Photography: The Amateur's Eye

[spaminator]

cool pics.

is that a mini statue next to the tire?

 

[CDNBear]

cool pics.

is that a mini statue next to the tire?

It's either a lawn jockey or a Black midget.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

It's either a lawn jockey or a Black midget.

Right on both accounts. It looked like he had a baseball in his hand. But you can't tell from the photo.

 

[gerryh]

My wife put it there. You said it's for me to look in when I make a fool of myself.

I imagine that happens quite often.

I also have an 18-255 zoom. I just haven't used it much. I'm heading for the Ice Roads in January, hoping to catch some interesting shots up there.

and you damn well better be making a stop in Calgary. So take the Trans Canada!

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

I imagine that happens quite often.





and you damn well better be making a stop in Calgary. So take the Trans Canada!

Nope, but if time avails I'll be having dinner with Karrie and her hubby, so unglue your ass from that brokeback cowboy town and head North young man.

 

[Goober]

I wanna know why you have a mirror on the fence facing the deck. Then again, maybe I don't want to know.

That is a portal to sunny days, warm breezes and the family around the deck with the grill cooking supper.

 

[gerryh]

Nope, but if time avails I'll be having dinner with Karrie and her hubby, so unglue your ass from that brokeback cowboy town and head North young man.

It adds a lousy 200 km to the trip to come through Calgary.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

It adds a lousy 200 km to the trip to come through Calgary.

I'm flying into Edmonton. Jet Fuel is expensive.

 

[gerryh]

I'm flying into Edmonton. Jet Fuel is expensive.

ya ya ya..excuses excuses.

 

[lone wolf]

I'm flying into Edmonton. Jet Fuel is expensive.

Try something else. Jet fuel will kill ya....

 

[shadowshiv]

Google Earth Coordinates: Latitude 43° 4'40.50"N Longitude 79°30'38.47"W

Highway 20 approximate 6 km east of Smithville there is a rest area on the left just over a bridge that crosses a creek. Beside that rest area is house with a barn. The vehicles are behind the barn.

It would be interesting to see Bear's "after" pictures if he is able to get that truck.

I really enjoy pictures like this. Things in a state of disrepair, or perhaps something that looks like it was abandoned somewhere and forgotten both by people and time itself. Keep on posting 'em, Mark!

 

[DaSleeper]

It would be interesting to see Bear's "after" pictures if he is able to get that truck.



I really enjoy pictures like this. Things in a state of disrepair, or perhaps something that looks like it was abandoned somewhere and forgotten both by people and time itself. Keep on posting 'em, Mark!

Always be careful investigating such old buildings.....Many years ago on the outskirts of town, a friend and I riding our trail bikes, stopped to investigate such a building(looked like this one).
Not far from the entrance, in an old feed box, was a case of dynamite, so old that it had "sweated".
Extremely dangerous stuff....
My friend and I backed out in the same footprints we had come in and reported to the local fire department.
With the land owner's permission, they did what I had seen my father do with leftover stashes of dynamite along the river after the logging drive in the spring.....they burned it.....actualy the whole barn because they considered it to dangerous to go in.

 

[DurkaDurka]

Great shots, Mark. Enjoy the camera.

 

[spaminator]

Always be careful investigating such old buildings.....Many years ago on the outskirts of town, a friend and I riding our trail bikes, stopped to investigate such a building(looked like this one).
Not far from the entrance, in an old feed box, was a case of dynamite, so old that it had "sweated".
Extremely dangerous stuff....
My friend and I backed out in the same footprints we had come in and reported to the local fire department.
With the land owner's permission, they did what I had seen my father do with leftover stashes of dynamite along the river after the logging drive in the spring.....they burned it.....actualy the whole barn because they considered it to dangerous to go in.

you and your friend nearly went with a bang.

It would be interesting to see Bear's "after" pictures if he is able to get that truck.



I really enjoy pictures like this. Things in a state of disrepair, or perhaps something that looks like it was abandoned somewhere and forgotten both by people and time itself. Keep on posting 'em, Mark!

perhaps bear could have the truck pimped.

 

[Johnnny]

FOr the cost of a plane ticket, My buddy and i will drive you to edmonton from Toronto for 3/4 of the price..... Ill use the money for gas, and will only stop in Thunder Bay because they have a casino. And we will pay our own food but you buy the herb!!!! I know a shortcut that cuts off 4 hrs of the drive from between Torornto and Edmonton... FOr lodging i hope you like the backseat cause my buddy and i will cycle drivers as we go... Think JohnnyCab before you fly... I can make the drive from Toronto to Thunder Bay in almost 13 hrs....

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Great shots, Mark. Enjoy the camera.

Thanks Dan, nowhere near your level, but I appreciate it.

FOr the cost of a plane ticket, My buddy and i will drive you to edmonton from Toronto for 3/4 of the price..... Ill use the money for gas, and will only stop in Thunder Bay because they have a casino. And we will pay our own food but you buy the herb!!!! I know a shortcut that cuts off 4 hrs of the drive from between Torornto and Edmonton... FOr lodging i hope you like the backseat cause my buddy and i will cycle drivers as we go... Think JohnnyCab before you fly... I can make the drive from Toronto to Thunder Bay in almost 13 hrs....

Thanks Johnny, but I'll be doing intensive driving over long hours for six weeks so I'm opting for the airplane. Sorry on the herb too, I'm drug tested regularly [safety sensitive] so I abstain.

 

[spaminator]

Right on both accounts. It looked like he had a baseball in his hand. But you can't tell from the photo.

perhaps you could somehow work this creepy looking thing into your next book.

 

[Johnnny]

Its been 2 hrs and no one has asked me about my shortcut yet??? Either everyone knows of it or you guys dont believe me .... Hahahaha i know a shortcut , it almost gives you a reason to spend a little extra time in Sudbury

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Its been 2 hrs and no one has asked me about my shortcut yet??? Either everyone knows of it or you guys dont believe me .... Hahahaha i know a shortcut , it almost gives you a reason to spend a little extra time in Sudbury

Is it the ferry into Michigan? Or cutting across at the Sault?

I was trying some darker atmosphere and attempting to catch the evening colours. What caught my
eye about this was the telegraph line on the tracks. It's been cut for years and the the posts have all
begun to lean as a result.

I call this one Galvanized Chinaman. Reminds me of the assassins in John Carpenter's
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

 

[Ron in Regina]

FOr the cost of a plane ticket, My buddy and i will drive you to edmonton from Toronto for 3/4 of the price..... Ill use the money for gas, and will only stop in Thunder Bay because they have a casino. And we will pay our own food but you buy the herb!!!! I know a shortcut that cuts off 4 hrs of the drive from between Torornto and Edmonton... FOr lodging i hope you like the backseat cause my buddy and i will cycle drivers as we go... Think JohnnyCab before you fly... I can make the drive from Toronto to Thunder Bay in almost 13 hrs....

Johnny cab clips from total recall - YouTube