Beukeboom's Photo

[Beukeboom]

I've been a semi-avid photographer since my teen years starting when my Daddy bought me a first-generation Canon AE-1. Now I have a Canon 50D (replacing my old Olympus digital point-and-shoot) thanks to a rather substantial tax return earlier this year. I have pictures I have taken with both cameras online at two different places. First I have photos I took with my Olympus on a photo album I created which can be viewed at http://anniemayhem.com/portfolio/index.html and I also have several photos on my Panoramio account which can be viewed at http://www.panoramio.com/user/1016490 and are a combination of Olympus photos (made early on) and then Canon photos (the more recent photos).

What's neat about the Panoramio pics is that they are reviewed and the ones deemed suitable are uploaded to the Google Maps and Google Earth databases. So if you happen to have Google Earth on your computer, you'll be able to see many of my Panoramio photos there as well but located on the map.

Incidentally, my wife and I are planning on going down to Panacea, FL for their Mullet fest (the fish not the haircut although some mullets of the hair variety probably will be there consider it is country) and I'm bringing my camera.

[Tallen]

Good job, B. Interesting photos. Post a few pictures of the Mullet fest, both kinds if you can.

[Beukeboom]

Good job, B. Interesting photos. Post a few pictures of the Mullet fest, both kinds if you can.

Will do.

[Beukeboom]

Good job, B. Interesting photos. Post a few pictures of the Mullet fest, both kinds if you can.

I just got back from the "Mighty Mullet Festival (http://www.mightymullet.com/)" in Panacea, Florida. I got some t-shirts, enjoyed some good bluegrass by a regional group (who were already playing when we arrived so I never got their name) and walked around the arts & crafts as well as the food vendors.

Interesting point...although it's called the "Mighty Mullet Festival" none of the food vendors were selling mullet as far as I could determine. Plenty of shrimp, grouper, flounder, crab, oysters and other local seafood but I didn't see mullet. Maybe it was already sold out (we got there at 3pm). Also, I looked high and low for those hairstyles known as a mullet but alas, none of those either. So unfortunately even though I took oodles of photos, no mullet of any type were photographed by yours truly. I'm going to go through the photos I took of not only the Mighty Mullet Festival (http://www.mightymullet.com/) but also the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab (http://www.gulfspecimen.org/) and Hook Wreck Henry's (http://www.wakulla.com/Dining_Guide/Dining_Guide/Hook_Wreck_Henry's_Dockside_Cafe_and_Tiki_Bar_2006 09211887/) where we ate dinner (very good seafood -- that makes three good place for seafood in Panacea IMHO joining Posey's Steam Room & Oyster Bar as well as Angelo & Son's). I plan on putting photos not only on my blog but also on my Panoramio account. I'll post a couple here as well soon.

[Tallen]

Looking forward to your experience.

[Beukeboom]

Looking forward to your experience.

My wife and I drove down to Panacea, Florida for the 4th Annual Mighty Mullet Maritime Festival (http://www.mightymullet.com/) and had a very nice time. Some nice bluegrass music, plenty of craft vendors, food vendors and other vendors. No mullet ironically. Of either kind. I guess if there were any fish of the mullet kind it sold out. I saw no mullets of the hair kind at all. Since we were only a block or so away, my wife and I decided to visit the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab (http://www.gulfspecimen.org/) as well. We've driven by their signs along U.S. Hwy 98 for years and never visited. We enjoyed ourselves and got to view their aquariums filled with sharks, fish, rays, crabs, etc. We capped off our visit with dinner at Hook Wreck Henry's Dockside Café (http://www.wakulla.com/Dining_Guide/Dining_Guide/Hook_Wreck_Henry's_Dockside_Cafe_and_Tiki_Bar_2006 09211887/) which was only a short distance from the lab. Good seafood. I highly recommend the place.

I've uploaded several photos on my Panoramio.com account along with some photos of a unique collection of rusted out old automobiles next to U.S. 319 in nearby Medart, Florida. It's not like it's a bunch of old junked cars from a junkyard scattered about haphazardly. Instead it's obvious that they were arranged specifically there many, many years ago. They've been there as long as we've live in this part of Florida which is now going on 22 years.

Anyway, feel free to visit my Panoramio.com account to view the photos and please leave comments.

[Tallen]

Cool Photo's. I can't believe that the old rusty cars and trucks have glass left in them. If they were around here BB guns would have long taken out the windshields and headlights. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/14/14_6_12.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MNUS)





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[vja4Him]

I just got back from the "Mighty Mullet Festival (http://www.mightymullet.com/)" in Panacea, Florida. I got some t-shirts, enjoyed some good bluegrass by a regional group (who were already playing when we arrived so I never got their name) and walked around the arts & crafts as well as the food vendors.

