322/365 - Jim - Road Sign Art

( f/8 70mm 1/640 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Click here to see a panorama of this image. On our way home from my parents house, we went through Meadville, PA to get gas. Someone has taken old road signs and created this long fence in front of Penndot. They also have a bunch of large flowers made out of signs at the corner of the street to the left. I've been driving past this for years and have seen it become larger and larger and never stopped to take a photo. I would have liked to cross the street and walk the whole thing taking photos every so many feet, but it was an extremely busy road and we were on our way home. Maybe someday...

293/365 - Jim - Route 38

( f/11 24mm HDR ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

On my way home from camping I passed several places that I thought I should stop and take photos, but I wanted to get home so I didn't. Then I remembered this place on Route 38 that someone set up a bunch of old signs and such. I ended up driving right past it and had to turn around, but it was worth it. I bracketed 7 shots to do an HDR and had to do 3 of them, then merge them together. I thought it ended up looking pretty cool and I didn't even get out of my car.

025/365 - Jim - Language

( f/14 48mm 1/250 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is sign. I thought I would just go outside and take a photo of a road sign, but it got dark too quickly. So I had to think of something else. My wife knows the alphabet in sign language and uses it to tell me who she is talking to on the phone. Only problem is, I can't read sign language.