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Storm coming... [Ennis, Montana]
My best storm photo!

 

From August, days away from the car. One of my special places, days away from paved roads. Moonrise in Kings Canyon National Park, Muir Pass, right on the John Muir Trail. Light in the west is Fresno light pollution about 30 miles away


Moonrise over Wanda Lake

 

And to balance all the serene mountain vistas, I hang out in rather loud places as well. Petit Le Mans, last month

Rahal wedged into the carbon machine

 

A "Soul of the Earth"... [Gunnison country, Colorado]

...permanent toothpick on his hat!!! I watched him roll that cigarette with one hand...

 

We can Thank "Mother Nature" for sure... What a privilege to have the Freedom to enjoy such experiences provided by her. It was quite a Fourteen Year Journey! And another privilege to be with my Dog "Spirit" 24/7! Rest in Peace Buddy...

 

And scenic.

 

Found a very tiny spider that is able to move very fast. Seeing if I could get all its eyes.

 

I usually don't post any of my photos here, since most of the things around the Minis are usually taken with my old smartphone. I do have another personality when it comes to taken photos of cars - goes back to the 1970s I guess, but got real serious in the 90s. Recently I got back into it, but time is limited and I don't want to work my ass off for free (motorsports doesn't pay well even if you know what you're doing and have connections).

2 places to see some of my stuff:

http://www.speedcenter.com
https://www.flickr.com/people/speedcenter/

some random shots from these sites above


Brendon Hartley's final stop at the Petit


Hot pit


Benetton B198

Regarding gear used - depends. I use vintage gear from the 1980s in some cases (the F1 car above is manual focus, 1980s Nikon lens), in other cases like the IMSA shot on top, the lens costs more than any of my Minis, so I guess there's little reason to share the details. The shot in the middle was on film in July 2000 at Cleveland.

I also shoot landscape, so there's maybe more to share, as it can be done with much more affordable gear - below a panorama stitch taken with a 1980s manual focus 20mm f/3.5 Nikon I picked up on eBay for $90 or so many years ago. It is a shot that could be printed 10 feet wide without going soft


The Final Act

 

Just chillin on vacation in Marathon and drove down for the day.

 

A bit of cannon fire...

 

Not many of the Marlboro cars still run the vintage events in the US, but I have thousands of Roger's red and white cars from the second half of the 1990s on file.

Here Helio on the day he won his very first race, years before those 3 Indy 500 wins and retirement from open wheel to run around in Acuras.


Helio working hard on his first CART win


finally

 

10 years ago!... How time flies...
One of my favorite photos with my Buddy Spirit [R.I.P. 04~04-2018] throughout our 14 years full time camping. The thought was to take off for a few months. Somehow it lasted a bit longer.

 

The German bread van waits while a train rolls by. West of Willard Ohio.

 

This is "Pam" the rider...

 

Golden Hour, Paris VA

 

It's been a while, been having to take care of my dad down at the beach but I manged to get out for a few hours last weekend for some mental health/photography.

VA Beach fishing pier.

Life's a beach by Jono Kenyon, on Flickr

 

Sailing into the sunset.