Photographs By Old Raven, All photos taken by Old Raven

Nice, desertrose. I'm a bit of a doggy freak, and that's some great work.

I've actually got a shot of Buffy making that expression.

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And another to go with it.

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Very nice ladies. Do you get a lot of comissions for pet portraits, desertrose?


Angel, here's a sunset for you.

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Absolutely the most beautiful sunset, Old Raven! Have you won awards and sold your photography? I am sure the answer is yes to both. You do outstanding work!

Yes, I have done lots of commissioned pet portraits. In fact, I spent two years just doing them alone. Could not even get to my other genre, Native American and desert wildlife, at the time.

Flattery will get you no where..........except that big soft spot in my ticker.

I'd like to, but for now, I'm just enjoying the hobby part of it. Perhaps one day when I have prints bigger than 3x5".



Autumn Lights - 21

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Will do, desertrose, will do. I'll do it for myself for now. And if I ever get the confidence in my work where I can get a showing, I'll simply do it for the show. I have no plans to become a proffesional photographer.

Autumn Lights - 4 (this one went whitewash on me)

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I don't think I posted this in this thread, but here's the old Minolta I use. I'm sure it cost a small fortune in its day, but I picked it up for about $100 Canadian on Ebay after our old one, of the same make and model that Ange got at a flea market for $50, started leaking light. Repairs would have cost around $250-500, so buying another was the only option. At least the first one had a wide angle 28:1 lens, and the new one (actually older) had the original 50:1. Plus, we've got a spare XG-1 body, if we ever damage the case.

Something about these old 35mm SLRs that digitals just can't touch.

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OR! You know I am your biggest fan! You should be doing this professionally!

CelticRose is right, oldraven! Your pictures bring tranquility to my soul. It's also great to hear from a fellow ADDer Both my daughter and me have been blessed with that mess (emphasis on the blessed) You really should look into professionally taking photographs. And I love your dog, Buffy! Our golden retriever/irish setter mix, Amber, passed away a month ago, so for right now I am living vicariously through other dog owners

Old Raven,
I noticed that this is an old post, but since I'm a newbie, I just "found" it.. It is a beautiful place.
Where is it??
Anne

Hello Annham. That's at the Jasper Park Lodge (obviously) in Jasper, Alberta. One of the wonderful Rocky Mountain towns that hosts breathtaking views and world class skiing.

The lodges there start at $500 a night, and that's for a strip lodge, with three cabins each. That porch view shot is literally the scene from where we sat and read in the afternoons, or sipped coffee (among other things ). Angela's boss payed for everyone and a guest to take the long weekend there. One of my all time favorite weekends, needless to say.

WOW, what a nice Boss
That's a lovely place... Wish I could go there some day.

Some fullo brought in this 1931 Ferrari Grand Prix race car replica to my brothers' shop. The only thing is, the first Ferrari wasn't built until 1940, and even then, it was forced, by Alfa Romeo, to cary the name Auto Avia 815. The first car to wear Enzo's name was the Type 125, (125 was the size of all 12 cylinders, coming in at a whopping 1500cc ), and that came to life as a pure race car in 1947.

This is actually a VW 1600cc air cooled chassis with, what appears to be, an old Alfa body, since they were producing back in '27. Or a Fiat, who was in the game since 1905, when it won the Congo de Ventoux hill climb. That car had a 16.2L (16,200cc) beast.

It's funny to look at, because it has this huge nose, with nothing in it but a battery and gas tank, where anything from a huge inline 4 to a tiny screaming V12 would have been at home. It's fully fiberglass and has all the weight directly over the rear transaxle. Donuts anyone? Could you imagine the fun you could have with this sort of machine. I'll make a thread in the garage so you can see some other views.

This car is one true bastard, but it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

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Oh, and I updated the earlier photos, so they work now, and they're not so small you can't make them out.

Those are awesome, oldraven! Would it be alright to make them into a slideshow for my desktop? They are so relaxing and beautiful!