Tom Brassil
October 2025 - Industrial Digger
About the Image(s)
This month's image was taken from my own backyard. Our neighbour has recently sold up, and the new owners are carrying out a demolition and rebuild. Early stages yet; however, this digger was left in this situation overnight. As such, I took the opportunity to do some light painting.
I used a torch from my property to light the industrial equipment by remotely triggering the camera. I took quite a few images; I’m not sure how many I compiled into this, but looking at it, I’d suggest upwards of 10 merged images.
Since I couldn’t avoid the other neighbour’s property in the background, I used masking to replace the sky with one from another image in my library.
Eight-second exposure for 11 seconds, F11 with ISO 1250. It might not be a thing of beauty, but it’s interesting what we can do with our photography and creative efforts.
Thanks for viewing, and I look forward to your comments.
9 comments posted
Avery interesting image. The light painting and your post processing give the image a bit of mystery. Nicely done.
Best regards,
Greg Posted: 10/09/2025 16:55:24
I think its a very fitting image for October - I think the lighting works well to create a moody photo. It makes me feel like it will come alive any second. I wish there was a bit more light or definition on the arm just to give it a little edge, as it seems to completely disappear after the bend, but I do love the contrast of the dark shadows with your lighting Posted: 10/21/2025 11:49:51
Greetings my friend.
A nice image from your backyard. The light on the subject, the backdrop of night sky added to the scene. This feels so surreal. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers.
Kamal. Posted: 10/25/2025 08:33:33
This is a great October image - creepy and somewhat prehistoric. At first glance, I thought there was an engineer in the cab, so the lighting is quite effective at sparking our imaginations.
Great image, thanks for sharing.
Karen Posted: 10/25/2025 20:39:13