I was rummaging through my accumulated bike photos and ran across the one above and thought I'd pass it along. It was one of those shots that I didn't notice at the time but in retrospect decided I liked. Taken in 2004 with a Nikon D70.
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I like it too. I like how the sun is coming in by the solo cactus.
Doug:
I used to have a D70, and also a D80. It would scare me to be out in the desert at night. I wonder if you made it home safely ?
No HDR back then, I'm squinting . . . are you parked by the side of the road ? I thought you were camping
bob
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Bob, I simply stopped by the side of the road to snap a few pictures of the sunset. That cliche of cactus and sunset is always difficult to resist. The roadside location is clear on my monitor, I have often wondered how different (worse) the photos look on other's monitors and browsers. Blogger tends to degrade photos although I've figure out how to compensate a little for that.
I didn't make it home safely, I was chased by a pack of coyotes and finally taken prisoner by drug smugglers lurking in the desert. A gun battle ensured, I was wounded in several places but dug the bullets out with my trusty bowie knife and was healed up before I even got home that night. Such is a normal day in the desert.
Truly, the desert is an amazing place at night and the greatest danger is backing into one of the smaller cacti.
I didn't keep the D70 very long. Without automatic sensor cleaning and in our dusty environment, changing lens was always stressful. I sold the camera quickly and went back to my CoolPix 8700/8800 until 2008 when I bought the Nikon D90.
This is like one of those old motorcycle ad photos. Makes you want to get out and enjoy the solitude and reflect on the day.
What a great wall poster it would make.
Sounds like a rough trip by what you tell bobscoot. Hell, I bet you even used the bowie cold and threw away the whiskey cause the pain was like mere flea bites.
WB, I poured the whiskey on the bowie knife to sterilize it before I dug the bullets out.
I was wondering why you hadn't sterilized the knife with whiskey, that is such a given when digging out bullets with a Bowie knife. Very nice pic!
Those are the best times to take a picture. The Arizona backdrop and a stretch of road are all it takes. Nice work.
Beautiful shot!!! :D
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