How the West Was Conquered

Ol’ West

Every time I go to this restaurant near our house, I stop to admire this old carriage by the restaurant’s entrance. I like its setting and how dilapidated the carriage looks. My only problem is that I do not want to include the cars around in the parking lot. Today, after brunch, I walked around the carriage and found a couple of compositions that were ok with me. In the featured photo, you may still see cars on the right edge of the image, but they are not distracting. Here are the other two photos I captured using my Samsung S23.

For John’s Cellpic Sunday.

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15 Responses

  1. Vicki
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    In the first (monotone) image, I never even saw the cars until you mentioned them 😀

    I like the middle shot the best. It shows more of the wagon’s details

    • Egidio Leitao
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      Thanks, Vicki. It was hard to get shots with the cars in the lot.

  2. photobyjohnbo
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    As Vicki noted, the cars in the black-and-white are hard to see. If you hadn’t mentioned it, they would have not been noticed. 🙂
    That’s a nice antique subject, Egidio!

    • Egidio Leitao
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      I agree about the cars. The monochrome helped hide them well. Thanks for the feedback.

  3. Anne Sandler
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    Great subject Egidio. I agree with Viki totally.

    • Egidio Leitao
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      Thanks, Anne. The monochrome choice was a last minute decision. I was so glad it hid the cars better.

  4. margaret21
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    Lovely evocative shots.

  5. Writing to Freedom
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    What a fun prop for the restaurant. You did a good job of masking the cars.

    • Egidio Leitao
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      Thanks for the feedback, Brad. And the food there is really good!

      • Writing to Freedom
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        Nice. What kind of food?

        • Egidio Leitao
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          It is Tex-Mex. So far, it’s my favorite Tex-Mex in this area (just 1 1/4 mile from home). They have lots of vegetarian entrees. The weekend brunch menu is wonderful, too.

  6. boromax
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    Great photos!

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