Nixon at Night

December 5, 2006 - 11:15am


Nixon, Texas
Dec. 4th, 2006

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rlp

 

Submitted by Anonymous User on December 5, 2006 - 3:04pm.

Nice shot. Is there a story here?

Submitted by rlp on December 5, 2006 - 8:04pm.

Nope, no story. Driving through Nixon. Saw the building and the red light on it and the darkness. Had to take a picture. I did slow down my shutter speed and use a tripod.

Submitted by Anonymous User on December 5, 2006 - 5:26pm.

Okay, I'm a geek. Tritone?

Submitted by Keith on December 5, 2006 - 5:26pm.

But not enough of a geek to remember to log on before I post.

Submitted by rlp on December 5, 2006 - 8:04pm.

Don't know what tritone is. The red light was like that. I just took the picture. Saw the old building and thought it looked...amazing.

Submitted by Keith on December 5, 2006 - 8:19pm.

Wow, that's natural light? It's perfect.

Tritone means three inks. I was guessing brown, red, and yellow. If you change the image mode to Grayscale and then Duotone, you'll get the controls.

Submitted by rlp on December 5, 2006 - 9:43pm.

Yeah, that's exactly how it looked, red light and all. Nixon is an old town, and this was on the edge of town, right on the main highway. Looked like it used to be a club of some kind.

I drove by and saw it. Turned around. The light bulb was red, who knows why. It looked abandoned. No idea why there was a light on at all.

Submitted by africakid on December 6, 2006 - 7:01am.

Great picture! I like the makeshift address on the window board...and the reddish lighting, of course.

Submitted by Anonymous User on December 6, 2006 - 1:46pm.

Is this where the book-signing is going to take place?

-Timbo

Submitted by Anonymous User on December 7, 2006 - 11:06am.

Love those kinds of Texas images. Where is Nixon, TX? I lived in Central Tx for 5 years, so I feel like I should know...

Alex
www.besomami.blogspot.com

Submitted by rlp on December 7, 2006 - 9:32pm.

Nixon is south of San Antonio on the way to Victoria. Near Cuerro.

Submitted by Anonymous User on December 22, 2006 - 12:46pm.

go here: here

Submitted by Anonymous User on April 12, 2007 - 12:34pm.

well i live in nixon and believe me it's not abandoned. drive by again on a saturday night.

Submitted by Anonymous User on April 29, 2007 - 11:22pm.

haha.i live in nixon too. thats one of the two bars, and on a saturday night they are crawling...

they look abandoned the rest of the time, this is an amazing picture its funny how something that you look at everyday can be seen in a different way. wow.