Weekly challenge #161 "Weathered"

From patinas formed on copper roofs, to wind and water damaged wood, I want to see what the weather and years of exposure to it does to manmade things. So, not looking for canyons or other erosion, and I'm not really looking for natural disaster-type shots (where the weather wreaks havoc over a fairly short time period), we see enough of that on the news. Let's see your old barns, rusty fences, sun-beaten and faded painted things, acid-rain scarred statues... It seems of late, we haven't been adding any stories to the shots, so let's get a little info too if able.

Challenge ends on Monday March 21st at Midnight EST.

The fine print....
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread, and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose 1 of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus a day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax camera will do or a Samsung DSLR.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.


Previous Challenge Subjects:
1-Statues, 2-Wheels, 3-Speed, 4-Peace, 5-Survival, 6-Macro, 7-Mountains, 8-Children, 9-Post Processing, 10- Windows & Doors, 11-Sport, 12-Urban Landscape, 13-Wisdom, 14-Power, 15-Music, 16-Pathways, 17-Lines, 18-Storm, 19-Boats, 20-Water, 21 - Golden Hour, 22 - Natural Lighting, Portraits, 23-Motion Blur, 24-Simplicity, 25-Color, 26-Cars, 27-Repetition, 28-Wildlife, 29-Epiphany, 30-Contrast, 31-Pets, 32-Landscapes, 33-Coastal, 34-Churches, 35-Bridges, 36-Creation, 37-Still Life: Food, 38-At the Zoo, 39-Wide Aperture, 40-Merry Christmas, 41- Sunsets, 42-Action, 43-Fireworks, 44-Manipulated Light Portraits, 45- Advertising/Product Shot, 46- B&W Street Shooting, people/buildings, 47-Vanishing Point, 48-Reflection, 49-Tranquility, 50-Expressions, 51-S Curve, 52-Hands, 53-Shadows, 54-Your Favorite Beverage, 55-Barriers, 56-Perspective, 57-Night Scenes, 58-Zen-like...Water and Stone 59-Modern architecture, 60-Sunrises, 61-Red, 62-Action on water, 63-Bodies in Motion, 64-Ruins, 65-Blue and green, 66-Iridescence, 67-Anthropomorpha, 68–Sound, 69-Backlight, 70-Group Shot, 71-Railway Scenes, 72-Technology, 73-Color on Color, 74-History, 75-Autumn/Harvest 76-working men and women, 77-Silhouettes, 78 Stranger Portrait, 79-Transportation, 80 - Lonely, 81 - Holidays, 82 - Toys 'n Games, 83 - Machines, 84 - Ice, 85 - Cats, 86 - Stories, 87 - Cultures, 88 - Absence, 89 - Weather, 90 - Old roads, 91 - The River, 92 - The Seventies, 93 - Beautiful Bokeh, 94 - Balance, 95 - Crop a miniature landscape, 96 - Opposing gravity, 97- Feet, 98 - Sacred Grounds, 99 - Extraordinarily Ordinary, 100-added textures, 101-still life, 102-bicycles, 103 - Broken, 104- Flowers (B&W), 105 Backlighting, 106-Water. 107-Wind, 108-Parent/Child candids, 109-Passion, 110-Events, 111-Streets, 112-The Aged, 113-Fire and Heat, 114-Nature vs. Culture, 115 - Letters or Numbers, 116 - Self-Portrait, 117 - The Tree, 118 - Minimalism, 119 - Rust, 120 - Before & After, 121 - Negative Space, 122 - Decay & Dereliction, 123 - Cold, 124 - Melancholy, 125 - The Element of Time, 126 - Public Transportation, 127 - Yin Yang, 128 - Sepia or Dual Tone, 129 - Hand Coloring, 130 - Light Trails, 131-Once in a lifetime, 132 - Moms & Motherhood, 133 - Beautiful Blur, 134 - B&W Abstract, 135 - History, 136 - In and around the kitchen, 137 - Habit, 138 - Perspective: From the Ground Up, 139- Mist/fog, 140 – No faces, 141-Bubbly, 142- The 'hood, 143-Green, 144-Garbage, 145-Emotion, 146 - Events, 147-Seasons. 148-Building and/or Construction 149-Chiarouscuro, 150-A Day In The Life, 151 - Religion, 152 - Home, 153 - The Decisive Moment, 154 - People in uniform, 155 - Sound, 156 - Hope, 157 - Weather, 158 - Cliches, 159 - Colorful Landscapes, 160 - Schrooms, 161 - Weathered

Addendum In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, they will PM the #2 winner for that person to be the judge.

[jheu02]

Here's an example to get you thinking:

[Tamia]

I'll play, John. A good choice of topic. This abandoned old farmhouse had finally succumbed to the elements by the time I discovered it. I call it...

Subsidence

[NaClH2O]

Another great topic John, I'm sure there will be many fine photos.
Here's mine, corrosion on the right knee/lower leg of the sculpture "The Rocket Thrower" at Flushing Meadows park in Queens. Same park as has the Unisphere. The second photo is NOT an entry but gives good context to the entry.
K10D with the Sigma 17-70mm 1/125 sec at f/9.0


not an entry just to give context to the above


NaCl(looking forward to seeing what other ppl put up)H2O

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Last edited by NaClH2O; 03-14-2011 at 11:38 AM. Reason: added "right"

[Bramela]

Of a Bygone Era :

[jheu02]

Uh oh! I can already see this subject is near and dear to many and will be tough to judge. Great entries so far.

[Clou]

Great idea and great entries so far.

Here is my favorite one in this category:

Vanishing Beauty

[Rense]

[sam1989]

[SpecialK]

I'm an idiot - invalid entry :-)

[Mark Morb]

Old abandoned Rover....

[jheu02]

I like the mass of hot rock, carved out over time.

Kyle,

Just so you understand the challenge properly, the weathered object has to be man-made in some form or fashion. Erosion of features of the Earth itself isn't one of topics this time, though definitely cool. Just wanted you to have an opportunity to change your pic.

[atupdate]

Went shooting at one of our state parks last December and spotted this on the drive home. It might be a bit too colorful for this challenge but thought it fit your theme.



Tim

[noelcmn]

Too late for a dental visit. From a local park. There is also a Lion, buffalo, crocodile and baboon heads. Been around for a long time.

[SpecialK]

Kyle,

Just so you understand the challenge properly, the weathered object has to be man-made in some form or fashion. Erosion of features of the Earth itself isn't one of topics this time, though definitely cool. Just wanted you to have an opportunity to change your pic.

Ah, I missed the manmade part, sorry. This service station on Route 66 was torn down a couple years ago.