The nuts 'n' bolts of Paignton Pier

[ColytonJohn]

One of the cross braces holding the pier up. I tried a mono conversion but it lacked the rusty texture of this one.
Incidentally, I cheated creating the bokeh as I didn't have a fast enough lens with me so just selected the background and reduced the sharpness

5D3_7019-2 by John Leah, on Flickr

Cheers,
John

[Farider]

Good pic John, that works for me. Your processing works well. Just the sort of pic that I’d take too

Ian

[Trev B]

Good shot John, I can't quite work out where you took it from - did you have your Wellies on!

[ST-EOS]

A very artistic image John with plenty of detail, I may be tempted to lift the shadows of the right side bolts to see a bit of detail in them.

[Bill53]

Great shot john, excellent piece of work.

[ColytonJohn]

Thanks folks

No wellies just good timing

5D3_7018 by John Leah, on Flickr

The sun was so low and bright that I was never going to lift the shadows and meaningful amount (I did try )

Cheers,
John

[Alan_H]

I can never see a shot like the first, but I really like the uncropped version

Alan

[Brian Sugden]

I can never see a shot like the first, but I really like the uncropped version

Alan

I'm with Alan regarding the uncropped version. I think I would have preferred the original if it had been sharp throughout.

[Colin W]

Nice photo. I have not been under there for a while!

[El Sid]

Neat, though I can see where you haven't quite blurred the background. Worth another try with a wide aperture lens I reckon.

[ColytonJohn]

Neat, though I can see where you haven't quite blurred the background. Worth another try with a wide aperture lens I reckon.

Yes, it was a bit sloppy so will do

[SpringfieldPhoto]

Well spotted. Love theses shots.