I mentioned these in the post about my cameras on main today, with reference to some of the macro stuff I'd done at the museum downtown, but then apparently I'd never shared nor posted them.
The museum downtown has two rocket engines in its front garden, an RL-10 from an Atlas rocket that blew up, and an LR-91 from a Titan I that had sat in front of a local high school for decades after the military retired them.
Both of these engines have had hard lives, even before they were installed in this garden, but even through all the wear, all the age, all the decay, the human touch shows through, and some parts remain as beautiful as the day they were assembled, like these makers' plates, all still as striking, clean, and legible as the days they were affixed to the engines and their components.
These, and the rest of the photos I've selected from that specific outing (i'll share the rest at another date), are now available for purchase as prints on my photo site, if you're so inclined.
While I'm still unemployed, any little bit helps, so I've been trying to whittle away at building up the portfolio with pictures that don't need as much of my brainpower to edit, like these.