Slightly Duck Bill-ish Pipe
February 19th, 2008Part of the oil machinery out in the desert near Duchesne, Utah. The decayed insulation is awesome.
I could probably camp out and shoot this stuff for days, it’s so full of texture. o
Tags: decay, equipment, macro, oil
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February 19th, 2008 at 6:12 am
The decayed insulation looks like asbestos.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Hi - I trolled over from Dooce one day and your photos have inspired me since. I love gritty stuff like this - do you mind if i ask some questions? Did you edit the lighting on this photo or was this posted as you shot it? When you go to a place like that how many shots do you take?
February 19th, 2008 at 9:46 am
indeed, this texture is incredible. great shot.
February 19th, 2008 at 9:50 am
@Cass, on this shot, the only work I did was a bit of tonal work (curves, levels, color balance/temperature, etc.). I tend to shoot as many shots as I have time or storage. It just depends. I tend to work quickly in light like this, but I try to walk around a bit before shooting. Then I’ll walk around looking through the lens to see if my compositional sense is correct. I try, but don’t always succeed to take several angles of a shot that I’m interested in because I might get a great result from changing it up from my original shot.
When the light is good, it’s hard for me to work slowly, so I try to shoot a lot of coverage. When I shot this, I had maybe 15 minutes of good light left before it disappeared.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Looks more like an alligator with a pacifier in it’s mouth to me…
I love your photos, keep up the good work!
February 19th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I also love taking texture photos…people miss such wonderful sights every day because they fail to see them..sort of like hearing but not listening.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I’m so glad I clicked on it and got the full sized version.
February 20th, 2008 at 5:58 am
Thanks for responding to my question! So last question….well for today. What’s your favorite time of day to shoot so the light is just right? I prefer dawn to dusk but I think the light is a different color on the East coast which may be just plain ridiculous.