This beautiful pick up truck has been perfectly restored, all but the front fenders, the tonal contrast as well as the textures made this an image that I needed to create.

The ladder to a higher level of rust or to a higher place? The colors, shadows and textures adds to the visual impact of my composition.

The rust sits behind the chrome edging and water temperature gauge.

This rust birthing center sits on both sides of State Road near Cheshire, MA. Commercial wrecks of all types jump from the curbs and offer a rust junkie like me many visual opportunities.

Using a film based camera and Ilford film, the texture, the grain, the feeling of rust overpowers the visual composition. One of my favorites.

A snow plow blade sits at rest, a rusting rest as living cars and trucks drive past.

A dated engine boiler plate reflect use, wear or cleaning, I do not know.

By definition rust is oxidation and this process can be colorful. Here is a second snow plow wasting away along State Road, Cheshire, MA.

One of my first experiments with the moment system of lenses for my iPhone 12 Pro Max. Using the Macro lens, which provided a fine result or rustult?

This wreck is now long gone, pulled, towed away to make room for a new home, Still a magical memory for me.

Route 66 Shamrock, Texas and Curt. Curt the owner of this junk yard allowed me in to create some images. His one warning, was beware, RATTLESNAKES are everywhere. As I clicked the shutter of my Leica T, I could hear the tail rattle of many snakes. I left.