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QUIET INSIDE THE OLD POST OFFICE

© Debbie E. Payne

QUIET INSIDE THE OLD POST OFFICE

Uploaded: January 03, 2013

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Exif: F Number: 5.6, ExposureTime: 1/50 seconds, ISO: 200, FocalLength: 45.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Comments

Debbie E. Payne January 06, 2013

Should I get rid of the fire extinguisher? #1507396

Dale Hardin January 06, 2013

Don't see any reason too. Even if this were a period piece taken at the turn of the century, there would probably be a bucket of sand hanging there.

Love shots like this with sunlight streaming through the windows. Feels all warm and cozy. Just for grins, you might try warming up the sunlight. #10502086

Peter W. Marks January 06, 2013

The extinguisher is not a problem for me either Debbie, I do like this image but now could you whisper, ever so quietly which city this is in? :0) #10502443

Debbie E. Payne January 06, 2013

Thanks, Dale. I might try a bit more warmth, but I do like the pastel effect as well and don't want to lose that.

Peter - guess it's just you and me who want to know where everything is. BP used to have a feature where people did travelogue type submisssions telling everyone good places to shoot. I don't think they have it anymore. Anyhooooo...This is the old post office in Pueblo, Colorado. I only got off two pictures before someone working there told me to stop. Guess because it was a government building. Too weird. Nothing there other than a beautiful room and lots of post office boxes. Maybe I ought to go back and be a bit more stealth about it. #10502569

Teresa H. Hunt January 06, 2013

I love the way the light is hitting the floor. :) I love old buildings. Great shot Debbie. To bad they made you stop #10502862

Jeff E Jensen January 07, 2013

Yup, government buildings can be off limits. At least you got this one in, very nice! #10503620

Peter W. Marks January 07, 2013

Debbie, the longer I have been retired the more I want to know about locations etc in folks' images. I am sure we are not the only ones who want to know but just maybe there really are some others on BP who have no curiosity whatsoever about such things. I know I shall not live long enough to visit too many of the places we see on BP but the wonder of the Internet is that with just that little bit of information we can visit them virtually and I appreciate it when we are given that info. #10503799

Beth Spencer January 07, 2013

Debbie, I love the sunlight coming in and the pastel colors. It looks like there is a lot of marble in the building. Very pretty. #10503977

Debbie E. Payne January 07, 2013

Now, I am torn...I like both the original and the warmer version. Who likes what? #10504413

Teresa H. Hunt January 07, 2013

I prefer the warmer version . . . I don't think it lost to much of it's pastel coloring :) #10504415

Dale Hardin January 07, 2013

Actually, I was talking about only warming up the sunlit areas, but I like this look also. Don't think you can go wrong, no matter how you treat this image. #10504445

Rita K. Connell level-classic January 08, 2013

cool shot Debbie, I really like the warm version but the original rings more true, we all have been in post offices and knows the feels. So my vote goes to the original post. #10506050

Beth Spencer January 09, 2013

I like the tones in the original one the best #10506199

Debbie E. Payne January 09, 2013

I think, since I wanted the mood of tranquility in this particular shot that warming it up only serves to destroy that mood. But I might try warming it up only in certain areas, Dale. This has been a busy week and I am coming and going all day long. #10507418

lisa anderson January 10, 2013

I think the warmer tones make a more nostalgic mood, and also more welcoming. Since I have a horror of post offices, I like that about the second version. #10507864

Debbie E. Payne January 10, 2013

Lisa - do you mean you just don't like to go to post offices or what? I know that I hate to go to my post office near home because they must have looked high and low to find the absolute SLOWEST people in the state of Colorado to work the counters. There is always a line and a long one at that!! People get cranky just going inside. #10509217

lisa anderson January 10, 2013

Well, getting to the post office seems to be the biggest thing-it makes no sense to take half a year to mail something. I think my overseas experiences have influenced me (I walked into a post office here near my house and a room full of people looked up and laughed and then I was told; no, we won't deliver your letter...it was like those bad dreamn scenes in movies :)
The post office in your picture does look so peaceful in comparison #10509222

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