Vintage calipers. They are exactly three inches long. HMM!

I was finally at a "friendly place" for a video/photo shoot, and while everyone was at lunch, I took some time to shoot around the shop. These are some gears, obviously, that they are making for a project. I am always blown away by people who can manufacture something like these gears and not think twice about it. If I get a chance, will post more from this shoot, but got to finish their project first. Will be holed up in a dark editing room for the next week or so.

The brown on the hubcap is the reflection of the wood spokes on the wheel.

HBW!

Summer08.39

A small rain shower as seen from Big Spring State Park, Big Spring, Texas. One of two or three rain showers, moving through the Big spring and Howard county area of Texas.

Weathered display of pride and appreciation in rural Indiana. Alternate: flic.kr/p/2mp1pBs

One size fit's most anything.

I saw this rascal crawling across the road where I am working. I ran to the pickup grabbed my camera, swapped lenses and ran back to where he was at and couldn’t find him. I had to step out into the clean ditch because I was afraid I was about to step on him. I looked into the direction I thought he had traveled and found him laying there. With my 100 to 400 lens I was able to get these shots. He never got excited, never started buzzing, but he tested the air while I was in front of him.

Macro Mondays - Numbers and Letters

This macro stack focus panorama of an Illinois Watch Company pocket watch is comprised of seventeen separate shots (and three attempts).

"Intergalactic" Car Porn Week

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I'm always taken aback by the details put into these old pocket watches.

In Explore, Number 16 on 06/12/24. My Dad's Burial Flag In Its Rightful Spot On Our Mantel Before I Give It To My Sister For Her Birthday.

Macro Mondays ~ Cotton

A vintage summer dress, with some bright happy colors and lacing detail on the side.

HMM to All!

Oklahoma City, taken from the Skydance bridge over I40.

A little still life from the forge with blacksmith, Pete Mattila's antique drill press. It's a bit of a beast and the proud product of the Buffalo Forge, Buffalo NY.

Ricoh GRIII, 18.3mm GR lens, 1/50th sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

Persons...made in the (surprise,surprise) USA.

A mural commemorating Juneteenth found in Galveston’s the Strand District.

Macro Mondays ~ Rust

This weeks challenge took me to the back corners of my garage. Rusty, dusty and crusty sits my old Schwinn Bike.

It was the bike to have back in the day and at that time was made in Chicago, my hometown.

HMM to All

Anther mural, I photographed along the streets of the Strand in Galveston, Texas.

Aermotor USA—Since 1988. You can still buy one of these from the original company! That is amazing to me. I can never resist these windmills. To see one so perfectly and beautifully placed was a visual treat.

1926 Ford Model T touring Car. Found in Big Spring Texas.

I have been driving by this car for about five months when I finally decided to stop.

Neon sign on East Third Street Big Spring, Texas

Dubina, Texas

West Texas Mesquite trees are in full bloom somewhere near Knott, Texas.

The nib is worn down to my hand and style of writing.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church is one of the painted churches in the Schulenburg, Texas area and is located in Praha, Texas.

A visual primer

A better image of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Ammansville, Texas

Garfield Avenue Drag Races and Car Show, Duluth, Minneosta

Different cactus, different color