October 18, 2008

Photo Challenge: Old

Time for the latest Brenda Photo Challenge! The subject is Old, picked by the current challenge hostess, Donna of Made in Heaven. While we were staying at a spectacular guest ranch resort during our western vacation last month, I took a few snaps of things that definitely fit the bill! Once I picked these images out, I chuckled that they all happen to be in brown and grey color tones. How fitting for the theme!

“Kick Up Your Heels” Old – This pair of worn boots was a cute prop outside one of the guest cabins. Because the lighting was flat, the original picture didn’t have much depth or character. So, I jazzed it up with the “poster edges” filter on Photoshop. The camera settings were f/5 and 1/60 second.

you should have seen the old feet that came out of these boots!
“If Only These Walls Could Talk” Old - It is a treasure to taking pictures with early morning light. The sun was just rising over the adjacent hillsides, and the golden sidelight captured the rustic texture of this old log cabin. The original ranch settlers built it in 1903. The picture was taken at f/6.3 and 1/160 second.


the original ranch settlers built this cabin in 1903
“Way Past the Expiration Date” Old – This remnant of a bovine fellow was hanging outside the ranch’s main building. He wasn’t nearly as fun to pet as the horses! The camera settings were f/4.2 and 1/60 second.

your skin sure takes a beating in this dry western climate, LOL!

26 comments:

  1. Wonderful pictures, Donna. I love the details in the second one!

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  2. Donna that boots shot is a one in amillion!
    Gorgeous! love how you tweaked it up too!
    The posts also A1

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  3. Beautiful Donna. I love that second one in particular as well.

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  4. The boots hit me. Outstanding.

    I love "old". I would have like to live in the 1800's. Seriously. I haven't visited Brenda in awhile and I think you just motivated me to do so! :) Thank you.

    Always love your shots!

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  5. Dear Donna, I love your choice of old things from the ranch! Great photos, too! I love the log cabin best!
    Thank you for your nice comments on my blog, yes, it's not easy to make your choice of old things in Vienna...
    But although I live in the city I am green in my heart :) and I could not get this old tree out of my mind...
    Thank you again and have a nice weekend!

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  6. Those are great! I especially love the first one, the effects are awesome. It reminds me of a painting I saw somewhere of two pairs of cowboy boots; little and big; sitting beside a door.

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  7. How many times have I posted this morning? I'm having problems typing the word verification, hahahaha.

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  8. Thanks, everyone! I thought it would be fun to feature some things I saw on our western vacation. I'll be featuring the guest ranch later on as part of my travel series.

    Brenda, I have that trouble too sometimes, LOL. The verification letters get crammed so close together that I have trouble making out what they are!

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  9. Great pictures, Donna! This theme was a lot of fun! I love all the creative ideas. The boots are perfect and I really must learn how to do effects on my pictures. But my favorite is the log cabin walls. Great shot.

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  10. Glad you liked them, Karen! You'll have to play around with Photoshop and see what it does! I don't understand how to do layering, and will have to get hubby to help me figure it out sometime.

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  11. I LOVE these! Great job sweetie! That log cabin was a wonderful idea!hughugs

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  12. Glad you liked them, Donna! The cabin wall close-up is clearly the favorite!

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  13. Great photo's, Donna. Love them all. (*HUGS*)

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  14. Wonderful photos ~ you have captured 'old' perfectly.
    Hope you are well, sending love and big hugs XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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  15. Thank you, Sally, Tabitha, and Jenn! I love doing these challenges!

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  16. Great photos and what detail! I especially like what you did with the boots!

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  17. Glad you enjoyed it, antigoni!

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  18. Thank you, Joni! They look pretty cool!

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  19. The second pic was very "artsy". I love it. The first picture...man, I have GOT to get Photoshop!! That's pretty cool. As for the skull...I'm always amazed at how those things are used for decoration in some parts of the country. It took me about 10 years of marriage before I finally got my husband's deer antlers to live in the garage. I don't know what I'd of done if he'd come into this relationship with a spare skull or two. LOL

    Great photos - thanks for indicating the camera settings!!!!

    Kari

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  20. Bravo!!! Such great photos! Love what you did with the boots. The texture of those old cabin logs is beautiful.

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  21. Thanks, Kari and Nita Jo! Photoshop can do some really cool things! There's still a lot for me to learn.

    I got a terrific overall picture of the old cabin with a tall mesa in back of it. I'll feature that later on in my travel series.

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  22. LOL this bull says "old" is a relative term. LOL

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  23. Great photos Donna. Love the boots and the cabin. I need to find time to play around in Photoshop or take a class because it's so dang gone confusing sometimes. LOL I love how you let us know the technical details. I'm still learning about that part, actually I'm still learning about all parts. :-)

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