Pay as You Go
Uploaded: June 04, 2009 02:59:15 | Entered: March 17, 2019 08:16:19
Reconnecting with the Past - I don't see Pay Phones so often any more so they really grabbed my attention! I found these while Leena and I were waiting on a connection flight at the Honolulu Airport on the island of Oahu. (I did get a few strange looks from people as I photographed them!)
Lens 6.1-30.5 at 9.8mm. ISO 200, 1/60th @ f3.2 + fill flash. (Converted to B&W with PSE7 + NIK Silver Efex + a little selective coloring). (MT)
Exif: F Number: 3.2, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/60 seconds, Flash: fired, auto mode, red-eye reduction mode, ISO: 200, FocalLength: 9.78 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot G10
Douglas Pignet June 04, 2009
Way kewl find Jeff & you are right not a lot of pay phones around...Comp & clarity are great here,Doug #1136823Tammy M. Anderson June 04, 2009
Excellent composition and B&W with this looks great, Jeff. Terrific find. #7595784Carla Metzler June 04, 2009
Cool find, Jeff! Great composition, and clairity! #7595803Gord MacEachern June 04, 2009
Well seen Jeff,great composition and s/c!! #7595810Erin Appelbaum June 04, 2009
Great composition, B&W tones and use of SC Jeff. Well done. Peter #7595812Renee Doyle June 04, 2009
THey are a rare sight for sure!!! I like the repetition in your comp and excellent sc Jeff!! #7595866Janet McNeil June 04, 2009
Almost a thing of the past!! Great capture & find!! #7595871MELODIE C. ROBERTS June 04, 2009
Hmmmm....Landlines on An Island ;0)Awesome Work Jeff
Love the Tones and S/C!! #7595911
Laurence Saliba June 04, 2009
Fantastic framing and effects Jeff!!! #7595936Carol Sawyer June 04, 2009
Outstanding capture and SC, Jeff!! #7595978Agnes Fegan June 04, 2009
I agree; it's hard to find one of these anymore; and if you do, they rarely work!!! Really nice capture Jeff. #7596010Claudia Kuhn June 04, 2009
Wonderful use of sc, Jeff! #7596072Alan L. Borror June 04, 2009
Very interesting capture, Jeff! I guess cell phones have really diminished the need for pay phones ... I am glad there are a few around. #7596094Michael Khoury June 04, 2009
excellent visual design Jeff !Chua Wee Boo June 04, 2009
Great tones & shot,Jeff! #7596281Eivor Kuchta June 04, 2009
Did you ever have telephone booths in this country? I remember them from my childhood days in Sweden, but they might be rare there now, too, with all the cell phones in use. Great find and capture, Jeff! #7596293Cathy Barrows June 04, 2009
the younger set was trying to figure out what they are and not what you were doing...lol...great find #7596305Gina Cormier June 04, 2009
Yikes. Who uses those I wonder!! lol Cool find and capture. #7596354Tiia Vissak June 04, 2009
great tones, light, details & framing! #7596436Ray Clarke June 04, 2009
Great tones and capture Jeff.!!!(R) #7596451Eugenio Diaz June 04, 2009
Gorgeous detail. Beautiful shot.Shelly A. Van Camp June 04, 2009
Super capture, Jeff!! #7596578Nancy L. Green June 04, 2009
Well photographers are strange looking sometimes when we shoot!!! Well worth the looks Jeff, GREAT capture!! <>< #7596678Inge S. Lasmana June 04, 2009
Amazing capture, Jeff!Love the BW and composition. #7596714Lorraine A. Cook June 04, 2009
I'm glad you captured these 'relics' before they become extinct, Jeff!<:))<:))Well seen...excellent B+W composition, My Friend!<:))
Raining in Philly.... #7596829
isabel C. Zepeda June 04, 2009
JeffGreat fine,really good B&W
Ysa... #7596892
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas June 04, 2009
Great work Jeff!,Sam Britt June 04, 2009
Great find & capture, Jeff. #7597028Melissa G. Meiselman June 04, 2009
Terrific and now unusual find beautifully taken with wonderful design elements, sharp detail and great textures, Jeff!! #7597093Anita Hogue June 04, 2009
