***The Driving Game*** - picture scavenger hunt v2

Of cars readily available in the US, all I can think of is : US, Germany, England, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Italy... Sure you've got all the super cars, but that's treading in "having all the planets align" territory. I barely see any English cars, people here tend to love their Japanese and German cars.

Fun challenge, I got to prove my cousin wrong, he didn't believe it could be done around here as most vehicles are "American".

I hope I can get this pic uploaded before someone else. I have left to right:

American - Chevy
MY TDI
Korean - Hyundai Tiburon
Japanese - Mitsubishi
Australian - Subaru
German - VW Passat
British - Range Rover

I had to make several attempts at this picture as one vehicle or another was blocking the view. My cousin is driving my car to position it so I can get the rest in the pic

Is this good for the win? (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries.



As you can see, I didn't have a lot of time to spare as the woman in the Subaru was about to leave. This took about 4-5 attempts to get every vehicle in the picture.

Oh, I just found my TDI twin today, minus the mini-rear spoiler and still has the original tail lights

Sorry shrifty
http://www.google.com/search?client...noe..0.0...1.1.12.mobile-gws-serp.nPvlMe2HtfQ

Subaru is a Japanese car posing as an Australian car.

Dang shrifty that was close! Nice try!

Current challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries.

I was going to post something like this, but I ran out of time... making dinner now and can't make it up to DC by 10pm.



That was the scaffolding they used a while back to clean the monument - it was lit from inside the scaffolding. The stuff they have up now to repair the earthquake damage doesn't look nearly as nice.

Well I made it...

Official ballot for centenary 7, challenge #800

Official ballot for centenary 7, challenge #800

voting for 24 hours starting now.

whitedog said:

Lumber town, remember? These were school buildings used in the travelling lumber camps and are now located across the street from the Art Station.

I am going with choice #3 as my official submission. That's the School on Wheels.

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1854sailor said:

Official Challenge #800 Entry

So, now that I know how centenary challenges work, this will be my entry. This angular glass building is the Brown Center at MICA; the peak at the right actually projects out over the street.

http://www.mica.edu/browse_art/brown_center.htm

Is this "interesting / unique" enough to satisfy the requirements of #800? I was hoping to kill two birds with one stone as this building is on the campus of the Maryland Institute College of Art, but WEB beat me to #803.

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PressEnter[] said:

Challenge #800 Submission:

As a preface, I should mention that Saratoga Springs, where I live, was settled because of its many natural mineral springs. The building in this picture is the former Washington Bath House, opened around 1920, and since 1987 has been home to the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame. Yes, there's a hall of fame for everything

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WEB said:

Challenge #800 Submission:

Bank of America barn

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Dozenspeed said:

This a was Phillips 66 Station from 1966/7. At some point it was turned into a Naugles fast food restaurant. Everyone called it "The Spaceship Naugles." Del Taco aquired the location sometime in the 90's I think, but somehow the "spaceship" moniker didn't keep.

It got pretty rough and recently closed and was slated for demolition, but a local campaign to save this landmark managed to keep the wrecking ball away, and as you can see it has now been restored into this combo Starbucks and Chipotle franchise. The college kids now refer to it as "Starpotle"

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Forza91 said:

Official submission for 800

Always saw the covered wagon installation driving up and down I-205, but never put 2 and 2 together.

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midntdi said:

Last is my official submission. The Naval Museum which is home to USS Wisconsin (BB-64). She saw service from WWII to Gulf War I.

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VeeDubTDI said:

Well I made it...

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Dozenspeed said:

Official ballot for centenary 7, challenge #800

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Thanks everyone. Again I enjoyed all the pictures.

My vote VeeDubTDI.

Current challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries.

my vote goes for VeeDubTDI

Current challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries.

I'm casting for midntdi, even though I really like whitedog's school train, simply because the photo is a little more visually appealing. Honorable mention to PressEnter too.


Current Challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries.

