Photo theme #98

[billz]

Get the glare out of your eyes from all the shiny photos of last week, because this week we're going to hit the road. Traffic lights, speed limits, crosswalks, they're all good! Thanks to Lisa for suggesting this week's theme ... road signs.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1saSNUFOu67vTXgbDupp71zuD4jaM_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1saSNUFOu67vTXgbDupp71zuD4jaM)

Bill

The fine print:
Everyone is invited to participate.
Because the purpose of the weekly theme is to get us more familiar with our cameras and to sharpen our photographic skills, entries should be taken during the week of the theme.
Photoshopping is allowed.
To make this thread more manageable to view, please post only your entries in this thread. Post your comments in the accompanying 'comment' thread.
(http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?p=301907#post301907)Be creative and have fun!

[Rusty]

Well, where is everybody? Five hours and I'm first ??? :cool:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ChTc09DZWmlmXi5ClJRdRVXu9Pjz00_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ChTc09DZWmlmXi5ClJRdRVXu9Pjz00)

Rusty :)

[bayhli]

Drats Rusty.... you beat me!

Residential road signs identifying the different properties are common in our rural area; I've always liked this very simple one...

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/984/signsaz5.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=signsaz5.jpg)


Looks like the Town 's Maintenance Department overlooked this one... Bert's supposed to be hibernating for the winter now. Good grief, could the pole be any older! Better not complain or the taxes will go up...

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8751/signs2nd1.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=signs2nd1.jpg)

[Lorri]

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1QeoTJ9hrKF2YJdyjOLIuwEvEur0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1QeoTJ9hrKF2YJdyjOLIuwEvEur0)

[Bamagirl]

This is a picture that I took in a city park in Waterton, Canada, last summer. I showed it to some of the dogs here in Georgia and they got a good laugh out of it.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1FAbWqcjQF6iEVg136Dywa0i530y0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1FAbWqcjQF6iEVg136Dywa0i530y0)

[Galiano]

Just back from a great hike to Elk Falls. Here is a sign from the trail. We have never heard the siren! :eek:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1c5IpAPnvdDjQkor5MxwPv34qORjL_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1c5IpAPnvdDjQkor5MxwPv34qORjL)

I am also including a favourite sign from the ferry terminal on Galiano. It had been changed to this earlier in the year; the last time we saw it someone had painted in the erased words, and made it much less fun. :D

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1RJmizoHpv8gZjmypeQbt6RMw1PW81_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1RJmizoHpv8gZjmypeQbt6RMw1PW81)

Cheers,
Helen

[billz]

I'm not sure what this is telling us to do ... or not do.:confused: But it looks like something's going to hurt.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1VfCybaQPlKofgM35ZPJrbhX5vaXc0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1VfCybaQPlKofgM35ZPJrbhX5vaXc0)

Bill

[Byron Gale]

While not a road sign, it is an off-road sign...

..."on loan" from the U.S. Navy bombing range along CA-78, east of Brawley, California...

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1DVYUPnSXsbmqSd4GnPD6xcrmPVVh_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1DVYUPnSXsbmqSd4GnPD6xcrmPVVh)

[Ellen]

Great ones so far, Bill -I think I'd rather hula-hoop across the street instead of forgetting my front wheel.
This is from last evening, it's no doubt crowded now, hope no cars fall thru that gap between the ramp and the ferry.
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/14j5SlwFaaicAAaFGQEsXHVP33sjet1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=14j5SlwFaaicAAaFGQEsXHVP33sjet1)

[TonyW]

The clay around here is notorious and the original roads were impassable in the spring and after heavy rain. The main routes got planked (with wooden planks) and later asphalted or gravelled but a few of the old clay roads are left and still deserve a warning. This one has been improved in places but still has a warning sign and when the roads all got named not that many years ago whoever did it had a sense of humour and called it Fairweather Road.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ym2GBo8ZZuvOWaLMsOnnqi8VweJ1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ym2GBo8ZZuvOWaLMsOnnqi8VweJ1)

