<Mini Challenge #12 ~ "Rusty Old Things"

[DaddyO]

Man, I had a time trying to come up with a theme. :D
So many ways to go.
I was bent on High Key B&W but decided against it. Maybe next time.

For this round I decided to go with favorite subject of mine.
" Rusty Old Things"
This is wide open for your interpretation. I hope you have fun with this theme!
So bring out your shots and share.

This challenge will run from Monday, September 29th thru Sunday, October 12th.
Closing at (Midnight) Eastern Standard Time USA.

I'll post the winner in a new thread titled: >MINI CHALLENGE #12 Winner<

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*GENERAL RULES*

1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and you post 1-3 images. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter.
The 1st place winner then chooses the next topic, judges the winner and passes on the baton to the new champion.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some criticism, put an asterisk (*) next to the title of the image.


Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
* The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, dont let this just be an entry thread!
6. Dont be hesitant, share'em and enter!

*** PREVIOUS Challenges ****
#1 BIF's won by Jwear
#2 Birds won by davev
#3 Treasures won by Justiceiro
#4 All That Remains won by JAG
#5 Playing With Light won by davev
#6 Black and White won by Rhommel
#7 Self Portrait won by shatch
#8 The Every Day Mundane won by paulthomasmckee
#9 Abstract/Minimalism won by dlibrach
#10 Texture won by AaronNelson
#11 What Time Is It won by DaddyO

[leaforte]

#1

http://tonymcguiness.smugmug.com/photos/304202851_QnQ8B-L.jpg

[jeffmeyers]

Ancient Flywheel
http://jeffmeyers.smugmug.com/photos/354474847_qYioj-L-1.jpg

Red Pump
http://jeffmeyers.smugmug.com/photos/110149755_8a2PC-L.jpg

Rusty Radial
http://jeffmeyers.smugmug.com/photos/112947455_nYTda-L.jpg

[leaforte]

http://tonymcguiness.smugmug.com/photos/164696567_YHJGw-L.jpg

[jeffreaux2]

I have quite a few of this type of image. The first was shot a couple years ago with the Tamron 28-75. The others are recently captured while shooting my entry for DSS8 with the Canon 17-55F2.8IS. All with the XTi.


"Dizzy"

http://k53.pbase.com/g6/90/710990/2/72680160.5WRWiRdo.jpg


"American Pie"
http://jkmann.smugmug.com/photos/383279689_inoBR-L.jpg


"Diamond in the Rough"
http://jkmann.smugmug.com/photos/383280746_8JxiF-L.jpg

[KevXman]

International

http://photosbykevin.smugmug.com/photos/282208536_qxh8Y-L-3.jpg

More to come hopefully.

— Kevin

[OhEddie]

Rust Never Sleeps


#1
"Shadows of Creation"
http://edh.smugmug.com/photos/387980417_EgoJh-L.jpg



#2
"Dancing Madly Backwards"
http://hadephoto.com/photos/377404660_myzhB-L.jpg



#3
"Ghost of a Thrill Ride"
http://hadephoto.com/photos/385931273_W2poa-L-1.jpg

[MooreDriven]

#1 Frown
http://mooredriven.smugmug.com/photos/260712969_eYvYf-M.jpg

#2 Cracked
http://mooredriven.smugmug.com/photos/250490974_KLxbe-L.jpg

[DaddyO]

Edit: Why are the last two not showing. All three are from the same gallery.

Not sure what happened for you. There is a subtle difference in the
page source code for those photo links.

Try editing your post and re insert
the photo links the same way you did the first image once again.

Check preview post before submitting reply.

I tried putting your photos in this note from your web links and the
photos are there. But since I am not a moderator I can not change your
post.

