POTN Powershot Speed Challenge #149 - Something OLD!

Congratulations to the winners of the #149 Speed Challenge!!!

#1 Veemac (21 points)
#2 coachman (13)
#3 RadAL (12)

#4 Jon & traildad (10)
#5 athrasher (8)
#6 ufauxreal (7)
#7 HuskerTony (6)
#8 hnikesch (2)

This was another great contest! It was difficult to select the winners, so many great images!!
Welcome to some new posters and missed some old ones!

originalstarlite: great idea, sharp image

winterstar: old barns are always great, like the sepia, try submit maximum size (see Image Posting Rules @
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=51022)

traildad: beautiful detail, great foggy background, try not to center the object, even if you have to crop

RAdAL: nice, sharp image, background implys movement

Husker Tony: great focus on writing of record, great idea

hnikesch: great, sharp image - would be better without the tree in front

ufauxreal: beautiful colors, nice composition

athrasher: nice, sharp image, great colors, was it on a hill??

Veemac: beautiful, sharp image, great color, grat composition, forground, excellent!!

Jon: great composition, sharp image

coachman: this one tells a great story, beautiful colors and composition

sue.t: great composition and color, love the match of orange on truck to flowers on the right

13 images and all great, a difficult vote and also a hard choice for an entry. Nice to see some new blood and the return of some old blood. I have only been on the forum for a few months and already feel at home. Fun to see images from across the states and around the world. I hope to see you all on the food challenge. To all, you really raised the bar on this one.

Thanks for the votes. I was actually going to submit a different photo but then discovered this van abandoned in the forest at the weekend. I think it is an old Royal Mail van from around 1953-4 and I just loved the moss and small tree growing on it.
A lot of good shots. As for my votes:

HuskerTony - loved the old grainy feel of the photo, matched the subject perfectly.

Veemac - Great colours and loved the sagging building.

RadAl - Great panning shot, something I've never managed.

Congrats to the winner.

Thanks for the votes, everyone. The subject matter did the heavy lifting for me - Bodie Ghost Town (in the Eastern Sierras of CA) is a fascinating place and has tons of potential for great photos.

I was surprised (and humbled!) to be chosen as the winner - there were a lot of very good photos submitted and I enjoyed seeing every one of them. I'm still working hard on developing the eye for composition that many of you have!

I've found out how to pan pretty good (at closer range) with the A650IS.....

RadAL wrote in post #7889467
I've found out how to pan pretty good (at closer range) with the A650IS.....

You certainly did an awesome job of it in your pic, RadAL!