The night traveller by maggiemae

The night traveller

The day ended with a dinner at a pub down in the historic part of town next to the Steam Punk Centre. It was with a motorbike group touring NZ in one week! Their timetable consisted of getting up at 6am and riding for 8 hours - not for me!

Outside the pub I heard this roaring sound and round the corner came this! Just in time for one quick shot in semi-focus.

Three good things:
1. Relaxed day watering plants.
Being able to leave the dinner party in reasonable time - I’m not into long conversations deep into the night now!
3. The wind died down in the evening.
Wow... That's quite the vehicle. I wonder how good his visibility is with that thing on the hood??
January 14th, 2016  
well captured
January 14th, 2016  
does he have a periscope ?
January 14th, 2016  
Wonder how fast he was going. you got a good shot of it.
here is my answer to your question. It was a new picture I saw at my daughter-in-law house at Christmas. since I know the building, I took a quick shot of it and in all the hustle and bustle I forgot to ask her where and when she purchased this picture.
January 14th, 2016  
@bruni flat out, Bruni! Thanks for that answer!
January 14th, 2016  
Great capture
January 14th, 2016  
Interesting vehicle. Well captured!!
January 14th, 2016  
Like a Mad Max vehicle!
Nice movement!
January 14th, 2016  
Great capture! You managed to keep the engine in focus...as it should be!
January 14th, 2016  
Looks like a scene from a Hollywood movie! Great catch as it zoomed by.
January 14th, 2016  
Looks like a Bond movie car.....what is that thing sticking out of the bonnet? Could be a camera, perhaps he's a 365 member!
January 14th, 2016  
@happypat This is the sort of thing that steam punk afficianados do! Put odd things in odd places!
January 14th, 2016  
I love the focus...what a cool hood
January 14th, 2016  
Lee
Good shot!
January 14th, 2016  
Whoa we are talking about some serious horsepower here. Muscle car! I bet you can hear him coming down the road!
January 14th, 2016  
Great shot, love the tones and sense of movement. That is a beast of a car.
January 14th, 2016  
Waw !! great shot -- the costumes etc of the steam punkers fascinate me !
January 14th, 2016  
Great shot, composition...powerful looking engine
January 14th, 2016  
Fab!
January 14th, 2016  
Very cool shot
January 14th, 2016  
Saw only the photo first and guessed this was one of yours! However, did think it was one you made-up until I read the commentary. Well done on being so quick complete with action blur.
January 14th, 2016  
Fantastic to catch such a superb shot so quickly! Makes a fabulous panning shot!
January 14th, 2016  
Great shot, this vehicle looks quite threatening
January 14th, 2016  
Lee
I like this shot, the movement really makes it. Good one.
January 14th, 2016  
ooooh well spotted maggie
January 15th, 2016  
Wow- that's either an airplane engine or a canon! Good catch!
January 15th, 2016  
Holy Smokes!! Looks like a scene from an action shot! Great shot.
January 15th, 2016  
...."scene from an action movie..."
January 15th, 2016  
I like the impression a speed in this. For a moment, I thought perhaps Sadie had decided to go to war! :)
January 15th, 2016  
Definitely shows the movement, but what is that on the hood?
January 15th, 2016  
I can just imagine the rumble it made. Great action shot
January 15th, 2016  
@aglennc Heaven knows, Anita - all very Steam Punkish!
January 15th, 2016  
Varoom, Varoom!!! Very cool ride and excellent capture of the moment of the car!! Awesome car too!! Reminds me of my younger days and the souped up cars we had. Great lights too! FAV!
January 15th, 2016  
@cashew You must have had a wild childhood! Must have been a gorgeous young female whom all the boys wanted to take for a ride!
January 15th, 2016  
Muscle car! As for the bikers, I agree with you - I couldn't get up for riding at 6:00 a.m.! But I can easily do at least 8 hours a day!
January 15th, 2016  
@maggiemae Wild I was and had a wild younger age. As for beautiful, not close, but I did go on a few wild rides!! LOL LOL
January 15th, 2016  
Wow. Great shot Maggie. What an interesting and storage car. It does look a bit James Bondish
January 15th, 2016  
I would't want to drive that, must be very poor visibility.
January 15th, 2016  
Great capture Maggie. Touring NZ in one week? Crazy people. It might be a small country but I really don't think I could get round it properly in under 6 months :)
January 15th, 2016  
lots of wows for both text and photo.
January 15th, 2016  
Nicely captured!
January 15th, 2016  
Just dinner at the pub?!
January 15th, 2016  
A superb capture especially with the light and timing available!
January 15th, 2016  
Great capture, bet it was noisy.
January 15th, 2016  
Whoa! If I saw that coming, I'd hide for sure -- what a capture!
January 16th, 2016  
I guess you were very fast! Great motion blur effect!
January 16th, 2016  
Good sense of speed and power. I'm with you on not enjoying late nights so much these days, early to bed and early to rise is much more my style!
January 16th, 2016  
Fav!!!! Love this one.
January 17th, 2016  
Great capture.
January 17th, 2016  
Cool pic. It seems so contradictory fora motorcycle group to get up at 6am!
January 18th, 2016  
@creativeaddict These guys are not young, Laur! I tried to tell them that was not the way to enjoy life but they had orders!
January 18th, 2016  
Not something you see everyday! Great capture, you were quick!
January 18th, 2016  
Hahaha. Orders to be on road 6am. For me to do that, I'd have to have huge benefits.
January 18th, 2016  
Looks very Mad Max-ish. Great capture for a quick shot.
January 24th, 2016  
Well captured Maggie.
January 27th, 2016  
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.