It must be one of the most iconic signs in Seattle. The car wash itself? Pretty plain. But the sign… the sign! There are other locations. There are better car washes. But this one is by Seattle Center and this one has the sign.
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Canon EOS REBEL T1i (Canon) & EF50mm f/1.8 II |
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1/320 s |
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2009:09:12 14:42:21 |
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f/7.1 |
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Photographer: Ari Brown |
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100 |
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Normal program |
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50 mm |
I was in a big hurry. I only had my 50mm, which makes it hard to frame something this big from up close. Unfortunately, farther away means standing in the middle of a major street or getting some unfortunate buildings and power lines in the background. You shoot now and decide what you like later. I surprised myself and liked the one shot I got with a very partial view of the sign. I gotta remember that.
Tags: 50mm, carwash, elephant, neon, pinkelephant, sign
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Nothing says Americana like neon signs, right? This is one from my trip to Corvallis from a few posts back. Downtown Corvallis has a few blocks of old-timey cute, and although they don’t have much that ties them to the rest of the world, I suppose Greyhound still counts. These days, the reputation is that of the crazy and the can’t-afford-Amtrak, so maybe a leaping dog doesn’t have the cache it used to, but the signs always make me think of a time when it meant a lot more.

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Canon EOS REBEL T1i (Canon) & EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM |
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1/200 s |
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2009:08:23 08:11:45 |
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f/8.0 |
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Photographer: Ari Brown |
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47 mm |
I would have liked to come back and shoot this at night, but we didn’t have time. Also, hanging around a bus station at night with a camera? Not necessarily the best idea.
Tags: bus, corvallis, greyhound, neon, oregon, sign
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For now, Seattle has two newspapers – the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer. They’re both middling at best, but at least the Seattle PI has a great spinning globe atop it’s office building. It’s been around since 1948 and even moved with the PI to their current location 23 years ago.

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Tags: globe, longexposure, neon, newspaper, night, PI, postintelligencer, seattle
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