autofantasia's photos with the keyword: back

For this week's Sunday Challenge , which had the theme of hands . After a few weeks of nearly having the door slam shut on me I thought I'd try and sneak in first this time around. Given how dark the actual shot it is, you might want to view large on black for best effect ... that's if you dare! Oh,and yes, in case you're wondering ... it is a real hand!

The theme this week for those involved with The Sunday Challenge was back-lighting , which sounded so simple and yet a combination of poor weather, few suitable subjects catching my eye and life getting in the way has meant that I've struggled somewhat. In the end I've elected to use this shot, which was really just a quick snap I took when I went up to Middlesbrough with the intention of shooting the Bottle of Notes , a large piece of public art that can be found in the centre of the town. However, the sun wasn't really in the ideal spot at that particular time of day to get the shot I wanted, but I did spot this rather 'ugly duckling' swimming all alone in the pond adjacent to where the sculpture sits. I liked how the sun which was directly ahead of me, but which was obviously coming from behind the bird meant that only the edge of its back was catching the light. The rest of the bird and most of the plants in the embankment behind were as you can see in shade. Ideally, I would have liked the exposure to have been slightly better and I dare say I could have got the focus sharper too, but overall I like how what was a hasty snap has turned out. So ... ugly duckling, what do you have to say for yourself? Not a quack, not a quack, not a waddle or a quack But a glide and a whistle and a snowy white back And a head so noble and high Say who’s an ugly duckling? Not I! Not I!

This one's for you Norm!

1983 saw the introduction of the second-generation Golf Mk2 although it was not launched onto the British market until March 1984. So this convertible from 1990 must be a Mk2 then? Actually, it's a Mk1 as there was no Mk2-based cabriolet model; instead, the Mk1 Cabriolet was continued over the Mk2's entire production run. Never new that until today!

Spotted in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

One of several shots of this old Transporter that was parked up behind EKN 453T.

Friend of mine had a DAX Cobra back in the late Eighties when I organised car shows in Scotland ... must get some photos of it uploaded!