Macro-photography of the natural patterns, textures and colours of the corrosion or oxidation products (rust) on a piece of seaside ironwork – caused by saltwater as the structure is alternately washed by the sea and dried in the air with the rise and fall of each tide.
Thanks great post and pictures
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It’s something I’m always fighting on our automobiles so I never thought corrosion could be so pretty!
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Thank you, Antilandscaper.
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It is surprising, isn’t it? I have seen these rainbow colours in lumps of iron ore in the British Natural History Museum so they are natural to iron but somehow surpressed in the manufacturing process – only to be leased again with decomposition of the metal.
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Great set of photos, the coloures and patterns in the photos look realy good.
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Thank you, Amanda. You are very kind to say so.
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Wonderful colours and textures. They’d look fantastic on a wall, 36 x 36 ins! Indoors, I mean. RH
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Actually, I did once sell a couple of images from this series as huge framed photo blow-ups to someone in Las Vegas. I think they make great abstract art. There are more images like this over on my other blog, Photographic Salmagundi, in the RUST Category.
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