Photos: Free Association COMMENTARY

[lamble]

http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/186354207-L.jpg

AUSTRALIA?

[SNC1923]

Please feel free to engage in discussion or comment on photos from Photos: Free Association in this thread.

As a reminder, the original thread is for posting photos only. Please refrain from commenting on photos there (even your own) and the photo you post should refer back to only the photo immediately preceding yours.

[SNC1923]

http://roadrunes.com/Fof-11-07/images/observation-platform.jpg

RM

What is this?

[lamble]

What is this?

It looks like a decking viewing point, either that or some sort of suicide reconsideration stop over point for jumpers.

[SNC1923]

It looks like a decking viewing point, either that or some sort of suicide reconsideration stop over point for jumpers.

:rofl

BTW, do you still work at the hotline? They should probably reconsider the "Suicide is Painless" hold music. . . .

[SheRidesABeemer]

I find this one to be an optical illusion...it seems like I'm looking at the ceiling until I get to the object at the bottom.

http://snc1923.smugmug.com/photos/214246338-XL.jpg

[Burnszilla]

It's a good idea to hit refresh with the thread in a different window before you post, in case someone else has posted before you on the same photo.

[SNC1923]

It's a good idea to hit refresh with the thread in a different window before you post, in case someone else has posted before you on the same photo.

Thanks, Burnsz. You are exactly correct. I've been "snaked" at least twice (by the same person!) and have had to delete my photo only to go search for another. To my way of thinking, this element of challenge just adds to the fun!

:bolt

[SheRidesABeemer]

It's a good idea to hit refresh with the thread in a different window before you post, in case someone else has posted before you on the same photo.

Yeah yeah yeah, some of us just can't pull the trigger quick enough. :D

[lamble]

What was the whitewashed wooden round rotunda like building and what did it have to do with Spanish Wine?

Van Halen's? "Jump" was always a fav for the Samaritans help line!

I'd like Queen's, Another one bites the dust, at my funeral, or, the heat is on, by whoever sang that particularly 80's variant of what are commonly known as crap songs, if I'm cremated.

[rocketman]

What is this?

Not sure but I don't think I'd stand on that platform! Ha Ha!

OK, actually it is a lookout platform on the side of Seneca Rocks in WV You can walk up the back side of the rocks thru the forest to get to it. and it is actually not tilted as it looks. Great optical illusion. A famous rock climbing place as well as tourist attraction. This is the view from the upstairs outside dining room at the Front Porch Restaurant where we go to grab a bite to eat during the Fof event at the rocks that I now host.

Heres a few of us hanging out at the front porch

http://roadrunes.com/fof8_2004/images/P1010021.jpg

and the rocks from the middle distance

http://roadrunes.com/Fof-11-07/images/DSC_1707.jpg

and one even further back, from a different angle, its the tallest sher cliff face in WV

http://roadrunes.com/fof8_2004/images/P1010022.jpg

RM

[rocketman]

AUSTRALIA?


When I first saw that it really thru me, then I realized......




























Its upside down! Great illusion and a ton of fun to spring on people!

RM

[SheRidesABeemer]

What was the whitewashed wooden round rotunda like building and what did it have to do with Spanish Wine?
.

I don't know what it has to do with wine sales but that is the Round Church (http://www.vtliving.com/roundchurch/index.shtml) in Richmond, VT

[rocketman]

It really cracked me up when this

http://roadrunes.com/images2/c-21/mirror-1.jpg

started the cowboy chain of photos, lots of folks refer to the hat as a cowboy hat when in fact is is just a mens felt rain hat. It is NOT a cowboy hat!!:stick

Heck when I was a kid and we played cowboys and indians, I was ALWAYS an Indian! Ha Ha!

RM

[lamble]

I don't know what it has to do with wine sales but that is the Round Church (http://www.vtliving.com/roundchurch/index.shtml) in Richmond, VT


I couldn't make that leap in logic either. Perhaps communion wine?

[Burnszilla]

I couldn't make that leap in logic either. Perhaps communion wine?

I saw the grid in the windows of the church matched the grid in the wine rack.

[lamble]

I saw the grid in the windows of the church matched the grid in the wine rack.

Good spot!

[rocketman]

Hmmm...... I'm not seeing the connection between #90-91 and 92.

Anyone?

just curious....


RM

[SheRidesABeemer]

Hmmm...... I'm not seeing the connection between #90-91 and 92.

Anyone?

just curious....


RM
I wonder if 91 - the crab was in response to the Bull, in some sort of edible animal theme?

RM - I thought the arm coming out of the earth was a tough one! Nothing came to mind cause I had no pictures of the Pearly Gates! :p

[lamble]

much simpler, it's a group of people in the statue and a group of people eating...group of people is the link.

[lamble]

Unless the hump on Quassimodo's back was his stash of marshmallows I'm stumped on the association between Notre Dame and a camp fire.

Anyone?

Quassimodo, retires so the job is advertised. A real ugly guy turns up, but has no arms.

How will you pull the rope?
I'll use my teeth.

With no better candidates he's taken on.

Day one he grasps the rope with his teeth and pulls. The bell swings. Just at that unfortunate moment he developes lock jaw and can't release the bell rope.
The rope and bells collide and the bell smashes the novice campanologist from the top tower and he plummets to his death in the square below.

Where'd he come from? Dunno?
Who is he?

Dunno, but the face rings a bell.

Ta daaa!

I'll get my coat!

[redclfco]

#86, 87,88, 89 All have the horse theme, but maybe to the horse lover, the replicas are so accurately proportional to the real thing they are beauty. Several of the pictures both real and sculpted, are drawn together by the positioning of the horse's heads, showing off the beauty and power of the horses upper profile. WOW! I love Dean's shot of the little boy , fence and his horse, showing the innocence and dedication put forth by that kid, and sort of explains us adults with love affairs with the equine!

Maybe it's just me, but each captured the very essence of the equine, and explained the connection with the BMW (The sculpted horse and the RT? shot) motorcycle.

The cow? Hmmm somebody going to have to explain that one to me! as Desi Arnez says "Lucy! You got some 'splainin to do!!!

Wow! This is fun!

[lamble]

The cow? Hmmm somebody going to have to explain that one to me! as Desi Arnez says "Lucy! You got some 'splainin to do!!!

Wow! This is fun!

Domesticated animal, with four legs. Both eaten by the French?

[redclfco]

The transition Mr. Lamble! What I need "splained" is the transition between the noble art of the equine to an inaccurate, bloated characterization of the bovine.

What is the explanation in the transition? The four legs?:D

[KBasa]

Let's get this rollin' again.

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/158148486-L.jpg

[rocketman]

Ha Ha! Kbasa I think you're confused, this is the commentary thread, the pics go in the other thread!

[rocketman]

much simpler, it's a group of people in the statue and a group of people eating...group of people is the link.
Ok, I get that but what about the next one 92, what's the relationship to the crab eaters and the bird hanger?:scratch :D

RM

[lamble]

Ok, I get that but what about the next one 92, what's the relationship to the crab eaters and the bird hanger?:scratch :D

RM


There's a couple of possibilites. The fact one woman is the centre of the crab pic and there's one woman in the bird pic.
The dried fish hanging is fish food for the bird, as the crab was fish food for the people.

[lamble]

The transition Mr. Lamble! What I need "splained" is the transition between the noble art of the equine to an inaccurate, bloated characterization of the bovine.

What is the explanation in the transition? The four legs?:D

Must be that both are eaten by the French then!

[rocketman]

Ha Ha, too funny,, when I just now checked the photo thread I saw the shot by Voni #111 of the church tower but by the time I found what I wanted to post three others had posted, but oddly enough the one I was posting (of the smoke stacks with the fake palm fonds on them from my trip to cabo where I saw quite of few like that) fit in even better since the one right before it is now a picture of palm trees! Too kool.. I think this is the best photo thread to date. I wonder how long we can keep this one going, maybe even longer than the famous "nothing" thread started by Rapid_Roy....???