Give it a shot. & Good luck with it. :thumb

[dlplumer]

http://dlplumer.smugmug.com/photos/383477265_t4xLW-L.jpg

US Mail

http://dlplumer.smugmug.com/photos/386558459_ByPVb-L.jpg

Flower

http://dlplumer.smugmug.com/photos/386562297_kvQMr-L.jpg

[NomadRip]

Unhinged
http://fierynomad.smugmug.com/photos/353635710_J4x9N-L.jpg

Best
http://fierynomad.smugmug.com/photos/353635221_s96Jg-L.jpg

[Zarathustra]

http://zarathustraphoto.com/photos/382520411_ZFUVH-L.jpg

Eat No Spam

[hawkeye978]

Abandoned*


http://hawkeye978.smugmug.com/photos/383693891_DbDWC-L.jpg

Many Years at the Nets*

http://hawkeye978.smugmug.com/photos/383708639_SUfMD-L.jpg

[AaronNelson]

Jeff, "Diamond in the Rough"
cool that you are showing this in the non-greenish treatment (what is that greenish treatment called?) anyway, cool composition, cool old truck...nice shot

Jeff M. Ancient Flywheel...now im guessing thats been there awhile, haha

[dlibrach]

Great topic! Can't wait to see everyone's entries. Should make for a fabulous gallery. Hope you realize DaddyO that as tough as it was to pick a topic, it's going to be even harder to pick a winner if the current entries are any indication of how the rest will unfold!:D

Here are my entries:

#1 JUNKYARD DOOR
http://www.dlphotography.ca/photos/181246853_Nyd7W-L-5.jpg

#2 STOP
http://www.dlphotography.ca/photos/345437286_qreGQ-L.jpg

#3 OIL DRUM
http://www.dlphotography.ca/photos/257777585_Y5WAf-L-3.jpg

[Blue Snapshots]

Apply WD-40 As Needed *

http://danjohnson.smugmug.com/photos/383868540_9effi-L.jpg

Fancy Outdoor Kitchen *

http://danjohnson.smugmug.com/photos/383868518_DgpQr-L.jpg

Slient Alarm *

http://danjohnson.smugmug.com/photos/383868534_mAmCP-L.jpg


All taken using a Canon 24-70. #1 used a 5D, #2 & #3 used a 20D. Hope I got all this correctly entered. Looks like a fun thread. Great photos so far. I loves me some old rusty things.
Edit: Can't think and type at the same time and added those * things.

[DaddyO]

Hope you realize DaddyO that as tough as it was to pick a topic, it's going to be even harder to pick a winner if the current entries are any indication of how the rest will unfold!:D

Judging the images. Gads!!! I do that? What was I thinking. :bash :bow

Lots of really nice work coming in as mentioned. Just what I was hoping for.
Knew it was out there and very glad we get to see some of that work in this challenge and other places.

:thumb:thumb:thumb Too cool.

[jeffreaux2]

Jeff, "Diamond in the Rough"
cool that you are showing this in the non-greenish treatment (what is that greenish treatment called?) anyway, cool composition, cool old truck...nice shot


Thanks.

I like both versions. The green was a retro cross process type treatment....the one here is more in line to mimic the lomographic film camera.

[ic4u]

Lots of Life Left
http://ic4u.smugmug.com/photos/384166613_KioUa-XL.jpg

Just Hangin' Around
http://ic4u.smugmug.com/photos/384166623_RmYpz-L-1.jpg

Rusty Pattern
http://ic4u.smugmug.com/photos/387292589_zcW8Z-L-2.jpg

[idiom]

"Bound to fail.." (Canon XTi, 24-60mm F/2.8 Sigma lens)
http://precise.smugmug.com/photos/371705392_E8mNY-L.jpg
http://precise.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=371705392&ImageKey=E8mNY


"Long forgotten" (Canon XTi, 24-60mm F/2.8 Sigma lens)
http://precise.smugmug.com/photos/371701639_ZBDKh-L.jpg
http://precise.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=371701639&ImageKey=ZBDKh


"Rubiginous" (Canon XTi, 24-60mm F/2.8 Sigma lens)
http://precise.smugmug.com/photos/371704410_oyy2J-L.jpg
http://precise.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=371704410&ImageKey=oyy2J

Thanks!

