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Steam Engine - Furnace Creek - Death Valley -

Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 7 March 2007 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

Processing was inspired by Craig Persel's works.

VFXY Photos

Comments (22)

Shiva from Kajang, Malaysia

WOW! Your processing gave this image a very classic touch..

7 Mar 2007 12:22am

Behrooz from Tehran, Iran

Way too great!

7 Mar 2007 12:38am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

It's a splendid composition. Nice work.

7 Mar 2007 2:17am

kmf from Kerala,Kalpakanchery, India

good composition .welldone

7 Mar 2007 2:48am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

The processing gives it a "ghost" touch.... well done!

7 Mar 2007 3:43am

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

Top notch Craiger! Love the bottle house too....was hoping to see one of that.

7 Mar 2007 5:08am

@Stu: I posted the bottle house because of your request. Glad you liked it! And, thanks for all your comments!

Jen from Jessup, United States

Great pp work! Love it!

7 Mar 2007 6:41am

MontereyJohn from California, United States

Everyone caught my thought, the processing is wonderful.

7 Mar 2007 11:06am

Addey Kehinde from London, United Kingdom

dude, I love how you've been processing your recent shots. They look amazing!

7 Mar 2007 11:22am

martineb from France

Wow splendid! Your processing is fabulous!

7 Mar 2007 12:41pm

Jerry from Tampa, United States

What a neat find!!! Always great to see something from the past! Good one Craiger!

7 Mar 2007 12:43pm

Craig Persel from Montreal, Canada

Thanks! Very nice processing. :-)

7 Mar 2007 12:46pm

Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand

This is a great shot Craiger - the processing makes what could be such an ugly old thing look timeless and soft. Gotta agree with the others, your processing is top knotch, especially over the past series. Got any secrets to pass on?!

7 Mar 2007 1:04pm

@Bronnie: Oh my gosh! Thanks for the complement. I really don't have a whole lot of secrets. I spend a lot of time burning and dodging the nature shots. I think the most important thing a photographer can do is shoot in good light. That usually means early morning or late evening for me. Also, use a tripod. I used the NIK color efex pro 2.o plug-in to photoshop to process the above. Good luck and have fun shoot'in!

Yvon from Meerkerk, Netherlands

Well, I have nothing to add to all these great comments. I totally agree. And yes, please share your secrets.

7 Mar 2007 1:21pm

@Yvon: Thanks for all your comments Yvon! I really don't have a whole lot of secrets. I spend a lot of time burning and dodging the nature shots. I think the most important thing a photographer can do is shoot in good light. That usually means early morning or late evening for me. Also, use a tripod. I used the NIK color efex pro 2.o plug-in to photoshop to process the above. Good luck and have fun shoot'in!

Michael Zhang from New York City, United States

Very nice sepia/dark yellow effect. The steam engine look so ominous and foreboding with this processing style.

7 Mar 2007 6:38pm

dYe from Cambridge, United States

In addition to the amazing processing, you chose a very clever perspective. The steam engine looks like it's going to barrel down on you.

8 Mar 2007 10:10am

@dYe: Yea, the steam engine was located in a parking lot. They had a sign describing the steam engine right in front of it, where I wanted to take the picture. So I had to raise my camera above my head and sign and angle it down in order to capture the image. Next, there were all kinds of cars parked in the background that needed to be cloned out. In fact, I had to replace part of the background with the mountains you see in this image. I was amazed that it came out as well as it did. Thanks for your comments!