Sign of the Times

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted November 19, 2012209 views10 comments

My first post in PopPhoto! And a post outside of Landscape for the first time in I don't know how long!

I'm not sure what possessed me to spend nearly $5 to take this picture... I might as well show it to someone. ;-)

I thought about having folks guess where this might be, but then I thought nah, I'll just tell you. I've always wanted to stop along this stretch of Hw 58 east of Barstow. there's a town called Ludlow that is mostly abandoned, although there's an active restaurant and gas station there. Anyway, this was back in June, about 10 in the morning and already over 100 deg. Did I mention why did I photograph this?

Anyway, I guess fitting for this gallery. Every once in a while we step out of the box for something different.

thanks for taking a look!

4x5 and stuff,

Lon

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Kent Staubus on November 20, 2012 at 10:43 AM

My first thought was this might be from the Salton Sea area. I call these sorts of images "skeletons," and look for them a lot myself. A collection of them could be compelling.

Kent in SD

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on November 20, 2012 at 4:36 PM

I like the mood of this Lon and I particularly like the gradient.

pat

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on November 20, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Lon, I'm proud of you for using the LF rig on something like this. That took guts! A real sign of the times....

And welcome over here. It's a much more fun place.

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Comment posted by Jim Sabiston on November 21, 2012 at 12:11 PM

Lon,

I love this shot. For me, real photography, the creative stuff, is all about stepping out of the box and this image has it in spades.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 21, 2012 at 4:19 PM

Thanks guys!

I guess a little out of the box Jim. I just don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it.

I'll probably be more on the look out now.

Lon

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on November 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM

Interesting, Lon, and very observant of you. Some thoughts that come to mind are
"isolation", "no wheresville", and of course "ghosttown".

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Comment posted by John Tobias on November 22, 2012 at 11:28 AM

Lon, nice step outside the box. IMHO this shot tells a very good story. Good color. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 24, 2012 at 9:21 PM

This is excellent, Lon!! Right up my alley. I love this kind of stuff and this is done quite well. I guess there is MORE to (photography) life than Yosemite trees!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on November 25, 2012 at 10:29 AM

This is excellent. It doesn't need anything more.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on December 5, 2012 at 9:45 AM

I really like this Lon. It might even be a good seller in some markets. It's whimsical and thought provoking - the arrow makes it!. Great craftsmanship too.

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