Running on Empty

Daniel J. McCa..., 5 months ago

Fantastic sky!! Love how the road leads you thru the pic. Although, the AAA prices aren’t making me feel any better. Wonderfully captured & presented, Helen!!

Irene Burdell, 5 months ago

Helen you should complain !!Do you know what we are paying in Britain £1.10 per litre that is over £5 per gallon that is $10 per gallon approx .? we are now one of the most expensive countries in Europe and probably the world I wouldn’t wonder ,it is a disgrace the country is going down the pan rapidly. Well that’s my rant over for the day .:=))

Irene Burdell, 5 months ago

Sorry i got so wound up I forgot to mention what a great picture it is .

Helen Bascom in reply to Irene Burdell’s comment, 5 months ago

Damn, $10 USD per gallon. I feel ashamed for complaining now. Wow, that is incredible. I suppose no one drives in the U.K. huh?

RichardV, 5 months ago

Lovely shot Helen. Love the sky.

As Irene has said, we pay $2 per LITRE here.

JenniferB, 5 months ago

Fantastic photograph, love the way you’ve used whatever it is you use, lol, to make everything stand out like 3D, it looks so realistic I could almost step right into it and take a walk down that road! Love the earthy, sun-baked look of the land in contrast to the smoky colour/lighting of the clouds. A really beautiful shot.

Bill Fonseca, 5 months ago

Those clouds are so dramatic, looks awesome and the overall treatment. Well done Helen.

yanmos, 5 months ago

great capture as always!

martin venit, 5 months ago

Helen you continue to become more incredible every time your hand and eye interlace with a camera. Your Art inspires.

Anthony Mancuso, 5 months ago

fantastic work Helen, great composition and great sky

Lindsay Knowles, 5 months ago

Great work Helen. Love the sky

Susan Grissom, 5 months ago

stunning..love this series. gas is 4.09 here

MarathonMan, 5 months ago

Love the shot, but consider yourselves lucky, here in Dublin, Ireland petrol in currently €1.21 per litre (approx $1.87) and that equates to approx $7.07 per gallon…!! AS Irene suggests earlier in this thread, it’s more expensive in the U.K. (crazy fuel taxes over there).... so get the car out and drive… while you can…!!!

:-)

butchart, 5 months ago

wonderful work helen…...... maybe these problems will help the obesity epidemic…. gotta look for that silver lining…...................................b

Helen Bascom in reply to butchart’s comment, 5 months ago

Ha Ha Leave it to you butchart to see the silver lining those clouds. :-)

Mick Smith, 5 months ago

Yea Helen. You lots in the US have it way way cheap. We pay $1.50 per litre here in Oz. I think that high prices are justified. After all, its a finite resource isnt it! We should all be discouraged from over use.

Oh, and as usual, great picture Helen ;)

Mick.

helene ruiz, 5 months ago

whoa!!! what a sky!

mychaelalchemy, 5 months ago

it seems as though the clouds are going to come down upon the road, not like mist, but like boulders, just like gasoline prices in our highly civilized countries where half the problem is our taxes. While I wouldn’t know, but I suspect your vehicles are much more smaller and get better mileage than here in the States, while here many of us commute 30 miles or more one way to work (well, not me anymore having gotten canned).
While it is hurting the average driver it eventually has got to come around and bite the Saudis and our governments in the ass when people FINALLY just stop driving except to the local store and back. One would also think it would come back to the OIL companies, but they already have made record profits already and couldn’t care less what all this is doing to the economy as it affects absolutely EVERYTHING!!!

mychaelalchemy, 5 months ago

MAD MAX scenario, here we come!!!!

Helen Bascom in reply to mychaelalchemy’s comment, 5 months ago

Thank you for that insightful and well written commentary.

Sean Farragher, 5 months ago

euro 1.24 a litre,petrol,,,,,,home heating oil 80cents,,awesome sky

cheetaah, 5 months ago

Excellent shot, wow wow wow, had no idea the gas price is so high in Britain or Ireland….....wow, I think people have to stop their cars in the middle of the street and do something….......wow this is worse than crazy….......

