This is continuation of the iPhone photography in Indiana antique stores during the early days of our two week fall stay in Indiana.
Old American PotteryABC’s of Photography
Older photographic equipment always gets my attention. I’m glad I do not have to use those items.
Dangerous People
Some of those pictured in this poster, seem to be misclassified as Rock and Roll musicians. After noting one such collage of these bad criminals, I began to see these more often in this area.
Shot Glasses
Bad guy entertainers may be unpopular here, but alcoholic beverage items are prominently celebrated.
Bourbon Barrel
And Bing Crosby is ok.
Bing on DeccaSix of Hearts
I started this post with pottery items, so maybe I should end it with pottery.
This is the third year of visiting Indiana in the fall. The first visit was mostly to attend a few of the Covered Bridge Festivals, visit my wife’s relatives and see the fall color. We were about a week too early for the fall colors during the first visit. We visited a little later in the fall last year and we were late for the fall color peak. Many of the larger trees were already bare, thanks to a storm that came through the week prior to our visit. We thought we had the perfect timing this year, but we were early, fall color was late. Most of the trees were still mostly green and just barely beginning to show some color.
We were staying two weeks this year, so I decided there was no need to rush out to photograph. I could wait a few days and hope for the color to arrive before we departed for home.
During the early days of our time here, I went out with my wife, sister-in-law and brother-in-law to do those things they wanted to do. The first full day we were here was the last day of the Covered Bridge Festivals, so we went to one of those that day.
The Message
I’m not convinced that this sign conveys what the creator and seller of this product intended. It seems to suggest that there may already be indications of health issues associated with tobacco smoke. Wouldn’t effective advertising avoid bringing attention to any possible risk to using a product?
Green Window on Red Siding
The following early days of this visit we drove to antique malls or stores, which the others liked to browse. These drives allowed me to monitor the fall color progression and I used my iPhone to practice getting mostly indoor photos of various objects in the antique places.
Pigs ‘n Sam
I could, at least, reminisce about watching Saturday morning cartoons as a child.
Three Amigos?
The one on the left might shoot the other two, so maybe they were not amigos?
Minnie, Daisy and DonaldWicked Witch Boots
Surely, the Wicked Witch of the West wore these in The Wizard of Oz?
Early in our stay in Indiana in late October, 2021, I looked out the window and saw that it was a foggy morning. I walked to the roadway in front of the cabin to check out the scene.
Foggy Roadway
I only had my iPhone with me, so I used it to snap a few images in the early morning fog.
Morning Fog and Sun RaysFall FogDiffractionMorning Forest FogMorning Fog and Sun Rays
Just a reminder that all of the images in this post are via an older iPhone, so if that is all you have with you, use it!
On our way to Indiana in the fall of 2021, my wife and I stayed a couple of days in a small Kentucky town, where she was born. Her sister and brother in law from Florida met us there. There are few relatives left here, but their genealogy runs back many years in this area. Chasing that genealogy was part of the incentive for this brief visit.
When not visiting the local library and graveyards, we killed a little time visiting an antique store a few miles outside of town. Since I could not be out shooting local landscapes and/or farm scenes here, I consoled myself with making a few images of old antique items with my iPhone.
Chew on This
In the parking lot of the antiques store an old GMC truck, with the store name painted on the passenger side door, drew my attention. It appears that this truck had been sitting for years in one location and had to be rescued from a tree that had grown between the front bumper and the body. The windshield interior is covered with mildew, which seems appropriate for the cloudy, rainy day.
Look what I bit off
Near the truck were a couple of old, rusty farm implements.
CultivatorSeed Planter
Inside the store, I snapped a few images of some of the old items offered for sale.
Crush It
I drank Orange Crush soft drink from a short, dark brown bottle in my very young days, but I never saw it in these screw top jars. Maybe these predate those more common little, brown bottles?
Perfect Mason
Ball Mason jars seem to be one of the most common items found in these type stores.
Zenith
I can actually remember some older folks having these old radio and/or record players (bottom pull out here) in their homes, when I was a young child.
Ballantine’s
Other frequently found items are old wooden crates for bottled beverages and/or liquor.
Sewing Tractor
Creative, crafty people sometimes come up with unique ideas for transforming antiques into whimsical items, like the sewing machine tractor in the image above. This was a first for me, I had never seen this done anywhere else. There were a couple of these in this store. The other was labeled as a John Deere.
