Service Station Llanrug
My piccies.
What treasures!
No.2 is stunning. The textures of the glass, the rust(of course!), the flaking paint...
But mostly the "placing" of the bolt-head in the frame & the area of green paint bottom centre.
I don't know much about photography but, my goodness, I like this!
Thanks for letting us see.
Coker.
P.S., get it on P.U. asap!
The more I look, the more there is to see!
I would like to have a root around inside that place, it must be full of interest, might even be a few treasures!
Best regards.
Geoff Davis
As social documentary it has an innate interest but a shot taken when it was in use would probably hold greater interest.
As a total aside hands up who has been served petrol from the old pumps where the operator hand pumped the fuel into a glass container and then let it into your tank as a measured gallon. I got that just once in a village somewhere near Porlock Hill unsurprisingly some years ago. There was the time when many pubs in Devon seemed to have a pump outside.
Mike
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You can see some of my shots at my Flickr account.
I tried covering over the white wall of the building and think cropping that out and a little of the top makes it a stronger image ( IMHO ).

Getting there! Thanks to you guys

Pentax K10d, *istDL, Kit lens ( 18-55mm ), 50mm f1.7 lens, Tamron 70-300mm lens, Prinzflex 70-162 manual lens, Various old flashes.
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You can see some of my shots at my Flickr account.
I'm always in two minds about a building likes this (as opposed to the details in the other shots). My reservation is that it's certainly remarkable but beyond that it's very much like any other architectural shot - quite hard to make a compelling image.
Mike
You might want to look away when I post some of my other goldfields images then Mike

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I don't like the half cut off house on the right of the frame, but to remove that through cropping would also remove half of the old wooden doors which would be a shame.
I would have loved to have seen this shot from a lower position, angled upwards and squarer on. This would have eliminated the building mentioned above and the distracting bit of roof popping up just left of centre.
These points, however, may have been unavoidable given how busy the road is, so it was certainly better to get a shot than walk by.
If you can't say something nice about Pentax, you won't say anything at all.
Apparently.
I love corro but feel you've got the composition wrong with too much at the top, framing down might have been better or you could crop the top.
Regards, Ian.
I was thinking in more general terms that architecture is a tough call - I can't think of a photographer who stands out. Some help here?
Mike
Julius Shulman, who died last year, is one who I think really stood out, in spite of a lot of his work being "American Dream" style commercial stuff. link
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Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
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As a total aside hands up who has been served petrol from the old pumps
Is that when it was less than 5 shilling a gallon.
For junior members a shilling is equal to 5p and a gallon is what 8 pints of beer makes

Sorry about turning the thread to alcohol again

Edit: TYPO (my tyoing is atrocious today)
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I'd have taken more photographs but the road is very busy.
More here, if you'd care to see them:
http://s927.photobucket.com/albums/ad116/ADC3440/Llanrug%20Service%20Station/
Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05