Vanishing Florida 6

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   Out a few days ago looking for the abandoned businesses all located on what were formerly major US highways that have been adversely effected by the construction of the US interstate highway system.  The last image is of a former agricultural inspection station.  Inspectors remained in the small structure until the large trucks would pull up, required to stop to be inspected.  Now the trucks use predominantly interstate highways where there are now very large inspection stations where from time to time you can see line-ups of the big tractor-trailer rigs.

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Roger Rex Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 30 September 2005 Country: United States Location: North Florida Status: Offline Posts: 7963	Post Options Post Reply Quote Roger Rex Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Vanishing Florida 6 Posted: 11 February 2020 at 23:27
	Out a few days ago looking for the abandoned businesses all located on what were formerly major US highways that have been adversely effected by the construction of the US interstate highway system. The last image is of a former agricultural inspection station. Inspectors remained in the small structure until the large trucks would pull up, required to stop to be inspected. Now the trucks use predominantly interstate highways where there are now very large inspection stations where from time to time you can see line-ups of the big tractor-trailer rigs. #1 #2 #3 #4
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MichelvA Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Alpha Eyes group Knowledge Base Contributor Joined: 26 April 2008 Country: Netherlands Status: Offline Posts: 19692	Post Options Post Reply Quote MichelvA Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 February 2020 at 05:58
	This time you show us a bit wider views compared to what you showed last time. For me this works a lot better. #2 and 4 are the best, but all 4 together makes the whole experience clearly more complete. The b&w, textures, but certainly some leading lines which slowly enter the image, increase the feel of desolation. As for the big trucks, faster roads and increasing efficiency constantly, it seems inevitable that we will go towards the so called unmanned road trains. As robots don't eat, all restaurants will disappear too. TFS Roger .

Jozioau Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Alpha Eyes group Joined: 13 May 2007 Country: Australia Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Posts: 8874	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jozioau Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 February 2020 at 06:26
	A beautiful addition to this series. Very aesthetic and nostalgic images. Love the way they are composed and presented, and the PP rendering makes them look like very finely drafted pencil drawings. Of this set I find #2 particularly appealing, but all of them are very good indeed.
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Roger Rex Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 30 September 2005 Country: United States Location: North Florida Status: Offline Posts: 7963	Post Options Post Reply Quote Roger Rex Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 February 2020 at 10:10
	MichelvA and Jozioau - Thanks for commenting. I to prefer #2.
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	#2 for me too. These are some lonely feeling photos, almost sad. I'm also a fan of #4 but maybe the PP treatment is a tad to strong compared to the others.
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