I created a Rustic Charm series of images of rusty car parts, rusty buildings and abandoned items coupled with beautiful flowers, some with a butterfly.
The rusty car parts were images I took at Old Car City in White, GA. I created a slideshow of these abandoned vehicles and items along with classic automobiles on my website which you can view here. For the Rustic Charm series, I cropped in the images to highlight the flowers and butterflies.
Another item I used are pictures I took of the only building still standing that was left over from a major steel company in Aliquippa, PA. The building is the Seamless Department. The blue color of the building is accented by deep slashes of rust. There I inserted various flowers and an occasional butterfly.
It is the contrast of these two items that inspired me to create this series. After the images were completed, I added a canvas texture to give the image the appearance it was painted on canvas. Please feel free to view these images in the slideshow below. If you would like any of these images made into a Donna D Notecard, drop me a line at donna@donnadeephotography.com. I will be happy to do that for you!