Cool Colors, Cooler Car...

It ain't easy being me...  I mean... I get to go on little photo outings in probably the coolest car ever.  It has Air Conditioning, working defrosters, freshly changed wipers blades, no cup holders(who has time?) and a sweet sexy bra that covers up a ding in the front.... you guessed it(as you have probably noticed me driving around in my sweet ride).... its a 1997(almost antique!) Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 4dr v6!  This baby has got slick new Walmart tires keeping her tied to the road as I race through sweet curves and dodge little roadside animals at high speeds(sometimes even over 40mph).

But I think the best part about it is that there is no center console.  This means two very important things.  1. If you find yourself driving to Wisconsin or Montana or Virginia or Utah, and feeling tired, you can tip the seat back, point your legs to the passenger floor board and take a super comfy nap.  2.  If you are with your girlfriend coming back from some ritzy high classed date, Applebee's, for example, you can move the armrest up and she can sit in the middle right next to you.... and with the optional tape deck/mp3 adapter cord, you can play your favorite romance Metallica tunes while you cruise....  Yep...   I'd say life is good:)



It's like the sun follows this car anywhere:)



Wide shot of Rocky Knob taken from on top of the Oldsmobile @ 24mm



A 50mm perspective of some nice rays this morning.

Once in a Red Moon...

Ok so I don't have any cool racing photos to show you... but I can say I was in one heck of a hurry after trying to go through Hillsville VA on the opening day of the Flea Market.  Even at 6am the bustle of the town and people setting up booths were really slowing things down.  
After making it out of Hillsville, and onto an open two lane highway, things were going well and I was on time to make it to Rocky Knob to catch the sun breaking the horizon. 
The fog was thick, thick enough to make it so my reaction time was longer than the distance I could see at the speed I was going(basically if a deer popped out it's 'goodbye')

About 3 miles from the top of the knob, I noticed the moon very graciously setting over nice rows of trees and fog.  I stopped the car and started taking some shots handheld with the Pentax K20d and an old Sears 135mm 2.8.  The crop factor of this camera body and the length and superb sharpness of this old lens make for a nice combo when shooting telephoto landscapes.  To get the composition below, I ended up sprinting down the parkway to get into a better position. I am glad I spent the time to stop and shoot this moonset, because the lens of the Sears 135mm struggles with flare when shooting into the sun, so my results were going to be better in a lower dynamic range/no flare situation.

The cool part about this is that, when I composed the moon photo, I actually couldn't make out what was in the foreground fog... turns out that an old run down building sits there(lucky me:)

 

 

Have a great and safe weekend!!