Priceless, Jeff! A great keepsake for sure! As always wonderful clarity and composition! #7597231Mike Clime June 04, 2009
What a great find and capture! Thought these vanished with the dinosaurs. #7597303Murry Grigsby June 04, 2009
Almost as useful as buggy whips now days Jeff :0) Neat find, terrific title and image!! #7597341Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna June 04, 2009
You are right, these are far and few between now that cell phones are so popular!!! GREAT shot with wonderful lighting and clarity, Jeff!!! ;-) k #7597467Lynn M. Whitt June 04, 2009
greay image... #7597705John Connolly June 04, 2009
There is definately a decline in the number of pay phones around these days Jeff! Nice composition and you SC works really well here! #7597712Jeff Robinson June 04, 2009
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LOL...great title and awesome selective coloring! #7597777
Stan Kwasniowski June 04, 2009
Jeff, wonderful capture, who know's these may be a thing of the past in the near future #7597851Tammy Espino June 04, 2009
Never see any pay phones here!! Like what you did to this :) #7597929A P June 04, 2009
You're right you don't see them anymore. Being the last person on earth without a cell phone I know I've looked. LOL Outstanding capture, Jeff and bummer you're on your way back from Paradise. #7598093Patrick Rouzes June 04, 2009
A fantastic & interesting captrue here with wonderful tones, clarity, comp & SC!!! Lovely work again here, Jeff!!! #7598121Candice C. Calhoun June 04, 2009
The make a great photo, as you don't see pay phones very much at all any more! Hope you had a safe and wonderful trip, looking forward to the island photos to come!ccc #7598251
Debra R. Harder June 04, 2009
You have such a great eye, Jeff! LOVE THIS!! Wonderful composition and perfect details. Brilliant!! Deb #7598364Maria A. Gonzalez June 04, 2009
Very well capture and an interesting subject to photograph... I can understand why people were looking at you and you are right about how difficult it is to find a pay phone..Wxcellent detil and composition.Great fing,Jeff. #7598557Jeana Clark June 04, 2009
~J~ #7598794
Toni Riggs June 05, 2009
Wonderful composition and tones! #7599139Jeff Robinson June 05, 2009
Thanks Everyone Very Much for All of the Great comments! Jeff #7599344Stefania Barbier June 05, 2009
wonderful symmetrical comp and capture! #7599431Renata Gusciora June 05, 2009
Very cool shot,Jeff!Super tones and composition! #7600476Jeff Robinson June 06, 2009
Thank You Stefania and Renata! Jeff #7603200Mitch Spence June 07, 2009
Hey, Jeff, maybe they thought you were a CSI tech, getting evidence of a crime. :) You're right, we don't see them much now in the cell phone age, do we? I love the graphic look here and the spots of color with the phone books. I guess somebody took the one that was supposed to be on the right. #7605376Jeff Robinson June 07, 2009
Thanks Mitch!! Jeff #7606471Stephen Zacker June 08, 2009
Fun capture and description you gaveJeff Robinson June 08, 2009
Thank You Stephen! Jeff #7610031Brett Dolsen June 09, 2009
Great tones,select colours and details Jeff!!But do they work!Brett #7610913Jeff Robinson June 09, 2009
They work - Thanks Brett!! Jeff #7611221Cassie L. Woodlee June 10, 2009
Cool shot Jeff!!! #7615985Jeff Robinson June 10, 2009
Thanks Cassie! Jeff #7617168Teresa Burnett April 29, 2019
Was gonna ask where you found them, Jeff, but read instead! Congratulations on a wonderful Finalist, and best of luck in the next round! #11763502frank w. degenhardt April 29, 2019
Fantastic composing Jeff. Congratulations on this wonderful old memory being a Finalist. #11763790Jeff Robinson May 05, 2019
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