General Photography Competition #205

[Timothy (in VA)]

Congratulations to RacingManiac for winning Competition #204!

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachments/photography/319500d1260193643-general-photography-competition-204-dsc01135.jpg



Rules

• The deadline is Sunday 11:59 PM EST
• The photograph can contain any non-automotive image (other than adulterous material)
• The proposed picture must be your own and not found on the net.
• The photograph must be attached using the UCP system. Any picture not attached using the UCP system will not be in the voting thread.
• Your image may be up to 800 pixels wide or tall.
• Photograph may contain post-processing editing
• It is preferred that you state enhancements made, but not necessary.
• The photograph must be taken no earlier than three months before start date
• Each photographer cannot vote for himself, they must vote for the others.
• Any users who enter and vote for themselves automatically receive a 2 week penalty from the competition and all votes previously given to his/her photo are removed.
• The entry must contain the following information in the same order :

User name
Subject matter/photo title
Date taken
Camera


Standings 2009

Niko_Fx: 4
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nopassn: 3 / Timothy (in VA): 3
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Soloracer: 2 / pat_ernzen: 2 / IBrake4Rainbows: 2 / Cotterik: 2 / RacingManiac: 2
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basman007: 1 / Sauc3: 1 / munza99uk: 1 / #1 Mustang Fan: 1 / Rasmus: 1 / superwaxer: 1 / Kvisser: 1 / switters78: 1 / Fedex...: 1 / 70cuda88: 1 / LeonOfTheDead: 1 / Roentgen: 1 / cmcpokey: 1

[italianspirit]

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7443/img1791l.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/img1791l.jpg/)

Italianspirit
Christmas Decorations
December 7th, 2009
Canon EOS Rebel XSi

[aiasib]

aiasib
MicroWeave
Dec. 18th, 2009
Canon Powershot S5 iS| crop

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=321129&stc=1&d=1261136464

[LeonOfTheDead]

Like the shot aiasib, do you have a larger res version? :)

[aiasib]

Thanks! Indeed I do, though note that my jpeg was 3.8mb, but after upload it is only 995kb, so i think UCP has compressed it. So the lack of quality is not my fault lol

edit: attached image is not a comp entry

[RacingManiac]

RacingManiac
Old Fishing Doohicky
Sun Moon Lake, Nang-Tou, Taiwan
Sony Alpha 700
RAW conversion, contrast and WB adjustment.
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachments/photography/321482d1261331821-general-photography-competition-205-dsc01171_resize.jpg

[LeonOfTheDead]

RacingManiac
Old Fishing Doohicky
Sun Moon Lake, Nang-Tou, Taiwan
Sony Alpha 700
RAW conversion, contrast and WB adjustment.

Dude, you forgot to resize it :)

[RacingManiac]

fixed...hopefully:)

[Timothy (in VA)]

Timothy (in VA)
Built upon the sand
November 24, 2009
Sony DSC-S500

[johnnynumfiv]

Are those a common sight down there? Seems like it'd be pretty fun to ride a storm out in one. :)

[NSXType-R]

Are those a common sight down there? Seems like it'd be pretty fun to ride a storm out in one. :)

Sounds like the most nerve wracking thing ever. How are utilities hooked up? I'm pretty sure they get some leeway, or else every time a big wind comes about your water pipes and etc are going to break.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

IBrake4Rainbows
"Camera Toss"
Canon EOS400d
19/12/2009.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=321533&stc=1&d=1261391915

[aiasib]

That is a neat idea XD

[Timothy (in VA)]

Are those a common sight down there? Seems like it'd be pretty fun to ride a storm out in one.

Not exactly. My family spent Thanksgiving week in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. About a week before, the remnants of Hurricane Ida had combined with a Nor'Easter (giving rise to Nor'Ida) to give the area a thorough pounding. We were nosy, so we decided to drive down to South Nags Head, where the damage was greatest, to take a look.

That house was one of a row of a dozen or so houses that had all suffered major damage from the storm. Several feet of sand had been eroded away; it's hard to say where the original ground level was, but a house like that would normally have a driveway with under-house parking. The utilities typically run underground; they were wiped out and each house in the row was accompanied by a septic tank that had been excavated and broken open.

The houses had been on the seaward side of a road that ran parallel to the beach; the road wasn't there anymore. The houses on the landward side were untouched, but their driveways sloped down to little dropoffs where the ground had been eroded. Before the storm, the seaward houses were probably at or behind the dune line. The yellow signs tacked to the stilts are notices that the building has been condemned (the little white sign beneath one of them is the business card of a contractor/renovator).

[NSXType-R]

That is a neat idea XD

Like a bouquet toss, only way more expensive. :D


Not exactly. My family spent Thanksgiving week in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. About a week before, the remnants of Hurricane Ida had combined with a Nor'Easter (giving rise to Nor'Ida) to give the area a thorough pounding. We were nosy, so we decided to drive down to South Nags Head, where the damage was greatest, to take a look.

That house was one of a row of a dozen or so houses that had all suffered major damage from the storm. Several feet of sand had been eroded away; it's hard to say where the original ground level was, but a house like that would normally have a driveway with under-house parking. The utilities typically run underground; they were wiped out and each house in the row was accompanied by a septic tank that had been excavated and broken open.

The houses had been on the seaward side of a road that ran parallel to the beach; the road wasn't there anymore. The houses on the landward side were untouched, but their driveways sloped down to little dropoffs where the ground had been eroded. Before the storm, the seaward houses were probably at or behind the dune line. The yellow signs tacked to the stilts are notices that the building has been condemned (the little white sign beneath one of them is the business card of a contractor/renovator).

Ouch. That sucks.

But building big houses on the sand, it's sorta asking for it, isn't it?

I mean, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when your house is going to be

1. Carried away inland
2. Carried away out into the ocean
3. Smashed by the water

Or any combination of 3.

Stupid idea, in my opinion.

[johnnynumfiv]

It's amazing the power water has. Will the houses be demolished or just left to fall into the ocean?

There's a few houses like that off the shore of CT in Long Island Sound.
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=321627&stc=1&d=1261451716
They are built on solid rock so they are quite stable. But they are made of inferior wood so they are bound to get destroyed. [/drakkie]

[akrama]

Akrama
Horse's eye
Dec 21,2009
Nikon D80



http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=321654&d=1261486653


321654

[Timothy (in VA)]

Ouch. That sucks.

But building big houses on the sand, it's sorta asking for it, isn't it?

I mean, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when your house is going to be

1. Carried away inland
2. Carried away out into the ocean
3. Smashed by the water

Or any combination of 3.

Stupid idea, in my opinion.

It's like gambling at a casino in Vegas - the house always wins, but that doesn't stop people.

In the meantime, vacationers get to rent the house and enjoy the advantages of oceanfront living without having to worry about what will happen the next time a big storm blows through. We actually rented an oceanfront house for the first time ever that I can recall that week - I loved it, but I'd be wary of owning one.


It's amazing the power water has. Will the houses be demolished or just left to fall into the ocean?


I don't know. They'll probably be torn down. There might even be some way for the owners to appeal the building inspector's decision, but I'm not familiar with the building codes of the area.