Things Showcase ⇒ Rusty Sculpture at Homestead National Monument, Beatrice, Nebraska

[Charles Haacker]

I wondered if this should rather be in abstract since it is. Someone cobbled this together out of farm implements. I love stuff like this.


Farm Implements Sculpture by Charles Haacker, on Flickr
Establishing shot; shovels and augers and scythes oh my...

Farm Implements Sculpture by Charles Haacker, on Flickr
Inevitable closeup; at least 3 different kinds of bobwire visible...

Barbed Wire ---Farm Implements Sculpture by Charles Haacker, on Flickr
Even more inevitable tight shot. There were at least 300 slightly different patents for barbed wire in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. The above is just one such. I was pretty happy with this shot overall. I'm loving how I can better control DOF and bokeh with it. This was made at ƒ/8.0, 50.0 mm, 1/80 sec ISO 250 (Sony A6000, kit 16-50 mm, handheld)

[Matt Quinn]

Handheld azt 1/80 sec? One cool dude. I wobble at 1/125. I have a few farm-equipment photos and will search and post for your delectation, Chuck, if I can find them. Matt

[minniev]

Nice series of whole scene in context, then closer then closest. I love photographing rusty stuff.

I recently watched a video where the photographer made textures and frames from photos of that same kind of wire.

[Matt Quinn]

Handheld azt 1/80 sec? One cool dude. I wobble at 1/125. I have a few farm-equipment photos and will search and post for your delectation, Chuck, if I can find them. Matt

Chuck, As promised. Left to rust by the side of the road. I presume the spring held the seat. Matt

[Charles Haacker]

Handheld azt 1/80 sec? One cool dude. I wobble at 1/125. I have a few farm-equipment photos and will search and post for your delectation, Chuck, if I can find them. Matt

Thanks Matt. I have a couple of tricks I use. I mash the camera into my face with my elbows into my ribs, at least in a case like this where I was standing fully erect. I keep my thumb on the baseplate of the camera so it is opposing my trigger finger; that hopefully minimizes jerking the shot. Shooting vertically I often hold the camera with the shutter button down so I can trip with my thumb while opposing with the rest of my hand. I can't always do that but being able to squeeze and to dig my elbows into my ribs helps. I take a pretty deep breath, let out about half of it (old shooter's trick learned in the army) and trip the shutter. Often I will have the burst mode in its lowest speed and make two, the second for insurance. I would not have done that in film but I find sometimes the insurance shot is the sharper one. I also rely a lot on the vibration reduction except when on a tripod.

Nice series of whole scene in context, then closer then closest. I love photographing rusty stuff.

I recently watched a video where the photographer made textures and frames from photos of that same kind of wire.

Thanks Min. I always have mixed feeling about bobwire. I suspect it's because of its many less benign uses.

Chuck, As promised. Left to rust by the side of the road. I presume the spring held the seat. Matt

Boy that's a sadly rusted wreck. Left to it, though, eventually it will just be a smear of iron oxide in the soil.

[minniev]

Chuck, do you or Matt wanta start a Share thread for Rusted stuff? I think it would be fun.. No critique, as such, just interaction and sharing. I think it would go under Open Challenges.

[Matt Quinn]

Chuck, do you or Matt wanta start a Share thread for Rusted stuff? I think it would be fun.. No critique, as such, just interaction and sharing. I think it would go under Open Challenges.

Interesting suggestion, Minnie. Chuck, do you have many? I'll have to check or go out with the camera, but, in my sun-sensitive condition, I doubt I will find much at night. I will scan my archives but don't have "rusted stuff' as a keyword. Matt