Picture Of The Day

JerryM · « **Reply #5060 on:** 14 Nov 2018, 12:42 am »

Quote from: GentleBender on 13 Nov 2018, 11:14 am

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Man this image gets really compressed on this site.

Not if one lifts the picture from your Gallery after it's been uploaded...

bside123 · « **Reply #5061 on:** 15 Nov 2018, 02:34 pm »

My sister and I just returned to the midwest from a long, cross-country road trip. On the way back, we skirted along the historic, Route 66. These pics were taken in downtown Tucumcari, New Mexico.

The Blue Swallow Court Motor Lodge

bside123 · « **Reply #5062 on:** 15 Nov 2018, 03:04 pm »

A nice pano that uses a little, different processing approach than gfroman's stunning photos.

Ghost Ranch
Near Abiquiu in Rio Arriba County, NM

bside123 · « **Reply #5063 on:** 15 Nov 2018, 03:20 pm »

Immediately down the road from Georgia O'Keefe's home in the Abiquiu village.

Abiquiu Chapel by Din Dayemi, on Flickr

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #5064 on:** 15 Nov 2018, 03:31 pm »

VERY COOL!

ArthurDent · « **Reply #5065 on:** 15 Nov 2018, 03:37 pm »

A nice slice of history Din. Is that your Pontiac in the garage ? Or were you driving a Corvette convertible ?

Good to 'see' you back in the neighborhood.

JD

bside123 · « **Reply #5066 on:** 15 Nov 2018, 04:01 pm »

Quote from: ArthurDent on 15 Nov 2018, 03:37 pm

A nice slice of history Din. Is that your Pontiac in the garage ? Or were you driving a Corvette convertible ?

Good to 'see' you back in the neighborhood.

JD

Thanks JD! I wish I could have said, "Yes, we were in a '57 Vette or '57 T-Bird with porthole windows...!" But, nay... it was only the family's Mercedes SUV, which seemed awfully out-of-place.
Nonetheless, the landscape and the light of the great, American southwest is strikingly beautiful. There is an effort to bring back the charm of Route 66, and I loved the memories of my once-upon-a-time youth.
We still got our 'kicks" on the trip!

bside123 · « **Reply #5067 on:** 18 Nov 2018, 07:55 pm »

Cadillac Ranch: Here's a pretty interesting "art installation" just outside of Amarillo, Texas. It was created about 10 years ago when the artist buried 10 Cadillac Cars
nose first into the ground. It's quite a site from the highway, and people stop to spray paint and graffiti the cars with their own ideas and designs.
By the way, these are the real colors of the cars; they change by the moment due to constant arrival of spray painting tourists. Pretty intense and pretty weird and kinda cool!

Cadillac Ranch #1

Cadillac Ranch #2

Cadillac Ranch #3

Goosepond · « **Reply #5068 on:** 18 Nov 2018, 08:37 pm »

Hi bside,

I'm an old fart. I was pretty sure I'd heard of this a lot more than 10 years ago. I just googled it and it said it was created in 1974.

Anyway, nice interesting pics. Crazy stuff!

Gene

gefski · « **Reply #5069 on:** 18 Nov 2018, 09:32 pm »

Great distance pic, which captures it beautifully.

Musically, Bruce Springsteen had his 'Cadillac Ranch' on 'The River'; the late John Stewart had his on 'Rough Sketches', a great Southwest album.

bside123 · « **Reply #5070 on:** 18 Nov 2018, 10:32 pm »

Quote from: Goosepond on 18 Nov 2018, 08:37 pm

Hi bside,

I'm an old fart. I was pretty sure I'd heard of this a lot more than 10 years ago. I just googled it and it said it was created in 1974.

Anyway, nice interesting pics. Crazy stuff!

Gene

Hi Gene!

I went and read-up a little... like you said. I guess the Cadillac Ranch was first inaugurated in the 70s. It was 10 years ago that the installation was relocated to this particular place. Thanks for your reply.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch

PS. Apparently, a bunch of us around here fall into the "old fart" category!

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #5071 on:** 18 Nov 2018, 11:37 pm »

gfroman · « **Reply #5072 on:** 19 Nov 2018, 03:44 am »

"Dreamscape"

gfroman · « **Reply #5073 on:** 19 Nov 2018, 09:07 pm »

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #5074 on:** 20 Nov 2018, 12:32 am »

Spectacular!

gfroman · « **Reply #5075 on:** 23 Nov 2018, 07:19 pm »

Seljalandsfoss - Just another waterfall in southern Iceland!!!

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #5076 on:** 23 Nov 2018, 07:31 pm »

WOW!!!!

chip · « **Reply #5077 on:** 23 Nov 2018, 09:44 pm »

Great pics!

Here are a few as of right now will post more from our trip -

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #5078 on:** 23 Nov 2018, 10:11 pm »

Oh man... Been to that area several times.
No amount of SD cards and post processing can properly convey the amount of 'awesome' from that section of the southwest United States.

bside123 · « **Reply #5079 on:** 27 Nov 2018, 05:40 pm »

Awesome shots Chip!

Here's a sundown pano from Abiquiu, New Mexico

New Mexico Landscape