji more than Kodak now...
your tech sepcs are spot on for a superb result::-) congrats!!

olli (2091) 2004-05-28 5:47

Another great combination of rust and (stencil)letters – and blue and white tones. Nice pattern of rust, too.
Yes, the result is very beautiful...

ale (1819) 2004-05-28 7:03

I like it very much Edwin!
Very sharp and colorful, I know it's difficult to have a scanning like this!
Thanks for the very useful note!

maciekda (19587) 2004-05-28 7:10

hi Edwin, nice picture, I'd say it was Olli's shot if there wasn't your name bewlo ;) nice composition, i like the graphism of this image, rust, letters and some colors, interesting work

cdewet (0) 2004-05-28 14:12

As much as I hate the phrase, I have to use it here - well seen. Baie mooi, ook jou titel. Edwin. Kla as jy nie Afr verstaan nie.

avigur_11 (21271) 2004-05-28 22:41

This special postprocessing again, Edwin, is very interesting. The texture of the old blue paind is very interesting, same as the yellow letters and the smaall spots of rust. A very interesting shot and technique.

joseelias (367) 2004-06-02 8:09

I believe the experiment worked quite well. The deep colors, the hard contrasts and the clear textures create an appealing image. Togheter with the letters you've got a great (decaying) graphical image.

yesterday (9787) 2004-06-03 4:37

You did great job on the experiment.

Great rustik look, good texture, excellent compoced, wonderful contrast in the photo, art work.

charmante (1053) 2004-06-17 6:07

aLL THE RUST SERIES photos are great,but I like it most for the Ironic thing in MS, tricky !