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Posted: **Mon May 20, 2019 12:03 pm**

When I take photos I often compose them like I might a painting. I thought a thread of photos with interesting colors, textures or situations might be fun. I know many of us have amusing ones here and there.

This one is of my precarious Coupe body waiting to be lowered onto the chassis. I was choosing the appropriate nuts and bolts for the spare tire carrier. These old bodies have a lot of character.
Rich

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2019 12:45 pm**

When I was in junior high I got a Kodak book called How to Take Good Pictures. It pointed out that you and your camera naturally see things differently. The camera notices and records everything it sees. When you take a picture of your friend you see his face and may not notice that you're aiming too high, or that he's standing in front of a flagpole that looks like it's coming out on his head, or that there's some distracting object in the foreground. You have to train yourself to notice everything when you're composing a shot. There are a lot of other elements in composition, but I think that's the most important one.

Here's an example of paying attention to the background. The clouds are obvious, but other things are less so. The two largest trees at the left and right act as sort of a frame to draw your eye into the scene. Behind the driver is a low space between the trees, so you see him outlined against the sky from the shoulders up. The windshield acts as a frame for a small picture within the bigger picture. The headlights contrast with the dark car as a point of interest to draw your attention into the scene.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 6:50 am**

This should be a great thread, 'photo of the day' I hope more guys chime in with their pictures !

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:53 am**

A little polish on the remaining silver on the reflector helped make this look warm and friendly. I left the dirt on the cracked lens. We don't drive the Coupe much at night but can be seen if we do.
Rich

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 9:15 am**

Warm and friendly in every way ! I like the foto of the day idea too ! I guess it's OK to post two on the same day ?

Off to the co-op for feed and fuel. First I grabbed a bungee cord, then thought it would be better to be "period correct" securing the gas can to the runningboard carrier.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 9:22 am**

Nice addition.
Thanks
Rich

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 9:23 am**

You have a good eye and artistic ability. I look forward to more pictures on this thread, and explanations as to how and why they were composed would be interesting and informative.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 10:12 am**

This was planned as a horizontal composition with the moon just above the horizon. But it became a vertical shot because it turned out to be such a hazy day that the moon was invisible until it rose above the haze. An element of composition at work here is having the picture about one-third ground and two-thirds sky. Having the horizon cross the middle of the picture is usually a poor choice. In most cases you want more sky or more ground, not 50/50.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 12:24 pm**

I am glad, Steve, that you can explain some of these finer points. They will no doubt help many as you have helped me take better photos over the years.
As for my pictures, I just know what I like after I see it and don't follow any set rules. Sometimes its just the colors or the textures. Taking lots of them and tossing out the poor ones is how I do it.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 1:19 pm**

Taking a lot and tossing the poor is a longtime photographic tradition. Digital makes it a lot cheaper.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 9:41 pm**

My T by my pal on a saw day,

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 2:28 am**

Had a friend (long passed) who was an award winning press photographer who used to say that if you took a couple of thousand pictures the odds were good a couple would be worth using.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 8:38 am**

Even our humble friend the sediment bulb with it's makeshift arm repair seems to have some character. It is seen here being tested for leaks after some rework.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 9:07 am**

Ford nuts sitting for their portrait are one of my screen saver shots.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 9:17 am**

What's their names? One could be Steve and one could John, I think you will need to get many many more.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 9:30 am**

Huey, Lewie, and Dewey. They're a bunch of nuts.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 9:52 am**

Thanks to Steve and Rich for the home screen shots......

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 8:57 pm**

"Huey, Lewie, and Dewey. They're a bunch of nuts."
Hey hey now, I resemble that remark.

Duey

Posted: **Thu May 23, 2019 8:11 am**

The very best parts are beautiful but sometimes the worst ones have their own charm.

Posted: **Thu May 23, 2019 9:30 am**

Some of the worst is when babbit thrust washers fail . . . here's a shot of "the grey death".

Posted: **Thu May 23, 2019 9:39 am**

Wow! That's quite a debris pile. Looks like more than just thrust washers.

