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Published: 2013-06-03 22:49:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 554; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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I was driving from Hartford, Connecticut back home this morning. A heavy rainstorm led to several car accidents on I-84 West.Slow down, people!
Traffic came to a stop for a while and I took this shot of the truck in front of me.
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I love very much this kind of beauty.
The fact that this was shot through the glass adds much to the image.
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Thank you! Through the glass, yes - got to work with whatever conditions are at hand!
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sometimes I intentionally shot through the glass
and a lot of unexpected details is added.
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i confirm, Ulrich style
Richard, you always tell me not to drive and shoot!!
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well i - er - that is to say - safety first and - the rate of speed can be taken into account surely? 
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Nice spontaneous shot. I always love those A HA moments.
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Thank you. I always tell myself not to leave the house without my camera - and this particular time I had taken my own advice
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I hope that lock is more trustworthy than it looks
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It's like the the Rock of Gibraltar
I stole your style for this shot even more than usual, thanks for leaving the door unlocked when I came by for it
I have to mention that thin yellow wedge at top right. I didn't want that in there - but if I cropped it out I hurt the top of the "9". If I removed it with a slight rotation of the shot, horizontal lines further down were skewed in a way I did not like. So - there it stayed! Best I could do under these conditions.
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It is only the best who get copied, of course
Cropping - so often it is a greater challenge than taking the picture itself
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well only the best are copied by the most discerning
yes, it's a moment to shoot and so long to make the image right after. i cropped and rotated and rotated and cropped
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great capture, Richard! (in spite of the disturbing circumstances) i wouldn't have guessed what it was...!
even the raindrops add an artistic touch to the composition
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thank you!
no one was hurt on the highway as far as i could tell but there were some sad people sitting in their cars waiting for tow trucks.
i like those raindrops too
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Thanks, Ron! A good Tuesday to you.
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looks fine , the heavy construction of metal and blurred raindrops form interesting contrast on the image .
A month ago or so i was about to take similar shot of a truck , i was driwing beyond it , but we were going 100 km / h , shooting it would have been too dangerous - maybe i have to paint it from memory
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Thanks, Markus. Yeah, can't shoot at that speed! I've wanted to get many other shots while driving but seldom have the chance.
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It's a beauty, Richard.
I had the same reaction as Diane.
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Thanks, Ken! Much appreciated.
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Well done! At first glance I thought it was the work of a certain German photographer we know.
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Thanks! One of my ways of deciding if a shot is good is asking myself if Ulrich would post it
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It was fortuitous that you happened to be stuck behind such a photogenic vehicle.
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Wouldn't that driver be surprised to find his truck here!
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Indeed! If you had been stuck behind, say, a silver Prius, it might have been a much less entertaining (not to mention creative) traffic jam.
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Thanks very much, Harry!
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I saw the thumbnail and thought great lttle collage ! then saw the larger version and it was a picture, think you got me on this one. Cool picture , love the rust.
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Thanks, Diane. My photos - with some exceptions - do tend to look like my collages. Yes, the rust contrasted with the bright colors caught my eye.
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