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The First Church of Christ Scientist (built in 1894), with the Prudential Building off to the left, captured in the Reflecting Pool in the Christian Science Church Park off Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Taken on July 31, 2007.
REFLECTIVE BALLS packshot
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Earlier in the week someone had kindly commented on one of my old bike photos from the early 70s/80s and I was wondering if the bike was still being ridden by someone.
I knew there was a way of looking into this on the Governments website in the UK.
www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/
I found that my Suzuki cafe racer that I designed and built was in use for another 10 years after I sold it and hopefully its now in someones collection on a Statutory Off Road Notice rather than having been broken up or whatever.
As I can remember nearly every registration number of every vehicle I've driven and had half an hour to spare, I did a check on each one with some quite interesting results - especially the BMW.
Choosing this vehicle was a total mistake and came in between my first two Skoda Octavia vRSs and despite costing over twice as much, was half the car, so to speak.
A motor industry insider once told me something in confidence, which I took with a pinch of salt at the time although its always been at the back of my mind.
The vehicle check showed that after I got rid of it its never been on the road since - which given the car was only two years old when I waved a cheery goodbye to it, seems a bit odd. So a number of possibilities I think:-
Its now preserved in a museum as a classic (probabilty - absolutely zero)
Its now preserved in a museum as a warning to other hapless customers (mmm)
Some farmer is letting his twelve year old kid use it on the farm because it was absolutely useless on the road (whilst the last bit is true, the probabilty is zero to slight)
It got written off (possible, because despite being a 4x4 its ability to grip the road with those 19" alloys and that low profile tyre combination was abysmal)
Someone disliked it as much as I did and a. pushed it off a cliff or b. torched it (probability - very high - even if this isn't the answer, it should be)
or.......................
my friend was correct. Which is amazing, if true.
But don't ask me what it is......cos I can't tell ya.
By day: mild-mannered black pin stripes.
By night: accident-preventing reflective super powers.
I bought mine from www.reflectivelyyours.com/generic141.html.
I plan put more of the remaining black tape on black parts of my bike frames.
A lot of bike accidents involve side impacts. This is one way to increase visibility from the side.
Jonesy bought that black jacket on sale and it did not fit him so he sent it to me. I don't wear it much because I prefer to wear lighter colors because they make me more visible when I ride my bike at night. Reflective vests look dorky and performance gear is ridiculously expensive. This is a good compromise.
Got some new Sambas today. Reflective material so that they'll brighten up in the headlights of cars. Perfect for riding.
OurDailyChallenge "Natural Light Portrait"
I have never done much portrait work so I am way out of my comfort zone here. Since it is raining and windy today, my intention was to do a silhouette, but I don't have a window where this would work well. I tried numerous shots to get that but none were particularly good or even acceptable for that matter. I took a couple of non-shilhouette shots and this one worked well I thought.
ODT - Reflective
Greenwich, New York Central's driver portrait for 1956 in front of the bus garage. An early 1950's Oneida (bus number 12) on the left is parked next to two late 1950's Mercury bodied buses. Note the bump guards instead of a full width bumper on the bus on the right. Also the fabulous "School Bus" sign on the back in reflective glass bead lettering!
It's the 3D Reflective Chrome Metal Eyelets texture created in the Filter Forge plugin. It can be seamless tiled and rendered in any resolution without loosing details.
You can see the presets and download this texture for free on the Filter Forge site here — www.filterforge.com/filters/13012.html (created by DJI)
To use this texture download Filter Forge 30-day trial for free here — www.filterforge.com/download/
Just a bit different. Found when walking to the door, and the light was forgiving. Lens, 55-200mm with circular polarize filter, in aperture mode,
Critiques are welcome.
The darker water in the distance is where this flat shelf of sand dropped down into slightly (+20cm) deeper water.
The sandbars and flats shift over time, so next time we're there it will probably be quite different.
Reflective Ideas
Shot this near the Dubai Fountains, The building reflecting into the lake is that of Souk Al Bahar.
Souk Al Bahar is a part of the Old Town Dubai. It has many contemporary restaurants and casual lounges along with exquisite shops.
Hope you guys like this,
Cheers