Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHONI enjoy photographing unusual sights - as you know by now. This set of horns mounted on the bull bar of a ute caught my attention last week. A ute (short for utility vehicle) is known as a pickup in the rest of the world and yes, I'm sure there's a lot of pickup lines there! As you can see by the photograph below, I was determined to get the map of Australia, the horns and the Aussie flag all in the same frame.
It took a lot of patience, I can tell you. I could have just held the end of the flag and positioned it exactly where I wanted it - but that ain't the way I work. It was a breezy day, so I knew if I waited a few minutes I would eventually be able to shoot the frame I wanted. Patience sure does pay off. If you want to see some more ute pictures that I took that afternoon, go to Cowboys and Engines.
10 comments:
Too bad if you are a pedestrian... these are the sort of things that get sensible bull bars banned.
this a the fishing rod "rocket launchers" that act like an apple corer....
"Cowboys and Engines" ... you STILL crack me up and amaze me. You need to apply at WSJ - they truly appreciate this level of title wit.
Hmmmm...around here the Utes are a football team. But I root for the Cougars.
Must say that the Australians take decorating their utes to a new level. In south Africa we call them "bakkies" (buck-keys), which is Afrikaans for a small bowl. Quite descriptive.
In answer to the question you left on my site, I am following the world cup rugby. I thoroughly enjoyed the first match.
I see the Wallabies trounced the Japanese. They dont seem to have made much progress as a rugby playing nation,, but then my daughter in law, who is Scots said that they are probably too polite a nation to play rugby.
Have a good day
G'day Simon,
Too right - I made sure I didn;t get my butt within six feet of those horns!
Keeo smiling
David
Hi Lin,
Why, thank you, ma'am! I'm glad you enjoy my post titles.
Can I ask a stupid question - what's WSJ?
Keeo smiling
David
Hi Debbie,
Just make sure DH doesn't get his hands on their mascot!
Keeo smiling
David
G'day Max-e,
Your daughter-in-law has a great theory there. I saw some of that game and I thought they put up a gutsy effort.
``Bakkies'' - wow, I didn;t know that. Thanks for that information.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Keeo smiling
David
Amazing pictures David.
This kingd of things are not allowed anymore in France. A new regulation to propect pedestrian against choc with car is coming soon.
If you weren't half-way across the planet, David, I would say "Oh, the shame of it all - a journalist who doesn't recognise the acronym for 'Wall Street Journal'. I suspect that they have a David M. clone chained in their basement to come up with their article headers. I think you 'need apply' there.
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