The last leg of my homeward bound journey from the Grand Canyon North Rim began in Palo Duro Canyon. I chose not to take the fastest route, which would have been north then east to US 287 at Claude, Texas; but rather to go south on I-27 to Tulia, Texas, then east on US 86, back through Quitaque and Turkey, since I wanted to get a few more photos along that route.
Abandoned House in the Texas Panhandle
I had driven past this interesting looking abandoned house on my way to Arizona, but had not taken time to stop. I actually passed it up again, then decided to turn back and photograph it.
Abandoned House, Texas Panhandle
This appears to have been a substantial home for someone at one time.
Old Mobil Gasoline Pump, Quitaque, Texas
I stopped again in Quitaque, Texas to capture a few more images of the old Mobil gasoline station on the main route through this small Texas town.
Karol’s Korner, Quitaque, Texas
This original Mobil station is now an antique store. I had planned to look into this store again at a item I was thinking of purchasing as a gift for my wife, but the store was closed for a funeral. I back tracked a short distance, planning on killing some time at an interesting looking coffee shop/restaurant in downtown, but it was also closed. So after waiting around for awhile and no one returning to the store a while after the time shown on the sign in the window, I decided I had to get back on the road.
An early Phillips 66 station, Turkey, Texas
A few miles down the highway, I stopped to get a few photos in Turkey, Texas. This early Phillips 66 station is, as proclaimed by a plaque nearby, the first in Texas and appears to be well maintained. This image was chosen for Flickr’s Explore page. (Hey, Flickr, I’ve got much better photographs. If only Flickr would respond like Alexa).
Phillips 66 pumps and Bob Wills’ Tour Bus, Turkey, Texas
Next to the Phillips 66 station is an old tour bus that was used by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Turkey claims to be the birthplace of Bob Wills.
Phillips 66, Turkey, Texas
Looks like there might still be air service for automobile tires at this old station, unless that hose is just for show.
Bob Wills Tour Bus, Turkey, TexasFaded Love, Turkey, TexasBob Wills’ Tour Bus in Turkey, TexasOld and New, Turkey, TexasBullet Holes?
I’m guessing that these holes are recent and not indicative of Bob Wills’ fans.
Bob Wills Monument, Turkey, Texas
This monument in Turkey, Texas has granite panels with information about Bob Wills on each panel.
Bob Wills Monument Panel, Turkey, Texas
This panel depiction of Bob Wills appears to be a good likeness to this early country swing musician.
As Bob would say, Ah Hah, and this wraps up my July photo excursion.
As sunset approached, I hiked back into the area around my campsite with my DSLR for a sunset shoot. As usual, I went out earlier than I thought necessary. Even so, my timing was off. Some of the features that I had anticipated shooting, were already in shadow, well before sunset. So I had to give up on some of the preplanned shot locations.
Golden Hour, Palo Duro Canyon
My first stop was at this vey tilted rock or hoodoo nearest to the campground. It was in full late day sunlight and I could see that there were already shadows on the big hillside in the distance.
Cacti and Red Hill, Palo Duro Canyon
I found this batch of prickly pear cacti that were still getting some late day rays, with the red hill behind them mostly in shadow.
Tiny Desert Tree and Red Hill, Palo Duro Canyon
Even though the light was much less than I had planned to see, I like this composition with the small, weakly lit tree and the big red hill in the background.
Late Day Deep in Palo Duro Canyon
I like the sinuous leading line formed by this drainage with green grass contrasting with the red earth and the change in lighting from the right side to the left of this image
Boulders and Red Hills, Palo Duro CanyonMoon over Tilted Hoodoo, Palo Duro CanyonDesert Evening
I converted this final image, made from the top of the hill from which I had photographed during my scouting hike, to black and white, to get a more dramatic late day image.
I tried capturing more images of the moon over this hilltop, shooting from a location on the side of the hill with tilted rocks pointing at the moon, but I could not get a good image with the lens I had chosen to use today.
On my return trip from the Grand Canyon North Rim, my first overnight stay was near Gallup, New Mexico at Red Rocks Park. There were large red rock formations around the park and I thought this would be a good place to check out. It was not a bad place to stay for one night, but much less interesting than I had anticipated. At least the weather was mild, due to overcast and rain during the day, just before I arrived at the park, then a booming thunderstorm at night.
