* The Weekly Image Thread 24 08 09 #903 *

Andrew the first butterfly shot is superb......congrats on that.......

Three panel pano. Microsoft ICE.

I think it worked this time.

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thats for sure....

Palin0_0 said:

Congratulate your wife, beautiful flowers, seems like you are getting close to control the reds.....i mean the last one is great...

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Thank, Roy. I will pass the message along to my wife.

The last image was done with a flash surprisingly. I would think the flash would make the reds more difficult, but not in this instance. I also had a beautiful flower to work with--some roses are more photogenic than others it seems.

Thanks, Roy.

Palin0_0 said:

thats for sure....

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Nice, Roy. The second image is great. I love the cat's expression.

Palin0_0 said:

be quiet pls........im busy



I told you to be quiet ......damm

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He really was shooshing me.......lol

Road trip to the Forest Grove Concours.

Took the ferry from Seattle to Bremerton and back rods from there to the Columbia River where we stopped to stretch near the Astoria Bridge. We took Route 203 to 26 to Forest Grove. 203 is a 27-mile well-engineered and smooth surface winding 2nd and 3rd gear turn road. We were lucky to have it to ourselves that morning. It is ideal for enjoying our cars at the legal limit.

My car is the medium grey on the left. The car in the middle is a 510 HP, 6-liter 12-cylinder version. The factory did quite a job fitting it in that little car. The hood louvers are functional to let the heat out.





We overnighted in Forest Grove and went on the wine country tour in the morning. This is the assembly point for the drive.









This little Triumph was driven up from Las Vegas. The owner won the long-distance award.





The incredible Lord Howe Mercedes. Priceless. The only one in the world. A 1929 SSK chassis and drivetrain on a custom body and interior. The supercharged straight 8 engine was the most powerful motor you could buy in a street car at the time. The Lord had to have it. He competed in and won a lot of races including the 24 Hours of LeMans. His wife made him put a custom body on this car because she said, it would not be fitting for an English Lord to drive around England in a German car 11 years after fighting a war with Germany. When the lord passed the car went with his race car collection and was restored on a blank check in New Jersey. It returned to Seattle in the French Blue and polished hood the Lord drove it and collected nearly 150 speeding tickets in England. The owner sent it to Pebble Beach where it won Best of Show in 2017. An impressive car, it nearly knocked me down when I saw it on the winner's ramp in Pebble.























This is a Cisitalia. Very rare. It's the only one I've ever seen. With a Jag E-Type, they are the only cars on permanent display in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.







So tiny and fragile looking, it looks like driving a cigar-shaped tube of tinfoil.







Unrestored Hudson. Thanks to the owner for bringing it out and driving it.









American Muscle







Big year for the 1964 Mustangs. This is a nice one.



Ley, French!



A V12 XKE









































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Author of "The Pelican Squadron" - Harvey Gene Sherman
"A great photo can have mediocre IQ, but a mediocre photo cannot be saved by great IQ"

I'd like to rent one to remove the Vols from my yard.

A stop on the Wine Country Tour

Woodie









A collection of flathead hot rods.































A '63 Split Window Fuelie. Pretty rare model.



The eclectic collection included a logging truck and a fire engine, a Land Rover, and two Camaro Pace Cars of different eras. The company made equipment for dental offices. The son of the owner built hot rods as a hobby and assembled the collection in Newberg, Oregon.





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Author of "The Pelican Squadron" - Harvey Gene Sherman
"A great photo can have mediocre IQ, but a mediocre photo cannot be saved by great IQ"

At the end of the Wine Country Tour

This incredible Muira is an early model built for the Shah of Iran. He didn't like the colors on offer - red or yellow. He had the factory mix this color for him and chrome some of the bits that were otherwise flat black. Both were added to subsequent models.














Right out of Gatsby














--
Author of "The Pelican Squadron" - Harvey Gene Sherman
"A great photo can have mediocre IQ, but a mediocre photo cannot be saved by great IQ"

We spent a free afternoon at the privately owned-Evergreen Museum



They took it apart in Southern California, shipped it to Oregon, assembled it, and built the building around it. No hanger door was big enough. It was easier to house it this way.



Just a big boat with wings. You have to see it to realize how big it is.















Spad



That's what it takes to get to the door









--
Author of "The Pelican Squadron" - Harvey Gene Sherman
"A great photo can have mediocre IQ, but a mediocre photo cannot be saved by great IQ"

This incredible Muira .

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Right out of Gatsby -SSK.



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Fab series. Thanks for the tour.

Some incredible and rare autos. SSK, Cisitalia etc.

Love your Aston...

It's a smooth pano, Craig. You can sure tell where the water is. Rich

The lily is a great color, Andrew. I really like the last butterfly. That's a great picture. Rich

Rich Z said:

It's a smooth pano, Craig. You can sure tell where the water is. Rich

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I tried stitching this thing a couple of times and the rails on the tracks wouldn't line up.

The location of the water is pretty easy to spot--it's a very narrow strip. There wasn't a lot of water in the river when I was there.

Those roses are all beautiful, Craig, and very nicely photographed. The first one is extra special. My compliments to your resident horticulturist. Rich