Diner

Artist: Helen Bascom
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Diner

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This diner has the best veggie pizza in town

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helene ruiz

love it!
maka1967

Brilliant composition of patterns and colors. Great angle! The light from outside is beautiful.
Kitsmumma

Fantastic, I love this, wish we had diners like this here. Great work Helen.
butchart

cool place.. and that pizza sounds good… b
SkyFox

Awesome! This is so cool in S/C!
John Douglas

wow, lovely shot! Now there’s some empty tables!
Helen Bascom in reply to John Douglas’s comment

Few people have money to eat out these days.
MzSardonicus

Fabulous. Love it.
Kelly Bermingham

Wow… that looks great helen!
Ashley DeRossett

Cool- Maybe Dan will want his B-day dinner there. ?
cheetaah

Where is everybody…...... lets go eat veggie pizza, my favorite, great shot.
Adamophoto

Very nice work
Brad Sumner GLP

Cool shot! Love the perspective!
Rosalie Dale IPA

Great perspective – was this “from the handbag” (as opposed to “from the hip”) shooting?!!??
Helen Bascom in reply to Rosalie Dale IPA’s comment

Hi Rosalie. LOL The owners of this Diner know me. I take Malcolm there for veggie pizza lunch once each week. I was crouched on the floor shooting this while Malcolm consumed his lunch. We were the only customers at that moment, so I took advantage of the empty restaurant.
Karen Cook

Great perspective Helen. Love that strong chequered pattern and great red chairs!
Estelle O'Brien

I love this Helen- great shot. The angle really lends itself to the diagonals on the lino (or tiles) on the floor. One of the many things we noticed when in the States was that diners are still everywhere- we don’t really have them here. We have restaurants, cafes, fish n chip shops and of course the ubiquitous Golden Arches in every town (which we call maccas) and the usual transnational chain junk food places….but not diners as you have them. Your diners seem to have a delicious 50s feel to them.
Helen Bascom in reply to Estelle O'Brien’s comment

I studied this image for a couple of weeks before I decided to post it. It isn’t your usual round red bar stools at the counter shot.

I was struck by how the tiles drew the eye to the back of the empty restaurant. This shot really takes on a life of its own viewed full screen on my LCD monitor. It’s like you can walk right in and sit down.

I think it turned out fairly well.
John Douglas

yes the ever-increasing divide between poor and those with money certainly doesn’t lend itself to eating out much, or at all for most of us now it seems. Vegie pizza sounds delicious!
Susan King

wonderful SC, brilliant shot
RichardV

Good use of SC Helen.
sticky

Fantastic….........
Gracey

Nice – the colour is perfect for this. Good work Helen.
Antanas

beautiful capture
tjmimagery

Fantastic result, well done.
jesika

Memories are made of this!!!!!!!
And veggie pizza too.
Now, can I get there on my free bus pass????
Lovely shot, Helen, but sad that you were able to produce it, I don’t remember EVER being the only adult in a diner.
jesika
Juilee Pryor

this is just great Helen… really classic and striking…..
midzing

fantastic shot Helen,,, love the contrasting colours, and the perspective is wonderful,,, well done
Lumineux

Nice little piece of Americana Helen. Not your usual perspective but it works well, and your choice of selective colouring comes off really well here too, along with the patterns on the floor it helps lead the eye and draws us to those empty chairs.
danpatmore

great composition for all the different angles shapes and shaders going on in this frame. Like Estelle I’m in the UK and so I’m always envious of diners, I love the decor
Megan Martin

Too cool! I love the perspective! Wonderful shot!
David Parkin

Absolutely fantastic photograph taken from a great angle, I’d definitely eat there . . . at least I know the floor is clean. lol
Rusty Woodward...

This is a fabulous shot and so quintessentially American somehow. Clever angle and exposure! Great composition!
alistair mcbride

Classic retro style,brilliant shot.
Lindsay Knowles

Great work Helen
Mia1

What a great composition. This is awesome and what great colour. Love it.
Rosina Lamberti

