Recent Quickie Photo Shoot

[kilobravo]

There is a corner property across the street from our subdivision that is about fifty acres or so. At one time, it was spectacular and I regularly drooled over it when driving by and wishing we could own it but unfortunately, when the original owner passed away, the property became overgrown and not so pretty. Then, to make matters worse, the very large, unoccupied home caught fire and pretty much burned to the ground.

Jumping forward to the past week when I saw a couple crews mowing, trimming trees, cutting down dead ones, and generally cleaning up the property, no doubt in advance of putting it on the market.

Then yesterday, a friend of mine and I had planned to get some wiring issues in our attic taken care of which meant moving the cars out of the garage. I started to park MYSARAH out in the driveway but since she was still clean, I decided to go up the road a piece and get some photos of her in front of some seriously expensive five-plus acre multi-million dollar properties.

But as I pulled on to the road in front of our subdivision, I immediately saw that the gate at the burned house property was wide open and, the driveway was clear of brush, etc., so I decided to sneak in there and grab the photos. BTW, the main reason for this photo shoot was that I just picked up my first mirrorless DSLR camera, a Fujifilm X-E5. It came with a pancake 28mm/2.8 kit lens and I also picked up a 33mm/1.4 as well. I love the classic rangefinder design but the innards are 2025 tech. It's an APS-C 40megapixel X sensor and coupled with the two lenses, generates some most amazing images. Here are a few. (I'll quickly determine if the forum is set up to accept images that large and convert them to .webp format. <fingers crossed> Spoiler alert..it took the huge files without breaking a sweat.) ;=)

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[G.T.]

There were other pics? Sorry, all I saw was the one by your user name

 

[kilobravo]

Funny that you mention that particular avatar, Glenn. As it happens, I had been using that one on another Mustang forum that shall remain nameless, and out of the blue, the avatar disappeared and I wound up with the typical first initial avatar.

When I asked ADMIN if there was a problem, I was eventually told that my avatar didn't pass muster with their "NSFW" filter. This despite the fact that said filter had been in operation for quite some time and that avatar had been there all the while, too.

I thought that was a bit hypocritical when the same forum and its NSFW filter, had no problems with the full-size versions of those avatars posted in regular weekly threads nor to the often offensive memes in the Humor thread.

To make matters worse, one of the mods characterized my thread as a "Boohoo" thread and promptly closed it for further comment. Yep..power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely and this was a perfect example of the theory.

Bottom line, I am so glad that you weren't offended by my avatar, Glenn. <BSEG>

 

[Inthehighdesert]

Very cool. Kudo’s.

 

[Stage_3]

Great photos KB.
The first two photos show how really clean that car is.

 

[xcm77]

some of you are so damn lucky to be able to even buy a GT500. that being said, damn nice car

 

[Epiphany]

another Mustang forum that shall remain nameless

I think you know how I feel about that clown show...

 

[G.T.]

Funny that you mention that particular avatar, Glenn. As it happens, I had been using that one on another Mustang forum that shall remain nameless, and out of the blue, the avatar disappeared and I wound up with the typical first initial avatar.

When I asked ADMIN if there was a problem, I was eventually told that my avatar didn't pass muster with their "NSFW" filter. This despite the fact that said filter had been in operation for quite some time and that avatar had been there all the while, too.

I thought that was a bit hypocritical when the same forum and its NSFW filter, had no problems with the full-size versions of those avatars posted in regular weekly threads nor to the often offensive memes in the Humor thread.

To make matters worse, one of the mods characterized my thread as a "Boohoo" thread and promptly closed it for further comment. Yep..power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely and this was a perfect example of the theory.

Bottom line, I am so glad that you weren't offended by my avatar, Glenn. <BSEG>

Now I see 'em..very nice pics of a beautiful car!

 

[OldbutNew]

But wait!! I really liked your old avatar!!
Boy if I was single and 30 years younger... OK, maybe 40...

 

[kilobravo]

I think you know how I feel about that clown show...

I do indeed, Tob.

The first two photos show how really clean that car is.

Thanks for that, S3.

that being said, damn nice car

Appreciate that very much, Claudiu

Now I see 'em..very nice pics of a beautiful car!

Muchas gracias, Glenn.

 

[Rod G]

what are those wheels you have love the look

 

[kilobravo]

what are those wheels you have

Those are Signature SV108's Rod and I absolutely love them even though they're assymetric and with two different wheel sizes front and rear, tire rotation has to be done by dismounting and remounting the tires. NBD, tire wear seems to be quite even.

Car came with CF wheels and Cup2's. Not a track guy and quickly came to dislike their continuous attempt to suck up every pebble in sight and then dump half of them on the side aero.

OG here, Rod and one who grew up around "chrome wheels" and the black CF wheels really never floated my bote so I hooked up with Terrance and ultimately went with the 108's.

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This is how she came from Flat Rock..

 

[Snakebyte]

Another awesome pic for my computer screen background. Thanks for sharing the great photos.

 

[kilobravo]

Thanks for sharing the great photos.

My pleasure, Nathan. and here are a couple more for your viewing pleasure. <smile>

 

[Jmeo]

Looking good my friend!

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