The amazing and cool photo thread

[Roo]

Thanks for the advice, I will look into it👍

We also have an Art & Photography subforum here

 

[VinylRichie]

We also have an Art & Photography subforum here

Thanks, didn’t know about that👍 Sorry if I misposted here

 

[TB]

Earth Day at GTPlanet.

 

[TexRex]

Visible bird call.

Is this cold calling?

 

[daan]

Visible bird call.

Is this cold calling?

Is that a puffin?

 

[TB]

Is that a puffin?

Puffin the Magic Dragon.

 

[TexRex]

Earth Day at GTPlanet.

What's the 'e'? Coral?

 

[TB]

What's the 'e'? Coral?

 

[Roo]

A rider at this year's Isle of Man TT was travelling at roughly 150mph when he hit a blackbird. The rider was ok, the blackbird was... not.

Spoilered for exploding blackbird pieces.

Spoiler: Blackbird bits

 

[Pete05]

By the time they remove all the glass & feathers, there won't be much left to go in the pie.

 

[TexRex]

Big Johnson energy.

 

[TB]

Big Johnson energy.

 

[TexRex]

Knew someone would get it. I wonder if Randy is relieved at all now that there's a new bird killer.

It still blows my mind that that happened at all. What a wild coincidence.

 

[Pete05]

Without going down the rabbit hole, I would be amazed if no cameras ever caught vision of bike versus bird at the home of the Australian MotoGP, Phillip Island circuit.
Some of the birds that flirt with an untimely end, are quiet large such as the Ibis a.k.a bin chicken.
Would not want to hit one of those suckers at any speed.

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Then there is the rabbit vs a car, as well.

 

[Barra333]

Without going down the rabbit hole, I would be amazed if no cameras ever caught vision of bike versus bird at the home of the Australian MotoGP, Phillip Island circuit.
Some of the birds that flirt with an untimely end, are quiet large such as the Ibis a.k.a bin chicken.
Would not want to hit one of those suckers at any speed.

I've definitely seen footage of it. Don't know if there was a hi-res photo though.

Then there is the rabbit vs a car, as well.

And the occasional kangaroo vs car at Bathurst. Or this year's F1 car vs groundhog in Montreal.

 

[W3H5]

Most motorcycle riders have had a bird encounter. Not usually at race pace but still.
About 2 years ago I took a raven to the dome. Hit my helmet visor and became unresponsive. I doubled back to pick it up and my mother in law made it into some dog food. Waste not want not.
It was a myna bird so I don’t know if it’s actually a crow, but I got plenty of them eating my cat’s food on a regular.

 

[TheCracker]

Stefan Johansson vs deer at what was at the time the Osterreichring (now Redbull Ring) in '87 springs to mind. Ripped off the whole lefthand side of his McLaren. He was okay, deer wasn't so much. I won't bother posting any pix, they are a little bit graphic as you can imagine.

 

[Pupik]

Stefan Johansson vs deer at what was at the time the Osterreichring (now Redbull Ring) in '87 springs to mind. Ripped off the whole lefthand side of his McLaren. He was okay, deer wasn't so much. I won't bother posting any pix, they are a little bit graphic as you can imagine.

Thankfully for Stefan, the left-front wheel struck the deer first. I recall the car was a write-off, as the 1977-87 circuit had either no runoff or too much of it in other spots. Either way, your car would look like a farming implement if you went off track.

 

[Pete05]

Totally ballsy circuit the Oesterreichring thanks to the high speed corners, and the amount of time spent 100% throttle.
Add to that the beautiful scenery...

The modern A1 Ring has nothing in comparison other than the wider front straight which was desperately needed in the older version.

 

[Touring Mars]

I found some of my pics from Spa on Google Photos this morning, which includes the #50 at the sharp end of the grid. I used ChatGPT to remove a photographer in a hi-vis vest who was standing immediately to the left of the car, but otherwise the image is faithful - it's bizarre how empty the grid was here, as it was absolutely packed a few meters away - I guess I just got lucky with the timing.

I also found this - the 296 GT3 Evo in the Ferrari paddock, for prospective customers who might fancy a race for real. It is such a beautiful car - if I were in the market for a GT3 car, I'd have to buy this one. 1:818 scale might have to do for now though, but being in the presence of the real thing is a real joy to behold.

 

[TB]

1:818 scale

That's tiny!

 

[Touring Mars]

That's tiny!

Lol, this would certainly solve my shelf space problem - and they are as cheap as anything too 😅

 

[Darla Starch]

Lol, this would certainly solve my shelf space problem - and they are as cheap as anything too 😅

 

[Pete05]

That's tiny!

Especially when you consider that most Matchbox, Hot Wheels, etc, were around 1:65 scale.

 

[Barra333]

Lol, this would certainly solve my shelf space problem - and they are as cheap as anything too 😅

Taking the real length from here, a 1:818 scale would make it about 5.5mm long.

 

[Touring Mars]

Taking the real length from here, a 1:818 scale would make it about 5.5mm long.

🏎️ *actual size

 

[Pete05]

I think I was around 12yo when I bought my last die-cast car around that size.
I remember giving three shoe boxes full of them to the 4yo son of a neighbour in 1990.
By that time, i was three or four years into building 1:20 Formula One and 1:24 plastic model kits.