color and rust

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maybe it's only a sort of necrophilia, but i do have to admit that i usually enjoy broken down machinery much more than the new, chrome fineshed, ultra polished specimen.

having half an hour to wander around next to the kid's skiing area, i noticed an old tractor left under some elder bushes for further decay. the sun was still high and the shadows harsh and no uniform background available for a shot of the whole carcass, so i resorted to some detail shots. during postprocessing i desaturated a bit, it makes the turquoise painting less presumptuous.

this photo on flickr.

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