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Re: Photos

Post by Chris_C » 07 Jun 2010 12:55 am

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Re: Photos

Post by trabitom99 » 14 Jun 2010 03:00 pm

trabitom's holiday snaps:

tow bar stress test prior to boarding ferry:
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ferry in Calvi:
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"Welcome to Corsica, foreigner"
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"you have the right of way, in theory."
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Bonifacio
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ghost town Muna:
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... but it still has a letter box
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hilly, that stretch of road is used for disposing old cars:
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Genoese tower in Porto:
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inspired by one of atroch's pictures:
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Ami 6
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after 2 hours of switchback bends, blisters! The only time I've ever had that was from go-cart driving:
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Merc W115 in a bush:
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R5:
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furnaces from an old silver mine:
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and the administrative building:

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now used for hoarding 2CV parts:
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Transit with a view:
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pimp'd 504 pickup:
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not very pimp'd 404 pickup:
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it wasn't me!
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including a quick trip to E. Germany yesterday to pick up some parts that's 5000 kilometres in 4 weeks. Volvo 360 as a daily? Perfect!

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Re: Photos

Post by volvosneverdie » 14 Jun 2010 03:07 pm

Epic Photos Tom.
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Looks like the weather was with you.

I like that your hands encountered fatiuge before the volvo did. :D
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Post by trabitom99 » 14 Jun 2010 03:15 pm

Cheers Ben :-) Had a day of rain which cought us a bit unprepared, and all the stuff in our tent got soaked! No fatigue in the Volvo (except the ever-increasing rust) but the A/C compressor failed just before we set off, which was a bit of a bummer after all the effort taken to fit it :-( Rest of the car didn't miss a beat though.

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Post by volvosneverdie » 14 Jun 2010 03:17 pm

trabitom99 wrote:Cheers Ben :-) Had a day of rain which cought us a bit unprepared, and all the stuff in our tent got soaked! No fatigue in the Volvo (except the ever-increasing rust) but the A/C compressor failed just before we set off, which was a bit of a bummer after all the effort taken to fit it :-( Rest of the car didn't miss a beat though.

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Ah dude.
What a time for the A/C to pack it.

Glad it didnt spoil the hol man.
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Post by jtbo » 07 Jul 2010 06:46 am

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New bird has risen :D

That was sitting next to my door late last evening/early night, took pic with 55mm lens, that was so close that I could easily touch it if I wanted to, it was not scared at all, just sit and watched the new world it saw first time.
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Re: Photos

Post by volvosneverdie » 07 Jul 2010 08:32 am

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New bird has risen :D

That was sitting next to my door late last evening/early night, took pic with 55mm lens, that was so close that I could easily touch it if I wanted to, it was not scared at all, just sit and watched the new world it saw first time.
I hope it hasnt imprinted your image now dude.
It might have taken you as its mother. :wink:
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Post by jtbo » 07 Jul 2010 09:47 am

volvosneverdie wrote: I hope it hasnt imprinted your image now dude.
It might have taken you as its mother. :wink:
I doubt that as it is somewhere around 2 weeks old, just there learned to fly and flew out from nest. Really bad timing for bird as it was thunder and heavy rain later at night.
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Post by SteveP » 07 Jul 2010 02:10 pm

I meant to comment on this when you posted these shots Tom... some amazing views, looks like you had a good holiday!
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Post by jtbo » 07 Jul 2010 02:36 pm

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Still too slow for me, taken with DSLR and kit lens, no tripod, no any helping aids, it is not easy to catch one :mrgreen:
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Re: Photos

Post by Speedy88 » 10 Jul 2010 02:01 am

*56k warning*

Sometimes I can't believe I live so close to here

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Nature loves me

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Post by jtbo » 10 Jul 2010 01:14 pm

Speedy, nice pics there from beautiful place :D

Nature shows it's affection to me bit different way, by biting :mrgreen:

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This photo is taken from underside of my warehouse, used webcam and motion detection Linux software called motion running on old laptop that writes jpegs and video when motion is detected, one can get quite different shots of nature with such setup. I call that creature shyfoot, cat is so shy, that when sees human being from 20 meters away it panics and runs away, now I have ran into him few times at warehouse, spooked poor thing quite badly as it did not notice me until I was right next ot it (ninja perk with silent running :wink: ). Now I did activate trap to access hole of cat as that thing really needs vet care, fur missing at tip of tail etc. However it is so shy that only peeks from hole now as seen from photo, once it did enter inside too, but mostly first thing at the morning it does is to check that place, then 2nd time late at evening, with camera set up I have been able to pinpoint schedule of that thing, works as well as public transport, but quite predictable thing, 4 visits in 24 hours, around 5 hours between visits, each other time checks up that hole :lol:
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Re: Photos

Post by Chris_C » 11 Jul 2010 01:02 am

My latest tank
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Which is mainly to house my (as of 10 days ago) breeding colony of red cherry shrimp... which are swines to take photos off!
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One of my cousin's baby
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And a baby trainset I got to play with last weekend
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Re: Photos

Post by jtbo » 15 Jul 2010 01:39 am

Lovely clarity and colours in your photos Chris, playing with train makes man's day perfect :mrgreen:

I haven't got out to take photos lately, it has been rather hot and my camera has serious trouble with dust, so pics are not coming out proper way, would need lot of editing to get rid of all and I have not been able to clean sensor, so it has caused quite serious lack of motivation.

So I have only this pic of that feral cat that is slowly starting to trust my trap, so maybe I can set it up some day :D

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Stealing your sausages? No way, it was that other guy, honestly. Busted by modern technology :mrgreen:
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Re: Photos

Post by SteveP » 15 Jul 2010 10:11 am

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Quite liked the sky on this one... taken at Witley Court, Worcestershire - a derelict statley manor which was devestated by fire in the 1930's, now owned by English Heritage
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