The Matrix... or... Call # 1000 tongues

If you look back to the earliest months of The Rusty Nut, it was a photography oriented blog. Back then i Had the highest end Pentax SLR camera. 35 mm film of course. My hobby took a nose dive when I bought my first 1 mega pixel digital camera and appreciated the ability to take as many shots as I wanted with no developing expense. The quality of the pics was horrific... but it was free. I eventually moved up to a 10 mp point and shoot digital camera which was fine for family and casual shots but worthless in pursuing one of my true loves... the real art of exposure, composition and depth of field. A few weeks ago I finally bought a digital SLR Pentax camera. And today I honed in on my favorite old photography subject... Rust.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

Again, it's been a while since I did any photo work or posted any here. Perhaps it is the new camera inspiring me. Longtime readers may recall that my favorite subject to shoot is 'rust'. Hey... that's right in the title of the blog isn't it?! Go figure! So I couldn't not stop when Ipassed by this gem the other day...

CAT NAP

I haven't posted any of my photography 'art' on here in quite some time. This was taken February 2006. Poor guy, I disturbed his rest time by approaching his territory.

"the weather dictates everything from frost to naked trees" j. buffett - mile high in denver

Exiting Samsara?

november 1999

Two to Three Inches Expected

my first published photo. taken in December 1993 Boulder, CO

Potter's Cabin

a few viewers have asked about the various desaturation and other treatment processes i put some of my shots through. to respond: yes, many of my pics on display are altered in Photoshop CS (a tool i use daily in my graphic design work). this one, for instance, i cropped, increased the contrast then dropped out all colors except for the green. in the photog world there is a heated debate as to the 'fairness' and 'honesty' in such practices. my opinion: certainly there is an art to taking a great shot that needs NO alterations whatsoever. and it is a GREAT photog'er who makes that their art successfully. but philosophically there is no difference between altering a pic to improve it with digital means than what ansel adams did in the dark room. few people consider him to have been deceptive in his art. as for my work, i aint trying to put one over on anyone, enjoy the end result for what it is. and thanks for the interest.

Central American Ferry

an abandoned boat high in the Honduran mountians

Water & Web

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia August '94

Old Barn

Boulder,CO Jan '98

Open for Business

Charlotte,NC Sept '02

Rusted Plow

Charlotte,NC May '00

Garden of the Gods

Colorado Springs,CO Jan '98

Old Bus

Charlotte,NC April '00

Rusted Plow II

Charlotte,NC April '00

Two Boats

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia August '94

Balloon Fest

October '97 Colorado Springs

Sunflowers

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia May '94