Cool shot! Love the perspective!
PHILLIPEDOAN

Helen: Let me pose this valid question out of envy but not as extreme as ‘jealousy’-because I have done my duties as an aesthetician: Why is it that when Helen Bascom posts a new work of art, everybody including their mothers via RB, except for mine, would rush just to leave you such positive comments and critiques? But when it comes to PHILLIPEDOAN’s art, he only gets his loyal fans and friends, which is a very small clique when compares to YOUR fan-club…Okay okay I AM JUST KIDDING FOLKS!!!! Helen, I LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS I LOVE Noam Chomsky and drugs and mens and of course Modern Art. Bravo with this awesome piece especially pertinent to the angle(s) of the shot-which brings about some form of artistic “perspective”—is it “linear perspective” or “aerial perspective” folks? The red chairs with the black tables and etc are very clean and classy and anarcho-syndicalistic. The checkered floor pushes EVERYTHING else backward, therefore it becomes the dominant motif. Congratulations MaMa, again. You and your art are as phenomenal as the messages that the latter are often portrayed. I will stop here…Oh, only one complaint: Where are all the fukkin’ mens looking like their sexxy idol by the name of James Dean, with their haircuts and rebel-fashion? Maybe you should install them in just for me to drool? LOLOL.
Helen Bascom in reply to PHILLIPEDOAN’s comment

I love you Phillipe! You are a mad man. I remember when you uploaded your first piece to RedBubble. I said, “there is an artist who is true!” I have been so overwhelmed with trying to handle the Current Issues group all by myself, do my art, write, sell my art, take care of my little Malcolm (who always comes first), whew.

I don’t really have a fan club, I think everyone is just waiting for the next big “kiss my fucking ass” political photo. And I won’t disappoint. I just need a little break from the political art. It can bleed your soul dry, you know.

I live in freaking Indiana. There are no sexy James Dean types here. But just for you my darling Phillipe, I will find one!
Roy barry

Where have I been, how did I miss this?????

Helen, Great work!
Mariaan Krog

I love this shot!
Heloisa Castro

very cool
Beatriz R. Ald...

Great composition!
Catherine Crim...

fantastic angle..lovin it girl
Rosina Lamberti

Fabulous. Love it.
Lam Tran

Excellent capture! Great perspective and SC Works!
Daniel J. McCa...

Super perspective! Great SC work (won’t ask how long that took)! Very unique & interesting work!!!
Helen Bascom in reply to Daniel J. McCauley IV’s comment

LOL I have a secret one step selective color method. No, I won’t tell it’s a trade secret!

Thank you for your comment and making this a favorite.
Daniel J. McCa...

Well, I won’t pry – but it works great!
Wendy Slee

what a classic! love those lines and reflections and light and what can I say…....can I come and have pizza with you guys one day!
Kiwikiwi

Great shot. The low to the ground perspective really makes this a facinating shot.
raoultiger

Impressive use of perspective and selective color/de-colorization
Judith Oppenhe...

fabulous!
Andy Harris

Brilliant work – subtle toning and colour!
Alan Findlater

Wow love it well done
jerry alcantara

very beautiful work nice treatment and framing
Steven Novak

Great use of selective color.
Renate Dartois

I love that-this is America wonderful photograph…..
Kenny Gulley Jr.

now this!..is cool
Karl Schlemmer

I love this. Reminds me of an old time movie set.
eXposure

wonderful perspective …
love the crisp clean feel of this!
beautifully captured
Paul Compton

Oh this is terrific. Black, white and red were made for each other. I love the angle and composition. Bravo.
Peace Mitchell

Love the perspective and colouring! V. cool shot
Nicholas Richa...

Love this! Love the angles, the composition and the excellent choice made in post processing with the colour.
Boban

Brilliant selective color shot ................... B.
Vulcan

nice SC
jlynn

Great perspective and s/c,, Very cool retro image:)
bytetime

fantastic
JanG

Wonderful shot that brings back memories of road trips as a child – what a treat it was to get to have breakfast at a diner like this! Love that it still exists and that you created such a nostalgic photo with the great angle and the selective coloring.
Persimmon

must be a few of these diners around. I think Zolton has a picture taken in one. I agree with Paul – red, black, white so good together
Van Cordle

Fabulous!!!
Lou Green

‘worked out fairly well’ you say?....i would say ‘bloody brilliant’....
abfabphoto

Love this girlfriend…... Great SC!!! You got mad skillz… Now lets see that prom dress…. LOL
Nancy Fischer

Did Malcolm take this image or where you squatting down? Awesome perspective.
Helen Bascom in reply to Nancy Fischer’s comment

HAHAHA I was down on the floor. The owners thought I was a nutter.
Nancy Fischer

Did you tell him you are an Ar Teest! lol
Helen Bascom in reply to Nancy Fischer’s comment

Ha ar-teeeeest. You betcha!
Nancy Fischer

Can I call you Joe?
hallucingenic

oo i love the colors! n that floor!! i wish i had a floor like that.. i always wanted to play human checkers or chess on one lol great capture :D
Stephen Thomas

Great photo of this dinner!
Earl McCall

Very nice composition and framing!
AngieBel

What a dynamic shot Helen! Awesome!
Rosina Lamberti

So beautiful….great capture :)