****** September contest theme is, Another Roadside Attraction.*******

[alfredo]

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Entries will open on September 14, and will run for one week. Prelim voting and final voting will be three days each.

"Roadside attraction" as defined for this contest is, a small independent business along the the roadway. The more quirky and kitschy the better. Keep editing to the minimum. Enjoy

[Solly Mack]

1. I think I need another hint.

[elleng]

2. GOT IT!

Been wondering about it for MONTHS!!!

[alfredo]

14. If you live by the coast or near a lake, there should be some picturesque shops

and restaurants near you.

We have one very interesting diner.

[Tom Kitten]

3. Uh oh

The very first photo I took with a digital camera ...

[alfredo]

5. Lost your digital virginity to a caveman.

[Binkie The Clown]

7. Brings back memories.

I lived in Grants Pass for 20 years or so. My 3 kids all graduated from Hidden Valley High. That's been at least 30 years ago.

[Tom Kitten]

10. memories!

Somewhere in my closet I have a box of slides I took from the sidelines at the 1977 Gladstone-Hidden Valley Class AA State Championship Football game. (I went to Gladstone, we won, yay ) Your mentioning Hidden Valley triggered that memory! I hadn't thought of that for a good twenty years.

[Old Codger]

11. Grants Pass

Caveman

[Mira]

4. You've done it

I'm utterly intrigued. This won't be as easy as it seems, but eminently doable. I like the way you think, Alfredo. Good one!

[alfredo]

9. Thanks. It's a Tom Robbins novel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Roadside_Attraction

I liked "Jitterbug Perfume" better.

[Mira]

12. For me

it was about even cowgirls getting the blues..........

[alfredo]

13. Skinny legs and all was really good too.

I think I still have a copy somewhere.

[CC]

6. Makes me want to dig

for an old Gatorland print. Specially since I am no where near Gatorland now.


Kicking myself, I should of taken a photo of South of the Border when we went by a couple weeks ago. lol

[alfredo]

8. It's a good reason to hit the secondary roads near you.

[Lorien]

15. We have an unfair advantage here in Flori-duh

[alfredo]

16. That's OK, as long as you don't abuse it.

[mnhtnbb]

20. You really do!

I am wracking my brains trying to think of something near here.

[alfredo]

26. It doesn't have to be a business. It could be a yard decorated with concrete statues and such.

A funny sign would suffice. There was a sign on a fence advertising "used cows." A bubblegum colored house against a blue sky would be marvelous. If you see it from the road/street, it is fair game.

[bluedigger]

17. Cool.

[Blue_In_AK]

18. I'll have to dig out my photo

Of "Wal-Mike's" up at Trapper Creek.

[alfredo]

19. That's the spirit.

[Agschmid]

21. Sounds good!

[Mira]

22. I might have mine already

took it today.
I had to shake hands, introduce myself, explain why I'm in the neighborhood, and finally worked my way to saying there was a contest coming up and I needed a photo of their attractive roadside attraction store, was it maybe please OK to take a few shots. All this is not what I usually do, I just beg forgiveness, not so much ask permission.
I'm tickled.

[alfredo]

23. I can't wait to see the entries. I love the little store. So comforting.

This place is in our town. The pharmacy has closed, but it lives on as a liquor store.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bondurants-pharmacy



It has a big vertical conveyor for the drugs. It was pretty neat.

[fizzgig]

24. great theme

i have some places in mind already and i just happen to be driving past all of them next weekend.

[alfredo]

25. You don't even need to leave the city limits to find some good subjects

[Binkie The Clown]

27. What's the policy on post-processing?

I got a nice shot, but I'd like to "antique" it and turn it into a vintage-looking photo befitting the subject matter.

[alfredo]

28. That's fine. Editing within reason is OK with me.

[Binkie The Clown]

29. I'll go ahead and submit it when the time comes, and if it's over the top

just tell me, and I'll submit a different image instead.

[alfredo]

30. Antique/sepia leaves the image generally intact. Turning it into a fractal would be too much.

[Agschmid]

31. Tough one so far... But I've got some going.

[alfredo]

32. Easy is boring.

[Solly Mack]

36. I traveled for 18 hours on Friday. I got my entry and then some.

I would have gladly went with easy.

[Mira]

33. Alfredo

will you be stating that you want "quirky or kitschy"?

I took the photo of the road side business I mentioned (where I had to park, gently approach, introduce myself and beg for the photo) and I am holding it in abeyance for the contest. Then I ran across another that is kitsch as kitsch can.......
So now I'm torn.

I think the photographers, and the voters, need to get back to keeping their eye on the theme a bit better. Lately I think we have lost our way at times and submitted pretty photos that are only peripherally related to the theme and have gotten away with it.

[alfredo]

34. It doesn't matter, it just has to be interesting.

[Solly Mack]

35. Mira's question is also my question today. Because do I have kitsch!

So, mention it! (Pretty please, with sugar on top)


Thank you.

[alfredo]

37. A roadside attraction doesn't have to be kitsch, but any attraction, profound or profane is OK.

One man's kitsch is another's primitive art.

[Solly Mack]

38. Well, OK. I separate kitsch from primitive art.

But I take your point.

I got loads of quirk and kitsch.

[alfredo]

39. I can't wait to see these little pieces of America.