[JAG]

One mans trash another ermins home....
http://jagcreations.smugmug.com/photos/384500472_iqpVT-L-1.jpg

Gears and pullies....
http://jagcreations.smugmug.com/photos/384500568_af4yn-L-1.jpg

Rustic waterfall...
http://jagcreations.smugmug.com/photos/384501016_y8ujv-XL-1.jpg

[Grly]

A Well Deserved Rest
http://grly.smugmug.com/photos/376728661_ZC7We-L.jpg

In Between the Sheets
http://grly.smugmug.com/photos/376706243_dtitm-L.jpg

Trouble Springs from Idleness
http://grly.smugmug.com/photos/376719694_mH2iE-L.jpg

[PaulThomasMcKee]

Old Fry Pans Never Die...
http://paulthomasmckee.smugmug.com/photos/384957969_iGRU2-L.jpg


Old Cameras Never Die...
http://paulthomasmckee.smugmug.com/photos/384957991_ABqN4-L.jpg


They all end up in Swanny "If it'ain't Old-'n-Rusty, I don't want it!" Swanson's front yard...
http://paulthomasmckee.smugmug.com/photos/384958265_jNEsr-XL.jpg

[ic4u]

Great entries Paul! Photos that make you smle or laugh are always winners in my mind! Frying pan for ...target practice perhaps?.. now there's something you don't see everday!

[AaronNelson]

wow so many crazy shots!...hey Jag, i think you have iron in your water...

[JAG]

wow so many crazy shots!...hey Jag, i think you have iron in your water...

:rofl I can think of worse to have in the water!:D

[Patti]

D50 & the cream machine for both


Here's looking at you
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2811549762_1d2e3993ea.jpg



Abandoned
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/2704096498_bd7887558f.jpg

[DaddyO]

Lots of nice pictures. Keep'em coming. :barb

[WomanWithACamera]

Rusty Links

http://annasphotos.smugmug.com/photos/385983612_QwHNU-L.jpg

Rusty Links II

http://annasphotos.smugmug.com/photos/385984267_bqFxX-L.jpg


Rusty Nails

http://annasphotos.smugmug.com/photos/386199212_smne4-L.jpg

[Scottington]

This is my first time entering one of these little challenges. Both taken with a Nikon D80 and a 50mm 1.8 AF Nikkor.

Rusty Wheel *

http://www.scottramsdensphotography.com/photos/386431938_wheoP-L.jpg


Rusted Metal *

http://www.scottramsdensphotography.com/photos/386432042_oBuNU-L.jpg

Rusty Wheels *

http://www.scottramsdensphotography.com/photos/391604903_mM6Pk-L.jpg

[frenchfx]

http://frenchfx.smugmug.com/photos/385089900_SnthN-M.jpg

[mactoll]

Big wheel
http://mactoll.smugmug.com/photos/387384428_gcrD5-L.jpg

Old Red
http://mactoll.smugmug.com/photos/387423047_VLmLy-L.jpg

Rusting Away in Vacationland
http://mactoll.smugmug.com/photos/387370960_nc8eM-L.jpg

Mactoll
Canon Rebel 350D, 18-55mm
http://mactoll.smugmug.com/gallery/5679633_PadHz/1/387370960_nc8eM#387370960_nc8eM

[hschlessphoto]

here we go

Rusty Red

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6282/dsc0054xn1.jpg


Beaten

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5033/dsc01022yx8.jpg

[gnooj]

http://gnooj.smugmug.com/photos/387533034_BhkTZ-L.jpg

[Roaddog 52]

The Bridge

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/157884390_qkTF2-L.jpg

Iron Horse

http://roaddog52.smugmug.com/photos/257839164_eEXqr-L.jpg

Retirement Home

http://roaddog52.smugmug.com/photos/161308821_TKiji-L.jpg

[erick]

http://ymages.com/forums/800/rouille_2051.jpg

http://ymages.com/forums/800/rouille_2052.jpg

http://ymages.com/forums/800/rouille_2048.jpg

rust on old lorry

[swintonphoto]

Forgotten Baron Wollen Mill Machine
http://www.jonathanswinton.com/photos/100542818_V6r7R-L.jpg