Here's mine for today:

Posted: **Thu May 23, 2019 9:46 am**

Steve, I don't think you've ever posted a photo that wasn't "lyrical" ! They always make me want to go for a drive ! (re/"grey death" - nope. Just thrust washers, fortunately caught before things got really bad!)

Posted: **Fri May 24, 2019 8:01 am**

Windows were often the main source of light in factories and workshops in photos of the early days. I think it gives old parts a bit of a period look.
Rich

Posted: **Fri May 24, 2019 8:56 am**

Looks like one of my gas cans at the upper right.

Here's a window-lit part.

Posted: **Fri May 24, 2019 10:55 pm**

Almost accidental shots: I saw them before clicking but they kinda turned out OK. Maw didn't see it. It's two to tell the short story.
The moon was kinda purty.
Let's see IF this turns out selecting the second pic first with this site and my browser.

NO. We wasn't kissin' or any some-such. Cool pic.
I don't believe I'd published these two from a nice trip last August and hesitate to post here yet wish to post that series in another "Toodles with Maw"...

Busy with a gaggle of OT things but not geese.

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2019 8:41 am**

While scavenging a part from a has been Ford it occurred to me that this is how the cats, rabbits and mice see the Model Ts.

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2019 9:21 am**

This is how our state reptile, the painted box turtle, sees them if he pokes his head out.

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2019 10:18 am**

"Look Out Speedy!"
Great shot Steve.
Thanks
Rich

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2019 10:47 am**

Great pix guys ! Duey, those are unique !

I learn something new every day on these boards. Who doesn't like box turtles ? A worthy "state reptile" for Kansans !! - I see Idaho claims a state bird, tree, flower, fish, vegetable, fruit, raptor, insect . . . we even have a state horse, but I suppose we're just left at liberty to choose a state reptile county by county to send to the state house.

Posted: **Sun May 26, 2019 8:04 am**

I enjoyed the time I had the rivets out of the '14 differential housings. The unusual shapes and contrast between rust, steel and wood pleased me. Photos of things you hope you don't see again soon are sometimes nice to have.

Posted: **Sun May 26, 2019 3:52 pm**

Thanks for that last one Rich ! Interesting to see the "innards" of a '13-'14 housing. The early ones have a special charm. Up to the last couple of weeks of rain, our Lizzie went back to work helping me with the irrigation.

Posted: **Sun May 26, 2019 4:54 pm**

...our Lizzie went back to work helping me with the irrigation.

Looks like alfalfa. Do you have bunnies? I ask because the most rabbits I've ever seen were in alfalfa fields overlooking Three Island Crossing on the Snake. I was there at sundown, and my headlights lit up dozens, maybe hundreds of the critters, both cottontails and jacks. It was a remarkable sight.

Posted: **Sun May 26, 2019 7:08 pm**

Yup. Alfalfa, no cwazy wabbits, just gophers which we never had until forced to irrigate with sprinklers. Glenn's Ferry is about 185 miles west of us, a lot of desert and much drier than the upper valley. Were you there for the wagon crossing Steve? I always wanted to ride with them but haven't made it yet. The Oregon Trail Three Mile Island river crossing is an annual event.

Posted: **Mon May 27, 2019 12:29 am**

I just stopped there in 1971 to take pictures of the place. I wonder if they had the wagon crossing in those days.

Posted: **Mon May 27, 2019 8:17 am**

Three Island Crossing was a stop on the 2018 Gildden Tour.

Certainly not as installed at the factory. These cars acquire their own personality as time goes on.

Posted: **Mon May 27, 2019 9:19 am**

W H Jackson (1843-1942) was famous as the great photographer of the West...

...but he was also a pretty good painter. This is his view of the crossing.

Posted: **Mon May 27, 2019 9:28 am**

Steve, the crossing re-enactment probably started later than 1971. I see the last one was held in 2016. The website states the next re-enactment is "postponed indefinitely". Too bad, the site has a number of good photos. I'm sorry, I don't know how to post a link.

