OpenThreads, who like me has an account on Flickr, attempted to re-create Ernst Hass’ famous photograph of Central Avenue, aka Route 66, that was published in Life magazine in 1969.
Here’s the original:
Here’s OpenThreads’ re-creation, in the year 2006:
Not bad, huh? Here’s OpenThreads’ full-size version of the image.
In case, you’re wondering, that dark Albuquerque sky and vivid colors on the ground in the images are from thunderstorms that had just passed through the Duke City, with sunshine breaking through the other side. This summer, there has been no shortage of rain or thunderstorms in Albuquerque.
(Hat tip to Duke City Fix.)
UPDATE: OpenThreads has elaborated on his re-creation attempts in the comments section of this post.
GREAT find, Ron! Nice to see Buster’s, on the right, found useful the old Kentucky Fried Chicken sign.
Hi.
That recreation attempt is mine. Thanks for the positive comments.
I also have a bit of a discussion about this photo and my attempt to recreate Ernst Hass’ original on my blog here
https://blog.espen.net/blog2/blogs/blog_espen.php/2006/08/20/route_66_albuquerque_nm_and_ernst_haas
There’s also a cool picture of a rainbow there that occurred over Route 66 while I was taking photos during my recreation attempts.
Thanks again.