Road Trip

•5

written 8/9/05 4:57 PM, published 8/9/05 4:57 PM

I was out driving around today, and although I see these every day, it never crossed my mind to photograph them. They are found at the local VFW.

7 (I know I'm giving SG fuel, but, what the hey.....)
A little farther out, I revisited the quanset hut so I could get a better pic of it for those of you who actually knew what it was when I just posted the windows.

front side pano

back side pano.
Even farther out the road (out of the 10 mile radius) I saw this

old

machinery.
I also did an experiment today. Cruising at 78 mph and

snapping

pictures

like Dirkbag. I know mine aren't good like his and my windshield is dirty, but I just wanted to know how hard this is; all I got to say is I sure do hope you pull over the next time, Dirk! I was all over the road! Think I'll try a safer experiment next time......
Hope y'all enjoy!

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Marksda1
•3
8/9/05 5:11 PM

hey now, no crashing trying to be like Dirkbag! I couldn't tell the windshield was dirty (does that mean I need to clean my monitor?). I tried a picture from the top of the Tampa/St. Pete Skyway bridge (name right?) once, that was enough driving and photography for me.
Like #4 and #7 has a neat perspective. But both of the old machinerys were very cool - like the atmosphere - good tone for those subjects!
- Just a Wannabee

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Otter
•4
8/9/05 5:17 PM

2 hands on the wheel!
The machinery pics had a very nice feel.
- Otter

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AnyMoose Hero
•3
8/9/05 5:30 PM

I can see Surferguy right now writhing on the floor in an Epileptic fit.
- Still a Moose

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dennisjb
•5
8/9/05 5:35 PM

#1~ #7...of course you know this means war
cannons indeed!

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ROCKADEE
•5
8/9/05 5:42 PM

Good Stuff, Kay...Really Like The B&W Shots!
- NATURE RULES!!!

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Photo Yaloo
•3
8/9/05 6:24 PM

Love the B&W's. The canons are great too.
- In tune with the camera.

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Jenssis
•1
8/9/05 6:25 PM

I too like the B&W, but when I pull up quanset 1 & 2 they do not show the entire photo and it shows me no scrollbars. Is there a setting I need to change? I can see when I go into yor gallery that I should be able to see the whole photo, but it doesnt show on my screen. Also like the photos of the old machinery, youu can tell they have been sitting there for quite a while since the wheels are embedded so far down in the ground, unless this was at a musem and they fixed it like that. Great show Kay.

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KayN
•5
8/9/05 6:31 PM

Donna, try hitting "control N" and see if that helps. The old machinery was in one of the state parks here, so I know it was just "placed"; don't have any idea how long it's been there, though.
Thanks, y'all, for the comments!
Where is SG........
- Ms.N

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Pyro43
•6
8/9/05 6:40 PM

Kay, Kay, Kay. Why are you trying to suck up to SG?
Good cannon and tank shots. I like the B&W machinery alot, too.
And 78 miles per hour???? You do know jeffrey's a sometimes deputy, don't you?
- Mmmmmm... Multiplicative

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KayN
•5
8/9/05 6:45 PM

He'll have a hard time catching me all the way from TX!
Not sucking up, actually, just keeping the home fires burning.....
- Ms.N

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surferguy
•7
8/9/05 9:09 PM

Kay .... my dear dear Ms. N.....(breathing very hard..) You give great frigging canon....
and very nice pan of the quansit hut.....
- Growing Up is Optional...

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surferguy
•7
8/9/05 9:41 PM

Kay......... Im down here in the bushes..... the ladder broke........
- Growing Up is Optional...

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BusyB1965
•4
8/10/05 4:36 AM

#7 is my favorite--
Pleaseeeeeeeeee don't do any more experiments like this--taking pics while driving at high speed, and the speed was probably faster than 78--What were U thinkin'
Like the pan shots!
- Blessings

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KayN
•5
8/10/05 4:59 AM

Sorry, SG, to leave you hangin' all night....here, give me your hand, I'll help you up......
And, sis, I know that's how fast I was going 'cause I had the cruise control set....Never fear, that won't happen again.....too scary!
- Ms.N

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surferguy
•7
8/10/05 6:07 AM

Morning Ms. N. I love fast Woemen...
- Growing Up is Optional...

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austinspace
•4
8/10/05 8:48 AM

You guys! Focus! Focus! Heh. Loved the new views of the Hut...the b/w really adds to the intrigue.
- here and there

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lechar
•4
8/10/05 9:04 AM

all this talk about canons---making me blush.
anyway-i like #4 &5 canon shots and old machinery shots are great, too!
i've tried taking pictures while driving-very difficult, tho never as fast as 78mph.
- Jersey Girl

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TURBO
•7
8/10/05 11:47 AM

Its good to be in a fun crowd...nice B W"S
- Hmm...Blonde or Brunette?

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UncleVernon
•2
8/10/05 1:56 PM

I really enjoyed 'old machinery' - B&W really add to the atmosphere of the images.
For those of you youngsters and city folk:
Image Two shows a 'disk' in the forground - used to first turn up the soil in the spring (the two tray above the disks would hold extra wieght to drive the disks further into the ground). In the background is a 'harrow' that would be drawn over the 'disked' ground to break up larger 'clods' of dirt.
Image One is a 'planter' - the drum holds the seed that feeds down thru the blade below it as it travels thru the dirt. Since there is only one drum that means it could only plant one row of corn or beans at a pass thru the field.
All of these implements are horse or mule drawn - though the disk and harrow may have been.
Thus spake the city guy who was raised on a farm. :^)

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UncleVernon
•2
8/10/05 1:58 PM

oops
though the disk and harrow may have been used with early tractors.

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KayN
•5
8/10/05 2:17 PM

Thanks, Unc! I didn't know all that stuff; all I knew was that they are old and that they were horse/mule drawn. Neat! I learned something today!
- Ms.N

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