P52 Sweet Shot Tuesday #32

I am enamored of the "rusty crusty" vehicles I can find; for several years, I have photographed them and edited the images to make photo art.  My latest find is sitting in a dry field miles out in the country.  I think it's been there for decades, judging by its age, license plate and sad condition.  It's a 1928 Ford truck with a 1947 license plate.  The owner of the field told me that his grandfather bought the truck new.  I have a wide range of  images of the truck and its various parts, after spending nearly 45 minutes with the truck one evening right before sundown.  I've settled on this particular image for Week 32 of Kent Weakley's P52 and Sweet Shot Tuesday. 

Texture Tuesday {Mums in a Mug}

I'm sure I'm not the only one to buy coffee mugs just to use in photographs; I loved this black and white one when I saw it in the grocery store.  At home, I had a big bunch of white mums---perfect pairing!  I'm linking up with Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday and Kristy's Texture Twist.

edited with Topaz Detail and kk_Storm

Texture Tuesday {Clouds and Wind Turbines}

Each Monday night, I post two photos---one for my Project 52 and one for Texture Tuesday.  This week, my choices are both landscapes, generally rare choices for me.   This photo for Kim's Texture Tuesday was shot from the window of a moving car with a 70-250 mm lens when my husband and I were returning from a day across the Washington border in the SE corner of that state.  Thunderstorms had been building up all around, and the clouds were absolutely beautiful.   Add to the clouds a "wind farm" in the distance, with those gigantic turbines that now dot so many of the dry hills of Oregon and Washington. (Click to enlarge image.)

ISO 400    f/11   1/800    70mm
Edited with Topaz Detail and kk_storm texture