Some really great shots and every one seems to be having a really great time..:D :clap :clap

RM

[MLS2GO]

Actually it's a Herford Bull, you had horse statues, now a Bull Statue. Probably would have been better before the last horse picture. But I thought horses and bulls (cattle) were linked at least in rodeso and the old west. What do I know? It seemed to work for me.

[lamble]

:dunno Actually it's a Herford Bull, you had horse statues, now a Bull Statue. Probably would have been better before the last horse picture. But I thought horses and bulls (cattle) were linked at least in rodeso and the old west. What do I know? It seemed to work for me.


Herford or Hereford?

Either way, walking French lunch, along with Cheval au poivre.
No difficulty with that link MLS2GO as far as I was concerned either.:dunno

[lamble]

Everybody happy with the Seattle Needle to a toilet seat link?

You are a knowlegable lot.

[SheRidesABeemer]

I chalked that up to it being 1AM :drink

[RandallIsland]

The photos may have been taken at any time, but they must by your photo taken by you..... movie set???:scratch

You know, I'm really sorry y'all, for I did not mean to be duplicitous.
It didn't occur to me, before I posted, about the rules. I just went with my first thought.
The following picture was taken in Beijing, in the 758 art gallery area, although I didn't catch the name of the artist.

https://vspace.vassar.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1332981_1

There was a whole lot of other art there, besides pictures, and I would recommend that any of you on your next trip East take an entire day of exploring that district:

https://vspace.vassar.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1332986_1

https://vspace.vassar.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1332984_1

Sometimes it's like that ... you know?

[SheRidesABeemer]

I like when they all fit together, it's like a good tennis match. :dance

[rocketman]

Everybody happy with the Seattle Needle to a toilet seat link?

You are a knowlegable lot.

I just figured it was something along the lines of..

one thing you could sit on comfortably and another you wouldn't find quite so!:laugh

RM

[redclfco]

Actually it's a Herford Bull, you had horse statues, now a Bull Statue. Probably would have been better before the last horse picture. But I thought horses and bulls (cattle) were linked at least in rodeso and the old west. What do I know? It seemed to work for me.

I see! Makes sense to me! I'm udderly ok with MLS2GO's transition from horse to bull, (thats done everyday on this forum)!


And that sculptor was definitely carving a bull! Lets Moove on before Kbasa tells us to again!

[rocketman]

just checked the photo thread and all I can say is....

what a load of bull!:laugh

RM

[lamble]

...another attraction in Seattle is the Boeing Museum of Flight. This shot is the Presidential Toilet in Air Force One as used by JFK and Jackie O, and some others of that era. You could call it a seat of Power!

[torags]

Or, those flush with power....

[SNC1923]

It's the seat for Number One or Number Two.

[rocketman]

It's the seat for Number One or Number Two.

Speaking of seats....

Liked your transition from the duck to the bicyle rider Hmmmmmm..:laugh
(another seat of power (over the male gender?):laugh ?)

RM

[torags]

Can't seem to get away from the bull #182

[SheRidesABeemer]

I gave you the bird :whistle

[torags]

I deserve it, I've given you so much bull....

[MLS2GO]

Yes is is a river, but which one?

[SheRidesABeemer]

I always wondered where we'd get this one posted :p

SRAB crashing a photo shoot

http://home.comcast.net/~kevin.g.grant/gown1.jpg

[RandallIsland]

That's not your daughter, Gail, is it?
Somehow I still pictured your daughter as a brunette that was younger than marriageable. :blah

[SheRidesABeemer]

That's not your daughter, Gail, is it?
Somehow I still pictured your daughter as a brunette that was younger than marriageable. :blah

That is a complete stranger. She and her bridesmaids where at the park taking pictures and for some reason I thought it would be funny to get one with her.
My daughter is 13. ;)

[torags]

#215 is a great capture. Thanks for sharing.

[SheRidesABeemer]

oh no, we're not going to move into medical pics are we? And what did this have to do with the sunset? :scratch :p

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/91862512_b00b59d068_b.jpg

[SNC1923]

oh no, we're not going to move into medical pics are we? And what did this have to do with the sunset? :scratch :p

You don't see it?

[SheRidesABeemer]

You don't see it?

I'm probably to literal :dunno

[SNC1923]

I'm probably to literal :dunno

:dunno

I have to admit, a few transitions have made me look twice, three times, but I always find something. The beauty is, what I find may not even be what the poster intended. I suppose that detective work, trying to see what another saw in an environment of asynchronous communication, is the appeal of this thread.

I'm pleased to see so many people jumping in, most recently Ruben Tenorio, from Mexico.

Oh, and Gail: Hell and back? You don't know the half of it! :laugh

[rocketman]

I'm probably to literal :dunno

I don't either, sunsets to bunions or I guess those would be callouses(?) (without seeming too callous, you understand?) just fly right over my old graying head! Ha Ha!

RM

[torags]

:dunno

I have to admit, a few transitions have made me look twice, three times, but I always find something. The beauty is, what I find may not even be what the poster intended. I suppose that detective work, trying to see what another saw in an environment of asynchronous communication, is the appeal of this thread.

I'm pleased to see so many people jumping in, most recently Ruben Tenorio, from Mexico.

Oh, and Gail: Hell and back? You don't know the half of it! :laugh

But Reuben might not understand the game. He posted more than three shots, I don't think that's the game - is it?

[torags]

#234: Hey Tom I have that shot with my bike in the tunnel

#232: Mike - I really loved Bryce, it was my favorite

[SNC1923]

The other side of the tunnel above... even the car is gone...:blah

http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/140066243-L.jpg

I thought I recognized you. . . .

[torags]

Tom, your cave shot is great. One of the best I've seen. They are a challenge, those damn incandescents...

I've shot two caves; keepers=zero

What lens did you use, did you use flash? Which cave.

[SNC1923]

Tom, your cave shot is great. One of the best I've seen. They are a challenge, those damn incandescents...

I've shot two caves; keepers=zero

What lens did you use, did you use flash? Which cave.


http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/12830590-L.jpg (http://snc1923.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=12830590)

Thanks, dude.

That was one of those lucky shots. It's a lava tube on the big island.

Click on the image above for the exif. I shot it with a Canon S330 (2 megpixel!) and, I was surprised to see, a 1 second exposure. I was on my honeymoon in Hawaii, so I know I didn't have a tripod. I must have balanced it on my knee or perhaps a hand railing. The tunnel is illuminated, evenly as it turns out, so this was not too hard. I've got quite a few lousy tunnel shots myself. They are deceptively difficult to photograph.

[rocketman]

First there was a lot of bull now its becoming fishy.......Hmmmmmm

I'm hungry!

Time for lunch!

RM

[SheRidesABeemer]

My mouth is watering over this one...please post a link to the recipe! :eat

http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/134044627-L.jpg

[torags]

Rocketmans #249 looks erotic. Hey if anybodies looking for me I'm outside in the gutter, looking for my mind.....

[SheRidesABeemer]

Maybe we need a thread that's beyond Free Association...the "Me Too" thread,
Here I am at this gorge...hey me too! :laugh

[rocketman]

Rocketmans #249 looks erotic. Hey if anybodies looking for me I'm outside in the gutter, looking for my mind.....

you must mean exotic, right? :laugh

Taken in Cabo San Lucas, It’s the appetizer at the only "fancy" restaurant we ate at the entire trip located right on the docks at the marina and where we had the grass-feed Mexican beef that was flambéed right at our table and that literally melted in your mouth,, drool drool……

RM

[Burnszilla]

oh no, we're not going to move into medical pics are we? And what did this have to do with the sunset? :scratch :p

The sunset shot had a palm tree. This is my palm. :p
At least I didn't post another photo of a sunset. I don't think some people understand 'free association.'

[SNC1923]

Maybe we need a thread that's beyond Free Association...the "Me Too" thread,
Here I am at this gorge...hey me too! :laugh

There is an element of that to be sure.

