This sign belongs to the oldest still-operating McDonald’s restaurant, located in Downey, CA. I think I’ve kind of become numbed to just how impressive this thing is after living next to it for so many years. It’s too bad it’s been a while since everything on the sign worked properly.
I showed up to do this “magic hour” shot about 10 minutes too late. I wanted to get better balance between the neon lights and the sky light so that the neon wouldn’t be so blown out overexposed. And it would have been nice to have retained some detail in the moon up there instead of having it turn into a burned out white spot. Just a couple of minutes makes all the difference! Oh well. It wasn’t exactly the most amazing sunset today anyway. I’ll try again a different day.
One pic a day, good or bad is the rule, and this really should have been Thursday’s pic of the day but I didn’t get my camera back until tonight. And I was just using my camera to be able to see what’s on the front of the projector since I couldn’t see it from where the lift was positioned. I was just trying to find out what the model number of this thing was.
I haven’t made a “Links of the Day” post in months but since I don’t have a pic of the day for today, have a link. Maybe I woulda had a pic of the day but I left my camera at church today… ooops.
YouTube – Modern Warfare 2 Mythbusters Episode 4: Chickens can survive tactical nukes, and the thing about using equipment on ladders was like a revelation to me.
Part of the cool animated sign at the old McDonald’s stand in Downey, CA, a location so old that it actually predates Ray Kroc’s involvement with the company. Not a very good pic today, I shot it lazily from inside my car and it’s not even in focus. Oh well, one pic a day, good or bad, right?
I should get better pics of this later since I live right next to it. Although I did also shoot the picture that’s on wikipedia — but I’ve been wanting to improve on it with a nice “magic hour” shot. And it’s not like I haven’t had plenty of opportunities.
I also have this clip of this sign in motion which was originally shot on Super 16mm a few years back when it was in good working order:
Whenever I see the “500” it always makes me feel like I’m inside of an episode of the Price is Right or something.
