An excellent likeness

OpenThreads, who like me has an account on Flickr, attempted to re-create Ernst Hass’ famous photograph of Central Avenue, aka Route 66, that was published in Life magazine in 1969.

Here’s the original:

Here’s OpenThreads’ re-creation, in the year 2006:

Not bad, huh? Here’s OpenThreads’ full-size version of the image.

In case, you’re wondering, that dark Albuquerque sky and vivid colors on the ground in the images are from thunderstorms that had just passed through the Duke City, with sunshine breaking through the other side. This summer, there has been no shortage of rain or thunderstorms in Albuquerque.

(Hat tip to Duke City Fix.)

UPDATE: OpenThreads has elaborated on his re-creation attempts in the comments section of this post.