Posted: **Tue May 28, 2019 7:52 am**

Some more of that beautiful country Steve and Rich mentioned is along the Snake River past Thousand Springs. The Magic Valley is a fancatsic place to tour in an open car.

Posted: **Tue May 28, 2019 8:31 am**

Want some patina?

Yeah, we've got a little.

Posted: **Tue May 28, 2019 9:55 am**

Some assembly required. ;O)

Posted: **Tue May 28, 2019 10:26 am**

"The first time we met is a favorite memory of mine . . ." -Merle Haggard

Lizzie in the belly of the transport that brought her out from New Joisey. She gave me a free start right off. I reckoned she liked me !

Posted: **Tue May 28, 2019 5:52 pm**

The Three Islands Crossing was previously a farm owned by my Great Grandfather Lee McAnulty. I remember going there to help the uncles clean up the brush there. We would go out to one of the islands for picnics. His son-in-law Jim Steen (statehouse representative from Elmore County) arranged for the place to be turned over to the state to become a state park.

Posted: **Wed May 29, 2019 8:14 am**

A question about spring angle prompted this photo several years ago.

Posted: **Wed May 29, 2019 3:12 pm**

Dale, thanks for the note on Three Island State Park !

Rich, a unique view of a Model T and a fine picture - very artful !

I'm not sure why I took this picture . . .

Posted: **Wed May 29, 2019 6:08 pm**

Hi Dale. I think of your Uncle LaVar whenever I see your name. How great it was to tour with him and visit at the Jerome and other swap meets.
Regards.
Rich

Posted: **Thu May 30, 2019 7:51 am**

Sometimes they get a little hot.

Posted: **Thu May 30, 2019 4:05 pm**

Sometimes they get a little hot.

That reminds me of the PBS biography of Rachel Carson, which showed big clouds of DDT being sprayed all over people.

I'm breaking the rules of good composition here by having the horizon across the center of the frame, but I think it works in this case.

Posted: **Thu May 30, 2019 6:05 pm**

Just a little hot . . . a perfect image of "that really steams me !". I hope the little coupe wasn't too mad !

Steve, a really pleasant picture. Rules, schmools. The "composition police" seem able ever to find fault with the most masterful of images.

Posted: **Thu May 30, 2019 8:21 pm**

I like this one.

Posted: **Fri May 31, 2019 7:55 am**

...where the Buffalo roam. I like it.

Just a little composition on tire patch day.

Posted: **Fri May 31, 2019 3:48 pm**

My foto of the day, taken a couple of minutes ago at sundown.
Oops forgot to put a T in somewhere, afraid its OT now...

Posted: **Fri May 31, 2019 4:19 pm**

-Patriotic Tree-
We were visiting a daughter's family in Tucson. The adjustment in time zones hadn't caught up to me, when I got a photo of a 'Patriotic Tree' at sunrise. A thought to nicely share between Memorial Day and the 4th. Salute!

Posted: **Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:10 am**

These guys always fascinated me. I haven't used them but enjoy them on the shelf.

Posted: **Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:34 am**

This is another study of Mother Natures influence. Yes, the homemade hinge is a little imperfect. Some dabs of paint and liquid rust got it off to a start and the weather is finishing the charm.

Posted: **Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:23 am**

My shot for today is visiting the old timers.

The big stone is for my great grandfather, Elisha B. Parker, who settled here after the Civil War.

Posted: **Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:08 am**

Off the beaten track.

Posted: **Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:16 am**

Lupines and aspens on a sunny summer day! Love it.

Posted: **Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:18 am**

Working on the farm

Posted: **Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:36 pm**

A T always make the work go better.

Posted: **Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:27 am**

Just a touch of green.

Posted: **Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:23 am**

Every time you post a pic, I have to look for the Eagle sig.

Posted: **Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:33 pm**

Thanks Dallas. Since I paint from photos and people say they look just like a photograph I decided to save the trouble of painting them. Most of these would make fun paintings but I won't get around to it. Painting does help me take a closer look at the colors that attract me.
I'm glad for the participation on this thread.
Rich

Posted: **Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:08 pm**

Really appreciate all of your pictures and bits of wisdom. Allen SW Mo.

