Assignment: "Trucks" July 22 - August 5

[Judi]

Originally Posted by sdhondatuner

I found this beauty on highway 504 in Washington State enroute to the Mount Saint Helens National Park.

I imagine this poor Weyerhaeuser Truck was sitting somewhere in the bast-zone minding it's own business when the mountain erupted early that sunday morning May 18, 1980, throwing what's left of that tree right thru the cab.

Now sitting in a field, almost thirty years later, new life is growing all around it. There are sprouting weeds in the ash filled cab and engine compartment as well as a tree growing up thru the rear frame-rails, forever anchoring it where it sits.

Been there! That truck is very cool.

[photoholic76]

I was going home when I saw a number of trucks lining up for their turn to enter in the main gate of the bottling plant. Then took these picture at the rear. I like it for it shows a moving truck and a stationary one like two worlds collide. FYI , I was nearly bumped by the motorcycle in the middle which I didn't see it coming from behind. LOL ,, just smiled when I realized it could damage my beloved camera if I was hit.



Date picture taken: July 27, 2009.
EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40
Shutter: 1/13
Aperture: F 3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: Off
Exposure Mode: Aperture

[Dr_Drill]

Assingment: Trucks

I was home last week and went to the inlaw's old farm and just happened to take this picture of the old farm truck right before a big storm. I don't know the exact model (I'll have to ask my grandfather in-law) but I believe it is a Mercury truck from the 50's that has now been sitting in a field for quite some time.



Date Taken: July 26, 2009
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm
Aperture: f/13.0
Shutter: 1/25, 1/100, 1/6
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 100

[heyadamhey]

Originally Posted by Dr_Drill

Assingment: Trucks

I was home last week and went to the inlaw's old farm and just happened to take this picture of the old farm truck right before a big storm. I don't know the exact model (I'll have to ask my grandfather in-law) but I believe it is a Mercury truck from the 50's that has now been sitting in a field for quite some time.

I have to admit, I was *really* hoping you were gonna say you took this shot ages ago so it wouldn't qualify
very VERY nice shot Dr Drill. I love the contrast between the field and the sky. and there's nice detail in both

[junglebear]

We don't get many big trucks in inner London so this is the best I could do!



Date taken: 28 July 09 (incorrect on flickr due to wrong date settings. Doh!)
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix s1000fd
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 14.7mm
ISO: 100

[vije]

Camera .nikon coolpix4300
Taken 31 july 09
shutter 1/611
Apenture f 2.8
exp 0.0
focus lenght f.8.0mm
focus Af
Metering : matrix
Mode

[rgrabows]

I love the emptiness of this picture, we were going along on quad bikes in the Sinai desert, Egypt and we past this truck all alone.
It's like the owner walked off to fetch a part or something.

[junglebear]

Originally Posted by rgrabows

p.s. Can anyone tell me the best way of loading pics as this is my first time? The way I have done this one seems to have affected the quality quite alot!

I think the best way is to link to Flickr if you have it, I used to resize images to upload but it destroys the quality.
If you have Flickr just go to the photo's page, click on 'all sizes', select medium then copy the html coding from the box below.

Nice shot btw!

[rgrabows]

Thanks alot just set up a new Flickr and it worked great, I feel much better for that.
Didn't want my first image to be a dodgy one!

[Diavolo]

What are the rules for these contests as far as what adjustments can be made? (cropping, RAW adjustments, etc.) OP's sample attached shot is definitely HDR. I'm assuming that's a no no?