A new road... by maggiemae

A new road...

A Sunday Drive today led us to a small coastal village which had its main road in closed due to subsidence. A group of locals got together with Council and put in months of work, materials and machinery to create a new road, drained, built up and levelled! It was opened today and this little treasure of a car was the first vehicle to go down it!
Three good things:
1.I’m glad I brought a wool scarf and gloves - it was so cold with a wind off the sea here.
2. .A great lunch in a little cafe overlooking the ocean - mussels, blue cod, prawns and calimari plus such good cole slaw that we bought an extra container to take home
3. Skype from son in Japan who is sweating under 30 deg temps. It was minus 4deg here this morning!
What a great old car and comp. Super great shot. This would look awesome in b&w or sepia, too, as it is so classic.
July 12th, 2015  
Wonderful old car and a great capture showing it's exhaust!! Lunch sounds wonderful!! Keep warm!!
July 12th, 2015  
Wonderful shot - great old time feel! Fav
July 12th, 2015  
Instant fav. What a lovely image
July 12th, 2015  
Wonderful POV & the editing is brilliant. Love the strong colours & textures ...a big fave from me too! I saw the one on FB too....really wonderful example of co operation!
July 12th, 2015  
@happypat This one was just a quick snap as they went out of sight, Pat. You can see how cold it was with that exhaust steam. The one on F/B has some road markers in - not here though - I'm a magician-ess!
July 12th, 2015  
Bep
Wonderful old car. Fav.
July 12th, 2015  
Great shot of the car and the road surface. You can see how cold it is with the condensing exhaust fumes. Fav
July 12th, 2015  
I love this! Like a movie out of the 30's. A fav.
July 12th, 2015  
Such a cool picture! Really like your editing on this!
July 12th, 2015  
Wonderful. Fav. But what it the shadow like thing in front of car?
July 12th, 2015  
I really like this Fav and follow
July 12th, 2015  
@jgpittenger Not sure, Jane but I did 3 quick shots of the car and it was moving so it might be that. Thanks for your fav!
July 12th, 2015  
@jgpittenger What they call ghosting, I think!
July 12th, 2015  
Awesome shot
July 12th, 2015  
Wonderful pic, cold day!
July 12th, 2015  
Wonderful shot.
July 12th, 2015  
What a beaut wee car - looks like a Morrie-8. This is a lovely shot of the occasion. fav
July 12th, 2015  
@snaphappi It is a Morris 8 - the old guy who owns it is so proud of it - he was smiling all the way!
July 12th, 2015  
wow this is cool Maggie-I love the processing
July 12th, 2015  
the car fits just right on that road. lunch sounds fantastic.
July 12th, 2015  
This is a gorgeous image - such lovely lighting. Fav
July 12th, 2015  
i like your exhaust fumes MAggie
July 12th, 2015  
Wonderful!
July 12th, 2015  
A beautiful old car and well captured....Fav
July 12th, 2015  
It looks great and love the vintage car being the first!!
July 12th, 2015  
what a wonderful capture! 30degrees here too! so sorry you're freezing :(
July 12th, 2015  
Super processing
July 12th, 2015  
Love the light and comp and processing here! Btw, your use of "its" without an apostrophe in your first sentence is quite correct.
July 12th, 2015  
Lovely little old car. Looks like and Austing 7?
July 12th, 2015  
@shirleybankfarm I think they do look similar but this one is a Morris 8, Shirley!
July 13th, 2015  
Love the car and the way you captured the exhaust and motion. I can just picture it cruising down the road.
July 13th, 2015  
Super capture, light, composition
July 13th, 2015  
love
July 13th, 2015  
Great shot! At first I thought it was a photo to go with your mum's travel journal.
July 13th, 2015  
The area looks ideal
July 13th, 2015  
@digitalrn Its ideal for driving - perhaps not swimming as it gets a cold northeasterly breeze and certainly not today when it was 6deg!
July 13th, 2015  
Fabulous! Love that old car!
July 13th, 2015  
Wonderful capture of that vintage vehicle.
July 13th, 2015  
great presentation, a fitting vehicle for the initial run
July 13th, 2015  
Bev
Great shot, Maggie. Fav.
