signs--meaningful & meaningless MEARLE'S DRIVE-IN

Mearle's has been an institution in the city of Visalia, Ca. for many

years. Now closed, its fate remains unknown.

I really like this, particularly the colors against the blue sky. On my old monitor with my old eyes, it looks as if it could use a little juicing up. I've given it a shot, adding contrast and saturation. Maybe messed up what you had in mind.

I think we have a role reversal thing going on here. Seems to me I did the same thing with one of your signs. But you are quite right. This sign is actually very faded out, and I processed it to the point where I thought there wasn't much more I could do with it, but I should have kept going until I actually had gone too far, and, then, backed up. But I didn't, and your version is more attractive. I don't know if your version would fare better, but the ratings on this just hammered me. Thanks for looking, commenting and improving.

Wow this is a beauty. A worthy find in this day and age. It's sad to see these go by the wayside but It's nice you're out there preserving them. That soda glass is a gem. I?m somewhere in the middle between your version and Dougs. I actually like what you did with the sign portion Doug but the sky seems too saturated in the blue sky.

As always I'm honored by your visit to my humble portfolio. Thanks for weighing in on the saturation issue. It would be interesting to see a good quality image of the sign when it was in its prime.

Wonderful colors and flashy design...I think the 50's/60's were more salty than what we see now in terms of architucture and design...not that I am too much nostalgic but now people are much more consensual, take less risks...beautiful memory of that time David...Laurent.

I think I would have to agree with you on your thoughts. Thanks for looking and commenting. I find it quite amusing that our styles are quite different from each other, and, yet, I enjoy your photos immenseley, and you seem to find some value in mine. Cheers

easy to understand...you shoot things that are typical of west america with a touch for authenticity...topics I find original and exotic as an european...you do it with your own style without searching for copying or follow strict guides...

Who could argue what we might have been like raised in a different environment? Of course you are right to a certain extent, but I cannot help but feel that your eye, even on the same subjects would be different from mine. And that is good and as it should be.

I guess anybody would approach a shot differently, that's also the appeal of photography...that the same subject might look quite different if framed by different people...now that would be quite interesting: during a day you give the same topic to a group of photographer and each one has to give only one shot...

I slightly disagree with you. If you spend much time looking around Pnet, there are some wonderfully skilled and innovative people. But there are also those who take the same old shots over and over again. Well, that's fine if it makes them happy, but I find most of those folks a bit boring for my artistic tastes. BTW, I consider myself just a middling photographer. My first goal is to please myself, and secondly to see if I can show something to someone that they either have not seen before, or have not seen it from the viewpoint that I'm expressing. I think you either consciously or subconsciously do much the same.

Well I agree with you...like you I try not to do twice the same shot, or at least not present twice the same, or close to...:-)

Thanks, I enjoy your comments and your artistic sensibilities. Take care.

With all due respect to Doug, I like the sandy grit of the original. The ageless quality of this subject is compromised by the richer blue of the altered shot.

Thanks again for your visit and commentary. Doug is a fine photographer, and a very fine person, but on this one I am not compelled to change it. I had saturated the image already to what I thought were the maximum acceptable levels, and I kind of felt like that's where it should be. I appreciate your opinion.

Forgot to mention to you that the highest rating this image received was 4/4. So maybe Doug had a point.