Photography Competition #51: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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The next topic is : Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Be creative!.

Rules: This is strictly a photography contest! No photo chopping, but contrast, brightness, levels and other minor touch-ups (healing tool will be allowed for film and print scans). Please avoid any text on the photograph, except at most a copyright statement, remember distractions like text can take away from the composition. Digital and film photography are both allowed. Only one submission per user will be allowed.

You MUST have taken the image yourself.

Max size dimension: 640px (including border)
Max file size: 150kb
File name: Please name your entry the same as your user name (or as close to as possible if your user name has characters that are not allowed in file names)
(Please ensure your entry meets the above before entering your image)

Length: Competition closes Wednesday July 1, 2009

Voting lasts five days after close of competition.

YES! My jeep is my most prized possession, and the focal point of many an ozzu comp.

Here is mine. I think it looks better when it is viewed in Max size.

View in large.

Great entry George very nice!! Keep them coming guys!!

Count me in on this one. From a local car show one bored weekend:

Yeah, the freaky "line-graph" reflection along the hull stands out *much* better in full res. Run out in the back yard and take it again

Oh man! I know a 1957 Chevy when I see one!

//at least I hope that is a '57, thats going to be really embarrassing if it isn't, although I'm pretty sure it is because of the black rubber cone. 1955 had semi circle parking lights and the 1956 had rectangular lights.

Yep, it was a '57. '56 was a lot more rounded on the front end and 58 went to a dual-headlight look. Definitely a unique (and great) look.

I normally go by the chrome and the fins on the back. '55 has the more square shaped chrome pieces on the back quarter panels, where '56 and '57 is rounder and smooth. Then the fins on the '57 are noticeably bigger then the '56. My dad always use to quiz me on what year cars were when we went to car shows when I was little.

Nice. I actually went to this one with my dad and granddad. We came across this '22 Model T. All original, one owner. Also had a display of tools he bought to work on the car when he got it. My granddad loved it - told me stories for a good 2 hours about learning to drive in one almost exactly like it.

Some of those real old model A's and T's would be fun to learn to drive, they aren't the normal clutch-brake-gas pedal arrangement like on modern cars, you would have your one foot that does one thing, the other does two things, one hand on the steering wheel, and the other doing two other things.

My great grandpa bought an old Willy's jeep right after WWII, one of the first civilian model jeeps. He kept it and used it on his farm for decades after that, my mom even has stories of riding through pastures in it, and him bringing it down the road to rescue them when they got their car stuck in some mud during a huge rainstorm. My grandpa gave it to my moms cousin before he died in 2001, and he drives it around sometimes but for the most part it stays in the garage. Oh man would I ever love to restore it back to show room condition, that would be freaking sweet. It would be extra special since it has been in my family since it was brand new, kind of like that Model T being a one owner.

Can you use simple english? Sorry, I do not understand which "line-graph" reflection. The aircraft service center is not 'always' open for visits. We had some luck bumping in at that time, with the help of an airport manager.

George, I think he was referring to the way you can see lines on the plane in the reflection. If you look right behind the door, you can see a series of vertical bright lines where it looks like the plane's panels were placed together. It's a nice effect that's unfortunately not as visible in the smaller version.

See, I was looking at the whole picture. I failed to notice it until justnow. Thanks, UPSGuy. Thank you mk27.

Sorry, I have been a bit blunt this week.

JEEP FUN HAPPY HAPPY! I'll have you know that this was a fun picture to get. My jeep is having some mechanical problems and bad things happen when I drive over 40 miles an hour and when I hit bumps or pot holes. The road out to this spot had so many pot holes, it was like the surface of the moon. I don't know what the mountain is, but the area is the valley with Martin Creek, near the Montana-Idaho border. This particular spot has ruins of an old water wheel that I assume was used to crush rocks for gold or silver prospecting.