Rusty I-Beams

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Mills..I might actually try printing it, although I haven't been necessarily satisfied with B&W prints from my i9900. Maybe I'll send the file to my local camera store and see what he can do with it.

belmondo wrote:

I stopped bending in the middle many years ago. Now, I use one of these

YUP I gotta get one of those. The knees just don't want to work right anymore

Here are some I-beams that won't rust.

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Hey Jim, I've been there, and often

Hey, that's pretty nice Tom. I like this shot.

It's good to know that you're out shooting more.

Psst: 5,000

I had a feeling you'd pick this thread for your 5,000th.

Congratulations.

Now hurry on to 5,100. You should be able to do that before you go to bed.

I've been waiting for several days. I thought that I was going to have the revive the bus or something.



Alas, you'll beat me to 5100 unless you start deleting your own posts....

CyberDyneSystems wrote:
I like this pic a lot,...
But I think you should title it,...

"Version III"

As in Roman Numeral 3.

Nice shot Tom! This looks pretty good in B&W.
-Bruce

It's funny. One person who saw the picture said it looked like his initials backwards (IH), and that got me to looking at it again. Now, I think it looks like it's saying 'HI.'


Marie:

You could very well be right. Based on the amount of rust on them, they've been there quite a while, maybe even decades. The railroads have building supplies spread out all over, rather than in one place. It's not inconceivable that they were deposited there many years ago and simply forgotten.

thanks Tom
interesting shapes and size
I thought they were made of stone from your picture



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a few minutes later

I now see what Jim says here >

quote
"Hey, that ain't rust...that's corrosion! Way past rust. "

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un edit

not needing too much looking after

and surprise anyone dropping by

marie wrote:
someone could put some earth (clay ) inside and see would flowers grow in and around them
flowers suitable for that climate (maybe creepers )
not needing too much looking after

it would give a nice splash of colour

and surprise anyone dropping by

It takes an Irishwoman to see such potential in some old rusty beams. You see the bright side of everything, Marie.

Jim

I suppose I'm splitting hairs here, but as I understand it, corrosion and rust are not quite the same thing. Rust applies to iron and iron alloys; corrosion can be other types of metals. Or maybe this is another of those regionalisms? For example, I understand that what we call "grain" in North America is called "corn" by folks in Britain. And I had a fair dinkum interesting time trying to understand blokes down under in Oz. I was doing well if I could understand about 50% of what was said.

Having said that, we can see clearly why the woman's perspective adds so much to our world. Flowers, yes! Great idea! That would make it a whole nother picture.

Bodryn wrote:
I suppose I'm splitting hairs here, but as I understand it, corrosion and rust are not quite the same thing. Rust applies to iron and iron alloys; corrosion can be other types of metals. Or maybe this is another of those regionalisms? For example, I understand that what we call "grain" in North America is called "corn" by folks in Britain. And I had a fair dinkum interesting time trying to understand blokes down under in Oz. I was doing well if I could understand about 50% of what was said.

Having said that, we can see clearly why the woman's perspective adds so much to our world. Flowers, yes! Great idea! That would make it a whole nother picture.

This is no scientific explanation but in the ferrous structural metals that I encounter rust is simply the first stage of corrosion. "Weathering steel", that dark brown steel you sometimes see in bridges and tall light poles, forms a protective barrier agains corrosion but most steels will corrode and delaminate if left exposed to the weather.

'nuff said. Back to photography.

Jim

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodryn
I suppose I'm splitting hairs here, but as I understand it, corrosion and rust are not quite the same thing. Rust applies to iron and iron alloys; corrosion can be other types of metals. Or maybe this is another of those regionalisms? For example, I understand that what we call "grain" in North America is called "corn" by folks in Britain. And I had a fair dinkum interesting time trying to understand blokes down under in Oz. I was doing well if I could understand about 50% of what was said.

Having said that, we can see clearly why the woman's perspective adds so much to our world. Flowers, yes! Great idea! That would make it a whole nother picture.


This is no scientific explanation but in the ferrous structural metals that I encounter rust is simply the first stage of corrosion. "Weathering steel", that dark brown steel you sometimes see in bridges and tall light poles, forms a protective barrier agains corrosion but most steels will corrode and delaminate if left exposed to the weather.

'nuff said. Back to photography.

Jim


thanks for your comments re the flowers idea.


just wanted to add ...
when the metal gate at the side of the house here needs paint badly
the rust has already started corroding the metal




that can be clearly seen

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