July 13th, 2015  
I really love this, Maggie!
July 13th, 2015  
Absolutely love this! Looks like a page from the past....lovely lighting, color and processing.
July 13th, 2015  
Nice
July 13th, 2015  
Fabulous shot and an instant fav!
July 13th, 2015  
Great car! The hard work paid off!
July 13th, 2015  
What a memorable photo and day
July 13th, 2015  
Love the processing
July 13th, 2015  
Wonderful car and an equally wonderful shot. Wow, it must be cold there at -4c. Fav.
July 13th, 2015  
Great capture of the car and the beach and sea view. Nice light too.
July 13th, 2015  
BTW it must rain a lot in the Black Forest but we didn't see a single drop of rain - just scorching sunshine.
July 13th, 2015  
Wonderful capture - I love your processing too. Congrats on PP.
July 13th, 2015  
Great shot and processing. Fav!
July 13th, 2015  
lovely shot. I cant help but worry for people living in Japan...
July 13th, 2015  
Such a great shot Maggie!
July 13th, 2015  
Awesome picture!!
July 13th, 2015  
exquisite powerful capture
fav
July 13th, 2015  
My grandparents called those kind of cars "puddle jumpers" for some reason.Great shot
July 13th, 2015  
Fabulous shot and processing!
July 13th, 2015  
Fab -- simply love this ! fav
July 13th, 2015  
Favulous shot!!!
July 14th, 2015  
What a storybook perfect image that is enhanced by viewing on black!
July 14th, 2015  
That sure looks crisp and cold. What a cute car to christen the road. Lovely shot! Sounds like a very yummy lunch you had too.
July 14th, 2015  
love this shot.
July 15th, 2015  
Marvelous shot of a pristine car! Fav!
July 16th, 2015  
Cool processing, and a beautiful old car that looks just at home on that gravel road!! FAV!!
July 16th, 2015  
I like this one a lot - very interesting story in the picture and the subject. And thank you for the follow!
July 16th, 2015  
Maggiemae what a delight to see this on TT!
July 17th, 2015  
Oh, I missed this one . What a fabulous capture !!!!! Right place , right time, perfect car, gorgeous settings, wonderful composition and fabulous photographer !!!!
Congrats on the TT
July 17th, 2015  
Great shot. Congrats on TT
July 17th, 2015  
Good on you for going all the way to the TT with this one, Maggiemae!
July 17th, 2015  
Don't know how I missed this one, awesome
July 17th, 2015  
I missed this! Well done on the TT.
July 17th, 2015  
@eyesmile @soboy5 @grammyn @kiwisnapper Thank you you lot for telling me about this! I'm very pleased!
July 17th, 2015  
gorgeous!
July 17th, 2015  
Congrats on TT Magiemae! Such a great image!
July 17th, 2015  
Some how I missed this one Maggie.. it is fantastic.. and good to hear the Moeraki community has rallied and got a road into town.. sounds like you were at Fleaus.. my kind of meal.. fav and congrats on TT
July 18th, 2015  
@julzmaioro No we weren't at Fleurs, Julia - prices are outrageous now and she never lifted a finger to help this project! It was a tiny cafe at Kakanui - the best food and view too!
July 18th, 2015  
yay!
July 18th, 2015  
@annied That's what I am saying Annie!
July 18th, 2015  
July 18th, 2015  
I'm not certain how I missed this one Maggiemae - it's a wonderful image and I love your processing. A belated Fav from me!
July 18th, 2015  
Fantastic Maggiemae!!! Congrats on TT!
July 19th, 2015  
Congrats on the TT :)
July 19th, 2015  
Congrats on making TT!
July 19th, 2015  
Such a fun shot and its timeless feel -- love the processing you chose to do. Congrats on TT.
July 20th, 2015  
Fantastic love this photo well done on the TT page big fav
July 24th, 2015  
Wow. Mind to tell me which programe you used for the processing?
August 19th, 2015  
@sdutoit I'm not sure but I usually use Photomatix Essentials for merging the HDR from my camera so probably that one!
August 19th, 2015  
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