Gravdigr's Photo Safari
 

Thought I would put my non-topical pics in one place, á la Bbro. That way I won't be polluting the entire Cellar. If anyone doesn't want to see them, they'll be easier to avoid, and, if I can't decide where to put a pic I want to share, I can put it here.

Momdigr came in the other afternoon saying that if I went out to go a certain way and "look at all the buzzards".

She wasn't joking. American Black Vultures were attending a buffet provided by a car and a deer trying to occupy the same space at the same time.

The deer lost the contest. Deer shouldn't come to town.

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Nature, happening right thar on the side of the road. In town.

No one said they would be 'good' pictures.;)

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vvvTaken a few days after halloween, waaaaaay out in BFE.
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vvvAbandoned pink houses for you and me. For you and me.
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Nice! :D

Thanks!

Passed 250k miles on GC1 the other day!

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:cheerldr::celebrat:

Sweet. That's impressive.

Take care of them and they will go over 300K. There are million mile Volvo's out there.

Just broke in. :thumb:
Hmm... 50 lbs oil pressure at idle, and just over 100 degrees, did you just start it, notice the mileage, and get your camera out to take that picture?

That pic was taken towards the end of a photo safari. So, it'd been running/driven for a couple hours. It was pretty cold that day, iirc. Popdigr's replaced the thermostat, so it runs a little cooler than it should when it's cold out, heater still works well, though. In summer it runs right around 200, like most of your more modern vehicles.

I'm fairly pleased w/oil pressure, for 250k miles. It'll leak about half a quart between changes (every 3k miles), around the valve cover gasket.

I had this pic,

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and it reminded me of something, but, I couldn't put my finger on it.

Finally, I think I've figured out what it reminds me of. This:

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It's the blue, to the right of the white 'bolt', that combo that's making me think of the Steal Yer Face thingy.

I think...:neutral:

That pic was pic number 1001, btw.

I bought this camera in June 2017.

I love that one!

Shit that's easy, just go out and find a sky like that, over scenery like that, and take a picture with the right framing and exposure. :lol:

That's what I did!:jig:

Did it good too.

Quick and dirty edit job, may redo it at some point in the future:

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What the hell, this isn't instagram where you post pictures of your supper. :lol:

I like the colors. What did you edit? I still haven't ventured too much into that. It seems so overwhelming.

I only chopped it down to size and took just a bit off the highlights to darken the pic a little. Sharpened the focus a little, also.

I'm gonna try to go a little darker but still keep that 'honey' quality to the lighting. Might change the cropping, too, to give the deer a little more 'presence' in the pic.

As far as the editing seeming overwhelming, ya just gotta jump in and play with the program. Just make sure ya don't save over the originals, when ya still got the original, ya ain't messed nothing up. If I'm editing a pic named IMG_1068, I rename the edited pic IMG_1068a, at the least. I never edit the original.

Very cool. I always save it as a separate file. I've tried using an open source editor (GNU maybe?), but I can't recall the name. It's just so many functions and I don't know what any of them do. I try them and I am not seeing any difference. Or I try them and I can see the exact edges where the edit happened.

Nicely done.

Thank you, sir.

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Lazy hunters.

That is unlawful everywhere I've ever lived.

I'm not sure they were 100 yards off the road, either. KY's law may say 50 yds, come to think of it.

That was a muzzleloader weekend hunt. Don't think it makes any difference in KY or WI, though.

Was byooful today. 75 degrees, mostly sunny...Safari time!

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The things that see ya when ya ain't gotta bow in ya hand...

But this way you get to see them again later. ;)

I'm not so much concerned with seeing them again as eating them once.

One of my Uncles was a notorious good shot. Unfortunately, he set up on the hood of his pick-up this one time and shot, his truck.

Did he eat it?

A friend of mine took his son deer hunting. Arriving before sun up, getting their gear together one of the rifles felt like it wanted to jam.
He opened the truck door for the light to check the rifle and promptly shot his transmission through the floorboard. :haha:

ha!

