« Environment: a Photographer’s Contribution
Matting Your Own Prints »

In your own backyard

JMG Galleries has a new blog project up titled, In Your Own Backyard.

This is my submission, click the image for a larger view.

In your backyard

This is currently in my parents backyard, though it is within 200 meters of my new house that I am building, so I think it fits within the rules.

This is some old steel garden furniture my parents found when we moved into a house back in 1982. It was found overgrown with plants, and was probably around 20 years old back then. They fixed it up, and now many years later (and one house move) it is in much the same shape as they found it. Despite a little bit of rust, and of course needing to replace all the wood on the table top, they are all in pretty good condition and just need a sanding and layer or two of paint. Once I have finished building and moved in, I will be restoring this, and then once again, it will be in my own back yard.

They made things well back then…

Tags: ,

This entry was posted on Friday, November 9th, 2007 at 9:06 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

6 Responses to “In your own backyard”

  1. Paul Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    Really like this one - the dof works really well - has something of a timeless look about it..

  2. Landscape Photography and Nature Photography by Jim M. Goldstein - JMG-Galleries - In Your Own Backyard Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 10:26 am

    [...] Old Steel Garden Furniture by Dion van Huyssteen - DV Photo “The photo is of some ancient steel garden furniture in my parents backyard.” [...]

  3. Trevor Carpenter Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Gorgeous photo! Few photographers produce such great photos that I’d want their work framed on my wall.

    Great job!

  4. Why Yet Another Photo Place » In Your Own Backyard Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 4:03 pm

    [...] Old Steel Garden Furniture by Dion van Huyssteen - DV Photo “The photo is of some ancient steel garden furniture in my parents backyard.” [...]

  5. Words: Irrational » In your own Backyard - The results, plus my favorite Says:
    November 21st, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    [...] Old Steel Garden Furniture by Dion van Huyssteen - DV Photo “The photo is of some ancient steel garden furniture in my parents backyard.” [...]

  6. “In Your Own Backyard” Project Results Says:
    November 25th, 2007 at 5:44 pm

    [...] Old Steel Garden Furniture Dion van Huyssteen - DV Photo “The photo is of some ancient steel garden furniture in my parents backyard.” [...]

Leave a Reply