Exhumed

[hminx]

This was taken on a rather dreary overcast day so I replaced the sky with one taken on another day but changed a bit to give it a rather hazy effect as the lighting on the old bulldozer wasn't that bright.
Looks like this is going to be a lenghty restoration project........

[armando_m]

lnethly restoation indeed

great pp job

I didn't think it wasn't the original sky

I like the almost archeological state of the bulldozer

[shootme]

OK, the title itself draws you to this lol. I like shooting on overcast days for the light. You did a great job on processing as I wouldn't have realised you changed the sky. I think an off camera flash to the left would have added some dimension for this one and possibly backing off on colour strength. The perspective is great, would love to see the original. Replacing the blue sky with heavy cloud would be an option, given the title.

[hminx]

Thanks armando
Shoot me I appreciate the thoughts, it was actually raining while I took this shot and I think that contributed to the rich colours although as you say I could possibly back them off a tad. Stormy cloud background is a thought and might suit a B&W conversion.
I've attached the origonal and on reflection maybe I have pushed the colours a bit....

[Uber_Tiny]

Wow, you did some great work on that shot. What program did you use?

I really like shots of old relics and if you had a larger format like 1920x1080 I would use it as a background on my PC.

[LeeIs]

great job at replacing that sky! really well done. the photo looks a lot better with the new sky.

[hminx]

Thanks Uber Tiny I use CS5 and you are welcome to use the image as a background on your own PC

[hminx]

Thanks liban , I'm building a bit of a skyscape library now.....

[readingr]

I do like the photo but the sky would in my opinion be better if it was a lot more ominous - thunder clouds dark an ominous.

Roger R.

[Don Schaeffer]

That's quite a piece of wood.

[hminx]

Thanks Rodger thought about that but haven't got a suitable stormy skyscape yet
Don not sure about the wood thing......