The other day I left downtown Tulsa after work and drove across the Arkansas River to do some geocaching and I caught this sunset with my Ipod. West Tulsa is on the wrong side of the river and the railroad tracks. I was at a park tucked just north of a cement plant, next to some Section 8 apartments and in between two refineries.
Yep, I felt pretty comfortable there. West Tulsa is what made Tulsa the Oil Capital of the World back in the day and it is still the “soul” of the city. Sure we have an opera and two world class museums and all sorts of other stuff. The money came from the oil wells, refineries, tank farms, power plants, railroad yards, trucking yards, and oilfield fabrication shops of west Tulsa: the wrong side of the river and the wrong side of the tracks and the most interesting part of town.
Scrumptious light! WOW!
Wonderful light and great textures to these shots.
Isn’t it often the case. What looks less, becomes oh so much more.
Also, love that first image. What did you do to get it?
Excellent images, but the thoughts are even better, and they are true. Well done.
Love the rail track shot.
Love the light and the textures and your true words as well! All of that makes up a terrific post for the day as always! Enjoy your weekend!!
love the grainy treatment you gave them!
Fascinating. You’ve made them appear to come from an earlier time. Nice. 🙂
Great work. Love the treatment. Happy Skywatching! 🙂
and i love the effect you used here … its like a bad boy, you know you shouldnt but its so fun
Great photos for SWF,Yogi!Have a great weekend!
The skies look like they were painted by an artist (someone like Monet…or Yogi ;>)!. Beautiful.
We share your love of “wrong side of the tracks” places…Bill loves to get lost and end up in industrial areas of cities or in funky little neighborhoods..and we’ve learned a lot that way!…It wasn’t fun when we were pulling the fifth wheel but apart from those times, getting lost has always been the funnest part of our journeys!
These are wonderful… I love the textures you’ve added:-)
Great SWF post, nice edit!
Well done!
Love the textures too! Thanks for hosting Yogi!
Beautiful shots. They almost look like paintings.
i love the textures you added to the shots.
LOVE these shots!
Sometimes the wrong side is the best side. 🙂
Beautiful editing.
Yogi, these images of the sunset are gorgeous. I like the editing, very nice! Thanks for hosting and happy skywatching!
Wonderful pictures, like paintings!
Thanks for hosting!
I like the effect you put on your pictures. I momentarily mistook that streetlight on the edge to be the sun. Seems to fit in there. Thanks for hosting Skywatch Friday!
I like the look of the wrong side. Excellent photos.
Nice touch on the Skywatch home page, too!
thanks for hosting the sky, I love the first one and on the wrong side.
Can’t choose -they are both gorgeous!
Loving the texture Yogi! Thanks for hosting.
Lovely sky!
Look like paintings. Awesome.
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wonderful textures you added. feels like i’m looking at West Tulsa when it was the oil capital of the world.:p
great
Happy Skywatch Friday
I love the effect on these photos, so vintage looking.
Amen to that!
Gorgeous shots!
Gosh – great editing of the West Tulsa sky and tracks. I’ve always been partial to the wrong side myself.
intéressant effet avec ce calque
Beautiful photos. Happy sky watching.
My sky.