Sometimes a photo is followed by something, seemingly so radically different, that it's hard to follow the association (e.g. Burnszilla's palm). Other times someone posts a photo of pretty much the same thing that he's taken at a different time. I find both interesting/amusing. It's fun to say, "Hey, I've been there," especially if it's somewhere unusual.

The following are ALL great posts. Please note that I am not criticizing or saying that anyone did anything wrong or right. But this discussion is interesting to me.

Here's a string of photos:

Burnszilla #255
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2116581637_4c9c77b59b_b.jpg
Cool shot. Unusual.

SNC1923
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/12827758-L.jpg
Different picture. Thematic "marine" connection

gabentx #256
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/251859348-L.jpg
Me, too! Cool shot, similar to the one before. Subject matter connection.

Stuff2C #257
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/251859353-L.jpg
Wildly different picture, yet quite similar, too. Obvious thematic connection. These posts provoke thought.

Beemerchef #258
http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/141502487-L.jpg
Me, too! Similar picture, but different, too. Dog playing in water, neither jumping nor in the pool. Subject matter connection.

torags #259
http://torags.smugmug.com/photos/242715157-M.jpg
Very different picture, people playing in the surf with technology (surfboards). Obvious thematic connection, but a different picture.

None of these is wrong or less inspired. But it is interesting to note what connection is made and why. Both the literal and the liberal interpretation have merit, of course. I don't know exactly what makes these "free association" threads so appealing, but they really are fun. The one over at dGrin is on page seven-hundred something and going strong. I love mining my photo website. I have nearly 10,000 images, and every time I look at someone's image here, I go to my mental filing cabinet to search for an image that reminds me, in some way, of the one that inspired me. Sometimes it's, "Hey! I was there, too!" Other times it's, "I've got a predominantly orange picture somewhere. . . ."

[SheRidesABeemer]

I really liked the foot prints in the sand /foot print in the snow segue.

I've also learned that I have almost no sun rise/sun set pics. But I think the former would involve getting up early! :laugh

[SheRidesABeemer]

My mouth is watering over this one...please post a link to the recipe! :eat

OK, make me do the work...here is Beemerchef's Scallop/Shrimp Black Bean Salad (http://www.theoasisofmysoul.com/recipes/scallops.html)recipe.

[Stuff2C]

#294 You just needed to scream? rental referb :bottle

[Burnszilla]

#294 You just needed to scream? rental referb :bottle
Not at all. 293 has tiles and grout and so does 294. I look for the little things in my free association, not the obvious ones.

[grant]

...293 has tiles and grout and so does 294.
Thanks for verifying that. I thought those tiles must be the connection but wasn't sure.

[torags]

Jeeze........... no bite on my garbage bag...

[SheRidesABeemer]

I give up...a stained glass window reminds you that you need to take out the garbage??

[torags]

I give up...a stained glass window reminds you that you need to take out the garbage??

Well it appears that you, like me, didn't see the garbage bags next to a door I photographed. I didn't take the stained glass.

#308 looks like an advrider sign....

#330 The sign on the old bridge that says "Public Prohibited - Fish Pier". I can say with some authority, that a fish never walked on that pier

[rocketman]

Beemerchef look at the table in front of the Hopi, see the little sheep? Granted I had to look twice but they are there.:laugh

RM

[torags]

How many more times do we see Freckles? Isn't there a pet thread?

The thread is really fun. Whenever I get back to my computer, this is the first thread I go to.

It will last a long time as long as the posters don't get too self indulgent.

[SheRidesABeemer]

Dude you already repeated! :p

[torags]

Me? Ooops... Sorry

I'll delete which number

[SheRidesABeemer]

Me? Ooops... Sorry

I'll delete which number

You can't break the chain. ;)

I liked RM's repeat, he must have a gig of Corona pics.

[ConcowRider]

OK, Ok, no more freckle pics!
Cheers
DCM

[SNC1923]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2258978630_52d39ab46b_o.jpg

As I reflect on my own pending parenthood, I've got to say, this is really a cute picture.

[tommcgee]

They must have gotten a deal on those guns, Gail. The ones I posted are just up the road in Bar Harbor and look to be from the same foundry. Now I'm curious and wonder how many more there are in the area. Time to explore some more...

Have you seen the new bridge at Fort Knox? There's an observation deck up there in the far tower. It wasn't open last time I went by there.

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3114/dsc00920ba2.jpg

[SheRidesABeemer]

That's a cool looking bridge Tom. It has the Bunker Hill look of the Zakim Bridge. (http://images.google.com/images?q=zakim+bridge+pictures&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS257US257&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi)

My picture is from 2001. I tend to head toward VT more than toward Maine. Maybe this season we'll explore Maine more!

[tommcgee]

That's a cool looking bridge Tom. It has the Bunker Hill look of the Zakim Bridge. (http://images.google.com/images?q=zakim+bridge+pictures&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS257US257&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi)


Here's a link the new bridge construction. Last time I went over the rickety old bridge before it closed, it was behind a cement mixer. Not a good experience on a bike...

http://www.penobscotnarrowsbridgefest.com/

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7996/dsc00020xa8.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5808/dsc00019lv8.jpg

[torags]

Refer #412

One of the satisfying by products of these threads is when you search for the postable picture, you almost relive the moment (time/place), you took the picture.

The contributers to the thread have a cache of pix and I'll bet most haven't gone back into them, but for this thread.

#412 was in the middle of a Euro solo tour thru Western Italy/Sardinia/Corsica to Venice. I had wanted to have an Afagato in front of the same restaurant on the Plaza San Marco in Venice, that I had on my first Euro bike tour in 1970.

I wanted to visit the quarries in Carrera to see Marble production. I'm in building & I sculpt so my interest was strong. Here I was 4 hours after renting a 1100S in Milan (traveling in my true solo fuggawi fashion) in the middle of the mountain, I heard tinkering. Chiesal on stone, sculpters were working in the area. I got off the bike to head to a tarp they were working under to ask where the plants were. I don't speak any other language than a poor English, but I've learned to point well.

There were 4 or 5 and I approached a young gal chiseling. In my best loud (they understand you better), halting English I asked where the foundries were. In perfect English she said further up the hill. Huh. where are you from, I asked. Pennsylvania she said. Hmmm small world. They were an American group taking sculpting lessons.

[tommcgee]

The contributers to the thread have a cache of pix and I'll bet most haven't gone back into them, but for this thread.

iPhoto gives me the ability to easily stay in touch with those old pictures, and I do. Next step is to scan all those old snapshots.

[grossjohann]

http://lh5.google.com/Alex.Grossjohann/R7IQJjaQc7I/AAAAAAAABZ8/aG5tKbObhRY/s800/DSC00658.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/Alex.Grossjohann/MotorcyclePortrait/photo#5166209478857618354)

It's a great spot by the bridge. We were pushing through so we didn't have time to stop in town, but it looked great from the bridge...

[bensonga]

Cleveland....what a fascinating river town....lots of industrial stuff, drawbridges, steel mills etc. I had one brief 4 day business trip there in the mid-80s. Spent a whole day wandering the city with my Nikon F2.

Nothing like that up here in the Anchorage area...I miss being able to photograph old buildings, industrial areas, machinery, etc. I cut my teeth taking photographs of the mills, warehouse district, etc in Minneapolis before moving to Alaska 20 years ago.

This was one of my early scans from a 35mm transparency using a now retired Canoscan FS2720 film scanner. Come to think of it, the Nikon F2s are mostly retired now too.

Here's the color version.

Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska

[SheRidesABeemer]

#426 Gold leaf dome
#427 - Marina

Association??

(I have more ferry pictures than sunsets...:doh )

[torags]

#426 Gold leaf dome
#427 - Marina

Association??

(I have more ferry pictures than sunsets...:doh )

#426 followed #425 which was a tiled dome.

