WAHASKA FARMS TRUCK

A venerable old relic

Like this one. Tones and composition -- fine stuff.

Thank you sir. Now see, I'm not gonna whine or cajole on this one. Whatever it is, it is.

A superb find David...I like the composition and colors....with smooth light you get details everywhere in the scene...

Thanks. Back to the more traditional image for awhile.

without the shed in the background this would be another old truck photo. However, this way the monochrome building makes it more interesting. It's also great that besides giving the truck a meaningful background, it allows the truck to stand out. The tall grass only underlines the age and abandonment of both. This photo would be a prime contender for an ultra-ultra wide shot, like with a 14mm lens (OK, 10mm for the DX sensor) and getting as close to the truck as possible from perhaps a sharper angle than this. Anway, a nice image. Cheers, Micheal

Yeah, you are right about that wide angle. I'd love to have one. Get in about a foot away from that rust bucket, down low, and blast away! Yeah, that would be cool. Alas, a new lens is not in the budget either. Cheers.

Welcome to the "shoot a truck a week club", you fit right in. The colors here are "just right" in my book, it doesn't have that over processed look. I like the background too, the old weathered building and truck look like "pardner's" to me. Those old beauties were built to last.

Yeah, jeez there's no way and can keep the truck a day post schedule you and Mr. Shawhan have. I'm not even trying. No more old trucks or cars in the near future. Just junky old buildings, with poor colors and over-processed unidentifiable detritus. That's my specialty.

These aging vehicles hit a certain age where it feels as if you're taking a portrait of an aging personality rather than a picture of an object. The history is written in the rust and chipped paint. These types of pictures are as compelling to me as portraiture. Great surroundings as well.

I love them because at my age, they are like old friends. This type of image is not my primary goal in doing photography, but they are the occasional coffee break from the sweaty exhausting work of mining for meaningful images.

Maybe not your favorite kind of image or "goal" but I still see your stamp on it, especially in the blades of grass up front. That's what makes it for me and it's because of a good perspective. It puts the thing right into its place. Adds that special bit of depth and focus. The shed, as Michael mentioned, works as a good backdrop. Even letting us see a little beyond the shed is a good idea. Space.

Thanks. I really hope you are right about a style. For a long time it was really important to me to have a recognizable style. Not just an eccentric trick that is attached to every effort for the only purpose of tagging it as yours, but a visionary type of viewpoint. It seems to me that when people think they see your style in an image, even if they are wrong, that is a supreme compliment. I don't know if it is vanity or not, but that has been an important goal of mine ever since I got into this art business.

Tall grass, old truck, old barn... I feel right at home with this image and I think you did a great job of showing it at its best. I'm also guessing that you have at least 8 other images of this truck from other views.

Had to post this just so you and Susan wouldn't think you had an exclusive on this old rolling stock. And, yes, I did take a fair number, but this was by far the best of them.

A page right out of my imaginations' perfect American Dream. I love how you bring the west home. Nice job on the layering of differing planes bringing us from grass, to truck and barn.

Thanks for looking. Do you think it really true that these were simpler times, or is it just our imaginations playing tricks on us?

David, I am only romanticizing that notion. I'm all too aware of how much harder life was back then. At least in the physical sense. I do wonder if the emotional state were not more fully satisfied. There may have been more meaning and therefore satisfaction in the day to day work to be done.???????

Love this image. The faded paint. The rust. The weeds. The weathered barn. Love it all. No critique here, just love it and that's all.

 

Best regards,

Tammy

This and all your comments tonight are deeply appreciated. I'm going to go to bed with a smile on my face.