Diner

helene ruiz, 2 months ago

love it!

maka1967, 2 months ago

Brilliant composition of patterns and colors. Great angle! The light from outside is beautiful.

Kitsmumma, 2 months ago

Fantastic, I love this, wish we had diners like this here. Great work Helen.

butchart, 2 months ago

cool place.. and that pizza sounds good… b

SkyFox, 2 months ago

Awesome! This is so cool in S/C!

John Douglas, 2 months ago

wow, lovely shot! Now there’s some empty tables!

Helen Bascom KMA in reply to John Douglas’s comment, 2 months ago

Few people have money to eat out these days.

MzSardonicus, 2 months ago

Fabulous. Love it.

Kelly KMA Berm..., 2 months ago

Wow… that looks great helen!

Ashley DeRossett, 2 months ago

Cool- Maybe Dan will want his B-day dinner there. ?

cheetaah, 2 months ago

Where is everybody…...... lets go eat veggie pizza, my favorite, great shot.

Adamophoto, 2 months ago

Very nice work

Brad Sumner GLP, 2 months ago

Cool shot! Love the perspective!

Rosalie Dale IPA, 2 months ago

Great perspective – was this “from the handbag” (as opposed to “from the hip”) shooting?!!??

Karen Cook, 2 months ago

Great perspective Helen. Love that strong chequered pattern and great red chairs!

Estelle O'Brien, 2 months ago

I love this Helen- great shot. The angle really lends itself to the diagonals on the lino (or tiles) on the floor. One of the many things we noticed when in the States was that diners are still everywhere- we don’t really have them here. We have restaurants, cafes, fish n chip shops and of course the ubiquitous Golden Arches in every town (which we call maccas) and the usual transnational chain junk food places….but not diners as you have them. Your diners seem to have a delicious 50s feel to them.

Helen Bascom KMA in reply to Rosalie Dale IPA’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Rosalie. LOL The owners of this Diner know me. I take Malcolm there for veggie pizza lunch once each week. I was crouched on the floor shooting this while Malcolm consumed his lunch. We were the only customers at that moment, so I took advantage of the empty restaurant.

Helen Bascom KMA in reply to Estelle O'Brien’s comment, 2 months ago

I studied this image for a couple of weeks before I decided to post it. It isn’t your usual round red bar stools at the counter shot.

I was struck by how the tiles drew the eye to the back of the empty restaurant. This shot really takes on a life of its own viewed full screen on my LCD monitor. It’s like you can walk right in and sit down.

I think it turned out fairly well.

John Douglas, 2 months ago

yes the ever-increasing divide between poor and those with money certainly doesn’t lend itself to eating out much, or at all for most of us now it seems. Vegie pizza sounds delicious!

Susan King, 2 months ago

wonderful SC, brilliant shot

Richard Veal, 2 months ago

Good use of SC Helen.

sticky, 2 months ago

Fantastic….........

Gracey, 2 months ago

Nice – the colour is perfect for this. Good work Helen.

Antanas, 2 months ago

beautiful capture

tjmimagery, 2 months ago

Fantastic result, well done.

jesika, 2 months ago

Memories are made of this!!!!!!!
And veggie pizza too.
Now, can I get there on my free bus pass????
Lovely shot, Helen, but sad that you were able to produce it, I don’t remember EVER being the only adult in a diner.
jesika

Juilee P Pryor, 2 months ago

this is just great Helen… really classic and striking…..

midzing, 2 months ago

fantastic shot Helen,,, love the contrasting colours, and the perspective is wonderful,,, well done

Lumineux, 2 months ago

Nice little piece of Americana Helen. Not your usual perspective but it works well, and your choice of selective colouring comes off really well here too, along with the patterns on the floor it helps lead the eye and draws us to those empty chairs.

danpatmore, 2 months ago

great composition for all the different angles shapes and shaders going on in this frame. Like Estelle I’m in the UK and so I’m always envious of diners, I love the decor

Megan Martin, 2 months ago

Too cool! I love the perspective! Wonderful shot!

David Parkin, 2 months ago

Absolutely fantastic photograph taken from a great angle, I’d definitely eat there . . . at least I know the floor is clean. lol

Rusty Woodward..., 2 months ago

This is a fabulous shot and so quintessentially American somehow. Clever angle and exposure! Great composition!

alistair mcbride, 2 months ago

Classic retro style,brilliant shot.

Lindsay Knowles, 2 months ago

Great work Helen

Mia1, 2 months ago

What a great composition. This is awesome and what great colour. Love it.

Rosina Lamberti, 2 months ago

Cool shot! Love the perspective!

