Plain. Ordinary. Common. Places

[venchka]

If this is the dumbest idea I ever had I will cease and desist.

The discussion about "Uncommon Places", et. al., got me to thinking. There is value in the ordinary places. The places where we live. Play. Work. Things we see everyday yet never see at all.

Down the road, in case someone asks, "What lenses and cameras did old what's His Name use?" I will list that information whenever possible.

First up: Zedler's Mill. Luling, Texas. March 7, 2009. 4x5 Zone VI. Funjinon-W 1:5.6/125mm. 4x5 Arista EDU Ultra 200. Xtol 1:3. 12 minutes.

Please join in.

[Sanjay Sen]

Wayne,

Your plain, ordinary, common is pretty interesting! Nice images, I like both of them.

[venchka]

Thank you. I hope others will join in.

[Ken Lee]

Sometimes, what strikes us as plain and ordinary at the time we take the photo, appears special to future generations.

[Miguel Coquis]

Great thread,
I follow...
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[Steve M Hostetter]

Sometimes, what strikes us as plain and ordinary at the time we take the photo, appears special to future generations.

Mathew Brady is anything but ordinary

[nathanm]

"Ordinary" is relative to what you're used to I suppose. Some photos I see around here make me think, "Wow, that looks like home!" and others look so exotic as to be fantasy paintings, but for that photographer it might be "just down the road" to them. The waterfall shot almost reminds me of a place near me, but it doesn't have nearly as nice dilapidated structures next to it.

[venchka]

Zedler's is in the process of being "saved" after 40 plus years of neglect. Zedler's Mill is being turned into a park. I'm glad we got there ahead of the crowds.

[venchka]

Hey folks! Large format photos up here. I started two seperate threads because I had some small format photos that fit this theme. Sorry for any confusion.

A general geographic location of where the photo was taken would be nice.

[N Dhananjay]

Sorry for the rotten scan quality. Cheers, DJ

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