Mr. D's Diner on Rt66

kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
edited February 27, 2009 in Street and Documentary
A classic landmark along Rt66 in downtown Kingman, AZ

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I would like to credit Aaron Newman for coming up with the idea for this shot. It's funny how you can drive past something every day without really seeing it. And yet somebody with a creative mind can see a shot there.

Thanks for looking.
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Route 66 was the name of a TV series form the early 1960s. Let see I was 20.
    Great shot kdog and Aaron :D Maybe you guys should team up again in the future.....rolleyes1.gif Well done kdog.......... azzaro
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Nice composition. Like the way you shot this one.
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
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    Very nice shot.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Nice shot Joel. That would make a cool entry in the current Mega Challenge.thumb.gif
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Hmmm....... I think I have seen a shot very similar to that one. :D



    Nice shot Joel thumb.gif
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  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Nice shot with the streaks of light.
    I'd also like to see a tighter cropped version as well.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited February 19, 2009
    Thanks folks!! Glad you liked the shot.

    (Of course I knew you would, Aaron. :D)

    Hey Tom, what do you think of this crop? Too much? ear.gif

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  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2009
    It's nicer IMO. It's definitely cleaner without that truck on the left. I'd personally leave in a touch more on the right.
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  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2009
    I like it. Good eye! thumb.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2009
    kdog wrote:
    A classic landmark along Rt66 in downtown Kingman, AZ

    I would like to credit Aaron Newman for coming up with the idea for this shot. It's funny how you can drive past something every day without really seeing it. And yet somebody with a creative mind can see a shot there.

    Thanks for looking.
    -joel

    Excellent trail lights Joel clap.gif and very cool starbursts on the street lights too thumb.gif .... Skippy :D
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2009
    Everything looks good to me, Joel.thumb.gif

    One nit would be to replace that truck with a Corvette!wings.gif
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2009
    Azzaro wrote:
    Route 66 was the name of a TV series form the early 1960s.

    Okay...with out looking it up...I think that one of the characters was "Buzz Murdock"...what was the name of the other guy?
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited February 25, 2009
    Hey thanks Jeff, Skippy and Ric. thumb.gif

    Ric, I agree! Or maybe a 57 Chevy. Mr. D's is a popular hang-out for classic car clubs, so it's just a matter of keeping an eye out for the right night-time scene at some point for a reshoot.

    Cheers,
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2009
    I like it! I hope you do some re-shoots with classic cars--I'd love to see them!
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited February 26, 2009
    Nicely done, Joel!thumb.gif


    No reason shooting Rt 66 has to be done during the daylight, is there!?clap.gif
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited February 26, 2009
    redleash wrote:
    I like it! I hope you do some re-shoots with classic cars--I'd love to see them!

    Thanks Lauren. thumb.gif

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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited February 26, 2009
    pathfinder wrote:
    Nicely done, Joel!thumb.gif


    No reason shooting Rt 66 has to be done during the daylight, is there!?clap.gif

    Thank you, sir. BTW, shooting Rt66 at night was actually YOUR IDEA. Wish you could have made it!!

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited February 26, 2009
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  • clcoroniosclcoronios Registered Users Posts: 78 Big grins
    edited February 26, 2009
    Route 66 is also the route that Peter & Dennis were on in Easy Rider..... Lots of folks knew where to turn off/go around to escape similar fates.

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  • JasonLJasonL Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2009
    Great
    That is a great shot, I was just there 3 weeks ago for a photography trip, Had a blast !!!!
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited February 27, 2009
    Hi Joel:

    I'm late to the party but had to give you a thumb.gif on a cool shot.

    I agree about a crop but I'd only lose a bit of the foreground and the truck on the left. Leave the beautiful, big star burst and curve of trail lights on the right.
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