Frosted Rust

Here are some detail shots of a lathe engine that was outside at the Redstone Quarry. If it weren't for the snow, the shots would be merely documentary, but the snow makes them art.

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A funny story about shooting these. I decided to experiment with using the snow and beach program setting and shooting jpegs besides the raw files. After tweaking both of these in LR a bit I compared them to what the Olympus jpeg engine produced. So identical you couldn't tell them apart without pixel peeping. Wow. I was impressed. With the snow/beach setting, not so much. Exposure wise it's pretty dead on, but the white balance (in raw) was off and continuous auto focus drove me nutty. Eventually I took it off that and just went with Aperture Priority and +1 stop EV. I shot that way the rest of the day and found it somewhat freeing.

very cool find.

And they do look lovely all covered in the white stuff... no rush to get any mind you, but looking at yours is nice :)

Love stuff like this....sweet finds WD.

add my voice too- I like them as well

thanks guys. the snow is what made them as photos.

Neat shots! Lovely detail in the rust and snow! :)

Thanks Donna. Shots like these make me love my lens even more.

Love these types of shots as well, and you have done a superb job with both. Love the detail and shallow dof used.
Which lens used WD?

thanks hbg. I mostly use the Olympus Zuiko Digital 12-60mm f2.8-4. It's been rated one of the best lenses in its class and is optically far superior to many lenses costing more. In 35mm terms it has a 24mm to 120mm range which is useful for almost everything I shoot. It's weather sealed as well, so if I ever get a body that is I can really take them anywhere.