Oddly, the last two buildings have clearly been turned into residences. The old pump has been left out front like a lawn gnome. Only the first pump has a clearly abandoned store behind it.
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > I would agree that the buildings are problematic. > Sometimes the pump is in front of a 10 foot wide, stand alone building, > no bigger than a small 1 car garage and quite interesting. > More often, the abandoned pump sits on a bit of concrete pad in front of > an expanded and re-skinned building that is now a convenience store. > The new siding on the building belies the original building beneath. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> The problem in this case was a huge mobile sign advertising a chicken >> BBQ. Also, Given the FOV of my lens, I'd be standing in traffic. >> >> It is a curiously common response, however. My interest is in the >> pump and the old machinery. Some want to see the building as well. >> The problem is that including the building makes the pump a very minor >> part of the shot. Clearly, this needs to be a mini-gallery. >> >> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 5/31/2011 16:36, Steven Desjardins wrote: >>>> >>>> Guess what I found? >>>> >>>> >>>> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1312563102_QttQp6f-L-LB >>>> >>> >>> The light seems to have been very nice, Steve. I wonder if you tried for >>> wider view so as to show more of the beautiful light and more of the >>> context, even if it would seem somewhat obvious that it would be a context >>> of left-behind and decay. >>> >>> Boris >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
