Tin Cup Store

rwells

Store located in Tincup, CO

adbsgicom

Great stuff. The way the gas pump has become more of a statue in a small rock garden is fantastic!! Love the new USPS sticker on the mailbox.

Only nit here is that the name first one isn't quite as crisp as so much of your work. Love the image anyway, but when I see the white "Tin Cup" at the top, its a little soft. jpeg compression? HDR artifact?

DaddyO

Yet another nice set of images. You are..... posting tons. But thats good.

Black and white skies. Interesting effect. Maybe you spoke to that in
another thread but I have missed it.

rwells

adbsgicom wrote:

Great stuff. The way the gas pump has become more of a statue in a small rock garden is fantastic!! Love the new USPS sticker on the mailbox.

Only nit here is that the name first one isn't quite as crisp as so much of your work. Love the image anyway, but when I see the white "Tin Cup" at the top, its a little soft. jpeg compression? HDR artifact?

Hey Andrew,

Probably a little of both. I don't follow any "rules" when I process my stuff (for fun anyway) so don't be surprised what you might wind-up seeing

I do appreciate you bringing the issue up though - The way I've been running through these images no telling what may get through.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

rwells

DaddyO wrote:

Yet another nice set of images. You are..... posting tons. But thats good.

Black and white skies. Interesting effect. Maybe you spoke to that in
another thread but I have missed it.

Yeah, I hope that I don't get a "posting too much" citation

I'm not doing selective color, I'm not a fan of that. This process desaturates blues pretty heavily, maybe too much, but at the moment I like it for these images.

I appreciate your input!

Jack'll do

Howdy RAndy
This set is indeed very nice. Haven't seen one of those mail pick-up boxes in more years than I care to remember!

rwells

Jack'll do wrote:

Howdy RAndy
This set is indeed very nice. Haven't seen one of those mail pick-up boxes in more years than I care to remember!

My appologies for missing your post Jack, and thank you for the comment.

Let's not get on the "more years than I care to remember" topic

Dogdots

I like

What is #4? Is it a gas pump? That bugger must date way back in time. Looks like there still might be mail service there. I like your treatment on all your photos here. You did them all in the same color hue which makes the eye follow through them easily.

Tincup, CO -- never been there, but the name is really intriguing. Next time I'm out to visit my son I'll have to visit some of these wonderful places you went to.

rwells

Dogdots wrote:

I like

What is #4? Is it a gas pump? That bugger must date way back in time. Looks like there still might be mail service there. I like your treatment on all your photos here. You did them all in the same color hue which makes the eye follow through them easily.

Tincup, CO -- never been there, but the name is really intriguing. Next time I'm out to visit my son I'll have to visit some of these wonderful places you went to.

Hey Mary,

That's a gravity feed gas pump. You can see the full pump in pics #1 & #2. A gas station attendant manually pumped gas up in the head to the "0" mark. Then, gravity would allow it to flow into the gas tank via a gas hose and nozzle. When the tank was full the attendant would look at how many gallons were used.

There is still some uncertainty of how the town came by the name of Tincup. The leading theory is that a miner came in to the assayers office with a gold nugget in a "tin cup".

Aside from that, this was one of the highest producing mining districts in Colorado. And for a 6 year period, was reportedly the deadliest Western town around.

I've been picking up info on this town for over 15 years, and I own one of two books that were written about it's history from a second generation Tincup resident. The town is just oozing with rich history and most of the original homes/building are still there from the late 1800's. I've looked at my images of the town and compared them with original 1800's photos and it's remarkably near unchanged.

If you get a chance to visit, you won't be disappointed. Also, that means you'll be going through Taylor Park, where most of the images I've posted the last couple days were taken.

Dogdots

rwells wrote:

Hey Mary,

That's a gravity feed gas pump. You can see the full pump in pics #1 & #2. A gas station attendant manually pumped gas up in the head to the "0" mark. Then, gravity would allow it to flow into the gas tank via a gas hose and nozzle. When the tank was full the attendant would look at how many gallons were used.

There is still some uncertainty of how the town came by the name of Tincup. The leading theory is that a miner came in to the assayers office with a gold nugget in a "tin cup".

Aside from that, this was one of the highest producing mining districts in Colorado. And for a 6 year period, was reportedly the deadliest Western town around.

I've been picking up info on this town for over 15 years, and I own one of two books that were written about it's history from a second generation Tincup resident. The town is just oozing with rich history and most of the original homes/building are still there from the late 1800's. I've looked at my images of the town and compared them with original 1800's photos and it's remarkably near unchanged.

If you get a chance to visit, you won't be disappointed. Also, that means you'll be going through Taylor Park, where most of the images I've posted the last couple days were taken.

Very interesting about the gas pump.

Yeah....looks like I'm heading to Taylor Park on my next visit to CO. We usually go every year. Now I'm off to look up Tincup --- I really like that name