Irish, 5 months ago

AMAZING !!!!!

Hakan KAYA, 5 months ago

Beautifull.

Roy barry, 5 months ago

Helen, what a fantastic sky!!

I will gladly pay what you guys pay for fuel- $10 per gallon equivalent here…........

pryere, 5 months ago

Fantastic shot, crazy situation.

Heloisa Castro, 5 months ago

fantastic image!

Wendy Slee, 5 months ago

wonderful work as yet another of your gifted “commentaries”
Taking to the road, is a rite of passage to all australians, as I am sure it is to most people around the world….. restrictions caused by high fuel costs are detrimental to our appreciation of the world and its wide open spaces….. these are indeed sad times, when we can’t just “go” for the sake of getting out there!

Kelly Bermingham, 5 months ago

Beautiful sky !! You have created a great series of Your Town here Helen…. Stunning work..
And Petrol prices… well all the governments and oil companies are just taking the piss! While we continue to pay it as it is a necessity they will continue to hold us to ransome for it!!

Silvia Manuela, 5 months ago

This is a great, insightful and artful series you have here, Helen.

Jamie Lee, 5 months ago

Amazing work, the sky is awesome and it’s a shame we cant enjoy these scenic drives…

Mechellerene, 5 months ago

Waaaay cool Helen! Beautiful work! And thanks for your input earlier!!!

david campbell, 5 months ago

wow fantastic

AffectMachine, 4 months ago

Love the cloudscapes and the roads and the whole thing. You’d love the clouds in Auckland.

Boban, 4 months ago

Awesome ........................ B.

Elizabeth Duncan, 4 months ago

oh I like this

botanicali, 4 months ago

Love the whole series – fantastic work, Helen.
I can imagine clip-clopping down the road on a horse drawn wagon like the Amish… or riding my bike. At least I wouldn’t feel like I was risking my life on such a quiet road :)

whisperingruth, 4 months ago

Yes Helen…....you’re sending a powerful message about our economy…......it’s kind of scary…...this is certainly the kind of country road I’d love to drive along on a Sunday….............

Trace Lowe, 4 months ago

WOW!

Moshe Cohen, 4 months ago

Helen, it is time for clean energy.
It is in your hands. You should demand from your representatives to act.
The problem could be solved by now if not the powerful oil companies lobby.
The oil money supports regimes like Iran and terrorists like El-Kaida.
You can read my writing about Better Place project.
There is a lot of solution.

Louise Cooke, 4 months ago

love the sense of “doom and gloom” you’ve brought to this image with your processing…suits your subject and sentiment perfectly!

LaurenTaylor ..., 4 months ago

I agree, gas is insane! This photograph is stunning, the clouds are amazing!!!

GINGER BARRITT, 4 months ago

Beautiful series. Beautiful.

Freelancer, 4 months ago

Amazing clouds!

Dee Boylan, 3 months ago

Amazing image helen…in so many ways…the crispness is superb….love it….x

Stuart Chapman, 3 months ago

You think that fuel price is expensive – but subsequently reading the comments below I see you’ve been made aware of the approximate $9 – $10 value per gallon in the UK (I believe we pay more than anywhere else in the world).

We had a news article last week that during a tankers strike, one garage was charging over $15 a gallon – stating his reason that he could supply to more customers and that it stopped people panic buying.

The rising fuel prices are crippling certain industries in our country and I wouldn’t like to be running a haulage company at the moment.

Lovely sky to the shot – beautifully processed and nice view.

matt ucar, 3 months ago

very impressive!!!

KEITH R. WILL..., 2 months ago

beautiful

Rebecca Sherman, about 7 hours ago

Running on Empty happens to be one of my favorite movies. Although I’m not sure if it’s intentional, this photo reminds me of one of the last scenes in the film.