Deserted Shipping Dock
http://www.jonathanswinton.com/photos/99222839_MA9hr-L.jpg

Middle America Machinery
http://www.jonathanswinton.com/photos/99839207_Bc8Mu-L.jpg

[Cameron]

Old Augers
http://cswinton.smugmug.com/photos/102501374_zjcTT-L-3.jpg


Shadow of a Former Life
http://cswinton.smugmug.com/photos/99838050_2JEZA-L-4.jpg


Rust Prevails
http://cswinton.smugmug.com/photos/99309121_J8hor-L-3.jpg

[HDShooter]

Nice shoot Gnooj.
Would make a great gel print.

[Jack'll do]

Decaying Infrastructure

http://jackganson.smugmug.com/photos/389091551_eDDS8-L.jpg

Rusty Old Bridge

http://jackganson.smugmug.com/photos/389126329_STgYy-L.jpg

Crewing on the Charles

http://jackganson.smugmug.com/photos/389091621_F6d4d-L.jpg

[hschlessphoto]

Crewing on the Charles

http://jackganson.smugmug.com/photos/389091621_F6d4d-L.jpg


*Rowing...not crewing...sorry i jsut had to, as a rower i feel the need to correct. oh and i'll be racing there in two weeks hah.

[Jack'll do]

*Rowing...not crewing...sorry i jsut had to, as a rower i feel the need to correct. oh and i'll be racing there in two weeks hah.

Hi Hank
I think we're both correct. While the mechanism of propelling a racing shell is "rowing", the activity itself is often referred to as "crew" or "crewing". IMHO, crewing, in this context, is to rowing as canoeing is to paddling. I am not alone in this as the following illustrates.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/032698/row26.html)

March 26, 1998

Recreational rowing: Crewing and sculling are making a splash

By GREG JOHNSTON Mail Author Bio
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

From the Wentworth Institute of Technology (http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:K-XPtIZ0F_EJ:myweb.wit.edu/kiml1/245fall04/web-content/project%2520three.pdf+crewing+%22racing+sculls%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=32&gl=us)

The relationship of land to water has figured prominently in the history of Boston as it has developed into one of the
most important cities on the Eastern Seaboard. Back Bay was once swampland that was eventually filled and
occupied, and the Charles River is still an important spine for the city and its neighbor, Cambridge.
The relationship with the water has not only impacted the economic viability of the city, but its proximity has also
provided the city with invaluable leisure activities. Sailboats and fishing vessels populate both the harbor and the
Charles River from early spring to early winter. As students descend upon the city in the fall, the Charles River
becomes host to the Head of the Charles, one of the most significant crewing events in the world.

[madigg]

Rusty Elk

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/391323047_fDGnj-M.jpg

No Parking

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/391326765_VPUcc-M.jpg

[BillyTom]

When Farming really was Blood, Sweat, and Tears

http://www.thenatureofbill.com/photos/371869652_uxRdb-L.jpg

[DaddyO]

Rusty Elk

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/391323047_fDGnj-M.jpg

No Parking

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/391326765_VPUcc-M.jpg

Madigg, might be just me but I'm not seeing your pictures. :scratch

[ic4u]

Madigg, might be just me but I'm not seeing your pictures. :scratch

It's not just you, I don't see it either

[madigg]

It's not just you, I don't see it either

Now?

[OhEddie]

Now?

I see them :D

[ic4u]

I see them :D

:thumb

[wats005]

ok here is my first tryhttp://watsone.smugmug.com/photos/392730873_iosyP-S.jpg

And here is desperation
:dunno
http://watsone.smugmug.com/photos/392735573_aj329-M.jpg

and the final
http://watsone.smugmug.com/photos/392736478_3ytni-M-1.jpg

[DaddyO]

Alright then. Its been great to watch all the photos come in. :thumb

Now to get with the program and do the hard part.
It may take me a couple of days to figure things and put out a list. :bow

I'll post the winner in a new thread titled: >MINI CHALLENGE #12 Winner<

:D Michael