I have no idea where #427 came from, I just followed with masts..

You have more ferry pix because you don't get up early enough... :p

[torags]

#447: Hey Reid is that 3 mile Island? Looks like a finale.

[SheRidesABeemer]

#426 followed #425 which was a tiled dome.

I have no idea where #427 came from, I just followed with masts..

You have more ferry pix because you don't get up early enough... :p

I'm standing by for the covered bridges! :whistle

[torags]

I'm in CA, we don't have them.

[torags]

#459 - I don't get the connection between the religious aspect and the mechanics of an engine repair. Concow rider care to explain?

[ConcowRider]

Sorry Rags, I there is no way to explain the religious aspects of untangling the malfunctioning steering gear in a 50 year old 70 foot steel tug boat. You would have to talk to the vessel owner, my older brother. I think at least some of us prayed a bit in hopes we would not be stranded over night on that steel beast! Needless to say we did not finish the tug boat race heat (600hp and under) we were entered in.
Cheers
Dave

[SheRidesABeemer]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l134/doomscribe/October%202006%20Moto%20trip/Mistyweb.jpg

Nice capture, did you come upon this by accident?

[Beemerchef]

My mouth is watering over this one...please post a link to the recipe! :eat

Can you believe I just found this thread!!! Too funny...
The recipe is on our website, click on the "recipe (http://theoasisofmysoul.com/)" link... there are a few more... It is a 30mn recipe...

I really liked the association of someone posting the car with the doors opening upwards after I posted the statue of Marylin with her skirt flying up...

Be well... Ara & Spirit

*correction... going back into this thread I see that you found the recipe... well done.

[torags]

Sorry Rags, I there is no way to explain the religious aspects of untangling the malfunctioning steering gear in a 50 year old 70 foot steel tug boat. You would have to talk to the vessel owner, my older brother. I think at least some of us prayed a bit in hopes we would not be stranded over night on that steel beast! Needless to say we did not finish the tug boat race heat (600hp and under) we were entered in.
Cheers
Dave

I'm still confused.

Isn't the spirit of this thread is that we must have a link to a previous pic to post our pic?

[darcym]

Nice capture, did you come upon this by accident?

Thanks, and yes. I was walking with a friend thru Ano Nuevo State Park in the hopes of finding elepphant seals, but the seals were taking a day off. And the mist was coming in and out. This was on the walk out.

[rdalland]

#447: Hey Reid is that 3 mile Island? Looks like a finale.

Finale? Yes. But not 3 Mile Island.

It is a shot of the Illuminations Fireworks Show @ Epcot Center.

[torags]

awesome

[SNC1923]

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/103779700_TyBbn-L.jpg

Dave,

The First Lady is holding up well, but your second term is really taking its toll on you.

[Rapid_Roy]

That is a rather wooden expression.:laugh

[torags]

#475

Wow that is some engineering on that rear axel

[37071]

#475

The noblest use for that thing is as a beer bottle opener.:drink

[Beemerchef]

So it is good to play this (play???:scratch ) with both windows open!!!

Just in case... #481... the kangoroo out of the hat of #480... :dunno

You see in Australia they don't use bunnies... right?

[torags]

#475

The noblest use for that thing is as a beer bottle opener.:drink

That panel is probably the swing arm since it doesn't rotate.

[torags]

So it is good to play this (play???:scratch ) with both windows open!!!

Just in case... #481... the kangoroo out of the hat of #480... :dunno

You see in Australia they don't use bunnies... right?

That 'roo looks like she had a long day......:laugh

[Beemerchef]

That 'roo looks like she had a long day......:laugh

This is her without the costume!... It was my first rodeo in Halfway, Oregon... meaning at my first rodeo... :gerg
Life on the road is hell sometimes...

http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/191703482_cfkFQ-L.jpg

[torags]

she's a good sport.

[SheRidesABeemer]

So it is good to play this (play???:scratch ) with both windows open!!!

Just in case... #481... the kangoroo out of the hat of #480... :dunno

You see in Australia they don't use bunnies... right?

I thought you were loosing it!

And I agree, Spirit is a fox. ;)

[Beemerchef]

I thought you were loosing it!

And I agree, Spirit is a fox. ;)

He said "^%^*** %@## #@*& !!!

Thats' "Thank you very much"... but the association was the "pop".... :whistle

[torags]

Hey Beemerchef what kind of dog is that.

[Beemerchef]

Hey Beemerchef what kind of dog is that.

Dog?... what dog?... :laugh
Spirit is a Pit Bull... American Pit Bull... you know the one breed that gets such a bad rap... That is why we have the saying "Blame the owner not the breed" when we are out there fighting BSL (Breed State Legislation) as they are trying to ban Pits everywhere... The analogy is a loaded gun... and that goes for any dog!
Anyhow...
Be well... Ara & Spirit

[Beemerchef]

You lost me with #493... a guy with the death wish laying on the tracks and #492 a fuel tank... I am thinking and it is just not happening...:dunno :scratch

[SheRidesABeemer]

You lost me with #493... a guy with the death wish laying on the tracks and #492 a fuel tank... I am thinking and it is just not happening...:dunno :scratch

492-494 are all pictures of the photographer :dance

[torags]

You lost me with #493... a guy with the death wish laying on the tracks and #492 a fuel tank... I am thinking and it is just not happening...:dunno :scratch

Its a pretty unused track and the photog was taking a shot of winding tracks, sheridesabeemer was right on.

We're part of a local (SF) dpreview group that meets from time to time, gets their cameras out and act like Japanese tourists.

[Beemerchef]

Nice... Yes, I do that every day!!!... a bit of Charleston yesterday...

Suff2C... #500 was priceless!!!... best one in my book... I am still laughing!!!:laugh :laugh :laugh

[SheRidesABeemer]

http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/158403436_PTcvm-L.jpg

What's happening with this picture, it looks like the bridge is listing?

[torags]

Perhaps the pic needs straightening OR never ride on that bridge

[Mongo]

Man I hate work! I had some good ones and my op came and went while slaving away for The Man :mad

[Beemerchef]

I was!!!... the bridge was fine... :ha
I like "things" to be listing... I have a 17~85mm lens just for that, it has become my favorite. That was a full moon in the CA Delta, forgot the name of the town.

[ConcowRider]

Beemerchef, maybe Rio Vista?
Cheers
DCM

[Beemerchef]

Beemerchef, maybe Rio Vista?
Cheers
DCM

That is where it was!!! You are good! beautiful area the Delta where I kept getting lost over and over between the bridges, the ferrys and the Islands! Very nice.

Be well... Ara & Spirit

[Mongo]

Beemerchef, is that Spirit howling on #526? Great shot regardless.

[Beemerchef]

Beemerchef, is that Spirit howling on #526? Great shot regardless.

No! I wish it was... It is a wood Coyote on Roger's property, a rider friend from Terlingua, we all call him UNCLE... (I still don't know why!). He was kind enough to let me camp indefinitely there... Think about that view every morning... and then Big Bend basted in red colors by the sunset on the opposite side... I miss that place!!!
Thanks for asking... be well and stay well.
Ara & Spirit

Here is a close up...
http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/220813115_NjvV3-M.jpg

... and another moment. That morning was magical... I shot about 500 frames in about 30 minutes. I set this one up with a High Definition software since I bracket my pictures. It takes all 3 shots and makes it into one with the ability to change much aspects of the lighting. I don't do it that often... but this time was worth it.
http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/220813030_JQ78L-M.jpg

[torags]

Nice work & great capture Beemerchef.

BTW what kind of vehicle is that at the cookout?

[ConcowRider]

Beemerchef when you took image #528 you must have been just a few miles (north or south) from our place here at the Salton Sea. I'd recognise those Chocolate Mts. in the background even if I was blindfolded. We wake up to this kindof view (looking east) almost every morning. We are trying to make this our winter refuge but other obligations / things seem to keep getting in the way.
Cheers
Dave, Dot & Freckles (Desert) Doggie

[Beemerchef]

Nice work & great capture Beemerchef.

