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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Rick Waldroup on September 05, 2017, 00:27:34

Title: Service Station
Post by: Rick Waldroup on September 05, 2017, 00:27:34

Service Station -  Fort Worth, Texas - September 4, 2017

For those interested, the camera was a Nikon Coolpix A

(http://www.rickwphotography.com/img/s7/v154/p2500499343-5.jpg)

Title: Re: Service Station
Post by: basker on September 05, 2017, 05:30:01

Rick,

Good to know that was done with an A. I try to learn from examples, so thank you.

basker

Title: Re: Service Station
Post by: Fons Baerken on September 05, 2017, 09:00:43

Great tongue in cheek. :)

Title: Re: Service Station
Post by: Rick Waldroup on September 05, 2017, 12:29:20

Thanks for the comments.

Title: Re: Service Station
Post by: Jakov Minić on September 05, 2017, 13:23:07

Is it an official Apple retailer? Hilarious :)

Title: Re: Service Station
Post by: RBSinTo on September 06, 2017, 12:38:51

Rick,
You have a great eye for the unusual.
Just wondering if you learned anything about the plane on the pedestal?
I find them very interesting , and shoot them whenever I find them as a self-assignmentt.
This one looks like a straight-winged Panther (early 1950's Navy carrier fighter) that has been seriously cannibalized.
Robert

Title: Re: Service Station
Post by: Rick Waldroup on September 07, 2017, 00:15:25

Thanks for all of the comments.

Robert, this plane has been there in front of that building for years.  Different types of businesses have occupied the space over that time.  I have shot it before, but was never happy with the results.  At one point, the plane's paint had severely faded over the years.  When this new business moved in, they repainted the plane and did a bit of restoration work on it.  Other than that, I have no idea how the plane wound up at the location. 

Title: Re: Service Station
Post by: David H. Hartman on September 07, 2017, 02:31:00

Why does the plane have WW2 invasion stripes on the wings?

Dave

Title: Re: Service Station
Post by: RBSinTo on September 07, 2017, 14:20:29

Quote from: David H. Hartman on September 07, 2017, 02:31:00

Why does the plane have WW2 invasion stripes on the wings?

Dave

The same reason it has a "Flying Tiger" shark's mouth and what is supposed to be a jet engine nacelle on the tail: overzealous customizing, by person or persons who are clueless.
Robert