Thursday, January 17, 2008
Sold Out
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Funny no one wrote !As if we didn't notice'. This is great. A case when showing the context around the subjects helps a lot.
I agree with Stephane regarding the context; it would have been easy to isolate just the pumps, but that would have missed the larger pictures.
I don't think I've ever seen rotary dial pumps like that, or pumps so close to a building now that I think about it. Americans like to stand there pumps at least a cars width from the building.
There's a lot of neat cultural detail here.
This is a lot going on here and I am intriged by the piping to the pumps, but that is probably my engineering left brain stuff going on. I can't decide if I want to back up as that Calor Gas sign on the left touching the picture border adds some tension. I really love the no loinger a working garage sign, as Stephane notes: DUH! I am also intriged by the tires mounted along the building, a peek down the driveway to the back side yard, the covered windows, etc; I would like to see more. Otherwise a well seen and photographed place.
There are still a few rotary pumps working in UK and a number abandoned, waiting development. A lot of country garages (filling stations?) have closed down over the last twenty years as superstores on the edge of towns take their custom. Written for the benefit of US members!
I like the framing of this: from the sign on the left to the colonnade on the right. The image is then filled with lines and zig-zags. This is one of those architectural horror stories: one wonders how on earth such a bizarre combination ever left the drawing board!
This is in such contrast to Matt's image above it.
I'm into every bit of it, from the cracked pavement to the railing with tires, the window curtains, and on back to the grass and trees. And of course, the pumps, signs and blue pipes. The color combinations are working well here, too. It all brings a smile.
Nora and I visited Roche Court. It would be a photographers delight if you were allowed to photograph! After that visit we carried on to Stockbridge. At a guess this garage must be regarded by the locals as a blot on the landscape. Stockbridge is an idyllic English Village with this in the centre. Not being able to get any wider on my lens and wanting to exclude parked cars influenced the position for the photograph. The other viewpoint included chunks of UK grey sky.
There used to be petrol stations where the pump pipes went over the pavement to the roadside. They were outlawed some time ago.
PS
There were still Christmas tree lights strung up in the empty shop.
Damm, that would have made a good photo......................
This is a fine example of when colour works in a rather busy shot. Admitedly there are only three (patriotic) colours taking a lion's share of the shot but they define their elements well and add rather than detract from the general mess. There's just too much going on to isolate any single item. However, the far distant archway leading to what looks like a rather large lawned area is most inviting. It adds some quiet to an otherwise 'noisy' image.
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I don't think I've ever seen rotary dial pumps like that, or pumps so close to a building now that I think about it. Americans like to stand there pumps at least a cars width from the building.
There's a lot of neat cultural detail here.
I like the framing of this: from the sign on the left to the colonnade on the right. The image is then filled with lines and zig-zags. This is one of those architectural horror stories: one wonders how on earth such a bizarre combination ever left the drawing board!
I'm into every bit of it, from the cracked pavement to the railing with tires, the window curtains, and on back to the grass and trees. And of course, the pumps, signs and blue pipes. The color combinations are working well here, too. It all brings a smile.
There used to be petrol stations where the pump pipes went over the pavement to the roadside. They were outlawed some time ago.
There were still Christmas tree lights strung up in the empty shop.
Damm, that would have made a good photo......................