BTW what kind of vehicle is that at the cookout?

I just figured out the "cookout" part... I am so slow these days! Tooth infection... (good excuse?).
It is a Mercedes Bus, German Co that makes Tours. The poor driver of course drives and also cooks! The german tourists (30 of them) do help. They sit up front during the day and sleep in those cubicles at night and do campgrounds for showers and so forth. Cheap... for one month including airfare $3000 (from Germany). But... much cramped... I had met the same driver in Yosemite... this picture was in Big Bend and he recognized us!... well, Spirit anyhow... Their African Tours sound interesting, same vehicle but all wheel drive... expedition type bus...
Be well... Ara & Spirit

[SNC1923]

This is a nice string of associations, I think:

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l134/doomscribe/Long%20Beach%20Cycle%20World%20Show%2007/Wild%20Custom%20Bikes/_MG_3178.jpg

http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/216648991_T3EMP-L.jpg

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/12816564_yMj5h-L.jpg

[37071]

Beemerchef, maybe Rio Vista?
Cheers
DCM

Who knew that California had a DELTA??? Certainly NOT us ignorant Canucks:dunno

[Beemerchef]

Who knew that California had a DELTA??? Certainly NOT us ignorant Canucks:dunno


The Delta, near Sacramento, is very cool to ride. I would leave in the am GPS off and just ride and get lost totally using my sense of direction (unvaluable...:laugh ) which is impossible because of the bends throughout the channels! Ferries, bridges... Even the locals still get lost, only the old timers don't! If you have a chance great place to spend a few days...
Be well... Ara & Spirit

[SNC1923]

http://lamble.smugmug.com/photos/255612224_tStXF-L.jpg

A uniquely understated, apt transition.

Good eye.

Death Valley is our club's playground, being a fewer than four hours from home. We sometimes go to Panamint Springs for lunch.

[Beemerchef]

A uniquely understated, apt transition.

Good eye.

Death Valley is our club's playground, being a fewer than four hours from home. We sometimes go to Panamint Springs for lunch.

It was the sticker in my case...
I was reading your posts in the other thread. Very nice. I wish I would have waited and also purchase the 40D instead of the 30D on wich I use the ChappelHill sensor cleaning method... but will take it in friday in Atlanta to some pros for more cleaning! Oh! well... a Mark III with a 15~35mm IS L series also would do!!!:laugh

Thanks... Ara & Spirit

[SNC1923]

It was the sticker in my case...
I was reading your posts in the other thread. Very nice. I wish I would have waited and also purchase the 40D instead of the 30D on wich I use the ChappelHill sensor cleaning method... but will take it in friday in Atlanta to some pros for more cleaning! Oh! well... a Mark III with a 15~35mm IS L series also would do!!!:laugh

Thanks... Ara & Spirit

And I'll be wishing I had waited for the 50D. . . . It's a never-ending cycle. 30D's a great camera, and will remain so for many years to come.

[Beemerchef]

And I'll be wishing I had waited for the 50D. . . . It's a never-ending cycle. 30D's a great camera, and will remain so for many years to come.


Some day the Mark III will be on sale... dirt cheap!!! right!!!

[lamble]

A uniquely understated, apt transition.

Good eye.

Death Valley is our club's playground, being a fewer than four hours from home. We sometimes go to Panamint Springs for lunch.

Nice playground!
Must admit to getting a touch of vertigo on the way into DV with those exposed edges.
It was the start of a ride from lowest point to highest. I failed on the highest due to inclement weather, but did cross Tioga Pass instead; I'd crumpled at the sight of it on the Unchained across the USA ride, earlier. So a personal achievement. I still get vertigo on edges though, so kill or cure didn't achieve either.

[37071]

; )

We have always known that Paul was outstanding in his field.:laugh

[Voni]

;)
Voni
sMiling

[grossjohann]

Yeah, Yosemite.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l134/doomscribe/dof/HalfDomeoverMerced.jpg

This is a great shot...and a wonderful opportunity to use that polarizing filter.

[torags]

We have always known that Paul was outstanding in his field.:laugh


:laugh :laugh :laugh

[RandallIsland]

...but the pig is pink...like the building. :bolt

[torags]

...but the pig is pink...like the building. :bolt

Jeeze thats going to be tough to match... I think it's XXX, but can't be sure.

:laugh

[SheRidesABeemer]

I took the high road...

[RandallIsland]

I took the high road...

Oww! I'm blind! I don't see the connection!

[rocketman]

The perspective in #599 is really kool, how did she get SO small?? And still be able to ride that big bike no less????

It really looks like the road surface is just a normal width which would put the person not more than 10 feet behind the bike,,,,,but obviously something else is going on here.. too kool....

I love this ( well the photo ) thread.

[rocketman]

RE #633

Dude when you throwing a party at your "summer cottage"? I wanna come!

And a very unpretentious place, I might add.:laugh

RM

( I like hob-nobbing with royalty )

[torags]

:laugh :laugh :laugh

That a summer palace of the guy (king, Emporer??), who conceived St Petersberg, Russia after being impressed by Venice.

You know,.... Venice where its warm and St Pete where it gets very very cold (to freeze the canals). what was he thinking? :dunno

[rocketman]

Eh gads! Tom has become a mere phantom of his former self!

Tis a sad sad day indeed....:laugh

RM

[SNC1923]

Eh gads! Tom has become a mere phantom of his former self!

Tis a sad sad day indeed....:laugh

RM

Sheesh, I wish that were the case. I've adopted a new stance that I call, "fatitude."

Torags has the bestest transitions!

[SNC1923]

Wow.

Photos: Free Association blew past 10,000 views sometime yesterday. That's in 3 and 1/2 weeks. Pretty cool. . . . People likes lookin' at perty pitchers.

[torags]

Ooops.... Kabasa and sheridesabeemer caught me twix 'n tween. Had to delete

[rocketman]

Wow.

Photos: Free Association blew past 10,000 views sometime yesterday. That's in 3 and 1/2 weeks. Pretty cool. . . . People likes lookin' at perty pitchers.

hey, lets not drag sports into this....

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/bob_feller_autograph.jpg

some folks said he was a handsome Feller, others said he was simply a Bob Feller.

:laugh

[SheRidesABeemer]

So we're a month into this and here is what I've learned.

- I don't have any sunset/sunrises, apparently I missed the class the day they talked about the golden hour.
- I don't have any rusty car pics...I have no car pics
- I don't like the city, don't have many pics
- I have more nuclear power plant pics than most people :dunno
- We have yet to get to cover bridges, I got covered bridges
- I resolve to take more pictures of the things around my bike, not just the bike!
- I have as many kid pictures as Beemerchef has dog pictures. ;)
- This is fun.

[torags]

I'm going to go out on a limb here.... RandallIsland went to China. Is that a good guess?

It may take him 2 years 7 months and 16 days to get the entire China trip album on Free Association :laugh

I'm joking and they're interesting pix.

I just gave SheRidesABeemer a bridge, albeit uncovered.

[Beemerchef]

So we're a month into this and here is what I've learned.


- I have as many kid pictures as Beemerchef has dog pictures. ;)
- This is fun.


:dunno :laugh :laugh :laugh

[Beemerchef]

No... no... no... NOT THAT BRIDGE AGAIN!!! Lets ban that bridge... :banghead :help :gerg :hide

[torags]

Ugh... Happily I can't match the driveway pic of Randellisland.

[rocketman]

I'm going to go out on a limb here.... RandallIsland went to China. Is that a good guess?

It may take him 2 years 7 months and 16 days to get the entire China trip album on Free Association :laugh

I'm joking and they're interesting pix.

I just gave SheRidesABeemer a bridge, albeit uncovered.

