Nostalgia

[rtbaum]

How many remember when gas was 39.9 cents/gal?

Again....what did I do right and wrong?

[lovelife65]

Cool photograph! Only suggestion from me would be the framing is a bit off. Too much on the left (my left) and too tight on the right where part of the red thing is cut off. I may remove much of the right all together, (and more of the left) with the structure in the background not adding much. Secondly, how much saturation did you add, it seems pretty intense? (could be my monitor).

[rtbaum]

Cool photograph! Only suggestion from me would be the framing is a bit off. Too much on the left (my left) and too tight on the right where part of the red thing is cut off. I may remove much of the right all together, (and more of the left) with the structure in the background not adding much. Secondly, how much saturation did you add, it seems pretty intense? (could be my monitor).

I agree with both points, luckily I have much opportunity to re-shoot this old station I would not re-calibrate your monitor, I did crank up the saturation quite a bit. Just playing in reality, the lens is a new experience for me. Quite different than 420 mm for birds, I will say. I think that it would also be improved by shooting in better light, it was well nigh noon. I will revisit the spot some day close to sunset or maybe sunrise.

Thank you very much for your input.

[zen]

I remember 19.9 cents; does that count?

$2.00 in the tank and cruise all night long . . .

Zen

[rtbaum]

I remember 19.9 cents; does that count?

$2.00 in the tank and cruise all night long . . .

Zen

I'm thinking that this station stopped pumping gas around 1974, that was the last time I remember gas at that price. I would love to see what is inside the old station.

[rtbaum]

I belong to the Sherburne Photography Club and posted this shot on the facebook page. A fellow member posted this message:

Actually, I know it was a running gas station in the mid-70s. I lived in Princeton and worked in Becker. I drove my dad's truck to work and back. When I got into Orrock, there was smoke coming from the dash. I pulled into this gas station and asked if he could help me and explained what was going on. He asked me what kind of truck it was and I said a Ford. He said something like, "well, that explains it" and went back in and never came out again. I was only about 20 and had no experience with such things and was shocked that I didn't get any help at all. I started the truck back up and it had stopped smoking so I drove to work and back home again at the end of the day and told my dad about it. My take on all this? Maybe the poor service/help explains why it close down... Ha! So, that's the only back story I have on the place.

[Shadowman]

You made it look enticing to visit, stop it.

[FootLoose]

The vertical lines are converging because your lens wasn't parallel with the horizon. That's ok if you like that look though and it was intentional.

[Evertking]

Not many of these places left. Nice!