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Me driving home to Trier. It looks like a highway in the USA. I guess...haha
Pink Canon Eos 300v + Canon 50mm F1.8
Driving in #Hsinchu #Taiwan Part 2
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Given my very, very brief visit in Boston, sleep was, unfortunately, not quite on the agenda for this night photographer. After exploring the city the night before, I went to bed around midnight only to wake up around 3:45am so I could find the location I had in mind for the sunrise at 5:48am.
I have never used GPS to find any location. I’m an avid connoisseur of maps, globes, and road atlases. (Yes, I’m rather "19th century" in that sense). Of course, in my confused state of mind somewhere between lethargy and exhilaration, I realized I had forgotten my maps in the hotel room. It was too late, though -- the key was in the ignition and I was already driving through the empty streets of downtown Boston. Going back to get the maps would waste precious time, which I had so little of, so I had to use my wits and regional topography to get me to East Boston.
For me, there’s always something very enjoyable about cruising on the empty highways of a major American city when everyone’s asleep! With the cool wind blowing through the windows, I began to wake from my drowsy stupor. With a few right turns and a few wrong turns, I managed to reach an alternative spot to get the view you see posted above.
The place I really wanted to be was a good mile and a half (2.4km) away, which is where this photo was achieved (after jogging the distance and avoiding a skunk in the park who seemed to be oddly drawn to me and wanted my company that early in the morning -- I had to dodge that fellow with stealth). Running with one's camera, backpack, and tripod while racing with the sunrise is no easy feat. That skunk almost blew my chances too!
Regardless, these are the entertaining details of my adventures of capturing Boston before dawn! Have an excellent week!
The Boston galleries (City Images) (Aerials) are completed and now available on my official website, which has also been overhauled, and undergoing more changes! Enjoy!
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Yes, I am nearly 65 and have a 15 year old daughter This is her 1st attempt driving - my old '95 Mustang GT with 5-speed. I aged two years in this one minute. I am now 67. She did good, though. 😁
Driving to Southampton
Long shadows
this bright November morning.
Sun
picking out gold pieces
hanging
among leaves it ‘s burned
to earth colours:
burnt sienna, ochre,
sombre terra verte.
The feathered silver birches
and fanned corals of the oaks
defined in raw umber
by a draughtsman's pen.
A line of poplars.
Spare skeletons
wearing the tatters of summer's green
on gaunt graceful arms
raised to the duck-egg sky.
A cloud.
Slow-drifting,
turns back its dragon head,
responding to the spiral winds
that play in the high blue spaces
where it formed,
reforms,
changes and transmutes
as, earthbound,
I drive down the motorway.
- Janice Windle
A repost (to Instagram)
Pic of me driving the Brother-in-Law's Van to a Ski Resort back in 2008 with everyone in the Van.
What I love most about this pic is that I'm driving on the left-hand side of the road (with the steering wheel on the right of the vehicle), yet you'd swear that wasn't the case looking at the reflection...
...helps to know that this pic was taken with my *left* hand to suss things out.
Somewhere in the mountains of Japan.
Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.
1Tim 4:15 (NIV)
A Mercedes Benz AMG C 63 at Mercedes Benz World, Brooklands, driven by one of the 'Silver Arrows' display team on the wet section of the track.
#31 of 116 pictures in 2016 - Wet
when I was a little kid I couldn't wait to be able to drive..have always loved driving (with the tunes cranked up, of course :)
Shot on a Canon AE-1 w/ Vivitar 28-210mm f/3.5-5.5 using Fujifilm 400 color film. Approximately an 8 second exposure. This was my first driving attempt but I plan on trying another tonight. I would like to be able to leave the shutter open longer to get more light trails.
As I was driving back from Braemar and the Cairnwell Pass, I noticed some wonderful, golden light striking the partially snow covered distant mountains. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything worth placing in the foreground so I decided to drive towards the mountains, hoping inspiration would jump out at me. When I arrived at Kirkmichael, I decided to head out towards Pitlochry, all whilst watching the dying light of the day fade away.
Eventually, I turned the corner and this scene lay ahead. I immediately placed the car by the side of the road and grabbed the camera from the back of the car. Thanks to the Brerechan Water bursting its banks, I was able to get a decent composition that not only showed the mountains looking beautiful (although arriving here five minutes earlier would have been ideal) but also included some wonderful reflections. Definitely a one-off opportunity here.
Sheep being moved from Holwick Fell to Mickle Fell in preparation for the start of Grouse shooting on Holwick Fell.
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
The original version had a top speed of 407.12 km/h (252.97 mph). It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.
The current Super Sport version of the Veyron is recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph), and the roadster Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse version is the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013.
Name origin
The Veyron EB 16.4 is named in honour of Pierre Veyron, a Bugatti development engineer, test driver and company race driver who, with co-driver Jean-Pierre Wimille, won the 1939 24 hours of Le Mans while driving a Bugatti. The "EB" refers to Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti and the "16.4" refers to the engine's 16 cylinders and 4 turbochargers.
World record controversy
A controversy developed in 2013 over the Veyron Super Sport's status as the world’s fastest production car, ultimately resolved in the Veyron's favor.
In early April 2013, driving.co.uk (also known as Sunday Times Driving) began an investigation following claims from US car maker Hennessey that its 928 kW (1,244 bhp) Hennessey Venom GT was entitled to the Guinness World Record. With a recorded speed of 427.6 km/h (265.7 mph) the Hennessey was 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph) slower than the Veyron but Hennessey dismissed Bugatti’s official record saying that the Veyron Super Sport was restricted to 415 km/h (258 mph) in production form and that for it to achieve its record top speed of 431.0 km/h (267.8 mph), the car used was in a state of tune not available to customers. Hennessey said its Venom GT was road-ready and unmodified and was therefore a production car in the strict sense of the term.
Driving.co.uk requested clarification from Guinness World Records, which investigated this claim and found that the modification was against the official guidelines of the record. Upon finding this, Guinness World Records voided the Super Sport's record and announced it was "reviewing this category with expert external consultants to ensure our records fairly reflect achievements in this field."
After further review, Shelby SuperCars, the producers of the Ultimate Aero TT, said that they had reclaimed the record, however Guinness reinstated the Super Sport's record after coming to the conclusion that "a change to the speed limiter does not alter the fundamental design of the car or its engine."
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, World Record Edition (2010–)
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is a faster, more powerful version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. Production is limited to thirty units. The Super Sport has increased engine power of 1,200 PS (880 kW; 1,200 bhp), a torque of 1,500 N·m (1,100 lbf·ft), and a revised aerodynamic package. The Super Sport has a 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph) top speed, making it the fastest production road car on the market although it is electronically limited to 415 km/h (258 mph) to protect the tyres from disintegrating.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport World Record Edition is a version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. It is limited to five units. It has an orange body detailing, and a special, black, exposed, carbon, body.
The vehicle was unveiled in 2010 at The Quail, followed by the 2010 Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca, and the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
[Text taken from Wikipedia]
This Lego miniland-scale 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 88th Build Challenge, - "Let's go Break Some records", - for vehicles that set the bar (high or low) for any number of vehicles statistics or records. In the case of the Veyron Super Sport, the fastest road car in the world - 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph).