Thematic Street Photography (No, Not THAT Street Photography) - Share Your Shots of the Roads

**noelcmn** · 11-25-2021, 04:07 AM - **1 Like**

**noelcmn** · 11-26-2021, 08:47 AM - **1 Like**

**Geodude** · 11-27-2021, 08:22 AM - **1 Like**

Autumn Lane

**noelcmn** · 11-27-2021, 10:03 AM

**paulh** · 11-27-2021, 11:15 AM - **1 Like**

winding hike/bike path:

HoutHans · 11-28-2021, 04:24 AM

Originally posted by Geodude

Autumn Lane

Beautiful autumn colours. Seems like a very scenic place.

**noelcmn** · 11-28-2021, 04:44 AM

**WPRESTO** · 12-03-2021, 04:27 PM

Street along the shore. What's along the horizon is the most interesting thing in this scene.

HoutHans · 12-04-2021, 04:15 AM

An older one this time. Taken in Ebeltoft, Denmark

[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hFgX32]See through in Ebeltoft[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/155361133@N02/]Hans Vedder[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

**WPRESTO** · 12-04-2021, 06:13 AM - **2 Likes**

Not enough traffic on this road to justify replacing the one-or-two-at-a-time ferry with a small bridge. Notice the wires going up diagonally to the left from the ferry that keep it from being swept downstream.

**paulh** · 12-04-2021, 10:53 AM - **2 Likes**

Road running thru farmland in Ventura County, Calif.

tim60 · 12-04-2021, 11:53 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Not enough traffic on this road to justify replacing the one-or-two-at-a-time ferry with a small bridge. Notice the wires going up diagonally to the left from the ferry that keep it from being swept downstream.

When I was young I often used ferries like that with cables across the river which were used in the drive system to go across the river and guild it to quick and easy docking at the landing point.

HoutHans · 12-05-2021, 12:57 AM

Originally posted by tim60

When I was young I often used ferries like that with cables across the river which were used in the drive system to go across the river and guild it to quick and easy docking at the landing point.

We still have plenty of these in the Netherlands. They're used to cross the smaller rivers in the South and I like them a lot.

**NS_Sailor** · 12-05-2021, 06:16 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Not enough traffic on this road to justify replacing the one-or-two-at-a-time ferry with a small bridge. Notice the wires going up diagonally to the left from the ferry that keep it from being swept downstream.

There are no shortage of these cable ferries that traverse the Saint John River and some of its tributaries
The river is quite wide at many of the crossing points. This makes for a bit of a panic when the cable breaks or when the spring water level gets so high that the cable has to be used to prevent the ferry from being pushed or floating up on the shore. Especially close to the mouth of the Saint John river where the water level is also influenced by the high tides of the Bay of Fundy

**WPRESTO** · 12-05-2021, 06:36 AM

Originally posted by tim60

When I was young I often used ferries like that with cables across the river which were used in the drive system to go across the river and guild it to quick and easy docking at the landing point.

As I recall, the pictured ferry was also moved from one side of the river to the other by some form of mechanical cable mechanism. It would seem pointless and a waste of energy to use a motor-driven propeller for such a short distance. It hearkens back to the earliest ferries, a raft with a man who pulled it shore to shore with a rope, or even a rope pulled by the passengers. Low tech, slow, but with little traffic and not too much current, perfectly adequate.

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HoutHans Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Appingedam Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,115	Originally posted by Geodude Autumn Lane Beautiful autumn colours. Seems like a very scenic place.

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HoutHans Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Appingedam Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,115	An older one this time. Taken in Ebeltoft, Denmark [/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hFgX32]See through in Ebeltoft[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/155361133@N02/]Hans Vedder[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

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tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,738	Originally posted by WPRESTO Not enough traffic on this road to justify replacing the one-or-two-at-a-time ferry with a small bridge. Notice the wires going up diagonally to the left from the ferry that keep it from being swept downstream. When I was young I often used ferries like that with cables across the river which were used in the drive system to go across the river and guild it to quick and easy docking at the landing point.

12-05-2021, 12:57 AM	#4408
HoutHans Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Appingedam Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,115	Originally posted by tim60 When I was young I often used ferries like that with cables across the river which were used in the drive system to go across the river and guild it to quick and easy docking at the landing point. We still have plenty of these in the Netherlands. They're used to cross the smaller rivers in the South and I like them a lot.

12-05-2021, 06:16 AM	#4409
NS_Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,020	Originally posted by WPRESTO Not enough traffic on this road to justify replacing the one-or-two-at-a-time ferry with a small bridge. Notice the wires going up diagonally to the left from the ferry that keep it from being swept downstream. There are no shortage of these cable ferries that traverse the Saint John River and some of its tributaries The river is quite wide at many of the crossing points. This makes for a bit of a panic when the cable breaks or when the spring water level gets so high that the cable has to be used to prevent the ferry from being pushed or floating up on the shore. Especially close to the mouth of the Saint John river where the water level is also influenced by the high tides of the Bay of Fundy

12-05-2021, 06:36 AM	#4410
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,103	Originally posted by tim60 When I was young I often used ferries like that with cables across the river which were used in the drive system to go across the river and guild it to quick and easy docking at the landing point. As I recall, the pictured ferry was also moved from one side of the river to the other by some form of mechanical cable mechanism. It would seem pointless and a waste of energy to use a motor-driven propeller for such a short distance. It hearkens back to the earliest ferries, a raft with a man who pulled it shore to shore with a rope, or even a rope pulled by the passengers. Low tech, slow, but with little traffic and not too much current, perfectly adequate.

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