Daily Themes October 2024

[zx9]

Another OTT car.

Bob Riggle. by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Bob Riggle's rear engined Plymouth Barracuda wheelie car, equipped with a glass floor panel to aid forward vision during the wheelie.

Glass bottom boats are not uncommon, glass bottom cars are more unusual.

[petrochemist]

I thought the efforts these Australian bikers made to be the right way up were a little OTT

Biking Oz style by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

Oct 19, 2024 7:54:25 GMT zx9 said:

The Thunderbirds like way of launching a lifeboat at Seahouses.

Seahouses IMG_3761edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Seahouses IMG_3762edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Seahouses IMG_3765edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

That certainly doesn't strike me as a rapid launch facility! The old style lifeboat launches via a ramp from a pier seem a much better solution, recovery of the lifeboat may be hard work but instant launching under gravity could save lives.

[petrochemist]

The heights this jack up rig has gone to seem OTT for the job at hand, a foot above high tide would be enought to ensure a stable platform.
sea worker BW raised by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

OTT aerodynamics
Need more downforce by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

I can't see a quad bike even needs one spoiler

[petrochemist]

One of my lenses is somewhat OTT, a 150mm f/1.2 that easily covers 5x4"
A challenging lens by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Shame I haven't found a shutter big enough for it

[petrochemist]

Touring car grid walks asways seem OTT, but they do provide some photo opourtunities
sml P1150703 by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[zx9]

Oct 19, 2024 10:52:49 GMT petrochemist said:

One of my lenses is somewhat OTT, a 150mm f/1.2 that easily covers 5x4"
A challenging lens by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Shame I haven't found a shutter big enough for it

I was going to say, no need for a shutter, just shoot paper negatives and time the exposure with a hat over the lens, then I remembered the f/1.2 and no iris bit of the problem...

[zx9]

Oct 19, 2024 10:43:08 GMT petrochemist said:

Oct 19, 2024 7:54:25 GMT zx9 said:

The Thunderbirds like way of launching a lifeboat at Seahouses.

Seahouses IMG_3761edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Seahouses IMG_3762edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Seahouses IMG_3765edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

That certainly doesn't strike me as a rapid launch facility! The old style lifeboat launches via a ramp from a pier seem a much better solution, recovery of the lifeboat may be hard work but instant launching under gravity could save lives.

It gets even more OTT, the trailer is reversed into the sea, the bed lifts to about 20 degrees and a pyro blows off the chain between the trailer and the boat, the boat then slides down the trailer's bed into the sea. Steph shot a video which shows the procedure including the pyro though the sound was much more impressive when you were there and not expecting it.

[Bipolar]

Over The Top?
On The Top?
A pair of ospreys built a nest on a transmission tower. They were at very high risk of electrocution with a 347KV power line conductor a couple metres away. When osprey family had left and the nest was not in use the electric company installed a very tall pole with a platform at the top about ten metres away and then moved the nest to the platform. the following year the ospreys returned and raised another pair of chicks.

[aitch]

When we prune a tree... by SteveH, on Flickr

[peterob]

Just going over the top.  I remember waiting for the riders to reach the skyline.


DSCF0637.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

[kate]

Fair/Fare

fun fair lights by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

fair dodgems by Kate Ferris, on Flickr
At the fair.

[kate]

Fine seaside fare.

prawns and aioli lunch - yum! by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[dreampolice]

chips by Nigel G, on Flickr

candyfloss by Nigel G, on Flickr