PHILLIPEDOAN, 2 months ago

Helen: Let me pose this valid question out of envy but not as extreme as ‘jealousy’-because I have done my duties as an aesthetician: Why is it that when Helen Bascom posts a new work of art, everybody including their mothers via RB, except for mine, would rush just to leave you such positive comments and critiques? But when it comes to PHILLIPEDOAN’s art, he only gets his loyal fans and friends, which is a very small clique when compares to YOUR fan-club…Okay okay I AM JUST KIDDING FOLKS!!!! Helen, I LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS I LOVE Noam Chomsky and drugs and mens and of course Modern Art. Bravo with this awesome piece especially pertinent to the angle(s) of the shot-which brings about some form of artistic “perspective”—is it “linear perspective” or “aerial perspective” folks? The red chairs with the black tables and etc are very clean and classy and anarcho-syndicalistic. The checkered floor pushes EVERYTHING else backward, therefore it becomes the dominant motif. Congratulations MaMa, again. You and your art are as phenomenal as the messages that the latter are often portrayed. I will stop here…Oh, only one complaint: Where are all the fukkin’ mens looking like their sexxy idol by the name of James Dean, with their haircuts and rebel-fashion? Maybe you should install them in just for me to drool? LOLOL.

Helen Bascom KMA in reply to PHILLIPEDOAN’s comment, 2 months ago

I love you Phillipe! You are a mad man. I remember when you uploaded your first piece to RedBubble. I said, “there is an artist who is true!” I have been so overwhelmed with trying to handle the Current Issues group all by myself, do my art, write, sell my art, take care of my little Malcolm (who always comes first), whew.

I don’t really have a fan club, I think everyone is just waiting for the next big “kiss my fucking ass” political photo. And I won’t disappoint. I just need a little break from the political art. It can bleed your soul dry, you know.

I live in freaking Indiana. There are no sexy James Dean types here. But just for you my darling Phillipe, I will find one!

Roy barry, 2 months ago

Where have I been, how did I miss this?????

Helen, Great work!

Mariaan Krog, 2 months ago

I love this shot!

Heloisa Castro, 2 months ago

very cool

Beatriz R. Ald..., 2 months ago

Great composition!

Catherine Crim..., 2 months ago

fantastic angle..lovin it girl

Rosina Lamberti, 2 months ago

Fabulous. Love it.

Lam Tran, 2 months ago

Excellent capture! Great perspective and SC Works!

Daniel J. McCa..., 2 months ago

Super perspective! Great SC work (won’t ask how long that took)! Very unique & interesting work!!!

Helen Bascom KMA in reply to Daniel J. McCauley IV’s comment, 2 months ago

LOL I have a secret one step selective color method. No, I won’t tell it’s a trade secret!

Thank you for your comment and making this a favorite.

Daniel J. McCa..., 2 months ago

Well, I won’t pry – but it works great!

Wendy Slee KMA, 2 months ago

what a classic! love those lines and reflections and light and what can I say…....can I come and have pizza with you guys one day!

Kiwikiwi, 2 months ago

Great shot. The low to the ground perspective really makes this a facinating shot.

raoultiger, 2 months ago

Impressive use of perspective and selective color/de-colorization

Judith Oppenhe..., 2 months ago

fabulous!

Andy Harris, 2 months ago

Brilliant work – subtle toning and colour!

Alan Findlater, 2 months ago

Wow love it well done

jerry alcantara, 2 months ago

very beautiful work nice treatment and framing

Steven Novak, 2 months ago

Great use of selective color.

Renate Dartois, 2 months ago

I love that-this is America wonderful photograph…..

Kenny Gulley Jr., 2 months ago

now this!..is cool

Karl Schlemmer, 2 months ago

I love this. Reminds me of an old time movie set.

eXposure, 2 months ago

wonderful perspective …
love the crisp clean feel of this!
beautifully captured

Paul Compton, 2 months ago

Oh this is terrific. Black, white and red were made for each other. I love the angle and composition. Bravo.

Peace Mitchell, 2 months ago

Love the perspective and colouring! V. cool shot

Nicholas Richa..., 2 months ago

Love this! Love the angles, the composition and the excellent choice made in post processing with the colour.

Boban, 2 months ago

Brilliant selective color shot ................... B.

Vulcan, 2 months ago

nice SC

jlynn, 2 months ago

Great perspective and s/c,, Very cool retro image:)

bytetime, 2 months ago

fantastic

JanG, about 1 month ago

Wonderful shot that brings back memories of road trips as a child – what a treat it was to get to have breakfast at a diner like this! Love that it still exists and that you created such a nostalgic photo with the great angle and the selective coloring.

Persimmon, about 1 month ago

must be a few of these diners around. I think Zolton has a picture taken in one. I agree with Paul – red, black, white so good together