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An old eye


An old eye
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Copyright: Per Hoj (hojper) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 687 W: 111 N: 847] (4087)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-08-08
Categories: Transportation
Camera: Olympus C740 UZ
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/800 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2004-09-07 17:35
Viewed: 1402
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This eye has seen a lot of road. It is a headlamp of a 1965 VW bus which has found its final resting place in our garden for the past 24 years. From 1977 to 1980 we toured what was then Yugoslavia as well as France and Spain and Austria and Germany and Denmark in this old thing. And before we got it, it had already seen 150.000 kilometers of European roads. No wonder the eye is watering.
I posted a full frontal view as workshop. It has served as a playhouse and garden shed for a long time, but is ready for the man with the scythe (or the blow-torch) now.
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Itīs a crime abandon this kind of thinghs... Very well done Per! Now "he" is imortal...
Fine capture.

A sad feeling to view the demise of a faithful servant. But as is the way of life of all things, even us humans, it has served you well and it's time is over. Your photo is well done and you have preservered the memory of your '65 bus now, and you have done well....

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  • mumek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 220 W: 2 N: 107] (1833)
  • [2004-09-07 21:14]

Per!
Beautiful shot. I remember this volkswagen in Europe in sixties and seventies.Thank you for
sharing.

Very nice shot Per!
The colors are very beautifull.
It's sad not to give her a new life ... Are you sure that's not possible ? ;o)
Good job . Congrats.
TheZubial

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  • urban Silver Note Writer [C: 8 W: 0 N: 11] (159)
  • [2004-09-08 4:29]

A classic car indeed. It looks like it has been burried halfway into the earth.

A good one. Per

Nice detail of the old VW Per. Tried a little WS to bring back some light in this lamp ;-) See if you like it

it seems this car had a busy life there!
good shot,nice colours,compo,details.
good shot!

I bought my volkswagon van in dec. 1968, a brand new 1969 car, right off the show room floor. I gave it away 2 years ago, when I left to travel. I loved that car. No one woule keep it for me while I was gone.....I drove it nonstop all those years...

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