Posted: **Tue Jun 04, 2019 7:49 pm**

Boondocks are where you find them. This was an optional "road" on the 2015 Mainely T tour. Rich Bingham might recognize the car.

Posted: **Tue Jun 04, 2019 7:55 pm**

Thanks for posting that Gil ! Lizzie seems happiest on a track like that.

Posted: **Wed Jun 05, 2019 12:12 am**

Mine for today:

Old brass.

Posted: **Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:45 am**

Nice!

I don't often use them but they seem to give the shop a friendly feeling.

Posted: **Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:25 am**

Chevy,s rust also.

Posted: **Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:01 pm**

Heck Yes! It's beautiful.

Posted: **Wed Jun 05, 2019 3:02 pm**

I like an old repurposed cigar box

Posted: **Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:30 am**

We used to have cigar boxes around. Now, not so much. They are delightful.

A bit of original top materials and tacks is good reference and almost gorgeous.

Posted: **Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:02 am**

Gosh, the place is starting to look like a junkyard.

Posted: **Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:20 pm**

Rich, have you been talking with my wife?

Posted: **Fri Jun 07, 2019 5:04 pm**

Heck no! Have you been in my back yard?

Posted: **Fri Jun 07, 2019 5:31 pm**

Rich, I don't know if he's been in your back yard, but he has been in mine!

Most of that TT stuff looks very familiar!

Dave

Posted: **Fri Jun 07, 2019 5:41 pm**

I would love to look around Rich's back yard, shop, cabinets, attic, ect...
Problem is I could never come home. I almost had to stay with Dave.

Dont get me wrong, she loves me but thinks I have a problem bringing home old junk, er, uh stuff.

Posted: **Sat Jun 08, 2019 11:06 am**

We are lucky to have yards and wives who humor us.

Speedster dashes are made for gauges and switches.

Posted: **Sat Jun 08, 2019 7:17 pm**

We go down to the river on nights we expect red sunsets. On this evening the smoke was real heavy as the whole region was burning on this year. Makes for great picture taking.

Posted: **Sat Jun 08, 2019 7:48 pm**

Not very good composition, but was an unplanned photo, in a hurry to catch this :

Posted: **Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:03 pm**

This was pretty interesting, too...care to guess what it is? Or, more accurately, what THEY are?

Posted: **Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:31 pm**

I'm no artist but I do have some junk in the back yard.
Hope Model A is OK.

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2019 1:02 pm**

Resting Ruxtell

Posted: **Mon Jun 10, 2019 8:23 am**

From the days of John and Horace. I like brass no matter what colors.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:03 am**

We stopped here to do some sketching. This is the Alder Gulch area near Virginia and Nevada Cities in Montana. Once famous for it's Gold.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:10 am**

What a great thread this is. I love all the pictures and interesting subjects. Very relaxing.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:51 am**

Black, white, and colors.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:48 pm**

Post Endurance Run clean up. Preparing the next (4th) generation.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:16 pm**

This is along the Flathead River looking east to the Mission Mountains. I love coming around this corner and seeing the Missions.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:17 pm**

Repurposing & restoring is what we do.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:24 pm**

Frank, its being used so you dont have to walk! Very nice.

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:46 am**

Driving at night is a little bit of magic. Our '25 Tudor dash becomes captivating when lit.

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:00 pm**

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:07 am**

This is a little bit like the carnival.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:49 am**

The window screen provides some texture to the vehicles out in the daylight. I thought the "Dark Side" of the gear made for some interesting contrast. I enjoy the light changes in gear teeth as their identical shape changes around the circumference.

I have thought about doing a painting of this but surely would loose my mind in the process.
Rich

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:48 pm**

Yard art from around the corner...

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:07 am**

This one isn't mine but it has so many exquisite things to like. I recall it was a Packard, perhaps a Twin Six.

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:04 pm**

May T Rust in Piece

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:34 am**

That's a great display Frank.

Not good enough to keep inside.

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:07 am**

Anchorage

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:12 am**

You think that hardware store had creaky floors?

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