Theme: By Train, Plane, Boat or Car - images taken from moving vehicles

Great suggestion, Stevenson.
Here's a random selection of some that I knew where to find.

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Minolta SRT101b / Rokkor 35mm f2.8 / FP4+ / Rodinal


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Old skool bus, old skool driving
Minolta XD7 / Vivitar 28-85mm f3.5-4.5 / FP4+ / Rodinal


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Fares please
Fujifilm X100s


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From the wheel of my Austin A30, queuing for a show
Phone


And one from the archive.

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Western Isles ferry, Scotland 1977
Minolta SRT303b / Rokkor 50mm f1.7 / Agfa CT21 (Probably)
I really like them and this last one is somewhat amusing.
 
One more... I actually intended to include this one but overlooked it. Shot through the open window of our car as we crept by a herd of cattle beside the road. The sweet little yearling came right up to the window. Unfortunately (s)he didn't face the sun, but that comes with experience I guess. LOL

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I'm waiting for this cow to verbalize "I don't trust you."
 
It was curious but very wary. However, we stopped for a few moments (the road was empty other than us) and it moved closer to check us out. I'm glad I had my camera sitting in the front console, as I was driving. I asked my wife to roll the window down as it approached. As I recall (it's been 14 years) something in the herd farther down the road got its attention and it followed the herd, moving off.
 
This theme seems to be accumulating quite a dairy herd 😆 so as a counterbalance I've dug around for another selection.

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The driver concentrates on coupling the locomotive to our train on the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway........

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.......after which the signalman watches us depart.


Then into the archive again for a couple more of Scotland in 1977.

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From the train descending into Oban

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The Old Man of Hoy glimpsed in the haze off the stern of our ferry


And this of similar vintage.

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The view from a train near the summit of the Snowdon Mountain Railway
 
This theme seems to be accumulating quite a dairy herd 😆 so as a counterbalance I've dug around for another selection.

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The driver concentrates on coupling the locomotive to our train on the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway........

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.......after which the signalman watches us depart.


Then into the archive again for a couple more of Scotland in 1977.

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From the train descending into Oban

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The Old Man of Hoy glimpsed in the haze off the stern of our ferry


And this of similar vintage.

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The view from a train near the summit of the Snowdon Mountain Railway
Love the signalman in particular
 
it's a Gibson ticket machine designed in-house by London Transport
I wasn't sure because it has been many many moons since I last saw one in action but as soon as I saw the ticket machine it brought back memories of the Glasgow Corporation buses.
 
I have quite a few images taken from cars (moving and stationary) as well as a few from airplanes and even one or two from my bicycle. Anyway, here's one. I may have posted this before. I took it somewhere between Inverness and Applecross in Scotland. Used a Superheadz Blue Ribbon toy camera and Kodak Gold 800 film.

Edit: I should add that I wasn't sitting on the roof. I was driving and holding the camera out the window. The Superheadz has a very wide angle lens (22mm). It's a copy of the celebrated Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim.

 
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I have quite a few images taken from cars (moving and stationary) as well as a few from airplanes and even one or two from my bicycle. Anyway, here's one. I may have posted this before. I took it somewhere between Inverness and Applecross in Scotland. Used a Superheadz Blue Ribbon toy camera and Kodak Gold 800 film.

Edit: I should add that I wasn't sitting on the roof. I was driving and holding the camera out the window. The Superheadz has a very wide angle lens (22mm). It's a copy of the celebrated Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim.

I like the way the tilted angle heightens the impression of speed.
It's been a long time since I've visited Scotland but I remember that those long roads that seem to go on for ever just beg you to put your foot down. Not that I ever did of course 🤭
 
I like the way the tilted angle heightens the impression of speed.
It's been a long time since I've visited Scotland but I remember that those long roads that seem to go on for ever just beg you to put your foot down. Not that I ever did of course 🤭
Thanks Peter. I'm sure you and I are alike in that neither of us has ever exceeded the posted speed limit while driving. :cool:
 
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