The ravages of the fumes?

[Diane_Miller]

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An oldie, found on the back road to a wildlife preserve. Not reworked.

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All comments welcome!

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I don’t remember the LR processing but I’m sure it was nothing heroic. Same for PS – not much done but some straightening.

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[Dennis_Plank]

Very cool deterioration going on with this old sign, Diane. From what you say, the natural background was the white? It really sets things off very well and emphasizes every bit of deterioration.

[glennie (Glenys Passier)]

Such a recognizable logo…even in Australia.

Great image showing the effects of time. Mmm. Looks a bit like me around the edges!

[Diane_Miller]

Thanks, @Dennis_Plank and @glennie! The BG was a stucco (or something similar) wall. The darker area on the right was a long vertical stain. I decided to lighten it rather than widening the frame to include it. I didn’t change anything else except to correct the perspective as I was not able to shoot it straight-on.

Glennie – me too!!

EDIT: looking at the raw file I didn’t even lighten the stain on the right. Just a very minor perspective correction and slight crop from the right to remove an edge of a piece of metal trim of some sort. It looked like an old, small agricultural fueling facility.