Interesting point...although it's called the "Mighty Mullet Festival" none of the food vendors were selling mullet as far as I could determine. Plenty of shrimp, grouper, flounder, crab, oysters and other local seafood but I didn't see mullet. Maybe it was already sold out (we got there at 3pm). Also, I looked high and low for those hairstyles known as a mullet but alas, none of those either. So unfortunately even though I took oodles of photos, no mullet of any type were photographed by yours truly. I'm going to go through the photos I took of not only the Mighty Mullet Festival (http://www.mightymullet.com/) but also the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab (http://www.gulfspecimen.org/) and Hook Wreck Henry's (http://www.wakulla.com/Dining_Guide/Dining_Guide/Hook_Wreck_Henry%27s_Dockside_Cafe_and_Tiki_Bar_20 0609211887/) where we ate dinner (very good seafood -- that makes three good place for seafood in Panacea IMHO joining Posey's Steam Room & Oyster Bar as well as Angelo & Son's). I plan on putting photos not only on my blog but also on my Panoramio account. I'll post a couple here as well soon.

I like that old Desoto! I really like the old cars, the older the more I like them, like from the late 1800s, turn of the century, 20s, and 30s, especially the 20s and 30s models, like the 1935 Duesenberg Phaeton.

[vja4Him]

Don't mean to hijack your thread, Carl ... Hope you don't mind ... One of my favorite cars, the 1935 Duesenberg Phaoton:

http://www.light-after-darkness.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=294

[Beukeboom]

No problem. It's all good.

BTW, this week is the beginning of Cruisin' The Coast (http://www.cruisinthecoast.com/) in the Biloxi/Gulfport, MS area. So many classic cars you wouldn't know where to begin. I've experienced it once several years ago. My wife and I were visiting her folks and it happened to be during the week of Cruisin' The Coast. One afternoon/evening we drove to the Eckerds on the corner of Courthouse Rd and U.S. Hwy 90 (BTW that Eckerds became a CVS and was washed away during Katrina -- it's now a tourist t-shirt shop), parked in the parking lot and watched from the sidewalk all the classic and custom cars and trucks driving by. Too bad I didn't have a camera with me at that time. I've always wanted to go back during a Cruisin' The Coast but something always prevented me. Maybe you can make it in 2010?

[vja4Him]

No problem. It's all good.

BTW, this week is the beginning of Cruisin' The Coast (http://www.cruisinthecoast.com/) in the Biloxi/Gulfport, MS area. So many classic cars you wouldn't know where to begin. I've experienced it once several years ago. My wife and I were visiting her folks and it happened to be during the week of Cruisin' The Coast. One afternoon/evening we drove to the Eckerds on the corner of Courthouse Rd and U.S. Hwy 90 (BTW that Eckerds became a CVS and was washed away during Katrina -- it's now a tourist t-shirt shop), parked in the parking lot and watched from the sidewalk all the classic and custom cars and trucks driving by. Too bad I didn't have a camera with me at that time. I've always wanted to go back during a Cruisin' The Coast but something always prevented me. Maybe you can make it in 2010?

If II start pedaling now I just might make it in time .... !!! We have some good car shows here too. I have lots of pictures of beautiful old cars. I'm surprised just how many old cars are all over town ....

[james]

If II start pedaling now I just might make it in time .... !!! We have some good car shows here too. I have lots of pictures of beautiful old cars. I'm surprised just how many old cars are all over town ....

***Now you boys went and did it? My hobbie is classic cars and especially muscle cars. I have two and one of them is a 1971 Mercury Comet GT. It's not done yet but almost. My second which is my pride and joy is a 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint which is fully restored. I love going to car shows and I have won some trophys with this car. Here are some pictures.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/290/1004420.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7163/1004655.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/9640/1004654z.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7063/1004421o.jpg

You should know this is a race/street car even though it looks like a sleeper. The engine is a 408 stroker motor putting out a little over 500hp and it will run the quarter mile in the 10's. Btw, it took over four years to restore and it is one of the nicest falcon sprints in the country. It is really a blast to drive and I get thumbs up from people on the street. :L32:

In Him,
james

[Tallen]

Hey james, my brother owned on of those in the sixties. It was red and he still to this day says he should have kept that car because it was his favorite.

Sharp looking car. Did you do any "confessing" over it when you were restoring it?

[vja4Him]

***Now you boys went and did it? My hobbie is classic cars and especially muscle cars. I have two and one of them is a 1971 Mercury Comet GT. It's not done yet but almost. My second which is my pride and joy is a 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint which is fully restored. I love going to car shows and I have won some trophys with this car. Here are some pictures.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/290/1004420.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7163/1004655.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/9640/1004654z.jpg
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7063/1004421o.jpg
You should know this is a race/street car even though it looks like a sleeper. The engine is a 408 stroker motor putting out a little over 500hp and it will run the quarter mile in the 10's. Btw, it took over four years to restore and it is one of the nicest falcon sprints in the country. It is really a blast to drive and I get thumbs up from people on the street. :L32:

In Him,
james

Sweet! I don't think I've ever seen one of those cars restored.

[JBaker45]

Sweet! I don't think I've ever seen one of those cars restored.
That is a clean looking machine my friends.

[james]

That is a clean looking machine my friends.

***Thank you for all the kind words.

In Him,
james