As I had mentioned before, we had once taken that trip down through desolate Pinto Canyon. Somewhere along the deserted road there is this old dilapidated shell of an old pickup truck. I got some photographs but I have never been able to get to look like I wanted it to.
Old Truck in Pinto Canyon - orig
My dear friend, Deb, of Tennessee suggested that it would look good as a black and white photo. She is a master of BW and I just don’t have the knack, or else I am too critical of myself. Anyway, I got to messing around with it today, trying another idea. The image above is the original. Below is the one that changed up a bit. Not a black and white, and not exactly a sepia.
Old Truck in Pinto Canyon - edited
I am kinda proud of it. Maybe because it is the first time I had ever done anything like this. I was searching for something but not sure what. Deb said it looked surreal, and that, I think, hit the nail on the head. Surreal. I have to remember that word. 🙂
Click on either image for an enlargement.
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Hey, I really like this one Bob! But be careful – you can really get hooked on editing!! 🙂 But, it’s sure fun to experiment! Great job!
Thanks Steve,
I actually edit all of my photographs. Though some not as much as this one. But they all go through the process of correcting light and shadows, color correction, contrast, etc. I usually am not impressed with a picture right out of the camera. I think the Canon 7D and other topline Canons are designed for pros that like to do their own processing. Like I used to like processing my own film, rather taking it to the local Walmart. In truth, though I eventually had to do that because in our newer house I didn’t have room for a dark-room. So then I went digital and scanned my negatives into the computer for editing.
In this case, I just wasn’t impressed with the scene in color, but I loved the composition. I felt the old truck would look better in a different, say a sepia or black and white background. Then I thought of this idea to make the surrounding area in sepia, but keep the truck close to the original color. I like the result, and I am glad that you like it too.
Bob
Very cool edit! It does have an ‘end of the world’ feel to it – not even the light will be familiar then.
Thanks, Cindy,
I think I like it, too. I have left it sitting out where I get a look at it periodically. It’s growing on me. I may end up framing it.
Bob
Nice effect, now the truck pops out of the background and the background has more of a desert fell.
Thanks, Maureen
Surreal is right, almost has that “armageddon” feel, a bleak blasted landscape and a relic of past times 🙂 Nice editing Bob.
Thanks, Michael
Yeah, the new coloring looks like the rest of it, would vaporize in a second, and here would be this nice little truck….:>)
Thanks to you, too, elena
I like what you did with it, Bob! It is quite surreal, like a dream, or a sci-fi movie! 🙂
Hi Holly,
Thank you very much.
Bob