tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281856602010-01-04T17:14:16.073+11:00Various image resources and thoughtsgtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-65669777295259085762010-01-04T17:14:00.001+11:002010-01-04T17:14:16.083+11:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/4242624059/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4242624059_da87cb967c_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/4242624059/">Wet day, a camera, some fruit and flowers. You are warned.</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Another garden flower, dripping with light rain on a cloudy day.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-6566977729525908576?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-19370929807827785272010-01-04T17:11:00.001+11:002010-01-04T17:11:00.478+11:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/4243397196/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4243397196_e717142a45_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/4243397196/">Wet day, a camera, some fruit and flowers. You are warned.</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Some light rain and even light under a cloudy sky - perfect!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-1937092980782778527?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-10780987747707402272009-11-23T13:54:00.001+11:002009-11-23T13:54:37.955+11:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/4125814703/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/4125814703_4805904ce7_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/4125814703/">The service is quite good here_0269</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-1078098774770740227?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-27514815750649817382009-10-23T14:16:00.001+11:002009-10-23T14:16:01.464+11:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3932862167/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3932862167_f100703898_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3932862167/">Coogee Crit 1987_042</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>This is a wet Coogee crit during the Bank Race. Judging by the mix of toe clips and Look pedals plus the 'leather hairnets' it's probably 1987 or so.<br /><br />Dean Woods was in the crowd but stranely enough he didn't recognise me (not that he should've!)<br /><br />The Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic was Australia's biggest road tour, running for 19 years until (I think) 2000.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-2751481575064981738?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-6570878495241749082009-09-15T16:03:00.001+10:002009-09-15T16:03:27.301+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3917023285/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2430/3917023285_e4a3991f47_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3917023285/">Parrot vs dove_0673</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>King parrots are a timid bird, especially for a parrot. Usually they wait their turn at the feeder, but these large pigeons, what I call 'bronze doves' but are probably something else, offered an opportunity to display their harder edge. It was close, but the parrots won.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-657087849524174908?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-4873747195209439352009-08-10T16:51:00.002+10:002009-08-10T17:04:05.047+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2697060959/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2697060959_fec7a749da_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2697060959/">Golf Mk1 rally car CT 1979_582</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span> <p>Drum roll, please. My all-time most popular image on the Flickr servers (as rated by viewer numbers) is... oh dear. The same time, same place, same deal as number 2. Yep, it's that rally car - a VW Golf - again. It's on the roof of a shopping centre in Sydney's suburbs, in 1979. It's not exactly my favourite pic, but it draws a lot of visitors. Go figure.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-487374719520943935?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-52501174373038881342009-08-10T16:49:00.002+10:002009-08-10T17:01:25.119+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2697881832/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2697881832_e20e5b2e27_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2697881832/">Golf Mk1 rally car CT 1979_583</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span> <p>This is getting embarrasing and a bit bizarre. Here's a shot I took of a rally car in 1979 - on top of a shopping centre, no less, and it's my all-time number 2 at Flickr. Funny what people are interested in. (Yeah, OK, I was interested enough to be there and take the pic at the time, but I <span style="font-style: italic;">don't</span> search for similar photos <span style="font-style: italic;">now</span>!)<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-5250117437303888134?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-66863478386330337982009-08-10T16:48:00.002+10:002009-08-10T16:58:00.303+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2873465903/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2873465903_5cc097b85a_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2873465903/">Giulietta rear transmission_536</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span> <p>OK, so number 3 is really the same as number 5, but with a different body. It's the rear transaxle of an '80s model Alfa Romeo. Technically interesting - but it's just a scan of the Alfa Romeo brochure... why is it number 3?<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-6686347838633033798?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-79488999796140182672009-08-10T16:45:00.002+10:002009-08-10T16:56:12.446+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2308707437/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/2308707437_df4d5483f2_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2308707437/">GTV_a006</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span> <p>Of course looking under a 1982 model Alfa Romeo GTV would rate 4th on my list of hottest Flickr pics. Of course it would. Hmmm. Well it's a bit unusual in that there's a deDion tube, a rear-mounted transaxle and inboard disc brakes... you don't see that sort of stuff these days. But 4th overall?<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-7948899979614018267?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-81841846458030431212009-08-07T18:16:00.002+10:002009-08-10T16:54:44.275+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/470729292/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/470729292_3ee90bdbcf_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/470729292/">Alfa Giulietta 2 Oran Pk 82</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span> <p>Well it's an action shot, and a bit fuzzy. It's a road car - again that darned Alfa - pretending to be a racer... and it's at a track that's destined to close RSN (in 2009). Is that what has driven this shot to Number 5?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-8184184645803043121?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-32788557678488110302009-08-07T17:37:00.002+10:002009-08-10T16:53:31.611+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/369609828/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/369609828_a44888d65d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/369609828/">3TTT seatpost failure_0432</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span> <p>This one I understand - imagine if you were sitting on that saddle when it broke! Well I don't have to imagine it... I was on it!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-3278855767848811030?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-69367073016220631892009-08-07T17:34:00.003+10:002009-08-10T16:52:45.837+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2752633386/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2752633386_bb28f97bff_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2752633386/">Viscount-Sebring-RR-CT-1978</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span> <p>I have no idea why this figures so highly. Is it the bike? The location (Sydney Airport)? The year (1978)?