Rust - Dumpster @ Rankin School

This image should have been posted Fri., November 27th.  Found another dumpster rust picture at Rankin School.  It has different layers of paint and rust.  Taken with iPhone 6.  Edited in camera with PS Express but then sharpened further in PS Elements 11. Taken about 4 PM EST.

Autumn Clematis Bloom CU with Seed Pods @ Trish's Lamp Post

Autumn Clematis is very fragrant, but after the white blooms in the fall there are strange looking seed pods.  Reminds you of tangled wires.  Tried to capture both in one image.  This was on my neighbor's lamp post.   iPhone 5C, edited in PSE 11  

Key Hole Rust - Rust #r6 Dumpster

Another Rust Image from the dumpster.  The left image is a close up of a key hole which also shows a lot of texture of the paint.  Right image is the original image which is very pale and without detail.  Did not see the highlights at the top of mount as an iPhone does not give you blinkies.  Edited in PSE 11: straightened,  increased highlights & midtones, sharpened.  

Rust #5 CVS Dumpster

This image should have been posted October 8, 2015. I am using a rust image from a dumpster at my CVS pharmacy.  It had an ivory base paint.  It has more rust stain and peeled paint too  The rust looks very flat.  It was an overcast day about 3 PM.  Camera+ without HDR. Left image edited in camera with Snapseed:  Tune Image Auto. It has large areas of rust which I felt just did not have the same artistic options I got with the smaller areas with more design in the blue green dumpster.  I did rotate the image so rust stain would be at the top of the image.

#4 Rust Dumpster

Rust #4 - Dumpster   I love that the base color of this dumpster has a turquoise background but painterly effect. When I took the image I thought this looked like finger projections but after seeing on the monitor, feel this looks like some dancers with streaks of rust color being their costumes. By sharpening the rust areas, it also gave more digital noise (grain) to the background.  
iPhone 5C Camera+ Edited in PSE 11 Cropped, Exposure, Sharpened
I tried experimenting with color variations. The right image I decreased red. - more altered art.     

Rust #3 Dumpster - Quick Fix

Rust #3  image from dumpster in downtown Greensboro.  The left image was taken in portrait mode and you can see the original colors and design of the rust with muted tones on an overcast day.  Taken with Camera+ app.with iPhone 5C.  Not sure if HDR mode which I usually leave as default.  Then I decided just to do a simple enhancement in PSE 11 by using choices in Quick "Smart Fix" for exposure and sharpening.  The image on the right was the result of my choices which give more texture & color.  This was the same subject but used the square mode.
I definitely need to try to capture more images when sun shining on the dumpster, preferrably about 9 a.m.  

Rust #2 Dumpster

2nd image of rust on a dumpster in downtown GSO, NC.   This rust image reminded me of grass when I looked at in on the computer monitor. The orignal image was muted colors of the image on the left with less texture.   I edited in PSE 11 using sliders for light and dark, midtones to get the effect I wanted.  Then I sharpened to 100.  I further enhanced the colors by using Saturated Film effect x2.  The image on the right I wanted to try to work with Vintage effect in PSE 11. Using the edited image on the left,  I played with hue and saturation and wanted more orange/red tones than browns. It ended up as a monochrome.  I should have left more space at the top when I took the image. I will be revisiting this dumpster if the sun ever shines.  If I get desperate, I can always make my own rust by watching You Tube videos.   .

Rust Image #1 Dumpster

Last Thursday I was in downtown Greensboro and saw  rust splotches various places on a dumpster.
I spent at least 1/2 hr taking images of these because of textures and designs. I knew when I was taking the image that I would want to be using some apps or altering the images--just in case I ever get around to making digital collages.  So, this week I will post a rust image every day.  Some I used the native app or Camera+ and I did not take notes, don't remember if I did HDR or not since it was an overcast day but it is usually the default setting. Some I was showing my husband various filters and the program did not save a copy.  So, you do have to be careful about destructive editing.   The left image was clarified in camera in PS Express and I am not sure what filter I applied to get the colors. This image was rotated 90 degrees as I liked that composition better.    I can't show the original but you will see others with a muted turquoise background.  The image on the right I rotated to the right another 90 degrees, sharpened and then in PSE 11 I changed enhancement in color variations the color by decreasing red highlights x2 which resulted in blues and greens.which reminds me of a churning sea.      

Rust Vintage Look - Garbage Dumpster

When I was downtown at the Folk Festival on Sunday, I saw some rust on a garbage dumpster.  Decided to take a shot and see what I maybe able to do with the textures in PSE 11.   Taken with native i6  Camera app, HDR.  Did not really like the lighting but not able to move around for the specific rust spot I wanted.  Post processing l used Old Fashioned filter.  Increased the texture (grain) & changed the color of brown to include more orange coloration.  Sharpened in a medium range. Would like to try a different image with more side lighting in a.m.                                   "golden hour" to see if that depicts the rust better try to do macro with Camera+ app. .