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Creative => Photography & Graphics => Topic started by: flatcat on May 15, 2010, 12:56:54
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Hi,
Here is another one of my construction themed set ups. I will post lots of pics in blocks as I usually do :)
(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7161/200909260001.jpg) (http://img139.imageshack.us/i/200909260001.jpg/)
A new water pipeline is being installed deep underground a footpath, and a lane of the busy road has had to be coned off.
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A large flashing lane changer is put in place to divert traffic around the roadworks:
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2316/200909260002.jpg) (http://img28.imageshack.us/i/200909260002.jpg/)
There are lots of roads joining each other which makes traffic control difficult
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6387/200909260003.jpg) (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/200909260003.jpg/)
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1158/200909260005.jpg) (http://img25.imageshack.us/i/200909260005.jpg/)
Sombody has taken the bend too sharply :no:
(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1053/200909260006.jpg) (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/200909260006.jpg/)
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The pavement has been dug up, and a large ditch excavated for the new pipe:
(http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/259/200909260004.jpg) (http://img237.imageshack.us/i/200909260004.jpg/)
A mini digger with a trenching bucket excavates the trench:
(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2483/200909260008.jpg) (http://img249.imageshack.us/i/200909260008.jpg/)
Following the digger is a workman with a trench compactor, making a soft bed for the pipes. The Unimog's Hiab lowers the pipe sections down:
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5460/200909260007.jpg) (http://img156.imageshack.us/i/200909260007.jpg/)
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A truck with a grabber picks up any loose excavation material:
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4944/200909260012.jpg) (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/200909260012.jpg/)
Up the other end of the road, a temporary traffic light has been set up, and syncronised to work with the main lights at the cross roads:
(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/2906/200909260010.jpg) (http://img541.imageshack.us/i/200909260010.jpg/)
Here you go Bill ;)
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3578/200909260009.jpg) (http://img225.imageshack.us/i/200909260009.jpg/)
Caught red handed ;D
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8158/200909260011.jpg) (http://img219.imageshack.us/i/200909260011.jpg/)
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Some last pics:
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9908/200909260016.jpg) (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/200909260016.jpg/)
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5654/200909260014.jpg) (http://img685.imageshack.us/i/200909260014.jpg/)
(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/5531/200909260013.jpg) (http://img375.imageshack.us/i/200909260013.jpg/)
Thanks, I hope you enjoyed :)
Damo
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great photos Damo, wonderful attention to detail - I like the hedges - and pleased to see that you are showing Lizzie around - :love: your avatar seems to have fallen for her ! :inlove:
Looking forward to seeing more..
Elaine
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great photos Damo, wonderful attention to detail - I like the hedges - and pleased to see that you are showing Lizzie around - :love: your avatar seems to have fallen for her ! :inlove:
Looking forward to seeing more..
Elaine
Thanks, Elaine!
The hedges and fences are from the ELC farm sets, and I use them with my Playmobil all the time. Avie and Lizzie make good company, and it turns out that Lizzie knows a bit or two about how to get the mechanics of cars and how to get an old van going ;)
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Avie and Lizzie make good company, and it turns out that Lizzie knows a bit or two about how to get the mechanics of cars and how to get an old van going ;)
It's good thing she's with you since you may require suspension work after driving over some traffic cones in the last picture :lol:!
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It's good thing she's with you since you may require suspension work after driving over some traffic cones in the last picture :lol:!
I don't know about other countries, but in the UK traffic cones mainly come in 2 pieces like the ones in my pic. This makes it pretty much impossible for the cone to cause any damage to a vehicle, as when the vehicle hits it and the cone slips under the vehicle, the orange bit is removed from the weighted base, allowing it to safely pass under the vehicle - unless you are very low slung ;D
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1398/200909260019.jpg) (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/200909260019.jpg/)
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We have both types here, but Playmobil's are one piece so a front end alignment will be needed if it comes wedged in the steering mechanism, especially if the truck starts to lead to either side of the road when you are not handling the steering wheel! Besides PM's cone scale is a little extreme if you haven't noticed, which could cause a major problem :o!
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I was working at a GMC truck dealership parts department years ago, & one day a tow truck operator came in to purchase a LT front bumper turn signal lamp on an '90 something GMC S10 compact pickup truck. He seemed a little irritated, & when I asked if everything was OK, he told me his story. It seemed he was called to assist a driver of one of those small pickup trucks who was stranded on a speed bump in a parking lot, due to having a lowering kit with ground effects on it! The small pickup was hung on the speed bump & the driver refused to let any damage happen to his customization work. The tow truck operator picked the entire front of the small pick up from the trap & freed it, but as he was releasing his straps, one of the metal hooks swung into the lamp cracking it the owner said :o! Go figure :P!
