January Title - "Gladstone Flying A Service Museum"

How I did it -

"Gladstone Flying A Service Museum" is a small reconstructed service station in Gladstone, Oregon just south of Portland. Everything has been brought back to pristine condition or as close to pristine as can be. There is a small museum with old equipment and advertising memorabilia. I used my "walkaround" camera Nikon D5100 with a light Tamron 18-275 zoom lens for this image. I liked the old station with the kind of equipment that I remember as I was growing up. I used NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 with Photoshop CS 3 for the color conversion.

COMMENTS:

David Halgrimson	I really like this image. Great detail, contrast and tones. Everything is in great focus throughout. Very well done. I might have liked a little more of the building to the left to give the garage door more room.
Mohammed Arfan Asif	The tones and post processing here are very well done. I understand that this has historic value, but would prefer some activity around to give life. Probably I state this because I don't identify such subjects well.
Jerry Hug	Memories of the past are great photo opportunities for all of us. Shoot them while they are still available. This photo works in B/W.
Paul Hoffman	Nicely take record shoot of this historic garage, Great detail and tones. The passion the people must put into this to restore it to such pristine condition. Lovely image.
Kit Snider	Nice photo. Memorabilia at its best. I think the trees and the clouds give nice depth to  the scene. The positioned viewpoint angle works well. The reflection on the ground from the garage door windows adds a nice detail. It reminds me of many a gas station I've been to also.
Roc Godec	Well done – nice image of old service station. Everything works well but in this kind of images I like some action too. A guy standing or sitting next to the station and image would be outstanding.
Jim Baker

Member Bio

James Baker - Biography Currently serving as Star Rating Director (Color Prints), Jim Baker joined PSA in 1976.  A career-long educator, he retired from the Portland, Oregon Public Schools as supervisor of Audio Visual Services.  He has served as chair of the PSA Certain Society Awards committee and the ethics development committees. He served as review editor of the PSA Journal  and was twice chairman of PSA Cascade Chapter.  He has served as Region Director for PSA Region 23  as well as serving as Associate Director-membership of the Pictorial Print Division’s American Portfolios program and Director of the Photo Travel Division program library. He served as chair of the Columbia Council of Camera Clubs  where he also served for 9 years as editor of the council’s  award winning newsletter.  He served as a member of the PSA Board of Directors (Vice President- Chapters, Councils and Clubs).  He was awarded the APSA in 1998 at the Orlando PSA Conference, the FPSA in 2008 in Portland  and the PPSA in 2009 in West Yellowstone.  He has service awards from PSA, Columbia Council and Cascade Chapter as well as PSA editorial stars . He is a star exhibitor in color and black & white prints and EID color and monochrome.