Bits

Some handmade antique snaffle bits that hang in our garage.  They date back to around 1900.  I used a high ISO and left the garage door closed to get more even light.  I did not use flash, only light used was from the center garage light.  I did this to not get flash reflection off [...]

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Worn 2

Taken today on a day trip to Gilroy, CA.  Processed with Flaming Pear’s Mr. Contrast.  Adjusted levels and highlights.  Cloned some background.  Lighting was from the back and right of the old truck. Camera settings: F/4, 1/150 sec., ISO 64, focal length 11 mm.  No flash.

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Metal 2

An antique milk can in my back yard.  Adjusted levels, dodged and burned and added a concrete texture frame that I made with two layers.  Changed to sepia tone. Camera settings: F/9, 1/160 sec., ISO 200, focal length 50 mm.

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Old Fashioned

Here’s several views and takes on an old phonograph that has been in our family for years.  On the b/w photo I used Topaz ReMask to mask and blur the background.  I added a scratch brush to the whole image and changed to b/w.  The brush was applied with blending mode Soft Light.  This old [...]

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Horse Training Equipment – Old and New

Thought I’d take a tour of our garage for the next couple of days!  This photo is of a cotton lunge line and a 100 year old rawhide lariat.  I adjusted levels, exposure, and used Topaz Adjust Spicify.  In order to get the shot in the garage I manually set the ISO to 3200 and [...]

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Masculine

Saw this old roadster in Cambria, CA.  Though I would love to drive it, too. . . I think it is pretty masculine!   I think of most things as pretty much gender neutral, but this does look like a man’s car.  I cropped the original, adjusted levels and sharpness.  I used a white soft brush [...]

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