My World: The Red Arrow Diner - short series

[Chris Calohan II]

13 minutes in the Red Arrow Diner.

6:47

6:50 - Moe & Dinah's Blue Plate Specials

6:55

6:56

6:58

7:00 AM​

 

[Asher Kelman]

Chris,

I love these very personal Ma and Pa run stores. Folk don't have a lot of money, but the prices are fair and there's a lot of heart, camaraderie and color.

Asher

 

[Helene Anderson]

I like them, they look as though they belong in a big picture book of diners.
The 06h58 is the one I prefer I think.

 

[Robert Watcher]

I love nostalgic locations like this. You did a nice job with your photographs of it. Including people adds a lot to them.



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[Chris Calohan II]

I really liked that place and hope some day to return. My favorite is also 6:58 but as a B&W more than in color.

 

[Robert Watcher]

I really liked that place and hope some day to return. My favorite is also 6:58 but as a B&W more than in color.

Oh - I love the colour and would even probably give it more of a retro faded tonality if it were mine. Look forward to seeing others, if you ever get back there.


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[Paul Abbott]

Hey Chris, your right about the use of B&W on '6.58'. I took the liberty, I hope you don't mind...

I chose to tilt the image a little because it looked staid and too obvious as to how you took the shot. This is a great place to get some pictures of life playing out, I think it's well worth going back to and just hanging out in with your camera, for sure. I bet you would see plenty of characters coming and going...there's cake too.
I think you should use a large aperture like f2.8, although it does look like you have some shallow DOF anyway.

Red Arrow Diner, Manchester - Chris Calohan​

 

[Chris Calohan II]

This was my conversion. I see we both went for more detail in the countertop reflections but I can't go quite as far as you did with the contrast.

Morning Paper: Chris Calohan​