What??? Don't you recognize China Town, NY???:laugh

RM

[torags]

What??? Don't you recognize China Town, NY???:laugh

RM

When I left NY it looked more like Little Italy... :laugh

[rocketman]

When I left NY it looked more like Little Italy... :laugh

Ha Ha! Probably one of the smartest things you've ever done!:bolt

(no offense meant to anyone, just for me its just WAY too big and mostly just so tall! I like being able to see the sky when I look up!):laugh

RM

[RandallIsland]

Ugh... Happily I can't match the driveway pic of Randallisland.

What's wrong with my mud!? :ha

[torags]

I like mud. But not the snow/mud cocktail, the day after. :p

[SheRidesABeemer]

http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/211522061_WtCmP-L.jpg

Anyone going to one up Beemerchef on this one? :laugh

[tommcgee]

Anyone going to one up Beemerchef on this one? :laugh

There's nothing in my files that would do it! I don't take nearly enough pictures!

[torags]

Well I tried...

[rocketman]

Ar those crackles (sp?) We have tons of those that live in the Wildlife Preserve behind my house. Every evening they flock in the trees right at the edge of the development and raise a real ruckus for about 10-15 minutes then almost on que they all go racing off home to the Preserve then every morning repeat before flying off in all directions for the day, only to return at sunset and do it all over again. The sky is literally black with birds and the noise is increasable and its always right at the same time every day, I set my clocks by their flocking!:laugh (Ok, so maybe not THAT precise, by still...) Ha Ha!

RM

[Voni]

Ar those crackles (sp?) We have tons of those that live in the Wildlife Preserve behind my house. Every evening they flock in the trees right at the edge of the development and raise a real ruckus for about 10-15 minutes then almost on que they all go racing off home to the Preserve then every morning repeat before flying off in all directions for the day, only to return at sunset and do it all over again. The sky is literally black with birds and the noise is increasable and its always right at the same time every day, I set my clocks by their flocking!:laugh (Ok, so maybe not THAT precise, by still...) Ha Ha!

RM

Kind of like Sturgis, eh?

Voni
sMiling

[rocketman]

Kind of like Sturgis, eh?

Voni
sMiling


Ha Ha! Can't say, never been there but I imagine its a good bit noisier!

RM

[Beemerchef]

#719....
I will not write what I am thinking...
No... I will not... will not... or what I said when I saw... "THAT"!!! Perfect lighting... and composition... :hide

[rocketman]

#719....
I will not write what I am thinking...
No... I will not... will not... or what I said when I saw... "THAT"!!! Perfect lighting... and composition... :hide

Yes Yes I know I had that same reaction when I saw the picture on my monitor when I got home.....

"HeY Waiter, someone just barfed on my PLATE!!!" :laugh

but actually it was much better "in person" and was some of the best beef I've ever had, and I've had some damn fine beef in my 57 years. It was cooked flambe' at our table at our last meal in Cabo last fall, the breakfast we had at the same place that morning was equally delish......them Mexicans grow some grass feed beef like you would not believe, just show it the knife and it cuts itself....

RM

[SNC1923]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2219317176_531be70839_o.jpg

This is SUCH a great shot.

It's a common picture--everyone's got one. But this rendering, the composition, the unusual subject/shadow, the intensity of the apparent speed rendered in the blurring yellow line, how it bisects the picture diagonally. . . .

This is SUCH a great shot.

[Beemerchef]

Wow Tom... #735 is a powerful picture!!! What kind of lens to you use?... and mainly... how far where you??? Obviously you are still here!!! That is a remarquable shot... (:laugh :laugh :laugh )
Be well...
Ara & Spirit

[torags]

Did you see what Beemerchefs dog's urine did to that tree? #728

I heard pit bulls were tough, but that's through & through... Jeeze...

:lol

[SheRidesABeemer]

This is SUCH a great shot.

It's a common picture--everyone's got one. But this rendering, the composition, the unusual subject/shadow, the intensity of the apparent speed rendered in the blurring yellow line, how it bisects the picture diagonally. . . .

This is SUCH a great shot.

Thanks Tom, I appreciate the details about what makes this a good shot.
I wish I'd taken it. You failed to mention the 3 fingered glove...which is why Lisa was taking the picture to begin with. :dance

[rocketman]

Wow Tom... #735 is a powerful picture!!! What kind of lens to you use?... and mainly... how far where you??? Obviously you are still here!!! That is a remarquable shot... (:laugh :laugh :laugh )
Be well...
Ara & Spirit

yeah, lucky for him the dear showed up just as the cat was leaping or well,, we would be shy one on mod on the photo phorum <-----(this is now the official spelling by the way!:laugh )

RM

[SNC1923]

Wow Tom... #735 is a powerful picture!!! What kind of lens to you use?... and mainly... how far where you??? Obviously you are still here!!! That is a remarquable shot... (:laugh :laugh :laugh )
Be well...
Ara & Spirit

Thanks, Ara.

My name is Tom "Danger" Moran. There are no lengths I won't go to in order to get "the shot." In this particular instance, I had to navigate through an entire Cabella's store, past the discount bin, and around a sale on fishing lures. I almost didn't make it back. Thanks for appreciating what goes into the making of a great photo.

--Danger

[SNC1923]

Thanks Tom, I appreciate the details about what makes this a good shot.
I wish I'd taken it. You failed to mention the 3 fingered glove...which is why Lisa was taking the picture to begin with. :dance

That's so funny. I did notice the glove, but that it was three-fingered didn't register. I was going to say it looked like an alien, but suspecting that Lisa was involved, I didn't want to hurt her feelings! (For those that haven't had the pleasure, Lisa is a totally cutie).

No matter how many fingers, great shot! :thumb

[rocketman]

Interesting turn of subject from Toms photo of the harbor, I saw it and thought cranes at first, then boats and then I remembered the photo taken at the other banks NC last spring on my ride back from the Cape Fear 1000 and thought Hmmmm, which lead to the wooden poles theme as that one seemed the most subdued or least obivous feature in Tom's post.

I wonder if boats or cranes would have come out of that one by Tom had I not choosen the sand fence pic. Interesting, and I really like the follow up posts...:laugh

[chewman]

Just an FYI
My folks on their 50th wedding anniversary!!!
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/540/rafting1aza2.jpg

[OfficerImpersonator]

I think Torags has been on a river trip through the Grand Canyon as well!

Just for clarification, all photos posted are, theoretically, supposed to be taken by the poster, right? No cut and pastes from Google Image Search or equivalent, right?

[chewman]

I think Torags has been on a river trip through the Grand Canyon as well!

Just for clarification, all photos posted are, theoretically, supposed to be taken by the poster, right? No cut and pastes from Google Image Search or equivalent, right?


This was on a river in western North Carolina.
I, and more of the family, were in another boat.
The guide would go thru "difficult" parts first, then we would follow one at a time:boldpurpl
Ya can't see Dad, he was always falling into the bottom of the raft:gerg

[torags]

I think Torags has been on a river trip through the Grand Canyon as well!

Just for clarification, all photos posted are, theoretically, supposed to be taken by the poster, right? No cut and pastes from Google Image Search or equivalent, right?


Yup. that's my understanding..

Hey, is that a toilet seat on the box?.... Hahaha...

[OfficerImpersonator]

Yup. that's my understanding..

Hey, is that a toilet seat on the box?.... Hahaha...

That's called "The Unit", as in "I'm going to go use the unit". It's a army surplus rocket box modified to accommodate a standard toilet seat. The rest of the containers hold kitty litter to help manage the smell, a box of Clorox 2 to help manage the smell, and rolls of toilet paper.

Talk about a room with a view!

So the funniest story I've ever heard regarding a "unit" goes like this...

