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DonRicklin · November 16, 2009

Don

bdcolen · November 16, 2009

DonRicklin wrote:

Don

1. Don't know that this belongs here; 2. How do we know from the photo that this is anything other than a book that's been tossed away at, say at a camp ground; 3. If this belongs here, and If the photo provided a hint that this is what the caption says it is, what did this look like before the post processing in PhotoShop? Just wondering...:ivar

DonRicklin · November 16, 2009

bdcolen wrote:

1. Don't know that this belongs here; 2. How do we know from the photo that this is anything other than a book that's been tossed away at, say at a camp ground; 3. If this belongs here, and If the photo provided a hint that this is what the caption says it is, what did this look like before the post processing in PhotoShop? Just wondering...:ivar

You don't, but this was withing 20 ft of this 'Lounge':

Was going to post later in another thread after some B&W work. I don't do PSCS. This is all LR2.5. High Clarity and steepened Contrast Curve and little else. Book was 20 or so from this spot in a 'sleeping area' off railway.

More at Grunge Street.

Don

Don

DonRicklin · November 16, 2009

Here's a B&W version of the 'Lounge'.

Don

Dogdots · November 17, 2009

What an intersting place, but a place I'd be so afraid to take photos at. I hope you had a big dog with you

I like your book photo, along with the photo taken maybe under a bridge? Gotta wonder how they get the stuff they gather up to this place

DonRicklin · November 18, 2009

Thanks for looking. No dog, Nobody else. Daytime! It is actually fairly open and very close to 'the real world'. The other side of that wall is in this image.

Don

DonRicklin · November 18, 2009

MakeMeShutter wrote:

The chair and matress image works for me. I like the color version better because I think the grafiti adds to the image. The book image is powerful but without the environment and caption it is just an old verses new image for me. These are just my opinions, and like all opinions they are subjective.

BD and you are correct about the book, but the only way, in this situation to make that work would be to do a 'set-up'. I try to avoid that for this stuff.

By the way I found an older image of the same books from May of this year, so they have definitely been there awhile!

Don

Dogdots · November 18, 2009

DonRicklin wrote:

Thanks for looking. No dog, Nobody else. Daytime! It is actually fairly open and very close to 'the real world'. The other side of that wall is in this image.

Don

Funny how one side of the wall the house keeping is dirty and messy while on the other side its all spiffy clean.

Not a clue what this is, but I'm hoping you'll tell me

DonRicklin · November 18, 2009

Dogdots wrote:

Funny how one side of the wall the house keeping is dirty and messy while on the other side its all spiffy clean.

Not a clue what this is, but I'm hoping you'll tell me

Some kind of pumping mechanism on a tanker car on a longgggg.... line of tanker cars. P&W Railroad.

Don

DonRicklin · November 18, 2009

This is looking the otherway on the line of cars!

Don

Dogdots · November 18, 2009

Who would of thought something on a train would be so clean

I like that you posted photos of what was around the area. It gives me some kind of perspective of where you were.

gregmartin · December 3, 2009

I love this shot. And yes, it does with my games room fella!

Great work

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