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Old Truck in the Field
Old Truck in the Field
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Newbury, Ohio
Date: Jun 23, 2006
Aperture: F5.6 to F22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3
Galleries: Rural, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Mar 7, 2009


[Mar. 17th, 2009 08:50:40 PM]

Well… This is my first entry in a DP Challenge. I want to thank everybody that voted or placed a comment on it.

After years of getting small glimpses of the truck in the field mostly in the winter, I happened to see the farmer out mowing grass. We talked and he graciously offered to let me take pictures of anything on the farm.

As to how I did it.

At that time I had a Canon XT with a kit lens and a Sigma 70-300. So I had to use my kit lens. I shot for an hour or so from every angle but right at sunset was the best sky and Sun. That set was 8 pictures that I layered and combined. One was flash! One was with my car headlights on it from about 100 feet. Another was tinted. At that time I used Corel Photo Paint and dodged, burned, erased, add transparency and combined with no filters or HDR software.

Someone mentioned they had seen it before. Possible. I did have it on flickr and it was featured in that flickr explore thing.

It was also the June picture for the 2009 “Northeast Ohio Weather Calendar” (Still available and all proceeds go to “Coats for Kids”. Coats are pretty important if you actually live in Northeast Ohio.

Statistics
Place: 294 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.9621
Avg (commenters): 6.8644
Avg (participants): 5.9574
Avg (non-participants): 5.9872
Views since voting: 3324
Views during voting: 697
Votes: 501
Comments: 64
Favorites: 2 (view)


