The Long Ride Home

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted February 3, 2012154 views10 comments

My real passion is photographing old cars, rusted and in the weeds, in someone's back field or sitting along the roadside. I found this Cadillac hearse on a 20-acre junkyard in middle North Carolina. It was filled with hubcaps and several trees were growing out of the engine.

I processed the image in Nik Software's Viveza to bring out the gorgeous details and brighten the tones.

Just gotta love these old cars. In fact, I will have my first solo show this summer for two months at the North Carolina Arboretum and it will feature approximately 35 photographs of my great finds of old cars, trucks and tractors.

Thanks, Jim, for adding this gallery. I love nature, but I love these old cars more.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on February 3, 2012 at 8:23 AM

Outstanding image, really like this all the colors and textures. Congratulations on your upcoming show!

Ray

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on February 3, 2012 at 10:38 AM

I love old cars too! They make such great subjects. Congrats on the show and the colors are fantastic!

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Comment posted by Mitch Erwin on February 3, 2012 at 11:43 AM

Barb, what a great find with this photo. A perfect candidate for this kind of processing, and you've done it great justice! Many, many other abstract possibilities with this, and I'm sure you've got some!

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on February 3, 2012 at 3:17 PM

Thanks to everyone for stopping by to take a look. I have a lot of great shots of these junkyard gems that can be seen on my website, but I'll post them here every now and then. Thanks again for your comments.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 109 Posts, 323 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 3, 2012 at 4:53 PM

Fantastic image- Colors and composition are spot on- It reminds some hyper-realistic paintings (but probably it's better than them)- My congrats, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on February 3, 2012 at 7:05 PM

I like this sort of photography also. Well done, Barbara. I live too far from North
Carolina to see your show; however, I hope that you'll post the images (maybe
you already have.) on your website, or keep posting them here.

Registered on November 11, 2008, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments

Comment posted by Kent Staubus on February 5, 2012 at 8:30 PM

Very nice! The hubcaps make it special. If you ever travel out here on the Northern Plains, bring your camera. There's old vehicles dating back into the 20s sitting around the abandoned farms I think you'd have fun with.

Kent in SD

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 7, 2012 at 12:28 AM

Incredible, Barbara, simply incredible. The array of color is astounding as are the textures. All the best with your show; should be a great success with images like this.

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on February 7, 2012 at 7:29 AM

Thanks to everyone for stopping by and your comments. I just love capturing these "gems" and I look forward to sharing many more. I'm always on the road searching for more so keep those suggestions coming, I might just visit your neighborhood. These old cars have so many stories to tell and that's what my exhibit will be about. Thanks for this gallery so I'm able to share my passion. See ya on the road.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 109 Posts, 323 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 8, 2012 at 3:10 PM

I love it! I've always had an interest for things in decay, and I call them by the title of an old science fiction novel: What Entropy Means to Me.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments