Hi everyone. Welcome to TW3, episode 77.

Thanks to FPZ for hosting last week!

Please review the usual rules
www.friendlyphotozone.com/forum/52-TW3/1...s-or-TW3-%28Rules%29
and start sharing your images from the week. I encourage everyone to get outside and enjoy some summer activities while immortalizing them in on film or pixels.

I don't have much of anything new to post up aside from my latest practice image from last night using my new O-GPS device to shoot some stars. I have found this to be a finicky little tool that requires some practice. Throw a big bright full moon in the mix and forget about it!

It is getting better at each session:

Starry Sky


Digging into the archives of unposted pics, here is something showing the peculiar bokeh of the Helios 44. This is a row of vacuum tubes in one of my guitar pre-amplifiers. I had to open it up to change out a bad tube and thought i'd catch a photo. I expect Mongooz, Mr Pink, and any other of our resident electric musicians will appreciate the pic, lol.

Totally Tubular



OK, let's Rock n' Roll!!

A week ago I went home to Revelstoke BC for my dads funeral. Got to say my good bys and take a few early shots. The first one is where he use to hang for morning coffee with his buddies. A few were here included my Uncle. Love the name of the coffee shop. JIM

Old Stories

Main Street

Home Town

Found another interesting place. Adding out all day tomorrow to shooting with a bud. Cheers JIM

Falling Ferns



Soft Under Foot

Calming Flow

Jimbo - that is a fantastic location with the stepped waterfall. I love how you placed the fern in the foreground, esp #1. great image! It reads like criss cross of foliage and water.

Jimbo - you have my condolences

Mike - Tube Amp? You have an old Strat stashed somewhere too don't ya ?

A couple from today






I'll fill out this post with this guy. There are a bunch of shall we say more seasoned surfers who show up early to ride before the beaches get crowded during the Summer months.

Long Board Breakfast Club

Oh Dr Edneck... that second one wins for me! Love it!

And Fast Mike, that tube shot is shockingly awesome


Condolences Jimbo...

I'm with Mr. P n the second image there DRN. Love the curves and lines there! Wish I'd shot that.

ooohhh, I love that last pic JIMBO. The sweeping curve is beautifully framed.

tiffpix wasn't the only one with a camera at that car show last week, I've been saving these for this TW3

442


Beaumont


Trans Am

Great start for a new week

MikeSF - awesome starry sky! how do you do that?

JIMBO - your home town looks magical. my kind of place.

DRN - cool shots. love the lines and colors on the second one.

FP - looks like it has been a great car show. I especially love the composition on 442.

and we're off to a GREAT start!! i am running out for the day but back to comment later.

Few from toda. Cheers JIM

Above the Green

Waters Edges

Mossy Bolders

Three more to throw in for the week. JIM

Alpine Pond

Beaver Pond


Black Toping

@jimbo - "Old Stories" is a touching tribute to your dad. This is well composed and i love that you included the street and curb too.
The giant mountain in the other two is quite fantastic. As mentioned before, i enjoyed the waterfalls and ferns. I also really like "Mossy Boulders" for the texture of the moss and light which gives them a glow.

@DRN - yes i do have a strat or two around here somewhere. That flower jumps pops, both in color and in its bold composition. nice detail. I like the surfer shot and would bet it would have a classic look in a mono conversion as well. Having surfed a longboard on a couple of occasions, i have to respect the guy for carrying that thing from his car...in the wind...sheesh!

@FPZ - always enjoy you car shots and nice framing on the first shot. Any car with a displacement beginning with the number "4" gets my respect. And i can only imagine the sound of that GTO Beaumont in the next pic. vroom! I like the low viewpoint and tight framing in all of these as they tend to direct the eye toward unique lines vs the more typical views. nicely done.

A few more from the car show... I didn't get nearly as many keepers as tiffpix did, which seems to be the norm these days.

Driver's Cockpit


The Empire State (that license plate style is quickly disappearing)


WHEE!!!