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Pay as You Go

Pay as You Go

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)

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Douglas Pignet

Way kewl find Jeff & you are right not a lot of pay phones around...Comp & clarity are great here,Doug

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June 04, 2009

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Excellent composition and B&W with this looks great, Jeff. Terrific find.

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June 04, 2009

Carla Metzler

Cool find, Jeff! Great composition, and clairity!

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June 04, 2009

Gord MacEachern

Well seen Jeff,great composition and s/c!!

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June 04, 2009

Erin Appelbaum

Great composition, B&W tones and use of SC Jeff. Well done. Peter

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June 04, 2009

Renee Doyle

THey are a rare sight for sure!!! I like the repetition in your comp and excellent sc Jeff!!

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June 04, 2009

- Janet McNeil

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Almost a thing of the past!! Great capture & find!!

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June 04, 2009

MELODIE C. ROBERTS

Hmmmm....Landlines on An Island ;0)

Awesome Work Jeff
Love the Tones and S/C!!

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June 04, 2009

- Laurence Saliba

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Fantastic framing and effects Jeff!!!

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June 04, 2009

Carol Sawyer

Outstanding capture and SC, Jeff!!

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June 04, 2009

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I agree; it's hard to find one of these anymore; and if you do, they rarely work!!! Really nice capture Jeff.

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June 04, 2009

- Claudia Kuhn

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Wonderful use of sc, Jeff!

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June 04, 2009

Alan L. Borror

Very interesting capture, Jeff! I guess cell phones have really diminished the need for pay phones ... I am glad there are a few around.

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June 04, 2009

Michael Khoury

excellent visual design Jeff !
mk

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June 04, 2009

Chua Wee Boo

Great tones & shot,Jeff!

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June 04, 2009

Eivor Kuchta

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!

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June 04, 2009

Cathy Barrows

the younger set was trying to figure out what they are and not what you were doing...lol...great find

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June 04, 2009

Gina Cormier

Yikes. Who uses those I wonder!! lol Cool find and capture.

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June 04, 2009

Tiia Vissak

great tones, light, details & framing!

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June 04, 2009

Ray Clarke

Great tones and capture Jeff.!!!(R)

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June 04, 2009

Eugenio Diaz

Gorgeous detail. Beautiful shot.
very well presented!

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June 04, 2009

- Shelly A. Van Camp

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Super capture, Jeff!!

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June 04, 2009

- Nancy L. Green

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Well photographers are strange looking sometimes when we shoot!!! Well worth the looks Jeff, GREAT capture!! <><

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June 04, 2009

Inge S. Lasmana

Amazing capture, Jeff!Love the BW and composition.

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June 04, 2009

Lorraine A. Cook

I'm glad you captured these 'relics' before they become extinct, Jeff!<:))<:))

Well seen...excellent B+W composition, My Friend!<:))

Raining in Philly....

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June 04, 2009

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Jeff

Great fine,really good B&W

Ysa...

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June 04, 2009

- Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas

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Great work Jeff!,
Amalia

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June 04, 2009

Sam Britt

Great find & capture, Jeff.

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June 04, 2009

Melissa G. Meiselman

Terrific and now unusual find beautifully taken with wonderful design elements, sharp detail and great textures, Jeff!!

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June 04, 2009

Anita Hogue

Priceless, Jeff! A great keepsake for sure! As always wonderful clarity and composition!

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June 04, 2009

Mike Clime

What a great find and capture! Thought these vanished with the dinosaurs.

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June 04, 2009

Murry Grigsby

Almost as useful as buggy whips now days Jeff :0) Neat find, terrific title and image!!

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June 04, 2009

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna

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

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June 04, 2009

Lynn M. Whitt

greay image...

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June 04, 2009

John Connolly

There is definately a decline in the number of pay phones around these days Jeff! Nice composition and you SC works really well here!

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June 04, 2009

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LOL...great title and awesome selective coloring!

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June 04, 2009

Stan Kwasniowski

Jeff, wonderful capture, who know's these may be a thing of the past in the near future

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June 04, 2009

Tammy Espino

Never see any pay phones here!! Like what you did to this :)

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June 04, 2009

A P

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.

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June 04, 2009

- Patrick Rouzes

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A fantastic & interesting captrue here with wonderful tones, clarity, comp & SC!!! Lovely work again here, Jeff!!!

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June 04, 2009

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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!

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June 04, 2009

Debra R. Harder

You have such a great eye, Jeff! LOVE THIS!! Wonderful composition and perfect details. Brilliant!! Deb

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June 04, 2009

Maria A. Gonzalez

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.

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June 04, 2009

Jeana Clark

Awesome to spot these Jeff!!!!
Your composition is excellent!!
Love the touches of SC....
Great Work!!!
~J~

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June 04, 2009

Toni Riggs

Wonderful composition and tones!

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June 05, 2009

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Thanks Everyone Very Much for All of the Great comments! Jeff

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June 05, 2009

- Stefania Barbier

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wonderful symmetrical comp and capture!

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June 05, 2009

Renata Gusciora

Very cool shot,Jeff!Super tones and composition!

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June 05, 2009

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Thank You Stefania and Renata! Jeff

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June 06, 2009

- Mitch Spence

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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.

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June 07, 2009

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Thanks Mitch!! Jeff

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June 07, 2009

Stephen Zacker

Fun capture and description you gave
:-)

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June 08, 2009

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Thank You Stephen! Jeff

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June 08, 2009