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06 Jul 2007 • 607 views

The Journey

Just taken a few days to go down to Dubbo Zoo in New South Wales. We drove around 2100 kms return so it was a big drive but the zoo was great and was worth the trip. We travelled via the New England Highway which is high country and is mostly farming and agricultural land. Map

I did get a few chances to take shots whilst we were travelling and this shot is a prelude to a short series of landscape shots i took whilst travelling at 100 km an hour. They are not in chronological order and i think this one was near Coonabarabran. Hope you have a nice weekend.

camera	Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
exposure mode	full manual
shutterspeed	1/30s
aperture	f/9.0
sensitivity	ISO400
focal length	34.0mm
resolution	3072x1979 pixels

The Journey

comments (18)

Kate

Australia

6 Jul 2007, 04:42

Great shot, I hope that there was some nice kind person who cleaned the windscreen for you.

nev: The days of service stations are gone. It was up to me to remove the entomology collection off the windscreen.

urban8

Stoke-on-Trent

6 Jul 2007, 06:28

Hi Neve - good shot but the one thing you don't say about taking this whilst travelling at 100km/h is whether you were driving the car.... I trust not?

nev: one foot on steering wheel, one hand on shutter and other on the windscreen trying to remove bugs. no time to stop ... must get to zoo. cheers

Aussie

6 Jul 2007, 08:16

What is that stuff on the windscreen, I have a vague memory of what it's called.

nev: they call it precipitous in NSW. We have a slightly different genus in QLD called non-existus.

mal

6 Jul 2007, 09:13

I hope that camper was not too thirsty Neal? And the surf board must have really come in handy as a picknic table.

I love the mood of the image! It has a real Paris Texas road house feel, very atmospheric. great shot. mal

nev: The camper did fine but was getting the speed wobbles after 80 km/h. The surf board did come in handy as a card table but the Vegemite sandwiches kept tasting like wax. Must watch Paris Texas again but have to get the coathanger tv aerial fixed. cheers mal

johnnyg

6 Jul 2007, 09:41

Mal cracks me up but he's also right !

Looks like you need a new set of wiper blades bro.

nev: Don't pay too much attention to that Mal fellow. He doesn't know how to drive a column shift campervan. Wiper blades are for wimps Johnny.

blackdog

6 Jul 2007, 10:43

I like your vignetting (correct tecnical term?) - really emphasises the B movie feel to the image. Great photo. Mike

nev: Thanks Mike i was trying to keep a feeling of mystery to the shot

Louis

South Africa

6 Jul 2007, 11:29

The best bug macro possible. Catch it the moment when it starts hitting the windscreen - just when the little face starts to impact. Since you don't get rain in Oz those things on the windscreen must be the famous shiney bugs?

Another very excellent picture nev - the idea opens up so many possibilities (not only the squashing bug). It put blurries in another dimension. You have quite an imagination or is this what the distance does to you?

To me likeys

nev: I must have some buddhist in me Louis, despite the opportunities to take some insect war shots something in me says not that is just not right.
The distance and cold weather must have been freezing up the cogs a bit. Again i am honoured that it goes to your likeys. It has placed me with a dilemna of whether or not to post a particular shot that i was going to print but not post. I think i will end the series on that shot though. cheers Louis.

Neil Tandy

Johannesburg, South Africa

6 Jul 2007, 12:57

Mr C. You really do have a knack of making something great out of nothing. Your style of driving reminds me of the taxi drivers in joburg, only they don't bother with steering wheels, they use a vice grip on the steering column instead!! Super shot Neal. You also have a great weekend. Kind regards, Neil.

nev: Thanks Neil for your kind words. You know what it is like, trying to develop new styles and see things differently. Certainly i would like to see a shot of a taxi driver with a a vice grip. Thats what is missing from shutter. cheers Neil

PhotoSam

6 Jul 2007, 15:32

liking it, very arty and blurred...

nev: thanks Sam blurred is how i like it

Florence

6 Jul 2007, 17:46

On the road again, Neal !

nev: I can't wait to get back on the road again .

thanks florence

Ellie

a puddle

7 Jul 2007, 00:47

Yay, off on an adventure.

nev: I thought the drive home should is meant to be shorter. went down in one day back in three.

Ray

Thailand

7 Jul 2007, 14:41

love this picture, Nev.

Reminds me very much of the images I used to take with my box brownie about 50 years ago...does your digi-camera have a setting for "Box brownie clone"?

nev: At the moment i have my Mother in Laws box brownie and trying to decide how to use it the way i want. thanks Ray

Suby

Milton Keynes, Uk

7 Jul 2007, 20:25

100% love thise, awesome Nev

)PP

Suby

nev: cheers Suby. Not much processing apart from a mono conversion.

jamoula

12 Jul 2007, 15:44

I absolutely love road shots Nev. This looks like a really promising series. looking forward to all the others.

Roland

12 Jul 2007, 18:45

Hummm. I do like that... So simple but so nicely done !

Zebigleb

13 Jul 2007, 05:15

Like it too !

Yẹni

27 Aug 2007, 01:45

how did you managed to change your screen setting like that

nev: you might be talking about the new templates yeni. it is in your preferences you change it to minimalist style. see the forums for more info

Kathryn

Germany

30 Nov 2007, 11:26

this one is stunning..speaks to me of journeys and perspectives..

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