September 19th 2008 - Cause It's Only Money
Explored! #6
I don't think this needs an explanation.
I'm headed to dinner so maybe I'll leave a witty description later... or maybe I won't... it's friday! ;-)
Edit: Back from dinner and just picked up Clarissa from the mall... so I thought I'd finish my post.
Today was a really slow day at work. They let us go at 3:30, so I finally decided to do the shot I'd been wanting to do for a while.
I saw this old pump a while back while out driving and instantly fell in love with the setting. I jumped out of my car and went to the door... no one inside... it looked abandoned except that... there were drink machines inside that were all lit up. Well.. I didn't want to just start snapping away cause there's a pretty busy highway nearby and I was worried that someone would get suspicous. So I marked it on my GPS and decided to try later.
I've been back twice since then without snapping a single photo.
So today I was determined to find someone who knew what was up. So I parked and went to the house next door to ask if they knew the owner. No one was home. Luckily on my way back to the car someone pulled up and said that they used to own the place and that the new owner would have no problem with me being there and told me to tell them I had permission. They said the guy only opened it up in the mornings and very rarely in the afternoons.
So, this pump was kind of cool. I wish I could buy gas at the prices that were still on the dial... $1.62 per gallon.
Afterwards Tam and I had a nice little dinner at Ryan's and were about to finish "There Will Be Blood".
G' Night!
Strobist info: Bare Canon 430ex at camera left.
Comments and faves
Kelsey Sullivan, Sick Little Monkey, LividFiction, adversegecko, and 79 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Kelsey Sullivan (45 months ago | reply)
This is incredible.
You're amazing, really
Anabella is united (45 months ago | reply)
cool!!! explore? for sure!
*Cake (45 months ago | reply)
Wow great expression, this is really something.
Sick Little Monkey (45 months ago | reply)
Yeah, this is pretty rockin'!
rdowsley (45 months ago | reply)
yikes. dangerous!
LividFiction (45 months ago | reply)
At least by burning the money you're increasing the dollar's value. ;)
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adversegecko (45 months ago | reply)
can i ask how? surely itd go up......?
FreezeMD (45 months ago | reply)
Creative...
DAJanzen (45 months ago | reply)
You are one ambitious shooter my friend! There's a lot of very creative and satisfying work here on your photostream... including this one!
lrayholly (45 months ago | reply)
Looks just about right to me! Nice work there Stephen.
Just Say KB (45 months ago | reply)
Poff, you are truly inspiring, man. I hope we get a tutorial on this one soon.
Jack Scoresby (45 months ago | reply)
This is among my all time favorite photos you've ever done. Easily top 3. Maybe the best.
JackLin_S.S.L (45 months ago | reply)
cool~
Dario.Photo (45 months ago | reply)
amazing....cool...incredible.... love it!
Dаz (45 months ago | reply)
Love it! And I'd love to do this for real - c'mon, it'd be fun right? You were right about the location, it is really cool.
mr Tiera (45 months ago | reply)
ultraswoopy !
кнаfοοgч - Gone ! (45 months ago | reply)
- Amaizing work } - ..
Nam Quan (45 months ago | reply)
awesome masterpiece!!!!
dragonfire72 (45 months ago | reply)
Excellent work on this one! And it speaks loads about the way we all feel when we go to the pump!
pennyred* (45 months ago | reply)
Amazing job! Very realistic!
TheShape (45 months ago | reply)
Awesome.
☼ Helder (45 months ago | reply)
very very cool. either in concept and the image itself...
awesome
Stephen Poff (45 months ago | reply)
Wow... thanks guys. I wasn't so sure about this one after I posted it. Ever have one of those where you just wish maybe your posture or... something were different?
Thanks for all the great comments. You guys are awesome!
m.gruber (45 months ago | reply)
I remember the first time I ever filled up gas in my own car, it was $1.10. Now, I'm paying $4.00 R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S!
EXCELLENT IMAGE. THE TONES AND THE WORK YOU PUT INTO IT ARE WELL REWARDED.
Stephen Poff (45 months ago | reply)
And thanks, the real work was spent at the gas station... the rest kind of fell together in just a few minutes of editing.
SAMBoddy (45 months ago | reply)
Great shot - love the setting... in a fun bit of serendipity - I did a shot involving money (and destroying it) on Friday too! :)
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johnoconnell (45 months ago | reply)
Was this taken on the kit lens? Also what was the ambient light like - was it bright midday light or overcast evening / twilight? Lovely shot and the steely denim tones are great!
Stephen Poff (45 months ago | reply)
@ johnoconnell: No, this was taken with a Tamron 18-200 Zoom lens, it an overcast day at about 5:00pm (sun was just over the tree line behind me and to the right.
And thanks!
menno-indian (45 months ago | reply)
fantabulous shot & commentary!
love it!
SaylaMarz (45 months ago | reply)
So appropriate. To the economy. The gas wars. Everything.
disco~stu (45 months ago | reply)
dooood....awe.some
Jerome Jerome k (44 months ago | reply)
fantastic!
mrpolly (44 months ago | reply)
Your flickr is fantastic cool and very inspiring!
niclindh (43 months ago | reply)
Great image! Thanks for making it CC-licensed. I used it on a rant about the bailout at thecoredump.org/2008/11/26/magic-money/.
operaticomnivore (41 months ago | reply)
killer photo!
I used it for my blog: www.takepart.com/2009/01/05/net-zero-gas-tax/
Thanks for sharing!
Danny
Queen Nerd... (37 months ago | reply)
genius.
Yoggibat (33 months ago | reply)
Superbe !
ckcsr (31 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Holding up Money, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Arjunaweeping (9 months ago | reply)
Great pic, hope you don't mind but I used it for my blog post today, it seemed very relevant to my subject... scottsthotts.blogspot.com/2011/09/pumping-gas .html