Euell Gibbons would tell you that many parts are edible. :rolleyes:

Again, I never said they would be good pics...:rolleyes:

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ominous

That's a good picture. Not great, but good. Crisp, sharp, light and dark. I like it.

I like it!

Was there rain?

Thanks guys!

And there was wind and rain aplenty.

Threeleg is alive and well!!

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We hadn't seen her for several months, and feared she was no more. Stoked.:devil: She's at least 8 years old.

We've given up on seeing Bobtail anymore, he is officially listed as MIA.

It is fun to get a visit from an old friend.

So...

I usually turn right at the fork in the road, but, this time there was a fork in the road!

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In the last two weeks this giant fork has come to be. In the middle of nowhere. I can't find anyone who knows anything about it.

I'm going to try to secure Popdigr permission to metal detect this place.

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Five minutes after taking this pic I was in fear for my life.

I had to stop dead in the road cuz I couldn't see the end of my hood. And then it started raining hard. I thought it was raining hard. I was wrong. GrandCherokeeOne started trying to fly. Sideways.

It was bit weathery for minute.

Wow.

That's outstanding.

GrandCherokeeOne snatched him from the ultimate, possibly fatal, blowjob. :mg:

That happened to my brother and I in 93. We just left the house and it rained so hard I couldn't see my wipers. Later I found out a tornado had touched down behind us then skipped over the car and came down about an eighth of a mile away. I had pulled to the side at least I thought it was because it was bumpy.

I have been on a few roller coasters and have been married twice, but that scared me. It is one of those memories not forgotten.

AWESOME capture! :eek:

Also, you know, good job staying alive. :p:

Thanks!

I got some other pics of the same cell, I guess that's what you'd call it, from a different angle. I'll post one or two of them later.

Thanks for posting that image, Grav.
It's quite astonishing how storms like that boil up and bite the unwary and even the wary.

On one trip I did to the US I thought that I was about to be caught up in a tornado.
I was staying in Torrington Wyoming and tornado warnings had been issued for western Nebraska which was a handful of miles distant.
The wind suddenly increased and a storm warning appeared on the TV.
Meteorological violence ensued for about the next thirty minutes, and the motel rattled somewhat, but thankfully it didn't develop into a tornado.

That trip hadn't got off to a good start. The first leg of the flight was from Heathrow to Newark but had to return after about twenty minutes when a large quantity of glassware fell from stowage in the galley and injured a flight attendant. She needed hospital treatment so the delayed flight was of secondary importance in the great scheme of things.
However, late arrival at Newark meant a re-booking of flights and to make matters worse there was a very strong headwind all the way to Denver.
If things had gone according to plan I would have arrived in daylight as I didn't want to drive in darkness after a long flight but it didn't happen.
On my first night I was staying at Brighton CO a few miles from DEN and my discombobulated body clock did not allow me to sleep so I watched 'Are You Being Served?' on TV.
I think I suffered enough on that trip.

I've only been remotely close to a tornado once. It hit Raleigh in 2011 (I think). It was only a few miles outside of downtown....where I was. I believe there was even damage downtown. On my side of town, I had my mother calling me to ask about it. She is usually watching the weather channel so she thinks things happening hours away are in my backyard.

Turns out, it was coming right for me. One made landfall less than a mile from my apartment. Right on the other side of the river that was in my back yard.
For the first time ever, I experienced the calm in the storm. It was freaky. I wish I had been taking pictures like I do then.

And yes, I called my mother afterward and apologized.

ETA: From wikipedia

Weather.

It can be a bitch.

Great for picture taking though!

Word!

Another angle...Head on:

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Yikes! How long were you stuck under that lot when it all started?

Oh it was moving right along. I was threatened with meteorological violence for about ten minutes, then it was just a fairly strong thunderstorm that lasted for about 15 - 20 minutes longer.

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Ya been mooned!

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