70mph Speed Limit, Buckle up for safety...

wjwncpro · 01-08-2007, 12:16 AM

Pics taken today for my 'Along the road in Montana' series...
Today’s weather depending on where I was at went from puffy white overcast clouds, cool and windy, too near blizzard conditions with biting cold 60mph winds. I experienced all this grand weather on a 70 mile drive (round-trip) which kept me from making it to the top of Fletcher Pass (previously posted pics).
Enjoy, I did...

Had to make a u-turn to get shots of this barn
DS + Zenitar 16/2.8

Like you're really going to be able to do 70mph on this road

SMC A 35-105/3.5

The weather is not getting any better, time to turn around and head back
SMC A 35-105/3.5

Thirty miles later, back in the sunshine. Well almost sunshine...

DA 16-45

All comments and critique is welcomed

Thanks

**-=JoN=-** · 01-08-2007, 12:26 AM

great shots!
i am digging your landscape stuff (i dont comment on them much, but I do enjoy looking at them, and studying your technique)

great colours on the barn......and the b/w of the road is great..it made me feel cold and lonely....

as for the 70 on that road.....yeah, w/ a proper car (subaru STi, or Evo comes to mind) it can be done....(nice and twisty)

wjwncpro · 01-08-2007, 01:19 AM

Hi JoN, or a Porsche 911, any year!
You've been lucky with the weather in your area not like the winter of '02/'03. Thanks for your comments and I'll keep them coming. Montana is wide open country and I get to enjoy 8 months of winter here...

clarenceclose · 01-08-2007, 05:28 AM

Great compo on the barn shot. I can see a lot of history there too with the cabin on the left. If you pull back the yellow on these shots I believe you would have a richer colors in your photos that would pop better.

little laker · 01-08-2007, 09:19 AM

I love the barn shot, for that mater I love them all.

I've had 1 car (it handled more like a go-cart) and 2 motorbikes where 70mph wouldn't have been a problem there

I'm glad that I made it past those years.

Sure wish that I had the time to cross the border later this week when I'll be just on the north side. It's simply beautiful over there

newtmaker · 01-08-2007, 01:33 PM

Hey, that first one with the 16 FE lens is interesting. I know it is designed to cover a FF camera but I expected a little more curvature at the edges than what it shows. Is the fov similar to a 24 equivalent or a little wider yet?

Walt

wjwncpro · 01-08-2007, 01:47 PM

Thanks for the comments all. My eyes must have been getting tired by the time I PP'd the barn shot. I backed off the yellow by -20 and does look a little better but not much difference on the other ones with less yellow. The last pic was already at a - yellow. I had an Opel Manta back in the 70's that would have made it around the curves but I don't think my current Ford Explorer would fair as well...

Quaffle · 01-08-2007, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by -=JoN=-

great shots!
i am digging your landscape stuff (i dont comment on them much, but I do enjoy looking at them, and studying your technique)

great colours on the barn......and the b/w of the road is great..it made me feel cold and lonely....

as for the 70 on that road.....yeah, w/ a proper car (subaru STi, or Evo comes to mind) it can be done....(nice and twisty)

Heh, not in that weather.

**-=JoN=-** · 01-08-2007, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Quaffle

Heh, not in that weather.

sure y not..did it before in vermont...(closed environment/course..and i wasnt the only one...LoL)

as for the porcshe....911 carrera s 2.....
that should be fun..

arbutusq · 01-08-2007, 07:25 PM

I don't see any images....

little laker · 01-09-2007, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by arbutusq

I don't see any images....

hit the refresh button, there are 4 there (I saw 4 anyways).
I believe that I had to hit the refresh button 4 times yesterday to see them all, and I only see 2 now.

I have the same problem with my photo's as well at times, and I don't know if it's the forum software, or our internet hosts (in my case Yahoo)
Although this is the only web site where I have that problem.

Photo Tramp · 01-09-2007, 02:36 AM

Really nice landscape pictures. I like them all and the commentary is great. The road shot looks like it is used by logging trucks and those guys are nuts to begin with. I could see them flying around the curves at 70 with 125,000 lbs gross. I saw first hand up in Washington State years back on roads worse then this. Snow covered Ice pack and no guard rail, and the logging trucks doing between 70 and 80 coming off the mountain and headed for the mill. they flat out told you if you get in the way they don't stop, they would run you down and keep going. As another driver and very inexperienced in Washington winters I just pulled over and let them fly.

Good Shooting.
Cheers: David

*Alvin* · 01-14-2007, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Photo Tramp

The road shot looks like it is used by logging trucks and those guys are nuts to begin with. I could see them flying around the curves at 70 with 125,000 lbs gross. I saw first hand up in Washington State years back on roads worse then this. Snow covered Ice pack and no guard rail, and the logging trucks doing between 70 and 80 coming off the mountain and headed for the mill.

So, if a logging truck can pull these off at 70, why can't an EVO or STI pull them off too? LOL

Very nice shots here. I'm a big fan of twisty road shots, so #2 is my pick. This is Montana? No wonder that guy in the movie "The Hunt for Red October" said he wants to live there.

ericc · 01-14-2007, 11:21 AM

Hi Wayne,

I like them all, but #4 really speaks volumes to me. I love the flat open spaces (hence living in Western OK), but I like seeing the mountains. I could find myself living at that spot and enjoying it (except for the d*mn cold).

Stay warm

-E

foxglove · 01-14-2007, 01:39 PM

Don't you just love the Zeni? I can only see two of them this go, and the reason is the image location - with pbase you have to right-click and select "copy image location" I think it is. Whichever one is just plain pbase.com/####, not anything like i5.pbase.com/####. But the two I can see are great - wonderful barn. Beautiful area, nicely captured.

Julie