Just wanted to say that I love the picture, and I hope you'll never give up on photography. If you stay persistent I can see great accomplishments in the future... You have a great eye.
No, no no... Drains get finer with cleaning... It's wines that get finer with age.
Speaking of cleaning, you might want to start with some rather strong acid - looks like those minerals are gonna be tough!
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Seriously though, nice photo, from an abstract perspective I think it's lacking a little something that would take it to the top, but it is pretty darn good overall. Great textures in the left hand portion of the image.
Deceptively simple. Until you look at the human 'rust' and the rust of age. And yes, the drain inevitably is open, it still does its job, immaterial of its surroundings. I would love to see this in a 9:16 crop, black&white with the opening/plug almost in the right bottom corner. See, I love this image for its potential. Brave entree.
Thank you for participating, I am honored! 6