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Much nicer with the sun but I like the first composition a bit better. Both great shots though.
 
First shot definatly way better contrast..........makes you want to look for a warm place and the tree is saying get me out of here.
 
Who can tell me more about this?
 

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BEW said:
Who can tell me more about this?
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Here is a little bit (although I am not aware of a 750 Suzuki engine in 1972, 3 cylinder or otherwize)


https://velocetoday.com/hugues-vanhoolandt-at-retromobile-bertone-exhibition/

Suzuki Go 1972
Another design stimulated by boats was Marcello Gandini’s 1972 Suzuki Go, using a three cylinder 750cc motorcycle engine with a five speed gearbox developed by Bertone. Said Gandini “I was inspired by the increasingly popular rubber inflatable dinghy boats.”



https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/9-of-bertones-most-bizarre-concept-cars/

Boats again influenced members of Bertone’s styling team when it started designing the Suzuki Go. Envisioned as a four-wheeled, go-anywhere Zodiac boat, it was unusual because it wasn’t based on an existing car. Instead, it was created from scratch and powered by a three-cylinder, 750-cc Suzuki motorcycle engine mounted behind the driver’s seat. The instrument cluster sheds light on its two-wheeler roots.

Nothing stopped the Go. While it was happy to remain on the pavement, it tackled snowy trails with ease thanks to a set of aggressively-tracked tires, and users could take it on a lake by strapping an outboard motor to the back end. Alternatively, the tailgate doubled as a ramp on which to load a motorcycle or a snowmobile. It’s astonishing to think such a simple car could perform so many tasks.

Bertone unveiled the Go at the 1972 edition of the Brussels Motor Show. It remained a one-off; it likely could have been made street-legal with minor changes, but Suzuki had no interest in it.
 
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Well the sun came out, the snow stopped (we had about 3 feet in the last 2 weeks) and temps came up to balmy -18C (about 0F) this AM so we had to get and make tracks. Lucky for us it looks like someone was here a few days ago.



Bit of a slog from the valley below but the views are always worth it.



Wycliffe Prairie Lookout by soates50, on Flickr
 
Redman said:
Hum,.. "late 90s"... so maybe not CAD, possibly so but probably not.... or was it?
Impressive either way. THe more that look at it, the more that see, hey, this lines up with that....
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Dave, the class was called 2d design, and was a part of the required photography courses. We would be given a set of instructions and had to (try) to get them on paper. That drawing was done in fine point pen. Not ball point pen.
The class was difficult at times, but enjoyable.
 
Sandy said:
Well the sun came out, the snow stopped (we had about 3 feet in the last 2 weeks) and temps came up to balmy -18C (about 0F) this AM so we had to get and make tracks. Lucky for us it looks like someone was here a few days ago..
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Wycliffe Prairie Lookout by soates50, on Flickr
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Impressive shots of great scence that you found.

Temps came up to 0degF ! !
 
Memories....I am almost done with a five year scanning project. Mostly Mom and Dad's slide/negatives. They do get you emotional sometimes.

Nice photos, nice scans. What are you using to scan with? And what software?
 
Baatfam said:
Memories....I am almost done with a five year scanning project. Mostly Mom and Dad's slide/negatives. They do get you emotional sometimes.

Nice photos, nice scans. What are you using to scan with? And what software?
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Thanks Bob and Glen. I'm using an Epson V850 Pro with the Epson software it came with. I scan the slides at 3200 dpi and only use the ICE setting set at quality vs speed, no other setting. I save sharpening, etc for Lightroom. Only adjustment in Lightroom was Auto and some minor colour tweaking after that. I did run them through Topaz Noise with a fairly low setting to bring out some better detail in Monty. With digital I'm surprised how I've gotten somewhat sloppy over the years with my photography. These photos are pretty much uncropped and uneditted except for the minor the adjustments mentioned. I seem to be spending more screen time on my digital photos lately. This year I have gone back to using some filters on the camera including a polarizer instead of relying on software to correct things and will be spending more time behind the viewfinder to nail the composition better.
 
Sandy said:
Thanks Bob and Glen. I'm using an Epson V850 Pro with the Epson software it came with. I scan the slides at 3200 dpi and only use the ICE setting set at quality vs speed, no other setting. I save sharpening, etc for Lightroom. Only adjustment in Lightroom was Auto and some minor colour tweaking after that. I did run them through Topaz Noise with a fairly low setting to bring out some better detail in Monty. With digital I'm surprised how I've gotten somewhat sloppy over the years with my photography. These photos are pretty much uncropped and uneditted except for the minor the adjustments mentioned. I seem to be spending more screen time on my digital photos lately. This year I have gone back to using some filters on the camera including a polarizer instead of relying on software to correct things and will be spending more time behind the viewfinder to nail the composition better.
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Very nice scanner...I like that it does other formats.

I use a plustek 8200i SE I bought about 6 years ago. Works nice, but I am limited to slides, and 35mm, 126, or 110 negatives.
At this point, I have over 6800 scanned photos, between mine, and my parents stuff.

I scan at 7200 dpi using a third party software, VueScan, which isn't very expensive and works very well.
I try to set the white balance as close as possible in the scanning software, otherwise some of the old, discolored stuff is hard to fix.
 
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