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07/17/2010 11:05:42 PM
still really, really like this alot...wonderful PP work
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 09:44:16 PM
fun find... or did you put it there? Great color and detail and the sunset is a bonus.
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03/17/2009 07:44:53 PM
The composition is a little weak, but the colors are lovely!
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03/17/2009 06:21:08 AM
Nice processing. Lovely and interesting image.
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03/16/2009 10:20:10 PM
A very painterly image... saturated but not over-done, and nicely composed as well.
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03/16/2009 09:45:30 PM
Nice find and I like the way you edited the photograph. The sunset in the background adds to the photograph as well.
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03/16/2009 09:07:57 PM
Love these old rusty crusties, another for my faves.
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03/16/2009 01:14:27 PM
This is a simple and beautiful image.
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03/16/2009 12:57:30 PM
great PP job - keep up the good work
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03/16/2009 12:51:11 PM
nice hdr , I give six ;D
brano
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03/16/2009 12:39:50 AM
Love these old trucks. Good composition, and capturing the sunset on the left as well.
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03/15/2009 06:37:48 PM
I almost can't wait to see how you pulled this off, this is master level photography and prossesing.Faved.
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03/15/2009 05:47:07 PM
very alive, great colors
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03/15/2009 05:03:04 PM
Excellent picture, the colors and detail are great.
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03/15/2009 04:19:51 PM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments now. Love the composition of elements here. You have this old decaying car surrounded by this field of lush green. It shows an interesting juxtaposition rot & decay surrounded with life renewing. The setting sun is also very symbolic of the time setting on this ol and falling apart car. It's day is done. When I look upon this composition I cannot help but think of the lyrics to King Crimson's song Dig Me...it is about a rusting and abandoned ol' car. Great job in presenting all the elements in this symbolic composition of this car's 'life'.
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03/15/2009 01:28:43 PM
What a great find. Gorgeous light and post processing.
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03/15/2009 11:56:26 AM
Nice shot. I like the colors and angle of the shot.
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03/15/2009 11:41:42 AM
great mood
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03/15/2009 10:44:55 AM
The mixture of the sunset, the greens of the landscape and the old metal of the car work really well together. Well done and good luck for the rest of the challenge.
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03/15/2009 10:25:29 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 10:11:02 AM
That's really overgrown, isn't it? I like the time of day you chose to take this.
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03/14/2009 06:56:17 PM
Fantastic color range! Great shot 10.
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03/14/2009 04:10:36 PM
I love that we can still see the sun over the treeline in the background.
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03/14/2009 03:33:25 PM
Beautiful find and nicely timed with the sunset and great fill on the truck.
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03/14/2009 11:25:20 AM
This is nice. It has nice timing of light giving color.
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03/14/2009 09:09:28 AM
Great old truck with the sun going down!
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03/14/2009 07:10:59 AM
Captured at the right moment.
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03/13/2009 11:34:35 PM
hdr? like it
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03/13/2009 10:59:02 PM
Looks like a painting. Great job!
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03/13/2009 09:54:27 PM
Nice composition. I like the colors as well. Great shot.
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03/13/2009 06:38:24 PM
Good uses of soft tones to make the image feel peaceful.
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03/13/2009 03:13:19 PM
Very emotive scene. Excellent sense of drama created by the red sun. 7
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03/13/2009 02:43:52 PM
amazing find ... definitely a hidden gem ... I'd also love to see what this looks like in b/w ...
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03/13/2009 02:20:31 PM
Aptly titled and an excellant example of this genre of photo.
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03/13/2009 02:18:16 PM
Kind of cool.. would like to see the truch a bit more highlighted.
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03/13/2009 12:33:49 PM
Nice contrasts between the sky and the greens
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03/13/2009 11:32:34 AM
Yep!
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03/13/2009 10:26:08 AM
I really like the tie in of the red of the truck and the red orange of the sky. This is really beautiful and well composed. It has a painterly quality. I can see this as a print with an old cedar frame - would look great in a rustic lodge or cabin.
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03/13/2009 01:05:32 AM
The colours are almost unbelievable, but they work. I like the pink on the truck, behind the motor place - it ties the truck to the sunset sky beautifully.
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03/12/2009 09:04:40 PM
very lovely photo
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03/12/2009 06:33:01 PM
Wonderful subject and colors. The sunset is really lovely. Don't really think the rest of the shot needed to be this processed.
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03/12/2009 06:17:32 PM
Nice contrast between nature and man. The rusty colours look great against the greenery surrounding it. The lovely sunset in the background complimemts the whole scene.
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03/12/2009 04:05:48 PM
Perfect time of day to take this shot. The lighting is so soft and just adds so much to your capture. I like the crop here, glad you didn't push the truck more to the left which would open more on the right. It keeps it centered and keeps the viewer looking. The sun is a nice addition. My eye keeps bouncing back and forth from it to the truck. Your colors are great. Vivid and soft. The sky also looks amazing. 8
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03/12/2009 02:14:22 PM
very nice shot
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03/12/2009 12:51:46 PM
This just needed some editing juice but I do like the story of the truck in the field.
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03/12/2009 12:00:05 PM
I like the sunset in BG. The foreground elements could be a little brighter and the upper right corner. Nice photo though.
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03/12/2009 10:19:32 AM
Why do they always end up in an empty field?
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03/12/2009 07:30:08 AM
nice touch, taking this shot of the old truck while the sun was setting
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03/12/2009 01:34:32 AM
I prefer a squarer crop IMO. when I look at the image I keep looking at the sunset to the truck right up to the front door, then I wonder why you included all the extra area on the right which IMO does not really add to the image. 6
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03/12/2009 01:12:54 AM
The sun setting in the distance truly gives this a desolate, forgotten feeling.
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03/11/2009 10:54:03 PM
Great sunset & colors.
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03/11/2009 09:52:07 PM
The colors are very nice. The sky seems a little dark... burned in? I almost wish it were brighter.
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03/11/2009 09:35:04 PM
This looks familiar, where are you finding all the old trucks. Must live in an area that has a lot of abandon vehicles. Or do you drag around an old truck and prop it in different areas to take these nice HDR shots?
Great picture and colors nicely pop.
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03/11/2009 09:29:55 PM
Serene and peaceful..
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03/11/2009 07:10:03 PM
very nice pp work, great hidden find
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03/11/2009 06:59:56 PM
hummmmmm, really like this....excellent capture, great colors, your darkness fits
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03/11/2009 01:25:03 PM
The sun tucked in the background is a nice little surprise. I wonder what adjustment you made to get the truck to look like that?
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03/11/2009 09:55:58 AM
luvvly muted colors. Also it looks like a space alien jellyfish is reflected in the window.
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03/11/2009 07:42:28 AM
vibrant colors added to the earthy tones well done
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03/11/2009 03:04:56 AM
Just wonderful.
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03/11/2009 02:19:55 AM
Beautiful shot.
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03/11/2009 01:27:10 AM
Love the colors
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03/11/2009 01:02:02 AM
nice softness, lovely colors
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03/11/2009 12:15:11 AM
Really nice processing on this. The sky probably didn't need to be so deeply saturated, but I like the contrast between the dusk lighting on the car and the bright sky. I also like the variety of colors in the truck.
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