Author Topic: Service Station  (Read 2022 times)

Rick Waldroup

  • NG Member
  • *
  • Posts: 258
    • Rick Waldroup Photography
Service Station
« 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


basker

  • NG Member
  • *
  • Posts: 169
Re: Service Station
« Reply #1 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

Sam McMillan

Fons Baerken

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 11160
    • https://www.flickr.com/photos/fonsbaerken/
Re: Service Station
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2017, 09:00:43 »
Great tongue in cheek. :)

Rick Waldroup

  • NG Member
  • *
  • Posts: 258
    • Rick Waldroup Photography
Re: Service Station
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2017, 12:29:20 »
Thanks for the comments.

Jakov Minić

  • Jakov Minic
  • Global Moderator
  • **
  • Posts: 5354
  • The Hague, The Netherlands
    • Jakov Minić
Re: Service Station
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2017, 13:23:07 »
Is it an official Apple retailer? Hilarious :)
Free your mind and your ass will follow. - George Clinton
Before I jump like monkey give me banana. - Fela Kuti
Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem. - Woody Allen

RBSinTo

  • NG Member
  • *
  • Posts: 474
Re: Service Station
« Reply #5 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
I shoot with film. That's film. F...i...l...m. You remember film. It was in all the papers.

Rick Waldroup

  • NG Member
  • *
  • Posts: 258
    • Rick Waldroup Photography
Re: Service Station
« Reply #6 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. 

David H. Hartman

  • NG Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2789
  • I Doctor Photographs... :)
Re: Service Station
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2017, 02:31:00 »
Why does the plane have WW2 invasion stripes on the wings?

Dave
Beatniks are out to make it rich
Oh no, must be the season of the witch!

RBSinTo

  • NG Member
  • *
  • Posts: 474
Re: Service Station
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2017, 14:20:29 »
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
I shoot with film. That's film. F...i...l...m. You remember film. It was in all the papers.