rian said:

woah.. that's one cool vantage point you shot this with.. it seems like a trapeze artist's playground! wonderful shot!

jan/nx said:

Hello Phil! I think we're channelling eachother. All these "wire shots" while we were both away. I love this!

Cyril said:

Very cool image, very "paris texasesque" especially love the grain/tone. Seems you used a polarizer, and also maybe some postprocess, if so could you tell what kind because i've been trying to reach some similar results, but couldnt quite nail it so far! (I usually play with the vibrance and clarity, but im feeling something still is missing). And props for the picture, its a really nice one.

Jannie said:

It could of course, have been the refrigerators in a planned mortuary. Just sliding another one in...

Jannie said:

They've put out the flags! A good day to buy a used motor!

rian said:

love the gradation of grey in the sky you captured here.. wonderful shot.. :)

Jan said:

Looks like someplace you'd go if you wanted to pick up a '57 DeSoto or something!

Jan said:

Good composition, love the lone crumpled coffee cup.

Jan said:

Smile!

Fritsch said:

"Now, mister, the day my numbers comes in I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again" (Bruce Springsteen)
I totally understand what you're saying about the places you got to return to. One can feel that in this great composition, Phil. Lovely. Amazing. All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.

Roy-a-former-Cretan said:

I don't have much to say about the photo, but when you were in Alice, you were very close to Odem, Texas, where I grew up. It's been a long time since I was back there, but I would like to see the area again someday. The area towns of Agua Dulce, Banquete, Taft, Orange Grove, etc. These were towns we played in sports. If you look at a map and find Odem, in the blank spot between the town and Nueces Bay, That's where I lived. Cheers!

Fritsch said:

There may be no food captured in that beauty. But this is food to me: Soulfood! Brilliant composition, Phil! All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.

rian said:

those sure are some huge ovens.. love the symmetry of this capture.. well done.. :)

Sheila Ryan said:

Faintly ominous, especially as it was not immediately apparent to me that those were oven doors. I'm now imagining an old Cretan crone with a mustache luring a Cretan Hansel and Cretan Gretel to their doom.

M said:

my dad's from a village near by,we used to dig out helmets when we are kids.the disney land of ruins.I used to go to school for 5 years passing by a monument in Amiras village.

M said:

love it.great colours

Fritsch said:

And it works, Phil. Great look & looks great! All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.

angie said:

beautiful old sign... b&w is perfect for the shot.

angie said:

the color is just fab on this - good and crunchy!

angie said:

hi, philly!

it feels like you're staring right at me!

Mike Dougan said:

Tangerine dream or should that be tangerine nightmare...

Your looking very stern, i guess setting up the Flex body had taken its toll on you :)

rian said:

the blur's just right.. the shot just draws you into your eyes.. a successful experiment IMO.. :)

rian said:

i guess scenes like these age quite well.. :) great capture.. :)

Fritsch said:

Fading green, strong blue & white. Add a perfect frame & you get a hell of a beauty. And I like the way the flag seems to leave the room through the window. Beautiful! All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.

Fritsch said:

"You got to move" (Rev. Blind Gary Davis)

If you could only see the way I'm down on my knees while heading north with you. Great find, great story telling, great composition! All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.

Martine Prest said:

Love this photo! The colours are amazing.
I've been away for the last two weeks. To Hungary of all places!
But this photo reminds me why I lost my heart on Crete.

Jannie said:

Those colours are just great and I'm sure Yia-Yia on the wall would be proud to be included with the patriotic flag waving but oh, my Lord; what on earth has that flag been used for?!

Sheila Ryan said:

Apart from the flag, this feels like a diptych to me, complete with hinges right down the center -- and on the right, a diptych within a diptych.
And the flag is so dimensional; its folds remind me of the draped garment of a sculpted figure.

Jan said:

I really like the composition here, with the photograph balancing out the flag.

minimodi said:

great find! fun with the street view too :) I would love to just drive around streets like that and shoot every possible view I find.

rian said:

oh wow! this is quite a scene you captured! nature reclaiming her place! excellent shot! :D

Turnbill said:

Yes, it is amazing that these things can still be sitting here after years of abandonment. Those flowers! Beautiful photo.

Fritsch said:

A masterpiece, Phil. Just like some Dutch painting. You are a composer. What a mighty fine perspective & terrific details. Got to say I love these shadows & your gorgeous tones in that beauty. All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.

Roy-a-Former-Cretan said:

This is a stunning capture of tone, and I'm not just talking about color here. The emotional qualities are just as amazing as the shades of light you've caught on the stasis of film. The worn and weathered books speak volumes, pun intended, and fit perfectly into this photographic still life. They speak of knowledge and learning, that even though useful, has proven futile in the long view. Maybe not futile, more something neutral, not colored with judgment, like impermanent. Then there's the dried flowers, a cluster of burnt-out stars that someone picked and forgot. The open door in the background adds to the air of sudden abandonment. It's almost like the the air is still stirring with someone's passing through. I could go on, but I will spare everyone the pain. Wonderful shot, Phil. I need this picture on my wall.

Otto K. said:

very cool vignette.

Lola M. said:

Very endearing, love that you've done this series.

Lola M. said:

Sounds like a lovely way to spend a few weeks:) This came out beautifully, I always enjoy your shots of people.

Lola M. said:

Wonderfully captured.

Lola M. said:

Are you kidding me?! This is amazing, love it!

Jannie said:

If you look at the white wall really carefully and squint your eyes a little, you can see what looks to be a body, clothed in red and lying close to the ground, overseen by two men dressed in blue - did they kick him when he was down? Or did he fall off that chair?