Mini Challenge #118 – One More For the Road

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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2011
    Great topic!! Roads are one of my very favorite subjects and I am enjoying seeing all of these terrific shots. All seasons, snow, leaves, dirt, freeways, night, day . . . such fun to look at them all!

    Here are mine:

    1. Highway 337, Texas Hill Country (a favorite for motorcycle riders)
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    2. Watch out for cattle!
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    3. Water over the road!
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    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
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  • KevXmanKevXman Registered Users Posts: 945 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2011
    Great images everyone! Keep them coming. Lauren (Redleash), your Water Over The Road image makes me feel homesick. (Born in Laredo and been a misplaced Texan since I was five.) Nothing like a little caliche road to remind someone where they came from.

    — Kevin
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  • MichaelLockhartMichaelLockhart Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited April 2, 2011
    Some really great entries this round. This is only my second time entering. Enjoy!

    "The Road to Sedona"
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    "Pit Road"
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    "Flooded Roadway" - This was just taken yesterday. We've had a lot of rain up here in the Pacific Northwest lately.
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited April 2, 2011
    1.
    One the edge...
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    2.
    Alaskan dream...
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    3
    cobble stone...
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2011
    Kev - Glad you liked the caliche road. It actually leads to an old cemetery, but I wasn't willing to drive through the water to find it. Come on back to TX one of these days and we'll got out for a shoot. Cheers, Lauren

    Joyce - I like your "Alaskan Dream" shot . . . Great colors, and I can see this as a big image in the Anchorage airport.:D
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
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  • konomaniackonomaniac Registered Users Posts: 335 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2011
    JustRambling wrote: »
    Ok, I'm a MAJOR newbie both to this forum as well as to photography. . .

    Hey JustRambling - welcome to DGrin!! Nice shots from the walking path. These rail trails might just be some of the best money our fair state has spent.

    Not sure you noticed, but the very first post of this thread shows the rules - 1 to 3 images - not sure what Kevin will do if you leave him with 4 to choose from. Personally - I'd leave all 4 and just tell him which one not to judge.

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  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,976 moderator
    edited April 2, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Joyce - I like your "Alaskan Dream" shot . . . Great colors, and I can see this as a big image in the Anchorage airport.:D

    Ditto. Gorgeous!clap.gif

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  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2011
    Well mine certainly can't compete with the awesome entries so far, but just to add something a little different, here ya go!.....

    1. Stuck In The Middle
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    2. Foggy Morning Commute
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    Hope to come up with a third one!
    Karin


    "Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2011
    ic4u - I love your school bus shot! Great title and good eye to capture the shot. I think it's an excellent entry for the challenge.

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2011
    I don't usually have much for the mini's, but roads, I got! lol

    1. Icy Road
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    2. Winding Road
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    3. Red Dirt Road
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    Donna

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  • YoungNomadYoungNomad Registered Users Posts: 57 Big grins
    edited April 3, 2011
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  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    ic4u - I love your school bus shot! Great title and good eye to capture the shot. I think it's an excellent entry for the challenge.

    Lauren


    Thanks Lauren, it makes me laugh cuz thats my luck all the time!
    Karin


    "Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2011
    dnie - I like your Winding Road; it's very soothing.
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    dnie - I like your Winding Road; it's very soothing.

    Thanks, It actually is a very soothing place.
    Donna

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  • slpollettslpollett Registered Users Posts: 1,223 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2011
    I didn't think I had anything for this challenge, but I was able to find a couple!

    1. Martinsville Speedway
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    2. Martinsville Backstretch
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    3. Stroll down a farm lane
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    Sherry
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  • rbustraenrbustraen Registered Users Posts: 127 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    Here are my entries, taking long before the snow :)

    Sandy Road Home - Sault Ste. Marie
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    Rainy Fall Road
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    Okay, maybe one was taken in the winter. We have NO idea why we went down this road but glad we did.

    Lost Winter Road
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    - Randy

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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    Hmmm. Turns out I don't do a lot of roads...but here are three that may suffice:

    1. Finally arrived. Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden.

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    2. Exploring the back roads. Gotland Island, Sweden.

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    3. Crossing the street. Williamsburg, Virginia.

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  • GeekGeek Registered Users Posts: 59 Big grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    I'll play.. my favorite road...

    The infamous Black Bear Pass above Telluride, Colorado

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    It is a one way down only.. and yeah, I'm afraid of heights :D

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    cheers,
    Edward in Colorado
  • sweetharmonysweetharmony Registered Users Posts: 405 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2011
    EEEEEEEk, Geek! I definitely would not have the nerve for that........great photo!
    Leah

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  • rbustraenrbustraen Registered Users Posts: 127 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2011
    @Geek - great shot and I have to agree not too sure if I'd have the stomach or the balance for that, as long as I'm on 4-Wheels maybe?!?!
    - Randy

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  • bbjonesbbjones Registered Users Posts: 234 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2011
    I really thought I took more road pictures than I do. Guess I'll have to work on that. :D

    Here's a road of sorts:
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  • oldtown_dreameroldtown_dreamer Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2011
    roads i've traveled
    #1 - it is a street, really... just because there's tables and chairs and people eating and drinking and having fun it doesn't stop it being a street.

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    #2 - the going to the sun highway in glacier national park. really spectacular road (that's my car on the left).
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    #3 - last but not least... i won't say that i came close to dying on this road, but i will say that i have never suffered so much for my art. this is near the top of one of Mexico's highest mountains 'El Nevado de Toluca'. i figure we were around 14,000 ft by then (give or take a couple of hundred) and we were on it for about 2 hours. there's no air up there. and for me, sea-level dwelling creature that i am, it was hard finding enough oxygen. so... please excuse the lack of technical merit and consider the fact that i really think i'm lucky i managed to take a few salvageable shots at all.
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2011
    Heading home before the storm:

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    Two in step on the road of life

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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2011
    Like 'em both, Ceci.
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • KevXmanKevXman Registered Users Posts: 945 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2011
    Sorry for the forced absence everyone. Work rose it's ugly head this week. But I see y'all have been busy without me. There are a lot of great images here. Just over 24 hours left. Keep 'em coming.
    ~ Kevin
    Enjoy today, tomorrow is not guaranteed.

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  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2011
    My work has been crazy busy for about 3 months.

    #1 Speed Limit Enforced by Boat
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    #2 Parade Route
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    #3 Parkway
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Like 'em both, Ceci.

    Thanks Lauren. There are a lot of beautiful entries in this thread!
    Creating visual and verbal images that resonate with you.
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  • den_sden_s Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited April 9, 2011
    West Montana driveway
  • den_sden_s Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited April 9, 2011
    Curves, Lake George, NY
  • den_sden_s Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited April 9, 2011
    This shot is near Pullman, WA. I loved shooting in this area.
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