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17-OCT-2004

Thunderbird and Dead Deer, Bridgeport, California, 2004

This old yellow Thunderbird parked along Bridgeport’s Main Street, is looking for a buyer in front of the town’s “deer processing” facility. During our three-day visit, neither plant nor car was attracting much attention. Bridgeport is a rural Sierra town that looks back with pride at its past. I use my frame to abstract the image, linking these two symbols of vintage Americana without distraction and in an incongruous manner.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20
1/400s f/4.0 at 72.0mm iso80 hide exif
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Date/Time17-Oct-2004 04:36:02
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Exposure Time1/400 sec
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Exposure Bias-1.00
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Phil Douglis27-Mar-2005 06:55
Crop it anyway you want, Benchang. I am feel honored when others use my pictures on their desktops, so display it however you like, and think about what I am trying to teach about framing with this image.
Benchang Tang 27-Mar-2005 03:01
Well, on my desktop I happen to take the "deer" off the picture and still leave a slice of humor there. And the layout is ok to me.
Phil Douglis17-Dec-2004 17:59
Thanks, Clara, for the lesson in sex education. I get it now -- it took a few minutes for me to figure out what the double meaning of deer processing was. You are a very amusing lady. And thanks, too, for pointing out how mergers can make sense when they are done on purpose.
Guest 17-Dec-2004 14:11
Okey. 1. the sausage is what you use (if you are a man) for deer processing on the back seat. 2. you prove here that marging and other accidents are not that if that's done on purpose by the photographer, as part of the (his) intended meaning. Love. Clara.
Phil Douglis16-Dec-2004 18:38
Clara is, no doubt amusing us. But thick Phil needs Clara-fication. Give us still another hint as to your inscrutable comment.
Phil Douglis16-Dec-2004 18:36
The merging of the sign, Clara, was on purpose. I wanted to stress that fin on the car by aligning it exactly with the red frame on the deer processing sign. I wanted to inextricably link those two symbols of mainstream Americana -- the love of the automobile and hunting.
Guest 16-Dec-2004 17:53
Ah!, about the back seat processing, don't forget the sausage!
Guest 16-Dec-2004 17:51
I like this retro image, its composition and simplicity. Only thing is the merging of the sign and the car that could be avoided if you were 4 feet more tall! :-)
Phil Douglis04-Nov-2004 20:14
It's a big reach, Tim. But I'll take any pun any time. I love them. (Ooops.)
Tim May04-Nov-2004 16:27
Perhaps it's just the perversity of my mind, but I find a pun here - thinking back to the heyday of the thunderbird - the sign can also refer to the "dear" processing that may have happened in the back seat.
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