Red Barn Red Truck
by Toni Hopper
Title
Red Barn Red Truck
Artist
Toni Hopper
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
An old barn serves as backdrop and companion for an old fire truck in rural Oklahoma. I believe this might have been a Medicine Park Fire Department truck. Medicine Park is just down the road and a popular national tourist attraction as it also is backed up against the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Do you see the vintage vertical traffic light at the peak of the barn?
Location of this scene was in Elgin, Oklahoma, which continues to grow. Around 1990, there was less than 1,000 people spread out among this very rural community, nothing more than a drive through don't blink. Now it is pushing 4,000 and has a competitive school, dominating in many athletic programs.
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Jonathan Morrow: "So many good ones to pick from Toni! I just love your captures in general, but this one is special for the use of color and composition. It also tells an untold story of a time past that tugs at me. There is also strong evidence in your Old Trucks collection that you are a master in image post-production." *February 16, 2022
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Comments (41)
David Neace CPX 7 Days Ago
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Created by Southern Artists"
Kathi Isserman 17 Days Ago
CONGRATS ON YOUR FEATURE IN LADY PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS. THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING TO OUR GROUP. PLEASE ARCHIVE YOUR FEATURE IN OUR 2025 FEATURES THREAD
Kevin Hellon
Love old barns and this is great
Toni Hopper replied:
Thank you Kevin! I may have to take a drive back there to see what it looks like now. The little town has just boomed in building and population being only a short drive down the interstate from Ft. Sill.
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #30 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this fabulous Red Bard and Red Truck capture for special feature on the 1000 view group... LFX
Laurie Search
This is really beautiful and wonderful, Toni!!! Fantastic detail and mood!!! :)))f
Toni Hopper replied:
Thank you Laurie! Not long ago, I drove over to that area (it's an hour away) but you can't hardly see the barn, and the truck wasn't there. The little community isn't so rural and little these days.
Jonathan Morrow
So many good ones to pick from Toni! I just love your captures in general, but this one is special for the use of color and composition. It also tells an untold story of a time past that tugs at me. There is also strong evidence in your Old Trucks collection that you are a master in image post-production.
Toni Hopper
I want to thank those of you who voted for this image of mine in the recent Barns of the South contest sponsored by Showcasing the South group and Kathi Isserman. I logged on and forgot I had entered it, but it garnered six votes and a tie for sixth place. I'll take it! Hah! Again, thank you everyone who supports my photography, whether it is through comments, likes, favorites, sharing or purchasing. It is so much appreciated, especially right now as I write this in November 2020. What a crazy year it is.
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