12 Bit Photo
Dumped Truck Image 2
Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 1 July 2008 in Transportation and Portfolio.
Image 2 of a series
@Ekaputra Tupamahu: Thank you.
@Denis P: Merci beau coup.
@Matt Sutton: Thanks for looking and commenting.
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States
brilliant shot mate -- so powerful, love the 'distressed' look... perfectly composed! marvelous!
1 Jul 2008 8:24am
@dj.tigersprout: A lot of bondo up front. Tomorrow's shot may explain why it's immobile.
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Looks like a truck in its natural habitat. Strange to see an expensive device like this just being left alone in the wild...
1 Jul 2008 10:00am
@MadScientist: Tomorrow's shot may explain it. Hey, BTW, is you liked ISO 3200, check out the specs on the new Nikon D700: A standard ISO range of 200-6400, and an extended ISO range of ISO 100-25,600, in 1/3 step increments up to ISO 12,800.
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Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Very beautiful B&W... I like this truck.
1 Jul 2008 5:00pm
@Francesc B.: Merci beau coup.
danthro from Suburbia, United States
great shot! love the tones. great point of view and light and vignette too.
1 Jul 2008 5:19pm
@danthro: Thanks.
JoeB from Brampton, Canada
Looks pretty impressive, to the point that it might start up but that's not the reason that it's sitting in a field.
1 Jul 2008 6:13pm
@JoeB: Wait until you see the other side tomorrow --then you'll know why it's in a field.
@gbe: Thank you.
Helma from Tehran, Iran
Amazing shot !! very good b&w photo !! Great capture ... excellent !
1 Jul 2008 8:15pm
@Helma: Thank you.
@Observing: Thanks.
Eric Fry from Houston, TX, United States
Very good composition, and great b&w treatment!
Who would have thought that there would be an abandoned dump truck in Texas??? ;)
1 Jul 2008 8:46pm
@Eric Fry: Thanks. My job has me traveling the roads to Austin quite a bit. Sometimes to San Antonio, sometimes to Houston. I'm always seeing good stuff to photograph along the road, but I'm usually in too much of a hurry to stop.
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
> check out the specs on the new Nikon D700
No way, my next investment is a wide-angle lens... :-)
1 Jul 2008 9:20pm
@MadScientist: I want a wide angle lens but I also want a telephoto. I'll probably get the 70-300 Nikon VR first, but I'm also consider a Tamron 500mm --that's almost 800mm in 35mm film terms. So, yeah, camera body is a much lower priority. Also, as a huge movie buff, I'm afraid a 1080p projector will have to come before another camera.
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
I like this greyscale version. Neat old truck and the saturation is wonderful.
1 Jul 2008 10:10pm
@sherri: Thanks.
@David (12 years old): Thank you for looking and commenting.
Persian King from Tehran, Iran
Mighty even after all those years. I believe this is one of those MAC trucks, they look like SUV's for giants
2 Jul 2008 3:56am
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Such strong b&w tones. I love the larger than life feel here. Like the life of this truck could go on forever!
2 Jul 2008 4:55am
@bluechameleon: I struggled with the B&W conversion and still don't feel I got exactly what I wanted --but I did get what I could accept. I haven't done it enough to sense whether it's my conversion or the ambient lighting.
Stewart Bywater from Peterborough, United Kingdom
Nice composition. Great exposure and conversion!
27 Jul 2008 8:15pm
Vink from Côte d'Azur- French riviera, France
Superb treatment for a beautiful truck !
27 Aug 2008 5:34pm
Peter from Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nice subject, great lightning. The dodging gives it a silverhalide-based look. For the conversion from color tot B&W, did you try some duo-toning?
16 Mar 2009 10:18pm
@Peter: Don't remember exactly what I did, but don't think I did any duo-toning. I believe I did a pseudo-hdr conversion in color and then used one of the B&W conversion filters in Photoshop Elements 5.
1/800 second
F/9.0
ISO 200
18 mm