An old oil drum stands on the quay at Ballycotton rusting away as the exposed metal is beaten down by the elements.
Technique: I increased the saturation of the reds to bring out the rust of the drum. I desaturated other colours so the drum would stand out.
I then duplicated the layer and darkened the top one to bring out the clouds and sky before using a layer mask to expose the ground on the bottom layer. After that a simple gradient at the top of the image provided a nice dark effect and finally, I dodge and burned the rust until I was happy. Was that useful?
I used CocoViewX to view my work directory from my Linux box on my Macbook. I was surprised that Finder didn’t display thumbnails and I didn’t want the iPhoto heavyweight when all I wanted was to know which image was which.
16 replies on “Rusted and abandoned”
Made You Look has posted a comment:
Great shot.
i love the angle.
and the forbodeing sky is a great backdrop.
myriapod has posted a comment:
niiiiiiiiice
Hi Donncha, its a brilliant photo. Amazing colours. Where was it taken??
Mary – it’s taken in Ballycotton. For the life of me I could not remember the name of the place. I had to ask Jess later and she figured it out as soon as I said “it’s the place with the lighthouse on the island” 🙂
I think the post process steps are good but then I usually do the same thing when I post photos, at least ones where I did something neat in Photoshop.
carrigman has posted a comment:
Excellent!
ONE/MILLION has posted a comment:
Keen eye and great perspective!
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Hans van Reenen alias Heimatiater has posted a comment:
Excellent shot. Great angle and depth.
3-2-1
franzliv has posted a comment:
Score 7/10 (from the Score Me! group)
atranswe has posted a comment:
Great shot!
Score _7,5_/10 (from the Score Me! group)
DesignShots has posted a comment:
I like the wide angle, I think that it gives great perspective. Not to mention you really capture the texture of the rust very well. Score 9/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Sirber has posted a comment:
nice rust!
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gainesp2003 has posted a comment:
I like the difference in saturation between the foreground and background. Also very nice composition, not only artistically but every element supports the others – the drum and netting in the foreground go with the fishing boats, bay, and coastal town in the background. Nice!
Score 10/10 (from the Score Me! group)
danielgreene has posted a comment:
This would be good for the RUSTY & CRUSTY pool!
xeer has posted a comment:
Thanks Daniel for the suggestion, added it!
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Oil Drums, and we’d love to have this added to the group!