Trailer? Where?
Check this out: an abandoned trailer lined up on the horizon. And that post in front of it that’s lined up on the trailer’s door? Perfect!
I’m not trying to get all mushy and stuff, but when I see things like this, I know I am supposed to have a camera in my hand. I know I am supposed to be ever-watchful. I know I will average about 40 mph on road trips because I stop so often. And I know that, even as often as I’ve stopped, it still hasn’t been enough.
near Taiban, New Mexico
photographed 8.7.2011
Posted on August 6, 2013, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, abandoned buildings, black and white photography, melinda green harvey, new mexico, one day one image, photo a day, photography. Bookmark the permalink. 15 Comments.
One Day | One Image 
Isn’t it great when all the elements come together to make a perfect photo?
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Well, at least they came together to make a perfect scene. I am not sure I’d claim the photo is perfect!
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Very nice. Event the sprinkling of clouds is just right.
Do you have special flashers on the back of your car, a flashing light for the roof, red triangles and flares for the road behind? A sign that says Slow Vehicle, Frequent Stops. I am just wondering how you get away with stopping all the time with car intact. It is intact isn’t it?
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Does having most of my fenders count as having an intact vehicle? If so, then yes – my car is intact.
Also, my car is sort of a bright color, so it’s visible.
The car I had before this one was a bright color, too, but got hit once. By a State of Texas employee. While it was parked, legally. The guy who hit it said, “That sure is a purty car. I seen it here all week.” And I replied, “Why, thank you. Yes, it is a lovely car. I am so sorry that you somehow overlooked noticing that it was legally parked when you somehow managed to smash in the front fender with your state-issued vehicle, while you were actually running a personal errand. But I am sure this matter can be resolved, quickly, to our mutual satisfaction.”
Ha! Ha! Ha! OF COURSE that’s not what I said. I believe I used the terms %^&*((*&^ and )(**&%#@## and $#@$@^%@^*.
And then took pictures of the damage.
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Ha! I can just imagine.
But this proves my point I think. You park your car, photography happens, car is wrecked. Order of events variable.
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Usually the order of events doesn’t include car-wrecking. So far, anyway.
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I love this one: the big sky above all the little details.
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Thanks, Ashley. We may not have many trees, or people, or hills out here, but we do have plenty of sky!
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As you and I have discussed over coffee, stopping in the middle of the Interstate to set up a tripod with a tilt-shift lens is perfectly normal. Right?
Right?
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Did we also discuss how our “normal” is different from normal people’s “normal”? If not, that might a good topic for future coffee shop discussions…..
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Anyone that tilts and shifts has a malleable normal as far as I am concerned.
Do you guys have your over-coffee discussions at truck stops, and if not, why not?
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Isn’t “malleable normal” just a more polite way of saying “abnormal’?
So far, Brett and I have only met once for coffee (but it was rather a long meeting), and it wasn’t at a truck stop. In the future, though, we will certainly consider meeting at a truck stop. You can come, too, if you’d like.
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That would be great. Would I be more welcome if I rented a tilt-shift lens and brought it along? Even if I find them nearly impossible to use?
It would need to be a place nearly or perhaps totally out of business though, because a hulking tatooed mean as mean gets waitress (they are all like that, right?) trying to hurry our seats back into circulation would be distracting. Some things you can’t just tilt and or shift out of focus.
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No, don’t rent a lens – we can leave the fancy lenses to Brett, and use software to fix our tilt/shift problems.
Yes, all truck-stop waitresses are as you described. Plus, they all have names like Laverne or Bobbie Sue or Shirleen. But you could use your exotic Canadian accent to charm her, plus we’d tip really well, so we could stay as long as we wanted.
Maybe we could combine this with the other trip (comments here http://bit.ly/18jPHtv) to meet up with Ken. I could fetch Brett on my way.
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That sounds like a great trip!
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