Try this when it snows

oldhippy · Oct 1, 2014

Downhill sans guardrails

sscarmack · Oct 1, 2014

Oh wow, that would be pretty neat!

sm4him · Oct 1, 2014

That actually looks a lot like the road I was on last weekend, when we went to my niece's wedding. Only that road is paved, and the one I was on--well, to even say it was "gravel" would be gracious. Someone had driven down it and spit a few pieces of gravel out on top of the dirt as they went. It was…harrowing. And we were in a minivan. But I only actually believed we were gonna die twice.

Scatterbrained · Oct 1, 2014

That's motorcycle territory right there.

Stradawhovious · Oct 1, 2014

There is a road very similar to that on US route 16A in SoDak.

I was going down a stretch just like that when a freak hail storm hit. 4 inches of hailstones makes that type of driving very interesting.

pgriz · Oct 1, 2014

sm4him said:
That actually looks a lot like the road I was on last weekend, when we went to my niece's wedding. Only that road is paved, and the one I was on--well, to even say it was "gravel" would be gracious. Someone had driven down it and spit a few pieces of gravel out on top of the dirt as they went. It was…harrowing. And we were in a minivan. But I only actually believed we were gonna die twice.

Did you notice by chance, that the name of the road is "Prayer Road"?

oldhippy · Oct 1, 2014

Called rattle hill, cause you here knees knocking, going down it in the winter.

Hunter58 · Oct 4, 2014

And not center line either. That road is calling my motorcycle but NOT when it's snowing.

bribrius · Oct 4, 2014

I like road photos. Nice to see one posted usually they seemed to be overlooked as not good enough photography subjects.
Those little pathways us men have laid down through the trees and rocks are pretty neat though.

pgriz · Oct 4, 2014

Ed, I like how you've placed the focus in the foreground, allowing the middle and background to recede into a blur - it has the effect of lengthening the road and emphasizing its curviness at the same time. Something to learn from, right here. When I shoot this type of shot, I usually try to get everything in focus from foreground to background, and looking at your image, I'm seeing that's not always the best treatment. Less can be more, in the right hands.