Are you ever driving down the road and you see something that looks like it might be an interesting photo? But then, you start thinkin’ about turning around to take a photo, and then you think about it some more, and then by the time you get around to really asking the question in a serious way, you’ve discovered you’ve gone much too far and it would be silly to turn around now? Well that almost happened to me here… but I trained myself a while ago just to immediately turn around and not ask questions. This is a similar phenomenon to the “just 5 more minutes in bed” problem, which is also a slippery slope.
I found this beauty salon one evening when driving between Houston and Austin. It was just sitting there, all neglected…. and I felt like someone needed to pay attention to it, so I did for a short while.
June 19th, 2009 00:17 | Jonathan Martinez
beautiful buddy!
June 19th, 2009 00:24 | Dan
ItT couldn’t be more beautiful Trey. I almost stopped in the middle of a two lane iron bridge crossing a river when I saw the light coming through that structure…
June 19th, 2009 00:44 | Matthew
Absolutely fantastic Trey. I have the same dilemma almost every day. Good philosophy.
June 19th, 2009 00:47 | Eric Mulvin
Trey you captured my exact feeling every time I drive out here in AZ. I would take days instead of hours to drive if I listened to that voice in my head. Sadly I wish I did more though.
June 19th, 2009 01:24 | dan leitch
wow. really nice shot. the sky looks really dynamic and colourful.
on a more irrelevant note, is -1,0,+1 autobracket enough or do i need -2,0,+2?
June 19th, 2009 02:49 | George McKnight
Cool! Could be a still from Rob Zombie’s ‘House of 1000 Corpses’, dark yet colourful/magical
June 19th, 2009 03:22 | Alex Macnab
Your comment is one of the things I look forward to doing more when I move back to Texas next year. I dont have a car living in London, but having grown up in Texas and taking road trips all over the state, I am very familiar with the great shots to be had, especially off the highways. Trey, how fast does your D3X fire off its shots. I ask because I see the cloud movement in your shot, but I would have guessed the cam would fire so fast as to remove cloud movement?
June 19th, 2009 04:10 | Donnie Boyd
Dark and beautiful. Why are we attracted to old, solitary, worn out buildings. I guess they are more interesting than new, crowded, ugly strip malls.
June 19th, 2009 06:30 | Gail Stayton Moshier
So glad you listen to that still small voice, Trey!! The sky looks like ours does this morning, except it looks like we are going to have some pink in the clouds. What a find, and such a lonely looking spot. “The Ghost Beauty Spa” out in the middle of no where. Neat photo, great job!!!!
June 19th, 2009 06:34 | bob
nice
June 19th, 2009 08:48 | john
Wow, Texans love their space!!
June 19th, 2009 11:05 | Sathya Sayee
Stunning picture Trey. Do I see more grains in the cloud? is it because of the HDR processing or general noise?
June 19th, 2009 12:37 | Richard Uchytil
Great colors and the sky is awesome!
June 19th, 2009 13:38 | Samantha
This is the type of thing I’m always looking out for on the road, and it looks like you hit a goldmine with this shot! It has the perfect lighting, the HDR treatment is great for a shot like this, and you’ve got the abandoned feel nailed here. Nice work!
June 19th, 2009 14:02 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks!
Sathya – Yes – this one I left a little grainy and dirty
Alex – Yes — daytime shots often provide enough light for 5 very fast exposures, minimizing cloud movement.
June 19th, 2009 15:55 | Ferrell
Photographers driving down the road log in more time in “Reverse” than any other hobby/profession. It’s true, I did the study, second place is absent minded drivers. Cool shot Trey.
June 19th, 2009 22:27 | Stuck In Customs
Cool – hey thanks Farrell
June 21st, 2009 03:23 | lc italia
after a long absence of following up on your beautiful pictures I am back once again to appreciate them. Thank you once more for sharing…
June 21st, 2009 19:53 | Ken Liu
I created my first HDR pic today, and it’s all thanks to you. It was only upon stumbling on your web site that I learned about HDR and all of its beauty. Thank you!
July 15th, 2009 08:56 | Cory Meals
Great shot! I drive by this (and the other “moved” buildings that dot that stretch of 290) every day heading to work from downtown Houston. I never thought it could look so good!
You should check out the new football stadium being constructed just up the road – it’s massive, and I am sure there are some good shots there as well!
July 24th, 2009 03:14 | Joy Li
I’m sorry, because of my negligence, mail twice.
For the inconvenience to you,I feel so sorry!
October 28th, 2009 08:43 | donna
wicked picture, excellent photography!! do you sell copies of your work ? donna
October 28th, 2009 09:49 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks everyone!
Donna – yes I do – that “Buy Prints” over there on the right does indeed have a selection of prints.