The Beetle

Love it – what an amazing treatment – great work in colour and texture!

Amazing find and excellent pp!

Good work with this, Mark. Looks a treat.

fantastic. Love the colours, really unusual. where did you find this?

Is this a HDR shot Mark?

Love it, great result..

Thanks for the comments.
This was taken at Silverton, the beetle stands out the front of a gallery.
It’s not a HDR, but using yhe selection tool and several layers I changed the background using a gradient filter in photoshop, I used a watercolor filter on the car and ground.

Awesome shot, those colours! Framing is excellent.

Great shot! really like it.

“To whom it may concern: Please take good care of Herbie”

Really like this image

I saw that car in Silverton! It is lovely, and so is the gallery :) I love thecolour in this, it is really stunning!

This is lovely! The colours, the mood and the subject. The car looks like it’s looking out into the distance and waiting for something!

Oh wow this is really nice the colours are great really makes it stand out

Great stuff Mark!

hey great job on your image!!

my favourite car, great treatment

Great shot!

Massive vee-dub sucker. This is a fab but sad shot – if I could find her I would take it under my wing and bring her back to life. Pre 1970’s too nice chrome bumpers. Lovely shot – gonna buy that next month (as long as the tax man is kind). Fab shot -tops beautiful colours

Thanks for the great feedback

really good, i love it!

Gallery stuff!!

Hey, I used to own a beetle like this. Not quite as rusty, but getting there. It blew its engine on our honeymoon!! Ah, those were the days.

I’m guessing you live in the ‘outback’ as so many of your shots seem to reflect that landscape?

ah – just seen your map. Looks as though where you live is fairly ‘outback’ish’ – at least from my UK perspective!

Excellent photograph!!!

very rustic! like it a lot

Love the colours and textures of this. Excellent treatment.
Bugs always make a great subjext, don’t they?

Exceelent….....someone plonked it on the moon!!!

love this,,, well done

excellent work here!

I love Buggies…I owned one like this then i painted it baby blue… You did a wonderful job here.. thanks

love it!!! you have a wonderful folio, it gives beginners like me something to aspire to!!! :o)
xx

Like it! Herbie rides again!!

they would have to be at silverton, outside a gallery? i used them in my major work…

would be great in challenge

cheers
rosina

ohhhhh, the poor beetle… She looks so neglected and sad. The colours and detail are great, just as if she’s on Mars!

I believe that’s the ‘rat’ look, taken to extremes?!

As a funky new bug owner – I love this piece! Am in the process of collecting a gallery of bug pics I like, and this one is a ripper.

great colors!

Great image with wonderful tones…

many congrats on your homepage feature, a terrific picture,dawn

Looks fantastic,Mark,

Hi,
Congratulations on being on the Homepage! Awesome photo; great job! I owed a VW bug! Always kept going no matter how much snow!

Congratulations on being featured on the Red Bubble green and gold themed home page.
December 14th 2009.

Brilliant work, congrats on home page feature :))

Excellent.

would love to hear the stories this bug could share…

Yeah, because, of course, the most unique thing in this photo (?) is the sky! lol Beautiful all the way around

Love the colour treatment. Makes me imagine this wreck was left on a distant planet. Great atmosphere.

brillant shot of an icon

Congratulations on being featured on the home page. Well deserved, great capture of a much photographed icon.

Great use of photoshop! Lots fo character.