Lomo on Route 66

[IvanJatson]

First post-

I used the basic lomo lesson to do this, with the exception of the cross-processing technique which I omitted and replaced with a scratch-template I made by scanning a destroyed blank print.

This was shot on the side of old U.S. Route 66, en-route to California from Cleveland on a trip with my friends with our graduation money.

I have a '79 Plymouth Duster, so I modified the license plate to match a 1979 Ohio plate, then rubber-stamped out all sign posts to put focus on the Texas sign.
The Jimmy Carter bumper sticker is original from election 1980.

The basic idea was to set the picture in 1979 or '80.

[FocalFrenzy]

Nice edit. The addition of the "Scratched" texture, really sets it off.

[asaphotographer104]

All I can think when I see this picture is "I LIKE IT! A lot!" Very nice work!

[Gatvol]

I really like it. I keep meaning to try the whole Lomo thing.

[Ambrose]

The color is really set off by the purple of the car. Nice work.

[CX500C]

I like the after look a lot!

[doctorjames]

awesome..... I have almost the same shot (without the lomo) from my honeymoon 18 months ago.... Im pretty sure we must have been standing on the same spot....

did you spot the sign with bullet holes in too?...

[tingeliM]

The colors are way too saturated and bright for my taste and that makes it a little hard to look at the photo for more than a few seconds. It also takes away from the vintage look, IMO. If you would've made the colors a little more faded, it would've had more of an old time feel.

I do like the use of the texture though.

[MattJohnRobinson]

awesome job man. i love the texture and the saturation both. didn't some types of older "toy" cameras over-saturate, which would keep it in line with the vintage feel? love it. i really want to try this now.

[Rigu]

I like that scratched effect, nice work.