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-6936707301622063189?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-50823381265374285702009-08-07T17:33:00.001+10:002009-08-07T17:33:08.865+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/470729164/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/470729164_3b30fcf2be_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/470729164/">Alfa Giulietta 2 81</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>It's that Alfa again. Another pic, with a nice lens flare. Does that make it better? Or would it attract attention anyway?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-5082338126537428570?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-54562283480875570812009-08-07T17:31:00.001+10:002009-08-07T17:31:53.430+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2697880656/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2697880656_3c9ccf0e51_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2697880656/">Golf Mk1 rally car CT 1979_579</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Another car, German this time and slightly older. It's a rally car, too. Is it popular because of that? Is there more to it? The age? It's 1979 after all.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-5456228348087557081?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-90119769396048068932009-08-07T17:30:00.001+10:002009-08-07T17:30:06.522+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2873466105/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/2873466105_f53ddef420_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/2873466105/">Giulietta styling_530</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>It's a scan, from a brochure - so why would it rate so highly? Because it's a car? An Italian car? Is that it?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-9011976939604806893?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-24198727070736218342009-07-22T15:42:00.001+10:002009-07-22T15:42:37.223+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3744546361/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/3744546361_04336d970a_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3744546361/">Mt Penang_0615</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>I had a range of focus options and I chose to focus closer rather than further up the branch. I wonder if I chose wisely?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-2419872707073621834?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-12443276925190183072009-07-22T15:41:00.001+10:002009-07-22T15:41:14.484+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3744538289/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3744538289_eaa34c7e6b_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3744538289/">Mt Penang_0603</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-1244327692519018307?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-23417821916935430142009-07-15T13:58:00.001+10:002009-07-15T13:58:19.724+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3499276365/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3499276365_2b91378469_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3499276365/">Flaking bark_0024</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Artis-tree, my barking obsession...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-2341782191693543014?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-29957063820312688312009-07-14T12:08:00.001+10:002009-07-14T12:08:02.068+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3698840255/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3698840255_c36b14aa10_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3698840255/">When all else fails, I take photographs</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-2995706382031268831?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-22821309026440970092009-07-14T12:07:00.001+10:002009-07-14T12:07:07.989+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3499275969/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3499275969_2574264025_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3499275969/">Yet more bark_0023</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-2282130902644097009?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-12810805775265800782009-06-11T13:00:00.001+10:002009-06-11T13:00:25.287+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3609381275/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3609381275_56f6099df2_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3609381275/">BG1_0938a</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>These were local rainbow lorikeets once, happily feeding. Now they are a heavily Photoshopped, saturated, textured and contrasty shadow of their former selves...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-1281080577526580078?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-90005219383054446932009-06-05T09:58:00.001+10:002009-06-05T09:58:58.961+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3588571574/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3588571574_161f5cf70a_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3588571574/">Free airshow up the Tamar valley_0245b</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Once more, with feeling. We were at Legana, outside of Launceston when 6 RAAF Pilatus PC9/As in a tight aerobatic formation just "showed up" after lunch and buzzed us for 15 mins or so. They did one complete loop in the valley and then entered a holding pattern before disappearing for a while. They came back (still in formation) and headed north, back to Victoria.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-9000521938305444693?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-31353441793763233472009-06-05T09:52:00.001+10:002009-06-05T09:52:39.525+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3588571898/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3588571898_7a06fdb48e_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3588571898/">Free airshow up the Tamar valley_0246a</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>These are RAAF Pilatus PC9/As in a tight aerobatic formation (called the Roulettes). It was an unexpected show, 6 of these aircraft suddenly arrived in the Tamar valley (Launceston) and went into what was either a warmup, practice or a holding pattern. I think they were waiting for their slot for a display over the local Symmonds Plains race track but that's just a guess.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-3135344179376323347?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-68039701171587876992009-05-16T06:31:00.001+10:002009-05-16T06:31:25.356+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3511693049/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3511693049_3ccbf3a833_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3511693049/">abstract_s2031</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>What can I say? I like it, anyway!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-6803970117158787699?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28185660.post-30617250742884335052009-05-05T09:24:00.001+10:002009-05-05T09:24:00.111+10:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3500106876/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3344/3500106876_67bf953186_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtveloce/3500106876/">You lookin at me_0080</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtveloce/">gtveloce</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>I think the expression on this Magpie's face says it all. Don't mess with me, maaate.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9758539582800074"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003366"; google_color_bg = "003366"; google_color_link = "FF6600"; google_color_url = "99CCFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28185660-3061725074288433505?l=gtveloce.com%2Fphotavions%2Fflora' alt='' /></div>gtvelocehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491349958062401587noreply@blogger.com0