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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Todd Suttles on September 19, 2016, 10:48:40 am

Title: Roadside
Post by: Todd Suttles on September 19, 2016, 10:48:40 am

Does anyone find this amusing?

Title: Re: Roadside
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 19, 2016, 01:08:14 pm

Yes. It reminds me of American Gothic.

Title: Re: Roadside
Post by: RSL on September 19, 2016, 02:06:18 pm

When I first glanced at it, Todd, I thought: "It's another sad case of my youth being overcome by 'progress.'" (If the pumps had glass tops I'd have felt even more that way.) But then I saw that somebody has put new windows in the shack. I can't begin to imagine why. Maybe that's the humor you saw in it.

Title: Re: Roadside
Post by: Todd Suttles on September 19, 2016, 02:56:20 pm

It makes me smile. I have mental image of someone giggling to himself many years ago as he painted the pumps purple. I see him being a "character"; But the Towns' character. His kids probably catching it at school.

Title: Re: Roadside
Post by: RSL on September 19, 2016, 03:16:54 pm

Hate to have to tell you this, Todd, but if you do enough traveling around on back roads throughout the USA you'll see more purple pumps.

Title: Re: Roadside
Post by: Otto Phocus on September 20, 2016, 06:12:33 am

It is a nice picture.  I am not understanding what could be amusing about it though.