Share: Rural Street Photography

[Avondale87]

What's the difference between this thread and the The Rural Living Image Thread ?

I think Melanie has similar in mind to some streets we have that ain't your usual town, city streets.
This is East Tarleton Street here. Assume I can post a screen shot. I intended taking my own and will grab one and other similar
Will take down if breaks the rules

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[melanieylang]

What's the difference between this thread and the The Rural Living Image Thread ?

As Richard @Avondale87 suggests, this is intended to show rural 'streets', which could include laneways, farm tracks, streets in small, rural villages, or even scenes reminiscent of classic street photography shot without a designated street in sight. Places where 'street photography' may not normally come to mind. It comes from my personal frustration at what I perceive are limited opportunities to shoot street photography in the country, and I hope might expand my (and others') vision. I acknowledge there could be cross posting to the rural image thread and others, as there is often cross posting on the forum.

 

[melanieylang]

Shot on the 'street' in a campground.
https://flic.kr/p/29qpdEM

 

[mcgillro]

Fantastic Aussie scene

I could find several rural streets around here that would match this scene.
And they're called street, not road, are windy gravel, sandy tracks.

Here we have rural towns that really aren't towns, just a collection of houses, with an odd street or two.
I would have thought other parts of the world would be similar, but probably not so.

I agree - here in NZ we have some very small towns, some with just one main street .....

 

[John King]

I agree - here in NZ we have some very small towns, some with just one main street .....

Rose, is that the one where the council made the streets one way, and everyone got out of town and couldn't get back ... ?

 

[mcgillro]

A couple of years ago I was travelling to the Wairarapa and the road was closed because of a car smash. We had to detour off the main route, SH2, and go through Takapau. A very small rural town with just the one main street. That route also took us through Ormondville, with a gorgeous old railway station, and equally few streets. I need to take a wee drive - it's a couple of hours away, and some very beautiful scenery as well.

 

[melanieylang]

Spotted in a boarded-up shop in another rural Victorian village, Glenthompson, population around 230.
https://flic.kr/p/HjdgPq

 

[John King]

A couple of years ago I was travelling to the Wairarapa and the road was closed because of a car smash. We had to detour off the main route, SH2, and go through Takapau. A very small rural town with just the one main street. That route also took us through Ormondville, with a gorgeous old railway station, and equally few streets. I need to take a wee drive - it's a couple of hours away, and some very beautiful scenery as well.

I'm a great believer in the road less taken, Rose ... .

 

[mcgillro]

I'm a great believer in the road less taken, Rose ... .

I don't do it often enough .....

 

[John King]

I don't do it often enough .....

Nor me, mate.

However, when my mate and I go on a photo expedition, I set the GPS for home, then do the exact opposite from what it tells me to do. Interesting, mostly.

 

[melanieylang]

A crowd of classic scramble motorbike enthusiasts swells our village population to a few hundred:
https://flic.kr/p/M3NFhk

 

[melanieylang]

Hob-nobbing retired fuel bowsers.
https://flic.kr/p/Xxv27F

 

[MorningWalk]

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A view on the streets of a small village.

 

[MorningWalk]

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Number 4. In the streets of Figeac - France.

 

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[melanieylang]

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The lovely golden light in that middle photo gives a great atmosphere. Which country were these taken? What population size of village? I'm curious, as Australian villages are pretty different to look at than in much older countries.

 

[melanieylang]

The good dog waits at Koroit, Victoria.
https://flic.kr/p/23LYwDc

 

[melanieylang]

Out-takes from a calendar shoot fundraiser for rural men's health.
https://flic.kr/p/283U4Kj
https://flic.kr/p/29HhqUC

 

[Avondale87]

East Tarleton Street , Sheffield

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and the view at 90 degrees to it. Mt Roland in background

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[melanieylang]

Many early-settlement homesteads, such as Warrock in southwest Victoria, were large enough to have their own streets - Warrock had over 30 separate buildings.
https://flic.kr/p/28bxjPd