Kathryn Bundy
November 2026 - Rust & Stone
Original
About the Image(s)
Goldfield Mine, near Apache Junction AZ, is an interesting tourist spot in that it has a lot of old equipment (besides a gunfight or two). This scene caught my attention due to the rusty water tower highlighted against the Superstition Mountains. At first I liked the look of the path in the original but then there were too many "new" features that either needed to be cloned out or removed. I settled on a square crop of just the water tower and the mountains - with a bit of the tree still showing. There is just something about the rust and the rock face that intrigues me. I did add contrast, highlights, texture and dodged/burned the mountains. I dodged a bit on the tower and burned the clouds some. All work was done in Camera Raw or Photoshop.
Sony a6600
50mm (75mm equivalent)
1/200sec, f/7.1, ISO100
3 comments posted
Very nice post-processing. The sky looks good, the texture is great on the tank, the tree tops look like tall grass, the mountains are smooth as they would be in the distance.
No suggestions, I think all your choices were fabulous.
Posted: 11/01/2026 01:02:41