A party left on a 21 day trip down the length of the Grand Canyon. All full-canyon trips leave from Lee's Ferry, just downstream of the Glen Canyon Dam. About five miles into the trip, the river flows beneath this highway bridge.
http://dvandkq.net/images/05022004-015.jpg

After pushing off, the trip leader realized he forgot to include a toilet seat for the unit. Knowing that a rocket box without a seat would be uncomfortable - especially for the female passengers - he used the satellite phone to contact the support team who had just pushed them into the river. The driver of the support van raced to the gas station just west of the Navajo Bridge and ripped the toilet seat off the toilet. He raced back to the bridge and launched the toilet seat off the bridge and into the abyss, where it was recovered by the boats on the trip and used for the duration of the trip.

I never heard if they replaced the toilet seat they "borrowed" from the gas station, but it's a fun story to tell around the campfire while on a river trip.

[SheRidesABeemer]

Just for clarification, all photos posted are, theoretically, supposed to be taken by the poster, right? No cut and pastes from Google Image Search or equivalent, right?

I have already admitted that a big chunk of my road shots have been taken by my back seat photographer.

Many have this tell-tale sign
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1062/765135767_cce52dc598_o.jpg

[torags]

dvandkq that 's a great story.

I'd love to see a picture of the gas station owner after the first gal asked about the seat.

[Mar]

Hey, is that a toilet seat on the box?.... Hahaha...

When I floated the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon a few years ago the rule was that you had to tinkle in the river (river water is drinking water but it's sanitized, and they let the sediment settle out, too). This was easy for the men but we women had to sometimes do acrobatics to hit the river. It's so dry there that if you peed on land, it would stay for a long time and smell. If you've ever hiked the trail from the rim to the bottom and smelled the donkey pee, you know what I mean.

The "solid stuff" was deposited in an ammunition box with a toilet seat on it. You knew someone was using it if the roll of toilet paper was gone from the bushes at the entrance to the toilet area.

[SheRidesABeemer]

I manged to transform a throw away picture to something mildly usable.

Lisa took this picture from the back seat of our borrowed car as we headed into the city. You can see the car windows reflecting in the sky. I wasn't as meticulous as I could have been cleaning it up, but it's ok for a 10 min job

- I rotated the original 5% to get it straight
- I toned down the blue, added a little contrast
- I cropped it, but that left a piece of blank sky in the upper right
- I cut/copied some sky from the left to patch that
- I used the clone tool, spot healing and blur tool to remove the car window reflections


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2300592350_e2451bd929.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2191/2299785341_2b43502117.jpg

[Beemerchef]

I did not see 781 and 782... I was going for the "ice" on 783... it just happens to be (the previous one) a helicopter with jaws!!!... That was a coincidence... works?... right?

Elvis is alive and they are milking him here in Memphis!!!

Be well... Ara & Spirit

[Beemerchef]

"I used the clone tool, spot healing and blur tool to remove the reflections"... I sure could use that myself!!!:hide

[lamble]

I did not see 781 and 782... I was going for the "ice" on 783... it just happens to be (the previous one) a helicopter with jaws!!!... That was a coincidence... works?... right?

Elvis is alive and they are milking him here in Memphis!!!

Be well... Ara & Spirit

You could always say it was the pattern on the tablecloth and the rotor blades that made the link. I'd not tell anyone differently if you didn't!

[OfficerImpersonator]

When I floated the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon a few years ago the rule was that you had to tinkle in the river (river water is drinking water but it's sanitized, and they let the sediment settle out, too). This was easy for the men but we women had to sometimes do acrobatics to hit the river. It's so dry there that if you peed on land, it would stay for a long time and smell. If you've ever hiked the trail from the rim to the bottom and smelled the donkey pee, you know what I mean.

The "solid stuff" was deposited in an ammunition box with a toilet seat on it. You knew someone was using it if the roll of toilet paper was gone from the bushes at the entrance to the toilet area.

We leave our hat on a conspicuous branch along the path to the unit. Occasionally someone will forget the hat and wander off to explore something. That's always well-received by everyone else.

[OfficerImpersonator]

I have already admitted that a big chunk of my road shots have been taken by my back seat photographer.

Many have this tell-tale sign
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1062/765135767_cce52dc598_o.jpg

That's good enough for me! Someday I'll have to mount my camera on my bike so I can take shots while riding. A passenger isn't an option on my bike.

[chewman]

This is a GREAT thread you guys n gals started here.
I find myself biting my tongue often not to post words saying how awesome that photo or another was!
Collectively, y'all could give National Geographic something to look at!
Just wanted to let ya know, I am enjoying every photo posted.

[lamble]

I must confess to being a little disappointed that my brothell pic didn't lead to any salacious follow ons. But it does warrant a comment:

"Who could be so desperate for a shag that they'd crash a plane in the brothell driveway?"

And...honest I was riding passed and didn't pop in.

Anyone here married to a truck driver?
Check his hotel and parking receipts.

[BradfordBenn]

Okay this one is purely me thinking it was cool;

I saw three pictures of projects I had worked on in the thread.

1) Pilot Grill at Disney California Adventure
2) Twister at Universal Studios
3) FAO Schwartz at Pointe Orlando

Pretty cool to see stuff that I work on through other people's photos.

[SheRidesABeemer]

Dang Brad sniped me.
Oh well, Kbasa is fixing BMW's just like Paul.

[SNC1923]

Okay this one is purely me thinking it was cool;

I saw three pictures of projects I had worked on in the thread.

1) Pilot Grill at Disney California Adventure
2) Twister at Universal Studios
3) FAO Schwartz at Pointe Orlando

Pretty cool to see stuff that I work on through other people's photos.

That's actually very cool. Point of pride, indeed.

[tommcgee]

Wow, built like a stone s-house. :laugh

[rocketman]

Wow! from out house to Gods house,,...........now there’s an association that could offend someone of sensibilities! Ha Ha!

RM

[SheRidesABeemer]

Karol, Do tell us about this unusual shot!
http://Krol.smugmug.com/photos/262467875_NRLsq-M.jpg

[k75karol]

QUOTE=SheRidesABeemer;302312]Karol, Do tell us about this unusual shot![/QUOTE]
That's Gypsy (gypsybeemer). She's a sun conure, and loves to Help me wash the bikes. I've got some great shot's of her on all the bikes.
http://Krol.smugmug.com/photos/262478994_W9PSy-M.jpg

http://Krol.smugmug.com/photos/262473224_kw3wS-M.jpg[

She has been to a few rallies, but I haven't figured out how to take her on the bike.

[Beemerchef]

I don't think She Rides a Beemer is going to like #862... Peddling "teens"... $5!!!
:stick

[Mongo]

I'll take two! :laugh

[Beemerchef]

I'll take two! :laugh

I am not going to touch that one... :bolt

[SheRidesABeemer]

I'll take two! :laugh

You just want the two root beer floats...:drink :drink

[Beemerchef]

You just want the two root beer floats...:drink :drink

Children... children... this is a BMW Forum... not...:bar



:gerg

[SheRidesABeemer]

We seem to be at a black cat stand off. Someone help us! :cat

[torags]

Hi I'm back..

Looks like ConcowRider doesn't know when he's getting mooned by the herd. :laugh

[ConcowRider]

Rags, I think we knew we were getting the south end view of the critters heading north, but didn't have the knowledge / experience to just accelerated through the mess. Finally a delivery truck (on a schedule) behind us pulled out and around and broke trail. I've survived commute traffic in the SF Bay area, Boston, New York, LA, etc., etc. but this was a totally new one on me! :scratch
Cheers
DCM

[torags]

Rags, I think we knew we were getting the south end view of the critters heading north, but didn't have the knowledge / experience to just accelerated through the mess. Finally a delivery truck (on a schedule) behind us pulled out and around and broke trail. I've survived commute traffic in the SF Bay area, Boston, New York, LA, etc., etc. but this was a totally new one on me! :scratch
Cheers
DCM

Jeeze I believe it...

[130253]

SNC1923, your post # 907 is quite unusual. Was it designed by Escher? :scratch I have studied this photo several times today and find it quite intriguing, or did I just smoke to much pot in my youth?:whistle

[torags]

#911: uh oh this is getting scary. Did they have an organized tour of Bryce? :p

Anyway it was my favorite...

