Forum: Photography

Subject: B&W Fuel thingy..

PunkClown opened this issue on Jun 25, 2002 · 11 posts

PunkClown posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 8:55 AM

I have been pretty busy, so I haven't been able to visit the forum as much as I would like, but I always try to get a walk in with the family on my days off...saw this old Caltex fuel thing in a field and it sort of stood out a bit. I did a bit of postwork in photoshop and de-colourised it. :-)>

doruksal posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 9:29 AM

Is it because of the postwork that it seems that this photo is shot with a fill-flash..? Anyway, a beautiful b/w picture, this is... :-)

peterke posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 10:16 AM

Beautiful... I've always loved these "rusty landmarks". This is a pic that really benefits from the B&W treatment (lots of structure). However can I ask you a favour ? I'm a keen Rhino 3D modeler, and i'd really like to model this fuel tank (thingy); could you post the original colour version (if possible with some cropped out detailed bits) ? How big is this thing anyway (just to get some idea of proportions).

Michelle A. posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 10:38 AM

Oooo, this is nice PC!

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bevchiron posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 11:20 AM

I'm not sure if you just have a knack for finding these wonderful things or you just take the best shots!! Either way I love it ; )

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starshuffler posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 2:40 PM

You sure have a way with odd things and rust, Cam! Kewl! :-)

firestorm posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 2:54 PM

hi, this looks good...i like it

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jacoggins posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 3:22 PM

PC, it's so cool the way you grasp technical language....fuel thingie....impressive!!! nice shot, like the b/w treatment, nice shot!

PunkClown posted Tue, 25 June 2002 at 9:18 PM

Thanks everyone...lol Jack, I *do* have a way with words don't I!! Peter, i'll post a colour version but I'm not sure what you mean by cropped out detail bits...which bits? I can send you the original "bigger" pic as it came out of the camera if you want... Oh, and the *thingy* stood about 4 meters tall (or approx 12 feet) :-)>

peterke posted Wed, 26 June 2002 at 2:20 AM

Thanx a million, PC !!! Nice modeling challenge... I needed this pic to get a feel for the different textures. I'll post my final rendering here.

Antoonio posted Thu, 27 June 2002 at 2:50 AM

Damn nice pic again Punkie. Yep, you know us, we are suckers for rust. One minor thing that came to my mind, is the object bit too centered? This is really good, but space to the left and bit less space to the right would make this bit more dynamic. .n