Porsche – The (Urban-Wildlife) Interface

September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 suburbanferndaleark Cement mixer

Top down, shift up

*Weather permitting, there’s nothing like seeing the whole sky while taking road trips. Here, the blue sky and its fair weather clouds are reflected in the shift knob on a top-down day.

*Most any weather, short of a tropical storm, will do.
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November 28, 2013November 28, 2013 suburbanferndaleark Cement mixer

Typically cars aren’t thought of as tools for creating art. Sure, Top Gear‘s Jeremy Clarkson used a Formula 1 race car to shoot paintballs at a canvas, and BMW ran a new M6 with ink sprayed on its tires to make promotional postcards, but one would never mistake, say, a Porsche for a paintbrush. However, pointing the lens out the window at (um, yes officer sir, we were traveling the) speed limit, can create a delightfully impressionistic pastel effect, with lovely distortions and blending. This is the same Interstate 40-side rice field as seen in this earlier shot, taken at a somewhat slower speed.

blurred rice field — RACING — past a rice field in mid-harvest.

December 16, 2012December 17, 2012 suburbanferndaleark Cement mixer

Cars and coffee

We got up early to attend our first outing of a Saturday morning car club coffee klatsch. (Unlike our other first car club meeting, we went to this one voluntarily.) Though sponsored by the local Porsche club, all marques are invited. Despite a somewhat damp and overcast morning with a bit of a chill, more than a dozen car folk brought out their machines. Discussion of favorite driving routes, automotive admiration, and even some car parts dealing, ensued.

In a way, this fits into Where’s my backpack”?’s challenge this week: Transportation.