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Grumpy Old Guy

(3,184 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 08:20 PM Aug 2023

***AUGUST PHOTO CONTEST: THE FINALS!***

These are the finals for the August photo contest.

Please vote for the entry that you think best typifies the following theme, which was chosen by LakeArenal.

Trains, Planes and Automobiles…etc.

Any battery or fueled passenger vehicles. Parts or whole, inside or out, above or below, with or without passengers. (Though passengers might make things more fun)

Hot air balloons, motor bicycles, go carts, etc. (I have a friend who professionally races go carts). All run on fuel to name a few.

We love to hear what you think, so please leave us a comment as well. This thread will run for seventy two hours. It is posted here in GD by permission of the administrators.

Thanks for voting.

Car Toon (1941 Ford Super Deluxe Woody Station Wagon)



"There's another train, there always is, maybe the next one is yours..."


Mighty WWII Veteran


Good Mornin' America How Are Ya'


Drive-Thru


Historic steam train Chemin de Fer du Vivarais


Back to a warm ship and a hot cup of tea


Crabber, Public Boat Launch, Everett, WA


Ford Model A


Santa Barbara Chrome


















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Car Toon (1941 Ford Super Deluxe Woody Station Wagon)
13 (15%)
"There's another train, there always is, maybe the next one is yours..."
6 (7%)
Mighty WWII Veteran
8 (10%)
Good Mornin' America How Are Ya'
17 (20%)
Drive-Thru
3 (4%)
Historic steam train Chemin de Fer du Vivarais
6 (7%)
Back to a warm ship and a hot cup of tea
5 (6%)
Crabber, Public Boat Launch, Everett, WA
16 (19%)
Ford Model A
5 (6%)
Santa Barbara Chrome
5 (6%)
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***AUGUST PHOTO CONTEST: THE FINALS!*** (Original Post) Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 OP
Woo hoo!! LakeArenal Aug 2023 #1
Thank you! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 #2
😉♥️ LakeArenal Aug 2023 #5
Great submissions! FalloutShelter Aug 2023 #3
K&R Solly Mack Aug 2023 #4
I vote for all of them!!!! chowder66 Aug 2023 #6
K&R for these great photos! nt CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #7
Was torn between Drive-Thru and Ford Model A! Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #8
They're all really good! 2naSalit Aug 2023 #9
Kick! Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2023 #10
I love all of them! K&R crickets Aug 2023 #11
K & R Duppers Aug 2023 #12
Kicking....... a kennedy Aug 2023 #13
Kickety kick kick! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 #14
Kick GoneOffShore Aug 2023 #15
All great rogerballard Aug 2023 #16
Kick burrowowl Aug 2023 #17
This time, I wanted to vote for: planetc Aug 2023 #18
Kick! mnhtnbb Aug 2023 #19
Oh darn! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 #21
Kickin' it back to the top! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #20
Kick! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 #22
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #23
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #24
Kickety kick kick! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 #25
Kick! Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2023 #26
Kickin' it back to the top! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #27
I like some of the entries because of their shear technical perfection and some because they convey AndyS Aug 2023 #28
Kick! Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2023 #29
Kickin' it back to the top! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #30
Kick! 24 hours to go! nt CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #31
The Eye NowISeetheLight Aug 2023 #32
Time is running out. Vote now! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 #33
Kickety kick kick! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 #34

Maru Kitteh

(28,344 posts)
8. Was torn between Drive-Thru and Ford Model A!
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 08:44 PM
Aug 2023

So many excellent choices as always.

I love the whimsy of "Drive-Thru." The look on the dog's face is fantastic.

I ended up voting for "Ford Model A" because it feels like the warm hazy contented idleness of summer afternoons at my grandmother's house.


Duppers

(28,127 posts)
12. K & R
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 12:14 AM
Aug 2023
for all of these...but most of all...

Dog in "Drive thru."
Because dog.

"Back to a warm ship"
Because my sweet neighbor does research in Antarctica every year.

"Good Mornin' America"
I like riding the train.

But "The WOODY" is my fav.
It's beautiful countryside that looks so familiar to me.


planetc

(7,849 posts)
18. This time, I wanted to vote for:
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 08:54 AM
Aug 2023

Car toon: the 1941 idea of a terrific car, great (exterior) woodwork, no aerodynamics, incredibly tidy and useful, room for kids, Christmas trees, all the accessories of middle class life.

Ford Model A: the father of a billion cars for everyone's dreams, use, desire to drive anywhere, and a beautiful machine still.

Back to a warm ship: because here, in August, Winter Is Coming.

Santa Barbara Chrome: The automobile dream on peyote.

Then I voted for one.

AndyS

(14,559 posts)
28. I like some of the entries because of their shear technical perfection and some because they convey
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 11:39 PM
Aug 2023

emotion and evoke feelings.

In the latter category is "There will be another train". It's dark, a bit moody and quite evocative. Street photography at it's best.

NowISeetheLight

(3,943 posts)
32. The Eye
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 08:48 PM
Aug 2023

I enjoy taking pictures but I've always been amazed at how some people just have THE EYE. Such great pictures. I don't know how they do it.

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