I haven't photographed much this year.  That will change as I have some trips planned for the last half of the year that should yield many new images.  

This week's post is the result of wondering through the archives looking for black and white images to use in a contest.  I've entered this contest a number of times and have always had an image or two selected as a "nominee" but never as a winner.  "Nominee" means (I think) that the image has made it through to the final round of judging.  You can see the winners and nominees from past years here: http://www.thespiderawards.com

This year, I selected two images from Death Valley's Zabriski Point:

The next imitates an Ansel Adams image called "The Foot": 

And, this image, also from Death Valley, was taken at the Dunes in the late afternoon.  Luckily there were clouds in the sky to add interest to the shot.

Next, I submitted three images from a hot-rod gathering in Orange County.  They meet every Saturday morning in a parking lot and call themselves "The Derelict Donuts".  Named after the the Donut Shop located in shopping center.  The first image is of a Chevy Pickup's hood:

This is the same pickup.  Still shooting low, I changed the angle to include the right front fender.  I like how the roof line in the background mimics the line of the truck's exterior sun-shade. 

My personal favorite is this image of the trunk of a '38 Ford.  I love the simplicity of the image.

I hope you had a good week ... and, as always, thanks for taking the time to look.  Feel free to comment ... good or bad.

Bye for now,

Adam

P.S.  These images look particularly good enlarged.  Click on any one of them, you'll see!