Tough vote, but I'd say whitedog.

Current Challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries.

MonsterTDI09 said:

Everybody can vote for a picture in the centenary challenge

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It is your challenge, where is your vote? Ah seen both you Monsters in her' this marnin'.....

I will It's just tough to pick one.

I narrowed it down to visual appeal so it was between mine and Dozenspeed. With Starbucks in the picture, I decided to vote for my own. Besides, it was really difficult getting the exposure just right. I had to decide between -0- -1- or -2-

OK it was more luck, but did you notice the way the sun caught the rims?

I have found great joy in learning one or two simple tricks from Digital Corpus with low-light issues. I suggest exploring your camera's menus a little more, and see if you can alter aperture (amount of light allowed) and exposure (duration) manually. Then you must have the camera super stable, I use a tripod almost all the time now!

All my pics with the blue time stamps are a cheapo $80 Sanyo from Wal-mart, it's really rather lame to be honest, but I simply use it's "anti-shake" mode in the daylight, usually on a tripod, and it's "night scene" for the night shots, definately on a tripod. These are cheesy good-enough modes that are pre-programmed idiot settings. It HAS "full manual" options, but they are a pain to use and very limited in range, so I don't bother.

After that I'll commonly do one or two favorite post-production doctorings for a little "plus-it".

Here's what even simple post-production can reveal in your photo even with the on-site difficulties and camera limitations.






Current Challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries

I'll vote for PressEnter, that picture would have been more dramatic in Black/White but I like it in color too.

This is going to be a close vote!

The camera on my phone isn't any better than that $80 one. I can set the exposure or choose a few pre-programmed choices and I can zoom, but beyond that it's all luck.

Current Challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries

I didn't realize that we were being graded on the composition, lighting, etc. of the photo as well as the content. In that case, my vote goes to VeeDubTDI.

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Forza91 said:

Of cars readily available in the US, all I can think of is : US, Germany, England, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Italy...

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Yugos would fit though they are hard to find. And maybe someone would get lucky with a Russian car brought over. There are still Peugeots around, but they are as rare as Yugos.

1854sailor said:

I didn't realize that we were being graded on the composition, lighting, etc. of the photo as well as the content. In that case, my vote goes to VeeDubTDI.

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You can grade on whatever scale that you want. Oldest, most universal, pretties, biggest, smallest, whatever it is that YOU want.

Dozenspeed said:

It is your challenge, where is your vote? Ah seen both you Monsters in her' this marnin'.....

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First we have to FIGHT about it!!!! That's what we get for 'playing as 1'!

whitedog said:

Current Challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries
Yugos would fit though they are hard to find. And maybe someone would get lucky with a Russian car brought over. There are still Peugeots around, but they are as rare as Yugos.

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Did Lada's ever get sold in the US? I've seen a few Niva's on the roads up here.

1854sailor said:

I didn't realize that we were being graded on the composition, lighting, etc. of the photo as well as the content. In that case, my vote goes to VeeDubTDI.

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Lol! Well.....heh heh....... ahem. It's a vote for your favorite entry...simply...and I was trying to fine-pick justify the tough choice. Beauty of a vote is everyone gets to choose on their personal criteria? I think we produce some quality stuff for a bunch of amatuers sometimes, and I think it's neat how the particpating community dictate the recipie that is this thread.



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whitedog said:

You can grade on whatever scale that you want. Oldest, most universal, pretties, biggest, smallest, whatever it is that YOU want.

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Yes exactly! Like how I lost a vote because of a Starbucks sign in the subject matter!

MonsterDog said:

First we have to FIGHT about it!!!! That's what we get for 'playing as 1'!

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But you both get your own vote.....

Gotta vote for VeeDubTDI, especially if I wanna kepe crashing at his place for Impexfest this weekend

My vote for Centenary 7 (#800) goes to whitedog - for "School on wheels".

Current Challenge: (#809) Your TDI with cars from six different countries

CG