Tony

[kim2900]

Here's my entry from Hartford, KY! Luckily for them, I don't live here; I'm not sure if it would read 2001 happy people or more than just a few soreheads!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1f3y6zJMWiMZ4yzLNmUCodx417oqa80_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1f3y6zJMWiMZ4yzLNmUCodx417oqa80)

Kim

[Red Sky]

I like these photo challenges because they are an escape from the real world. But being a driver by trade, I spend all day looking at traffic signs, so thanks a lot Bill!:mad:
Anyway, here are some signs I saw today. I haven't done a composition in the Photo Challenge in awhile, so this was my escape.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1rSLqWPLee6F3t33PZdDpz8v79q87z_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1rSLqWPLee6F3t33PZdDpz8v79q87z)

[AngelicKim]

Because of the crowd I couldn't get any farther away to get the entire sign but most of it is here.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1tf0Trshe9nvMlcktVTxF8iPi2LKEK1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1tf0Trshe9nvMlcktVTxF8iPi2LKEK1)

[CalamityJanet]

You have to wonder what kind of study was done to determine that 15mph was too slow and 20mph was just too fast. Who ever heard of a 17mph speed limit?!
(I wish I'd taken my rollerblades!)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1hsE2CD19YDYm70xxosCAouFJQUj0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1hsE2CD19YDYm70xxosCAouFJQUj0)

And this sign makes me wonder....what's the point of going to the beach if you can't have any fun?!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1DC6WZaXmBlgLA1FNMe4SqGgozTaL_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1DC6WZaXmBlgLA1FNMe4SqGgozTaL)

[Netnut]

This is a sign on my sons driveway going up a mountain in West Virginia.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1XEeRtS8uDULrnmi3g90sQTY64mlN_thumb.jpg (http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/%5BURL=http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1XEeRtS8uDULrnmi3g90sQTY64mlN%5D% 5BIMG%5Dhttp://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1XEeRtS8uDULrnmi3g90sQTY64mlN_thumb.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D)

[TonyW]

One more for the railroad enthusiasts to explain as I've never quite figured it out - it's on a road leading into a large railroad yard near here. The signs are close together but not sure if they are related.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1Y5F2UNzjeg9ULRoR5WhwhJiLEAlu_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Y5F2UNzjeg9ULRoR5WhwhJiLEAlu)

Tony

[sosdog]

Here's another sign. You either love them or hate them!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1elJCahpuZXsqUIFRhc6ucSaeDbeW1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1elJCahpuZXsqUIFRhc6ucSaeDbeW1)

[Lorri]

Not taken this week, so not an "official" entry, but still a funny sign.


This summer on Sanibel Island, Florida...

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1r93gHywrjQsWIVtFClATIdo1mxFj_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1r93gHywrjQsWIVtFClATIdo1mxFj)

[lisabee]

I'm a little 'araf' (see below) in posting this week,

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/13bb8y20aDji3QTmzIcITHLdjuRZo0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13bb8y20aDji3QTmzIcITHLdjuRZo0)

bi-lingual road markings in Wales.......
and then I first saw this sign last Saturday, didn't take a shot of it, so went past there again today to get it, too bad they hadn't cut the hedges, and given the verge and road I couldn't get a very good angle on it

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1c4J34LhAylRWRFsb4ddmhFXDb7te9_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1c4J34LhAylRWRFsb4ddmhFXDb7te9)

I don't know how you get on if you are driving and round the corner one is crossing :confused:

Lisa :)

[judystowell]

I forgot this challenge was for current pictures - hope I can slide this one in anyway.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1wDPbTsKkCFWF8F5qDniyChK5aJ7F1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1wDPbTsKkCFWF8F5qDniyChK5aJ7F1)

Judy

[GaryK]

Sorry.. no "good" ones around that I could find.

I don't see this one very often though.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1v8yfDi6P1dSmJqtQ0RRPeMgRaSrk_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1v8yfDi6P1dSmJqtQ0RRPeMgRaSrk)