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Wow! Just wow!
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This is one of my favorites even though I spent most of that night sitting on the curb listening to my engine gurgle and spit (damaged a gasket somewhere in Tennessee), drinking coffee from a paper cup and trying to calculate the number of quarts of oil I would need to get home (turned out to be almost two cases of good old 20W50 and we smoked like a chimney but if you go fast enough...). At some point in the chilly middle of the night it became deserted...
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Very cool. I like the way the light falls off so quickly as you move outward from the area under the roof.
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viewfinder [deleted] says:
catherine, your night stuff just sparkles... so sharp, so deep...
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Outstanding!
this would have inspired Edward Hopper to turn it into a painting. I wish I was not so speechless and could write more praise.
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This is fun. I do like the way the image fades to black around the edges. Were you driving the cat with wheels?
I had to think that anywhere but New Jersey and Oregon, you could still use plastic to buy gas and pump it yourself.
Here in Oregon, we're to stupid to know how to do that right.
David
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This is great. Very nice light coming from the black surroundings.
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aihsela [deleted] says:
I love this. Great moment to capture, the serenity of a place that is usually bustling with noisy cars and people.
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Just revisiting this one... I was just recalling how (I'm pretty sure) this was the first photo of yours I saw.
Still wow!
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Fantastic work, hope you don't mind my linking to this on my site.
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Yes! What O Caritas said!
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So great. It looks like a studio set or a miniature!
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wow, a wonder lego-land...beautiful!
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As you know yourself great shot :)
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this is a gorgeous shot. wonderfully lit.
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A beautifully designed graphic shot, clean and sharp. Why am I telling you this... you know already :)
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Quiplash [deleted] says:
WOW. This is ... words fail me.
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great colours and composition!!!
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I would never have thought a petrol station would be the subject in such a great picture.
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With the night so black - pitch black - it looks like the gas station is a well lighted model in a studio. Job well done. Great exposure!
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I love gas stations. And this is the best gas station shot ever.
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Stunning.
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Posted your awesome work.
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Very Edward Hopper. Great shot!
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I am so jealous of this shot--spectacular work. Nothing more to say that hasn't already been said.
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amazing!
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I don't know how many duo comments you get but here is mine. This keeps showing up in my active comments file because it is so great!
Have a great week! dbgp
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i am surfing flickr for hours for a good gas-station photo.
This is the best i found!!
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The gas station doesn't look real. Great picture!
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urban isolation..
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Third time I've come across this picture and I have to say, it only gets better... Complments.
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i was proud of my gas station night shots till i saw yours... :-(
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Perfect
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Really gotham.
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I started a new group for gas-station.
maybe you want to join us..
www.flickr.com/groups/gas-station/
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Fueling stations are interesting things. The old ones that have been resurrected for new use make me smile. The new uber stations are kind of scary in a New Topographics kind of way. I like your image and have just joined the utata group thanks to a friend pointing out that I might dig it there. cheers. www.flickr.com/photos/carmon/78058704/
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Oh gosh, yah - here's me - ten months later answering questions :)
Yah, I was driving Alice (check the Alice tag although I really don't have any pics of her up here for some reason). Head gasket. We got home. Barely. She's fine now.
But I tell you, we threw oil all the way home - not leaked it, not burned it (well, burned it off the top of the engine), *threw* it. Wild drive.
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an instant fave! GREAT shot.
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WOW
the clearity is amazing. beautiful shot
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Great one!
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btezra [deleted] says:
~so desolate...~
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very nice.
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I like petrol stations, too much............
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Looks like a 3d rendering!
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Very atmospheric!
It reminds me of this Ed Ruscha painting:
www.flickr.com/photos/t_squared/4426809/
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Hey There!!...great image hope you didnt mind me putting it on my blog if you do just comment and I shall remove.
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You are invited to post this photo to the Night Lights. contest in the Themed Weekly Contests Group (contest ends november 9th)
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Just got your book and had to visit your site. Wow.....
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cool!
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tip of the hat to Ed Ruscha. nice foto!
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i've a group about structures and i really like this one. Your invited to join it and post this pic. See u there!
www.flickr.com/groups/structures/
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I really love this shot, so simple but effective
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perfect!
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A very striking image! Also reminiscent of Hopper and the paintings Ed Ruscha exhibited at the Venice Biennalle when he represented the US last year.
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amazing photo. going to try a more english version soon!
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love it. somewhat cold, yet inviting to me (i love driving long roads, it gives me time to think).
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Love redz!
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Beautiful beautiful photo... seen in Utata thread.
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Don Ladron Harris [deleted] says:
Supreme
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if there's a gas station in purgatory, it probably looks something like this...
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this is one of those pictures that i absolutely love, but can't explain exactly why. It is subtle, yet stunning.
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Absolutely Fantastic, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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GREAT COLOR!
I saw this in Absolutely Fantastic
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This image has been added to the Flickr Museum for making explore's top 25. Kudos!You can check it out here...
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gorgeous.
beautiful sense of isolation.
great slice of americana.
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