gota lota gottle by blightygal

gota lota gottle

Is this a British thing?
I love the humble milk bottle.. and they used to be on most people's doorsteps. I guess with supermarkets popularity this is dwindling. This is the first place I have lived in 14 years where they would deliver..
I grew up with the millkman delivering milk early every morning, and my Mum trying to beat the birds to it as they'd peck the top to get the cream.


Completely mucked around with.. am still not sure if I like my images so heavily processed.
This is a really interesting and creative shot! I love it!
June 14th, 2010  
I love this, we still get milk delivered to our door in bottles!
June 14th, 2010  
i have never gotten milk delivered by bottles. it seems like a romantic idea though! i really like your processing here!
June 14th, 2010  
Like this shot a lot, it is not common in our area to deliver bottled milk but when I was small I read a short story about delivering milk and I really wanted that too :)
June 14th, 2010  
I really like the processing here!! And the milk bottles are so cute!! I remember when we went to London, that was one of the things that impressed me - milk, being delivered to your doorstep! It's great that you live in an area where they still do that! ;-)
June 14th, 2010  
this is a fun shot - I've always had milk delivered to the doorstep ever since we moved to this village - I'd never really thought about it before but I suppose it is fairly uncommon now - you've given me an idea - maybe I'll take a picture of my bottle of organic semi-skimmed in the morning - don't think I'll get it to look as good as this though!
June 14th, 2010  
Nice shot, and I love your memories of the birds pecking through the lids...! We had a milkman when I was little (and an eggman, and a breadman!), but I don't know of anywhere in Ohio we can get milk delivered anymore.
June 14th, 2010  
I love photos of bottles all in a row. I wish we had milk delivery in Iowa in the winter but hubby seems to enjoy the trips to the store.
June 14th, 2010  
brilliant Frieda - just lovin' it !
June 14th, 2010  
I love this so much Freida!
June 15th, 2010  
I think this is a fantastic shot, editing and all. :) I love how each bottle is slightly different to the next. I miss when milk was delivered in glass bottles! But I haven't seen it in maybe 15 years.
June 15th, 2010  
This is such an adorable shot? Why? I'm not sure, I just think it's cute!!

Oh, and the milk bottles are way better than those plastic cartons you get milk in at the supermarkets....
June 15th, 2010  
When I was a teenager we still had milk delivered to our doorstep in glass bottles. You could get yoghurtand cream in a bottle too. My mum remembers ice cream also being delivered by the milkman. Then the whole thing became uneconomic for the milkman and he disappeared. Sad really I miss the glass bottles with the foil lids- different colours for different kinds of milk. Plastic is just not the same plus it doesnt make the same clink sound when its put into your metal holder.
I absolutely LOVE that you're in a place where theres a milkie again. And I love this shot too esp the off centre full bottles.
June 15th, 2010  
This composition is so great! I really like it a lot.
June 15th, 2010  
oh my gosh!!! This must be a European thing because when I lived in Germany there were milke bottles like these...brings back good memories. There was a milk man (which we dont have here in the U.S.) and he always gave us a piece of candy when he dropped by :) :)
June 15th, 2010  
It doesn't look very processed though. We don't have bottles milk anymore, only the stupid cartons. :(

"I wish the milk man would deliver my milk, in the morning." (Aphex twin)
June 15th, 2010  
Brings back memories of school and milk on the doorstep... homesick again!
June 15th, 2010  
oh and a fav, love the composition and the Britishness of it!
June 15th, 2010  
Oh I love this! I so wish we could still get milk in glass bottles. Everything tastes better out of glass.
June 15th, 2010  
It turend out great. Some time it is hard to stay objective after looking at a picture during the processing for quit a long time. Put it away for a few month and then look at it again. You will know immediately wether you like it or not.
June 15th, 2010  
btw really like how the thumbnail crops the image perfectly
June 15th, 2010  
we still have milk delivered! have done my whole life. Although now the poor lil milkman only comes every other day as nobody uses it any more :-( stupid supermarkets!
June 15th, 2010  
Stunning shot. Milk deliveries stopped in Queensland when I was a child however there is a clever young chap who has started a little business of delivering milk and bread in certain areas of Brisbane. I think he will have a good little business on his hands.
June 15th, 2010  
Very nice composition! I wish I lived in a place where milk could still be delivered...
June 15th, 2010  
Very cool Freida, the good ole milk bottles...
June 15th, 2010  
Love milk bottles - an endangered species - these are great all in a line with that one wearing his foil top at a rakish angle!
June 16th, 2010  
Love milk bottles - I collect old bottles and have some antique milk bottles in my collection.
June 16th, 2010  
Simply gorgeous! I've never had milk bottles delivered, but really wish I could. Does it taste as good as it sounds and looks? Really awesome shot and I love the processing on it. *fav*
June 16th, 2010  
Instantly started singing that old advert jingle "Milk has gotta....lotta bottle...",
I used to love the sound of the electric milk floats cruising the streets as I dragged my gin-soaked self home in the wee small hours as a young 'un.
I love the processing, not over-cooked at all.
June 16th, 2010  
love, love, love this! *fav*
June 16th, 2010  
love everything about it - colours, reflections, mood, composition!
June 16th, 2010  
like this, the greyness of the bottles and the 4th one with the bottle top slightly off.
June 16th, 2010  
Ohh Its a gorgeous picture.. I loved the lighting and the reflections on the bottles.. excellent shot!
June 17th, 2010  
I'm back! I really hope this one makes it to the theme's top 5. :)
June 17th, 2010  
Several years ago, there were still places in the North East US that had milk bottles, at least in the store that we stopped at. I remember the insulated box that was on the door stoop where the milk was left.

In elementary school, I did the last day of milk bottle collection as students left the cafeteria, the next day, it was the paper cartons into a waster can.
June 18th, 2010  
Wow - what a shot, thank god for the top 20,as i would have missed this. Its go a real positive feeling in it, in an old-skool way....just brilliant.
June 21st, 2010  
love this. a fav. :)
August 17th, 2010  
This is so charming from the colors to the concept! ^-^
January 19th, 2011  
Great emphasis!
January 20th, 2011  
love this composition
May 25th, 2011  
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