The Work Horse
Featured in Old Things – 3 Per Day September 22, 2009.
Top Ten in the “Old Tractors” challenge in Old Things – 3 Per Day September 22, 2009.
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This fabulous old tractor is tucked away in the barn belonging to one of my cousins. As we strolled the property, so many happy memories came roaring back. What a blessed childhood I had!!
image taken with the Nikon D40x and the 18-200mm vr Nikon/Nikkor lens. Shutter 1/320, aperture 4.2. Image processed in Photomatix Pro from a single, hand held image converted in Photoshop to +/- 2 eval.
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robpixaday
WOWEEEEEEEE It’s fabulous!!!!!!!
It’s so saturated and detailed and terrific!!!
Memories…neat.
Lois Bryan replied
Hiii Robin, sweetie!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!!!
Trudy Wilkerson
Well would you look at this…..terrific treatment….I’d like to try that sometime but I guess I need a special program for that…love it…super duper good!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Trudy!!!! Thank you so much!!!
Chelsea Nikolaus
Very cool. Appropriate name too!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Chelsea … thank you … and glad you got a kick out of the name!!!
cougarfan
Great Shot And Treatment Hun:))))))xxoxox
Lois Bryan replied
Hello gorgeous!!!!! Thank you!!!
sigfusson
Wonderful shot Lois – really emphasizes the age and character of this old beast. Does it still run? Lovely rich tones in this shot too. Cheers, S.
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Sandra!!! Thank you!!!! You know, I should ask my cousin!!!! I don’t know if it does or not!!!
Wanda Raines
Even this old tractor needs special treatment. LOL. Love your work.
Lois Bryan replied
LOL!!!!! Thanks, sweetie!!!!!!
Beve Brown-Clark
OOOOOOoooOOOO fabulous composition!! Love the lighting and all that beautiful rust!!
Lois Bryan replied
Thanks, Beve … I love it too!!!
nadine henley
love the combination of horizontal and vertical lines, lois
Lois Bryan replied
Oh, Nadine!!!! You noticed the wonderful lines!!!!! I was really struck by that, too!!!
jujubean
AWesome! a massey ferguson,thats pretty old. The treatment you gave it brings out all of its wonderful lines.
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you so much!!!! I didn’t know what the mf stood for and had intended to look it up before posting but then forgot. Thanks for letting me know!!!
lefty1
bet this old timer plowed many a field! great capture Lois
Lois Bryan replied
Oh, John … yes it surely did!!!!!
Agnes McGuinness
Totally awesome, Lois. Outstanding work, and the perfect subject for this treatment. Agnes xx
Lois Bryan replied
Thank, Agnes … I thought it was too!!!!
Tallow
another masterpiece Lois. As a country boy I still see these old machine sitting in the fields rusting away
Lois Bryan replied
Dave, we see them here, too … it’s so sad to me!!!
BobJohnson
Hi Lois, Slipped in a few when i wasn’t looking, huh!!!
Great old work horse.
Bob
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Bob .. yes, I get industrious every once in awhile, lol!!!!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!!
Karen Tillotson
Every one of your works is sheer delight…and yet another. Beautiful Lois!
Lois Bryan replied
Karen thank you, sweetie!!!!!
Lois Bryan
ayham Salameh
Fantastic, great texture.
Lois Bryan replied
thank you … yes the hdr really pulled out the detail in this one, didn’t it!!!
jujubean
your-welcome. glad to be of some help!
Shoaib .
hey lois… lovely shot you put together right here !
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Shoaib!!! Thank you very much!!!
brian pendrey
great stuff
Lois Bryan replied
Hey Brian … thank you!!!
Kathie Nichols
Fabulous shot Lois!!!!!!!!!
Lois Bryan replied
Thanks, Kathie!!!!!
Neophytos
Nice hues and sharp composition …!!!! Nice Lois !
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you … this one was just begging me to let me snap him!!!
dinghysailor1
fabulous capture!! and i specially love the chillds height viewpoint!! happy days exploring these lovely barns i’m sure!
:))
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Maggie … I’m thrilled that you took note of the pov … roaming around the other day I was amazed that the structures and things that had seemed SO HUGE to me in my memory were average size, lol!!! I shot the tractor angle precisely to give the feeling of power and immensity that it gave to me when I was little!!!
Gilberte
Beautiful shot..the revaluation of the useless
Lois Bryan replied
How perfectly and beautifully said!!!!! Thank you!!!
billfox256
“We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.” George Eliot
A terrific thought provoking memory. Bill
Lois Bryan replied
Such a wonderfully poignant quote, Bill!!!!! I love it!!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!
Gina Cormier
Fabulous composition and detail in this image!!! Fabulous work!
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you so much, Gina!!!!
LYN EVANS
Brilliant shot and super treatment Lois, what a cracker.
Lois Bryan replied
thank you, Wynnie!!!!!!!! hugzz!
Béla Török
Great find and capture, dear Lois!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Bela!!! Thank you, hon!!!
XVR Photo
Very powerful!
Lois Bryan replied
thank you, Xenia!!!!
jeffwilson
Powerful picture Lois
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Jeff!!!! Thank you so much!!
Lynda McDonald
i find this unusual, well done, and now i find my eye wanders to old farm machinery when i’m out n about ! ............see what you are doing, lol
Lois Bryan replied
LOL!!! Lynda … that’s my problem .. wandering eyes!!!! Everything I see, I see the frame of the viewfinder around it!!!!!! I can’t focus on one type of image or one method of processing for long … always jumping around and trying new things!!! It’s GLORIOUS!!!!
BigD
Excellent treatment and it was a work horse in it’s day. :-)
Lois Bryan replied
Thanks, dearie!!! I’m glad you liked the title … I thought it was awfully clever of me, lol!!!!!!
AnnDixon
Was once someones Old Faithful, great shot,
Lois Bryan replied
Very true, Ann!!!!! Very true!!!
Rosy Kueng
Excellent Lois! I love how you see things through your lens :)) the wandering eyes is your talent to see unsignifcant thing beautiful framed as a picture! Just great….love the HDR treatment…Hugzz
Lois Bryan replied
Rosy, what a sweet thing to say!!! Thank you so much!!
Mark Coward
Cracking shot.
Lois Bryan replied
Thanks Mark!!!
Wayne Cook
Ok, this just flat out gorgeous!!
Lois Bryan replied
LOL!!!! Thanks, Wayne!!!!
Peter Evans
Awesome shot and a great title for it :-)
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Peter!!! Thank you!!!! A good title really adds a lot, I always think!!! So glad you liked this one!!!
rodsfotos
What a great find and I really like the tight composition on the grill of the old tractor, wonderful colours, contrast and such an appealing subject visually,
Regards, Rod.
Lois Bryan replied
Rod, this was taken on my cousin’s farm … I spent a lot of my childhood there … and I was trying to convey the feeling little kids have when they look at these kind of things … we felt sooo small!!!!
Michael E. Frye
Beautifully done. A wonderful capture!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Michael!!!! Thank you very much!!!! I find so much beauty in older farm equipment … if only I could go back in time with a camera …
trueblvr
Wow, great hues on the old beast, great shot , Di
Lois Bryan replied
Hey Di!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
Ranald
Nice one Lois.
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you, Ranald!!!!!
Bluenorther
Lois Bryan replied
WHEEEEEEE!!!! Thank you soooo much!!!!! What a fabulous honor!!!!! YAY!!!