Both are abandoned
Jan 5, 2020 06:02:26 #
SueScott wrote:
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Great image Sue
First time I have seen a glass jar used as a cap on the Air Intake pipe.
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Jan 5, 2020 07:18:49 #
Nice shot, but I hate to see machinery abandoned. Someone should restore it, but why? 
There is a 1954 Lincoln rusting away on a front lawn of a house a few miles from me. Why?! It's beyond hope, and someone would haul it away for scrap. The owner could probably sell the drive train for some money.
There is a 1954 Lincoln rusting away on a front lawn of a house a few miles from me. Why?! It's beyond hope, and someone would haul it away for scrap. The owner could probably sell the drive train for some money.
Jan 5, 2020 07:37:34 #
Nice shots. I live 90 miles west of DFW International Airport. I remain amazed that we can
be that close to a major metro area and with 10 miles of where I live you can probably find 25 abandoned tractors like this.
The scrap metal prices are nothing and few landowners seem to be bothered by the old tractors . . .some just sitting out in the middle of an active field or pasture.
That old house is another story. Amazing that everyone gave up on it.
be that close to a major metro area and with 10 miles of where I live you can probably find 25 abandoned tractors like this.
The scrap metal prices are nothing and few landowners seem to be bothered by the old tractors . . .some just sitting out in the middle of an active field or pasture.
That old house is another story. Amazing that everyone gave up on it.
Jan 5, 2020 08:26:19 #
I really like your perspective and composition--nice work, Sue!
I believe the tractor is the U model of the Allis Chalmers--we had one when I was a boy. It was a real workhorse in its time.
I believe the tractor is the U model of the Allis Chalmers--we had one when I was a boy. It was a real workhorse in its time.
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Jan 5, 2020 17:38:12 #
SueScott wrote:
I'm sitting here laughing - thanks for the critique and thanks for liking this image! I wanted to show the juxtaposition between the more "modern" wreck of the tractor and the ancient wreck of the house (circa. 1830-something). It was minimally cropped at the bottom to get rid of some elements I thought were a bit distracting. Thanks again for liking!
Here is a color version showing more of both the tractor and the house.
Here is a color version showing more of both the tractor and the house.
I like them both Sue, but I can certainly see why you cropped it and sepia toned it.
To my eye the most distracting thing in the color one is the concrete block.
I would be tempted to spend hours getting different shots and angles of this scene to make it even more of a story.
Definitely very good work!
Jan 5, 2020 19:09:27 #
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