[SNC1923]

SNC1923, your post # 907 is quite unusual. Was it designed by Escher? :scratch I have studied this photo several times today and find it quite intriguing, or did I just smoke to much pot in my youth?:whistle

Well, if you're anything like me. . . .

It's an arch in an old building full of retail stores in Camel, CA. I've always been fascinated by photographs not of things, but of details--parts of things. This allows one to focus on shapes, textures, shadows, lighting, etc.

And it also plays with your head, which is a bonus.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled flashback. :type

[130253]

Well, if you're anything like me. . . .

It's an arch in an old building full of retail stores in Camel, CA.

Thanks for the low down on that photo. I would like to see the wideangle view.
Oh yeah Tom, Camel Calif, I had to hump it out there one time to get this great recipe.:stick
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/getrecipe.zsp?id=67495

[chewman]

Oh yeah Tom, Camel Calif, I had to hump it out there one time to get this great recipe.:stick
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/getrecipe.zsp?id=67495


Just wondering, how often do you, {or anyone else here} visit / use RecipeZaar?

[SheRidesABeemer]

Thanks for the low down on that photo. I would like to see the wideangle view.
Oh yeah Tom, Camel Calif, I had to hump it out there one time to get this great recipe.:stick
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/getrecipe.zsp?id=67495

Great recipe I think I'll try it this weekend; if I can find all the ingredients. :dunno

[rocketman]

SNC1923, your post # 907 is quite unusual. Was it designed by Escher? :scratch I have studied this photo several times today and find it quite intriguing, or did I just smoke to much pot in my youth?:whistle

Not possible, and on that subject...... i will say no more.....:D

RM

[rocketman]

Just wondering, how often do you, {or anyone else here} visit / use RecipeZaar?

I just make it up as I go along...

A dash of newt-eye here

A sprinkle toad-wart power there...

A pinch of ....





oops! wrong recipe book....


never mind.....

RM

[130253]

Just wondering, how often do you, {or anyone else here} visit / use RecipeZaar?

Chewman, I use it from time to time for this and that. There are some good recipes to be found there. A lot of quick and easy ones when you are in a hurry.
Camel takes all day though.;)

[rocketman]

looking at #934 I have wonder how cool it would be if that was really a picture in the opening instead of just an opening. Ha Ha!

RM

[tommcgee]

looking at #934 I have wonder how cool it would be if that was really a picture in the opening instead of just an opening. Ha Ha!

I was thinking the same thing. It'd be hard to get the sky color right though...

[rocketman]

I was thinking the same thing. It'd be hard to get the sky color right though...

Well it might be right on some days, but getting it to change with the lighting and colors, Now THAT would be just Too cool! ( could be done with today technology and a big plasma display) :D

Hell you could even set it up like the old rippled pictures so that the angle of view would change slightly as you walked by! Ha Ha!

RM

[SNC1923]

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2199/mcraterob1zg4.jpg

REALLY nice response. Never know when a photo like this will come in handy. Great association.

[chewman]

REALLY nice response. Never know when a photo like this will come in handy. Great association.

:) This was taken in the courtyard/sitting area at Meteor Crater in Arizona.
They had built this wall with a big hole in it.
This is just a photo of that hole!

[37071]

rocketman
How did you acheive coloured flags in a b&w picture? #927. Beautiful effect.

[130253]

I wanted to post this in free association in response to Torgas's # 953, but I didn't take this, it was emailed to me.
12685
So I am showing it here, pretty funny!

[SheRidesABeemer]

rocketman
How did you acheive coloured flags in a b&w picture? #927. Beautiful effect.

I'm not sure RM did his, but in general you can do this effect in photoshop. You make a second layer of your picture. Set one layer to B&W, then you either use the history brush to reveal the color object, or you delete the object from the BW section, revealing the color layer below.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2410/2318053779_4ce8258c1e_o.jpg

[torags]

I wanted to post this in free association in response to Torgas's # 953, but I didn't take this, it was emailed to me.
12685
So I am showing it here, pretty funny!

That is pretty funny. He really didn't want to grease those splines..........

You might enjoy this. A portable Margarita blender powered by a lawn mower motor. Seen at Laguna Seca, and it made a decent drink.

http://torags.smugmug.com/photos/104657698_EByFu-M.jpg

[rocketman]

rocketman
How did you acheive coloured flags in a b&w picture? #927. Beautiful effect.

As SheRidesaBeemer said there are more than one way to do this. I masked out the flags then used PS to remove the color from the layer but with the "mask" on the flags they were not affected so after removing the masking layer they retained their color.

and thanks, it from my Poem "A Walk Among Hero's" that was taken in Arlington Cemetery of a honor guard I saw on one my visits there.

RM

[torags]

Hey Gail...

Is that Caesar salad? #954

[SheRidesABeemer]

Hey Gail...

Is that Caesar salad? #954

Pile of moss Lisa picked up at Glacier Nat'l Park

[SheRidesABeemer]

Ok raise your hand, who does NOT have a tent picture? :scratch You may as well say you don't have a bike picture.

[darcym]

Me.

Actually I have a bazillion tent pictures somewhere on paper or film, just none are digitized. None with bike as I have yet to go bike camping, but will be fixing that this summer.

[lamble]

Whilst the number of photographs available for posting here are no-where near being exhausted, is it just me, or have the topics become very familiar and almost predictable, obviously apart from those that just appear to be related to a theme only by the fact that they are ...another photograph?

Where are all the envelope pushers, the outside the boxers, the whatever corporate jargon is current for imaginative thinkers?

Please, let's see if we can expand the themes and stretch these associations beyond Utah landmarks and someone else's bike. Even Beemerchef has shots where his dog isn't in them and if he can do that, so can we....variety, obtuse, creative, bizarre, thought provoking.

Some beautiful images being posted none-the-less. :thumb

[lamble]

Ok raise your hand, who does NOT have a tent picture? :scratch You may as well say you don't have a bike picture.

I don't have a tent picture. I've never found my tent photogenic enough. Now if you could capture smell!

[SheRidesABeemer]

Where are all the envelope pushers, the outside the boxers, the whatever corporate jargon is current for imaginative thinkers?


I would just like to say that all my bike pics are outside the boxers. :whistle
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2300/2110365461_c87d95f176_o.jpg

[rocketman]

re 991

Gail, you're such a tool! Ha Ha!

(sorry, couldn't resist, blame my Father he taught me the "fine art" of punning and to never Ever give up the opportunity to do so!) Ha Ha

RM

[SheRidesABeemer]

re 991

Gail, you're such a tool! Ha Ha!

(sorry, couldn't resist, blame my Father he taught me the "fine art" of punning and to never Ever give up the opportunity to do so!) Ha Ha

RM

That's ok, I suffer from the same syndrome. :p

[Beemerchef]

Moi??? But I am in Utah and how could that be?... Spirit wants to be in all the picture... :laugh :laugh :laugh

[Beemerchef]

Actually Spirit was nowhere to be seen in today's pictures...:dunno

http://beemerchef.smugmug.com/photos/268291817_ReBg3-M.jpg

[SheRidesABeemer]

Actually Spirit was nowhere to be seen in today's pictures...:dunno


I've got a video and some music for that picture
<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NzlG28B-R8Y&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NzlG28B-R8Y&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

[darcym]

:uhoh Freaky!

[Beemerchef]

I have to now turn the lights on!!!... too funny... I mean... yes... freaky!!!:hide

[RandallIsland]

Is it just me, or are the eyes in 1006 noticeably similar to the avatar? :scratch

[SheRidesABeemer]

Is it just me, or are the eyes in 1006 noticeably similar to the avatar? :scratch

I think you're on to something. What a great way to cut down on those pesky day care bills! :thumb

[torags]

OK Gail.... So without cage is not synonymous with without chain.... :laugh

[RandallIsland]

Duplicate! Duplicate! 1018 is a duplicate! :stick :D