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A few years ago, it was summer and we were all sitting in the local Pub garden, and there was a coned off parking space close in front of us, and this woman, obviously not noticing, as they were small cones, drove into the space and got the cone wedged under her front bumper. She then reversed, wondering what she had hit, and ripped off her whole bumper! :lol:
And worse for her was that there was a whole load of us watching! ;D
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Bill, I bet you don't have ones like this:
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1379/200909260023.jpg) (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/200909260023.jpg/)
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Nice ... Not my field, but good to see something different than what I work (pirates, Middle-Age, Roman "fantasy"), and different than Romans, Vitcorian & Fire Brigade, which are the most commonly seen here ... (I seldom visit the trains board, I have to admit ... But don't see much there, in the Recent Posts board either ...)
Thanks!
:wave:
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Mum just wanted me to point out that we don't live in a shed - that is just our Playmobil/Gym/Craft annex ;D
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Damo this is an exellent photostory yet again!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! And glad to know of the different cones!!!
My best friend has a habbit of collecting all te cones he knocks off with his car...he has a collection of about 30 cones...it keeps reminding him that he has to be more carefull with his driving!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I wander what the city service will do if they found out....
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Damo this is an exellent photostory yet again!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! And glad to know of the different cones!!!
My best friend has a habbit of collecting all te cones he knocks off with his car...he has a collection of about 30 cones...it keeps reminding him that he has to be more carefull with his driving!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I wander what the city service will do if they found out....
Thanks Panos!
I'm sure that the city service would be grateful for taking them away - you can't drive anywhere here in the UK without seeing one left at the side of the road ::)
And the most commom site is roadworks set up with traffic lights and nobody actually working - one near us once went for about a week with nobody there at all >:( >:( >:(
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Thanks Panos!
I'm sure that the city service would be grateful for taking them away - you can't drive anywhere here in the UK without seeing one left at the side of the road ::)
And the most commom site is roadworks set up with traffic lights and nobody actually working - one near us once went for about a week with nobody there at all >:( >:( >:(
Strange!!! I remember when I was studying at Kent all roads to London, and various roads within Kent county, always had a road construction going on...very annoiying indeed... But i do recall always people working!!!
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I wish I'd had my camera with me a couple of weeks ago.
Some workmen were doing some work up the lane from here and all the cows in the field had gathered by the fence watching them work! ;D
Elaine
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Thanks, Damo!
I really like your construction projects!
Your photography is excellent!
And, your stories are always fun and very entertaining.
Thanks again and all the best,
Richard
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Thanks, Damo!
I really like your construction projects!
Your photography is excellent!
And, your stories are always fun and very entertaining.
Thanks again and all the best,
Richard
Thanks Richard :wave:
Construction along with fire/rescue are my most favourite of the modern themes :)
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Well, Damo, most of what I would have said has been said, but I'll repeat it and add a bit:
1. Excellent photos technically good and compositionally good too. You have an excellent eye for detail and layout and obviously build in to your story what you see about you. The knocked over cone and broken road sign where the corner has been cut are an excellent example.
2. You pack plenty into your photos but not too much. As a result, it pays to study each photo to get the story but the viewer isn't overwhelmed by material. In addition, there aren't too many photos needed to tell the story.
3. You've a very imaginative approach in your story lines so the story is entertaining and interesting.
Look forward to more stories from you. :wave:
PS: I like those hedges and fences from the ELC.
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Well, Damo, most of what I would have said has been said, but I'll repeat it and add a bit:
1. Excellent photos technically good and compositionally good too. You have an excellent eye for detail and layout and obviously build in to your story what you see about you. The knocked over cone and broken road sign where the corner has been cut are an excellent example.
2. You pack plenty into your photos but not too much. As a result, it pays to study each photo to get the story but the viewer isn't overwhelmed by material. In addition, there aren't too many photos needed to tell the story.
3. You've a very imaginative approach in your story lines so the story is entertaining and interesting.
Look forward to more stories from you. :wave:
PS: I like those hedges and fences from the ELC.
Thanks a lot Gordon, your kind comments are always much apreciated :-[
I have a few more stories planned, including a whopper photostory that you will like very much :)
Damo :)
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Thanks a lot Gordon, your kind comments are always much apreciated :-[
I have a few more stories planned, including a whopper photostory that you will like very much :)
Damo :)
I'm sure your eye for detail and composition will stand you in good stead in your favoured career.
I await your whopper photo story with baited breath!
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I don't know about other countries, but in the UK traffic cones mainly come in 2 pieces like the ones in my pic. This makes it pretty much impossible for the cone to cause any damage to a vehicle, as when the vehicle hits it and the cone slips under the vehicle, the orange bit is removed from the weighted base, allowing it to safely pass under the vehicle - unless you are very low slung ;D
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1398/200909260019.jpg) (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/200909260019.jpg/)
That's very clever, I wonder why ours are not like that?
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Very nice setup Damo, you have a good eye for detail, your setups are always so complete! Thanks for sharing the photos. :wave:
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Another great construction set up Damo!! :clap: :wow: :wow: :clap: :wow:
Baden :wave:
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Thanks for the positive feedback Gepetto and Baden :wave:
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)