Some years ago I got wind that a defunct mini-golf park in Bedford, NH was going to be razed for a grocery store. I had a few fond memories of going there with my highschool buddies, but it had long since been abandoned. So I went to see what I could see and in the cafe was basically chaos and destruction. This is one of my favorite shots from that day.
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It’s low light and low color so I thought B&W would serve, but maybe other ideas?
Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
Handheld
Lr for b&w conversion (preset #10) and a little crop. Also adjusted exposure and white and black points. Added texture and clarity. A radial filter to bring up shadows and exposure at the talking end of the phone. That’s about it.
Oh geez, this is wonderful. I love the B&W treatment and the broken glass around the disconnected phone. This is quite perfect as is…I could also see a version cropped from the left up to just before the cord. So cool.
If anyone cares to know that is a handset and coil cord off a 2254 touch tone wall telephone. The rotary dial version was a 254. Take it from me, usually one drop of that handset on a hard surface and the printed circuit on the inside would crack. Sometimes you could solder the cracked track and make it work again…
BTW: a neat photo with the piece of history you’ve added here, Kris.
Thanks @David_Bostock, @Paul_Breitkreuz & @Diane_Miller - after getting it into the computer I knew B&W was the way to go. The handset, the 2254 (did you work as a phone tech, Paul?), is actually black. I thought about moving those big pieces of glass, but decided to leave them since I didn’t have any gloves with me.
Kris, I worked 35 years in the PBX-EPBX-DPBX phone systems industry. We worked in direct competition to the regulated operating companies like Ma Bell. I was both a hands on tech and also many years in management. …
