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FROM THE CAR – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong

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Weekly Photo Challenge: From the Car

I cannot, in all honesty, say the “most of my best pictures were taken from the car,” but an awful lot of really good ones were. What is always surprising is how well the camera sees through all the shmutz on the windshield and actually gets relatively sharp pictures.

Typically, the harder part is avoiding reflections rather than dirt … not counting whatever the birds leave behind — and the occasional really big bug.

Here are a few favorites, mostly taken during that very long drive back and forth to Jackman, Maine.

With the atlas resting on the dashboard

The view was so good, I got Garry to pull over so I could get some without a windshield …

Tunnel on the Merritt Parkway

Best “almost home” shot EVER!

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20 replies

  2. Kiki
    10/02/2018 • 03:32

    fantastic choice! I often ‘add’ to my many car-windshield-photos that Clean Windows are Highly Overrated…. helps!

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      10/02/2018 • 11:36

      Some cameras are much better at ignoring the window than others, but you are right. Clean is definitely overrated and more likely to cause glare and reflections than mere dirt. Unless a seagull hit you!

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  4. swo8
    10/01/2018 • 11:17

    Lovely from the car photos, Marilyn.
    Leslie

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  6. Sue W
    10/01/2018 • 01:56

    Great photos and those autumn shades are just gorgeous.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      10/01/2018 • 11:36

      Since being retired, we always take vacations in the fall. The weather is usually good (except for the hurricanes, so it isn’t great Caribbean weather) and all the kids are back in school, so rates are lower too and the world is beautiful. We had a time-share in Jackman and it was paid off, but we couldn’t do the drive anymore. We are just not up to a 10-hour drive up and down mountains, but it was so incredibly beautiful!

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      • Sue W
        10/01/2018 • 11:44

        It certainly sounds delightful Marilyn. Getting older has its perks, but oh my goodness it comes with a fair share of drawbacks, and for some more than others!

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    • Garry Armstrong
      10/01/2018 • 12:32

      Sue, I agree. “Almost Home” is classic.

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  7. angloswiss
    10/01/2018 • 00:32

    Taking photos from the car is not easy. You see something, want to click but the camera needs organising and it has already gone. I don’t do it now as often as I did since I go out more in the chair, but you have some good shots there

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