Metro Phoenix is gigantic. Eventually it will swallow up half of Arizona and none of the governments seem interested in putting limits on this insane, destructive growth.
When driving in the outskirts, you will see large areas of nothing or nature and then come upon intensely developed regeions.
I was on my way to Surprise (yes), which is west of Phoenix, and turned onto a road lined with incredibly tall, scraggely palms.
This to me is very typical of the Way West Valley - sort of urban, and sort of ratty, but also sort of rural - not quite an identity yet.
I played around with this image and decided that the desat works best. The palms are hardly green, anyway.
What also defines it so well is the clump of all the builders' signs. Other than maybe a car shape or two, this could easily be Palm Springs California in the 50s, too. Nice timeless shot and you described (and captured) very well that strange sorta nowhere undefined region that exists in places like this.
you made the right choice with the black and white.
Although I haven't seen the color version, so what makes me think I know what I'm talking about!!!!
I don't know?
I just like it, that's all :-)
Those are some very tall palms. I wonder if they are the same variety that we have here? I see by the signs exactly what you mean about the development. The developers here are in a panic, as the very hot housing market has nose dived in the last 6 or 8 months. It's all driven by greed anyway, but it does ruin huge areas of natural land and beauty. Those trees to be the same variety, and about the same size as some that the local womans club planted here in the mid 1950's.
this picture, if you could take out the more modern cars and add ones from the 40's or 50's would look so totally cool...you did a good job capturing that feel and the desat makes it look old, really well done
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