Marv's Pics

[Marvo]

After a request from one of the forum's most respected primates I took my camera to work yesterday and today so I could take some photo's of my area.

They're not particularly exciting I'm afraid, they're basically just a day in my life and the camera I have is very old and cheap. I've reduced the resolution even further to get the pics within the allowable filesize of the attachment system. You're welcome to do as you please with any and all of my photographic offerings as I've declared them free for use and abuse under the terms of the Beerware License.

If you're interested in the technical details of the photos the best I can tell you is all of my photos are taken with a Canon A450 which is an automatic 'point and squirt' and all photos are without any post processing/photoshopping/touching up etc.

 

[Marvo]

I had a fairly relaxed day today, only two jobs and a date with an old colleague who was in town for the day and we made plans to catch up over lunch. After a couple of hours in the office first thing I headed to a local weather station which stopped reporting last week and needed an replacement GSM comms card. It was a ten minute job to install before I headed to Cape Town for lunch.

I live about 35 mins drive from Cape Town center.

This is the main road that runs though my suburb;





And a few pics of the 6KM drive to the weather station;











And the weather station itself;

 

[Marvo]

Next job was in Cape Town centre at a Large hotel. a problem with a drive alarming on a stairwell pressurisation fan.



It took me 15 minutes to remove the birdsnests from the intake and before I knew it it was time for lunch.

I took some pics of the drive home which was the non-scenic route down the highway.

Leaving town;


Hit some slow moving rush hour traffic


Halfway home;




Almost there, just over the mountain in the distance;

 

[Resu]

Pretty impressive place to live let alone work!

 

[GMES]

Thanks Marvo I am glad I asked now. The views look awesome and I would be more than happy to have that working day.

 

[Marvo]

It was kinda nice to stop and take the photos, it did bring it home how nice the area is. Most of the time I'm in such a rush to get places I really don't appreciate it. Maybe I'll take a stroll around the neighbourhood and take some local snaps one evening.

 

[Darkwood]

I foresee a forum catagory here.... Pics of your day!

 

[dingledong]

Reminds me of when I drive to and from London a 22 mile drive which takes an hour to 2 hours and I do pass a tree
Fantastic pictures marvo

 

[happysteve]

That's really, really cool, Marvo. Cheers for posting that up.

I think "day in the life" posts (with pictures) are dead interesting, and bring to life the fact that behind avatars and usernames there are real people living and working in the real world.

 

[tidyboiler]

I could post some of the great unwashed from North Shields either staggering along the pavement well oiled, or the junkies doing deals outside the surgery. :bow: