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02/20/2005 01:25:19 PM · #1
I used to consider photos shot through the windshield as the worst kind of photography, but now that I have been shooting digital where there is no cost to shooting I have been getting addicted to shooting through the windshield.

A photo taken through a windshield has a lot going against it, bug splatter, tint of the windshield, reflectionsâ€Â¦ But I find that I enjoy looking back over the photos that I have taken through the windshield, even if they are not technically good photos they can give a feel of time and place.

Here are some of mine, what have other people shot through the windshield?



02/20/2005 01:46:16 PM · #2
Here's one:


(I have others, just no time right now as dinner is nearly ready.)
02/20/2005 01:59:25 PM · #3
I do this a lot. I've also submitted a few to Windscreen Gallery -- a website dedicated to the genre.

I have some in a couple of pBase galleries, Moving Pictures and Road Signs and License Plates.

My first two DPC submissions:


Some (mostly) better ones taken since, one of them of a windshield you really couldn't photograph through, and some out a side window. The newer bridge photo was taken out of a moving train window, the older when I was a passenger so I wasn't actually driving at the time for either of those.




Message edited by author 2005-02-20 19:02:14.
02/20/2005 01:59:40 PM · #4
I also did think that taking picture throught the windshield was not worth it.

That was before I came across a bunch of cariboos running in front of the Jeep. I just grab the camera and strted shooting throught the windshield while driving at the same time. Some pictures turned out pretty good.


02/20/2005 02:01:05 PM · #5
I've entered a few here - some good, some not so good.

And one of my most successful stock photos was taken through the windshield.
02/20/2005 02:02:43 PM · #6
Here's one I almost entered into a challenge here:


02/20/2005 02:09:37 PM · #7
02/20/2005 02:11:32 PM · #8
Here are some of mine that I shot though windshield


02/20/2005 02:19:18 PM · #9
Wow! Some of these are fantastic! Here are mine.



I enjoy industrial scenes and love the juxtaposition of nature vs machine, seen often in my area.

Alain, I love the caribou pics. (hubby said they looked yummy)
02/20/2005 02:33:36 PM · #10
Funny that there should be a thread on this...this photo, and a bunch of others, was taken while commuting into Boston. The sunrise was spectacular and I just had to get some shots. I wasn't driving and the windshield was pretty clean (thankfully), so some of them didn't come out half bad.
02/20/2005 03:00:31 PM · #11
Man did you just go through a car wash because these are good. I only see one photo that has bugs in it. I was suprise how sharp they are too. I took this through the windshield but also through another piece of glass too, the two windows gave it it's effect. I wish I had more time so maybe I could have gotten it a bit sharper.

02/20/2005 03:01:56 PM · #12
Seen from driverside window in my 18 wheeler. Miami Fl.Rock

Message edited by author 2005-02-20 20:39:20.
02/20/2005 03:03:58 PM · #13


Admittedly the first two were taken through an open car-door window, but I did freeze for it :) The last is through the windshield.
02/20/2005 03:30:12 PM · #14
Originally posted by puma:

Man did you just go through a car wash because these are good.


Funny I was thinking the same thing. If I took photos through my windshield you would barely be able to see what I was taking a picture of through all the dirt and bug guts.
02/20/2005 03:34:17 PM · #15
Taking pictures through my windshield will never work i think its jus to small and dirty i tired but to no avail it was a disater

Message edited by author 2005-02-20 20:35:07.
02/20/2005 03:51:58 PM · #16


I missed my exit to get this shot :)
02/20/2005 03:55:10 PM · #17
Well Question need to be asked ..My ? is..Did you flash? Y or N...LOL...Rock
Originally posted by Seanachai:



I missed my exit to get this shot :)


Message edited by author 2005-02-20 20:58:55.
02/20/2005 04:04:49 PM · #18
Here are a few of mine:

deer crossingColo. 67
I-80 Utah sunrise I-80 Wyo.
Tunnel I-80 Wyo.
I-84 Utah

Message edited by author 2005-02-20 21:07:55.
02/20/2005 05:00:26 PM · #19

02/20/2005 06:11:05 PM · #20
U-Haul?



02/20/2005 06:15:58 PM · #21
02/20/2005 06:17:43 PM · #22
Originally posted by dv_rock:

Well Question need to be asked ..My ? is..Did you flash? Y or N...LOL...Rock
Originally posted by Seanachai:



I missed my exit to get this shot :)


nope, just had a good laugh for the day :)
02/20/2005 06:23:00 PM · #23


trying to make it home before the storm
02/20/2005 06:58:00 PM · #24
Here are some of the windshield snapshots I took last year...





-Serge

ps. thanks GeneralE for explaining the secret of inserting thumbnails!

Message edited by author 2005-02-21 00:11:49.
02/20/2005 07:04:52 PM · #25
Use the top-right button (Insert Thumbnail) and type in only the image number at the end of those urls.
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