My second overnight was at Texas’s Palo Duro Canyon State Park near Amarillo. I had been through the park many years ago, but never spent much time here. My campsite was deep into the canyon. Even though it was late July, the weather was only mildly hot in the day and cooled down nicely at night.
After settling in, I walked around the area to scout potential locations for sunset and possibly sunrise photography. All of the scouting images in this post were made with my iPhone.
The Sportsmobile in Palo Duro Canyon Campsite.Small Cacti in Palo Duro Canyon
As in most western US deserts or arid places, cacti abound and one needs to watch where one steps.
Dinosaur Grafiti, Palo Duro Canyon
Visitors to this area have a penchant for carving into the rocks, which I assume must not be very hard rocks. I found this image of a dinosaur in a narrow space between large boulders.
Rock Grafitti, Palo Duro Canyon
Many of the boulders near the campsite had graffiti, initials, names and/or other scratched in symbols.
Rock Signings, Palo Duro CanyonBoulders and Hillside, Palo Duro CanyonBoulders, Palo Duro Canyon
I captured images, testing compositions and to use as reminders, at locations that I thought might be good to return to with my DSLR at sunset.
Palo Duro Canyon ScenePalo Duro Canyon TopagraphyLife on a Rock, Palo Duro CanyonCacti and Red Hill, Palo Duro CanyonCacti and Red Hills, Palo Duro CanyonScrubby Vegetation and Red Hills, Palo Duro CanyonTilted Hoodoo, Palo Duro CanyonTilted Hoodoo Palo Duro CanyonHilltop view near campsite, Palo Duro CanyonPalo Duro Canyon Pano
I posted this panoramic image to Flickr, not because I thought it was a great image, but to share with others that may want to know what the area looks like and because I intended to use it in my blog and wanted to have a link to a larger image. Much to my surprise, this image was chosen for Flickr’s Explore page and is now my most viewed and faved image on Flickr. Maybe I’m just physically abusing myself carrying around that heavy DSLR camera and other gear, when a simple iPhone image garners this much attention.
Rock Registry, Palo Duro Canyon
Apparently, lots of people have scrambled up the steep slope to the top of this hill, since the boulders there all had some initials, names and dates carved into them.
The light in the canyon was dim, but the clouds kept changing and I continued to snap photos, capturing the changing clouds and light.
Sunset Clouds and Canyon 2Sunset Clouds and Canyon 3Near Sunset
As it got nearer sunset time, reflected light from the clouds, brightened the canyon and gave it a warm glow. The photo above has the best of the sunset light during this shoot.
Clouds and Moon over Grand Canyon
The moon rose, while we were here, but it was completely obscured by the clouds, until it was high in the sky. It is barely visible in this image near the upper right of center. Click on the image to get a better view on Flickr (best viewed on a large screen).
Cloudy Sunset, iPhone Photo
While waiting and watching the sky, I walked around, capturing a few images with my iPhone.
iPhone Panorama, GC NR Overlook
This wraps up my July, 2021 visit to the Grand Canyon North Rim.
[I accidentally published this prematurely about a month ago before the draft was fully complete, so I’m republishing this with the final updates]
We shot at this location one morning and decided to try here at sunset on our final day in the park. It was heavily overcast, but we could see some breaks in the clouds, so we hoped to get some good light as the sun set behind us.
Clouds and Canyon 1Clouds and Canyon 2
As we waited for sunset, I captured numerous photos of the clouds over the canyon as the light varied from dim to less dim.
Cloudy Canyon 1Clouds and Canyon 2Clouds over Grand CanyonSunset Clouds 1
The clouds above the distant horizon finally began to glow dimly in the late day light.
Sunset Clouds 2Sunset Clouds and Canyon
In the final image for this post, the clouds were brighter and reflecting light into the canyon, bringing out more detail in the canyon.
Prior to going to our selected view point for sunset photos, we stopped by Roosevelt Point again. We had scouted this area on a previous day. Today we hiked the trail as far as it was safe to go, this time with our DSLR and gear.
Roosevelt Point
Those with acrophobia or anyone not sure footed should not go here.
As is apparent in these photos, it was mostly cloudy with some breaks in the clouds in the distance.
Roosevelt Point and Photographer
When I was shooting here, I was thinking the first image, with its wider view across the canyon, was going to be my best shot, but now I think the second one is the better of these two.
