Portrait Of Urban Decay

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Portrait Of Urban Decay

A digital montage of rusty things from the city of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.

All three photographs were captured using a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-S500, and then processed in Paint Shop Pro where a number of filters were used to create the effects.

Portrait Of Urban Decay belongs to the following groups:

Complex Simplicity of Art, ! 100% !, All Around the Styles, Australian Contemporary Photography, AW Welcome Center, Bits and Pieces , Descriptions, Dilapidated Buildings, Graphic Editing 101, Just Brown, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Live, Love, Dream: , Mixed Media, New South Wales Photography, Newcastle NSW, Lake Macquarie & Surrounding Region, Safe Haven, Scenery, Shameless Self-Promotion, The Graphic Room-Graphic and Digital Art, The Patchwork , The true beauty, Unwanted , Abandoned & Saved Through Preservation. and Vibrant and Vivid Color Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints and Mounted Prints

Portrait Of Urban Decay by reflector
Portrait Of Urban Decay by reflector
  • Murray Swift

    Murray Swift

    good one James, wish I had access to these sorts of grotty places.

  • reflector replied

    Laughing here Murray ! Grot is a state of mind ! :)) They were sprinkled throughout suburbia and I like these objects for their photographic texture.

  • Lori Peters

    Lori Peters

    Yep, this is good one. Bravo! xoxo

  • reflector replied

    Thanks very much Lori ! It started out as a simple idea, but went through a lot of changes / adjustments. Thanks for the fave ! :)xx

  • dinghysailor1

    dinghysailor1

    interesting and creative work.. great job the colours and textures are superb
    :)

  • reflector replied

    Thank you shipmate ! :)) Glad you like the effects !

  • Trudi's Images

    Trudi's Images

    Awesome James looks great !! fabulous textures

  • reflector replied

    Thank you Trudi ! It was a challenge to make.

  • janeymac

    janeymac

    fantastic work , James

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Jane, always appreciated !

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1

    Fantastic capture~ just love these kind of shots!! wonderful colors and textures~ outstanding composition and treatment!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Cheryl, I appreciate your enthusiasm ! :)) That’s a shot of the Gas station where the old petrol pumps were that I posted about a year ago.

  • christiane

    christiane

    Oh you are so good at this – seemless

  • reflector replied

    Thanks for your great comment ! This image developed after starting work on another one that I was about to try with a weatherboard wall. I’ll go back and work on that one some other time.

  • cieloverde

    cieloverde

    Todo de ella me impresiona. Empezando por la composición.Me gustan esos colores que destacan esas texturas dañadas por el tiempo y hasta por el propio abandono del lugar ! Excelente amigo !......

  • reflector replied

    Muchas gracias por su atenta y agradable comentario! Me gusta fotografiar cosas viejas que se están oxidando o aparte. :))

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great work

  • reflector replied

    Much appreciated Antanas !

  • Heloisa Castro

    Heloisa Castro

    great shot

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Heloisa, I’m glad you like this !

  • david campbell

    david campbell

    fantastic reflector

  • reflector replied

    Thank you, I’m glad you like this !

  • Jennifer Potter

    Jennifer Potter

    Great eye James!! Excellent textures and coloring. I love this type of art. Well done. :)

  • reflector replied

    Thank you, very much appreciated ! The people who live next to that stuff would probably be praying for the day when it’s torn down or removed, but I like it and so do other photographers in my city. :-)

  • Pamela Jayne Smith

    Pamela Jayne S...

    great imagery James – I love the colours and textures here!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Pam, I was very happy with the way it turned out ! They’re all piles of junk, but they’re nice junk. :)

  • Rachel Williams

    Rachel Williams

    This is a great image. The contrast and colors are excellent.

  • reflector replied

    Thank you Rachel ! it’s three photo’s and I adjusted the effects / filters in each image to make their tones and hues match as closely as possible.

  • Solomon Walker

    Solomon Walker

    incredible photo Reflector, the tones are stunning!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Solomon, much appreciated ! I’m a bit of a Sepia / Rusty fan.

  • Anne-Marie Bokslag

    Anne-Marie Bok...

    Amazing job James! Must have been a lot of work to put them together like you did!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Anne Marie ! It did involve a fair bit of work, including tweaking the tones after the sepia processing because every photo had different exposures and the colours came out differently.

  • Shane Viper

    Shane Viper

    Very nice piece Andrew. Well thought out and put together.

  • reflector replied

    Andrew as in Parmi ? :)) Thanks for the compliment Shane !

  • Shane Viper

    Shane Viper

    Whoops sorry, James.

  • reflector replied

    :-) !

  • Shane Viper

    Shane Viper

    I was looking at pictures from a guy called Andrew S before yours and got mixed up.

  • reflector replied

    No worries, I’ve done that before.

  • luanda

    luanda

    SPECTACULAR! Instant fav! BRAVO!

  • reflector replied

    Many thanks for your great support and the fave Daniela ! :))

  • maxy

    maxy

    This is so cool! Car parts, old building a bit run down – reminds me of places I remember playing around as a kid when my grandfather’s farm stopped producing and he had long since passed away.. . Beautifully done! xx

  • emolena

    emolena

    BEAUTIFUL ! Very well done !

  • reflector replied

    Thanks for your support and making it a fave !

  • midzing

    midzing

    fantastic find and shot,,, well done

  • reflector replied

    Thank you Midzing ! I drove past that unused service station for a few years before deciding it was photogenic.

  • Ric Alexander

    Ric Alexander

    You know, you totally confused me. I like to look at an image and make my mind up before reading the notes. A big mistake maybe because i could not fathom out the big petrol pump being that big LOL. Nice editing.

  • reflector replied

    It’s a petrol bowser for a Hummer ! :)) I thought the garage doors and boarded-up windows would make a nice canvas for those images. Thanks Ric !

  • Cee Neuner

    Cee Neuner

    Excellent James!!!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks a lot !

  • Trish Woodford

    Trish Woodford

    Wonderful work here James, until you really look you can’t tell its more than one image – so very clever and well presented :)))

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Trish ! It’s supposed to be a Gallery within an image, with the bowser and the car as the images being displayed. :))

  • Trish Woodford

    Trish Woodford

    Fantastic, can totally see it :)

  • reflector replied

    Wow, the internet is so fast ! Thanks ! :-)

  • camael

    camael

    Your work is so unique! I really enjoy looking : ) Excellent!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks a lot for your support Angel ! :))

  • JonRussell

    JonRussell

    Great work and imagination James! :-)

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Jon, much appreciated ! :)

  • Brandie1

    Brandie1

    A wonderful & very clever creation James.xx

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Laureen, I’m glad you like it ! :)x

  • Jaytee

    Jaytee

    this is really quiet strange as my head goes left to right trying to figure out whats going on, very tidy job and an original retro piece.

  • reflector replied

    Thanks for the compliment Jodi ! There are three photos that were all the same size, but I scaled two down and put them onto the Garage Wall to look like posters.

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