Left Behind | Deserted | Junked
I went out with the camera this afternoon (golden light) to take some macro shots of the flowering mango tree, and whatever else might take my fancy, when I noticed the toys in the sand pit. They reminded me of a prompt of not so long ago, ok, to be fair, it was back on 10 September, but I had it in the back of my mind.
So we have a heap of toys for the grandchildren to play with when they come over - Tonka trucks, buckets, spades, balls, etc. While the children are here the toys get a lot of use, but once they're gone, the toys tend to just stay where they were left. I figured that would fit the prompt of Discarded. I took a few shots of different trucks and buckets and so forth, but it was this really old truck with sand on the floor inside and the missing gear stick that really caught my eye, and it felt just right for the prompt.
I've edited this in Lightroom using one of the vintage presets and then added the border in Perfect Effects 8.