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Old Farm Truck

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Posted by Amanda Botterweck on January 3, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Was meandering today on some country roads and ran across this old farm truck. I can't resist old trucks left abandoned. I always wonder what their story is. I used a screen layer and a darken layer with a guassian blur. Thanks for looking.
Posted by Darren Huski on January 3, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Cool. I like old stuff myself.

I bet that would look really cool if you did it as a pumped up HDR too. No it would not be as natural but red, orange, and rust, really go pretty neat when the hdr is over the top.
Posted by Amanda Botterweck on January 3, 2010 at 7:11 PM
I bet it would look awesome. I'm not much of a photoshop guru and don't have HDR software. Ah well.....it's fun hunting these old machines down.
Posted by Aaron Szabo on January 3, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Nice looking truck! It has a good soft effect.
Posted by John Moore on January 4, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Nice image Amanda. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by Amanda Botterweck on January 4, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Thanks Aaron and John. Stay warm :eek:
Posted by Karla Hall on January 4, 2010 at 7:30 PM
I have a thing for old trucks and houses and well, anything abandoned looking! This is very nice. The snow really makes it stand out. Great find Amanda! :smile:
Posted by Tom Kennon on January 5, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Amanda, nice job with the old truck and snow, these are alway interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by Amanda Botterweck on January 5, 2010 at 7:25 PM
Karla and Tom...thanks for commenting. I still wonder 'bout the history of how some of these old vehicles land in a pasture. If they could only talk.
Posted by Scott Bean on January 5, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Very nicely done Amanda!

I'm always curious about the 'story' behind old buildings and vehicles, etc. Whenever I see an old house, I always wonder what kind of excitement was going on when the first people moved in and what kind of emotions where happening when the last people moved out. Probably lots of interesting stories being lost with all this old stuff.
Posted by Ed Cooley on January 6, 2010 at 5:48 PM
Nice image and the blur technique really makes this work. :toast:
Posted by Amanda Botterweck on January 6, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Scott and Ed, Thank you for your comments. They mean alot.