Sorry for the corny title - just couldn't resist.My name is Dennis and I just got back into photography after two-decade layoff. I started off in 35mm in 1973 and lugged a couple of bags of gear, cameras, lenses, etc around the world during a 22 year Navy career. I got out of that habit after kids came along and cribs, diaper bags and car seats elbowed out camera gear for room in the car. Also, while my wife was remarkably patient with my stopping and waiting for just the right lighting, dirty-diapered kids were less so.
I got back into photography after my wife "forced" me to buy a DSLR in December of 2008. We'd gone to a camera store to buy a point and shoot for her to use in her antiques and collectibles business and she caught me looking at a couple of DSLRs in the display case. She suggested I check them out 'just for fun", but, when I tried to give them back to the sales person she asked "Which one do you want?" and refused to leave the store until I chose one.
Sadly, I lost Mrs Sea_Dog to cancer six months later, but fortunately she got to see me revive the passion I once had. My gallery is a lasting tribute to her and our love.
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Over the last two and a half years, since learning about Renderosity from a friend, has been a continuous learning and discovery process. The artists here are so amazingly talented and inspirational - and extremely friendly. Seeing their work and reading their comments on mine have allowed me to grow as an artist much faster than I could have on my own.
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Comments (23)
elfin14doaks
A very interesting capture.
kbrog
Great capture! I like the mix of B&W and color in this.
kgb224
Outstanding capture my friend.
Firelight3D
When I see buildings like this, I often think of how the place was when it was hopping with business. It's very sad that in our present fast paced culture we have let small landmarks like this shrink back into the dark recesses. We'd rather get some slop from the fast food place rather than relax a bit and enjoy the oddities of such a place. Nice shot and thanks for postin.
MOSKETON
muy buena imagen..
Xoterik
Excellent choice of selective coloring. You've captured more than an image, you captured a feeling.
watapki66
Wow, love this image, very nicely done!
jocko500
happy you did stop. look like a new stype paint job lol... what a feeling you capture
junge1
Great find and capture!
micturn
Very cool postwork.
njb2000
Nice color control, great atmospheric piece!
Alex_Antonov
Wow!
flavia49
very beautiful!! Flavia & Sandra (still in Prague ;-D!!)
frankie96
The spray paint trolls have been busy....nice work on this...
Hendesse
Fantastic shot and postwork. This image has a special mood, I like it very much.
tennesseecowgirl
Really cool shot and post work on this!! I would have stopped as well.
DananJaya_Chef
Beautiful work.
bmac62
Talk about a deadend for a business. Makes me wonder how it ever thrived in the middle of nowhere. Is this the road between LA and Las Vegas? I was stationed out at Fort Irwin in the middle of the Mohave in 1962-1964...this area was really wide open then and maybe it still is:)
mariogiannecchini
Excellent choice of selective coloring!
Chipka
This reminds me of one of those fringe towns I always loved to read about in the work of William Gibson--those places in the Gernsback Continuum (The title of one of his short stories) where time has passed and the future no longer exists but in some strange phantom brought on by road-exhaustion, diet pills, and the architectural obsession of an editor who has never set foot in America. WOW! Funny how one image can trigger that sort of recall from a very poignant short story written by the big daddy of Cyberpunk himself! Needless to say I love this capture and you were right to catch it. I love the closed-in sense of openness that this conveys, and yeah, it's a paradox, but so much of America out that way is paradoxical in all of the best ways! This is a perfect example of that!
moochagoo
Love that kind of picture.
wonderworld
VERY cool!!! If I had more bucks I would re-open this roadside relic:)
jarmila
lost place? nice capture, interesting