FORGET ABOUT MOSRITE!!!

[Bob K]

OK, since you asked: besides collectiong vintage Mosrite and Fender guitars I love to drive fast. And the car that turns my crank the most is the Dodge Viper, of which I own three. I have driven on several race tracks including the Texas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Portland International Raceway and Pacific Raceway near Seattle. I have also run the Silver State Classic in Nevada (a 90 mile open road race) where I averaged 152 mph and reached speeds of 170 mph.

Cars and guitars aside, I am an avid wildlife photographer and in the past have been published in nearly every wildlife magazine, some books and calendars. I spend hours and hours nearly every week out in a marsh or up on a mountain with my camera gear. Here are some samples.

Bald Eagle


Wood Duck


Pileated Woodpecker


You can see much more of all of the above on my website (still under construction) at
http://www.photos.rlkimages.com

Bob

[MWaldorf]

Wow, Bob, you're a regular renaissance man! Those photos are beautiful. Do you use a digital or 35mm camera? I assume you need a pretty strong telephoto lense for those kinds of shots.

Have you ever considered melding all these interests together? You could take photos of automobile/guitar pairs with avian names: a Ford/Gibson Thunderbird; a Ford/Gretsch Falcon (in white or black) Are there others?

[Bob K]

Wow, Bob, you're a regular renaissance man! Those photos are beautiful. Do you use a digital or 35mm camera? I assume you need a pretty strong telephoto lense for those kinds of shots.

Have you ever considered melding all these interests together? You could take photos of automobile/guitar pairs with avian names: a Ford/Gibson Thunderbird; a Ford/Gretsch Falcon (in white or black) Are there others?

Thanks for the compliment. I use Canon digital cameras (40D's) and big fast lenses - 600mm, 500mm, 300mm and some shorter ones. Its probably the most enjoyable thing I do. And no, I have not considered combining all of my interests - but you have a wild imagination.
Bob

[MWaldorf]

but you have a wild imagination.
Bob

Thanks - they usually just call me meshugga!

[Chemo]

Ford/Gibson Thunderbird; a Ford/Gretsch Falcon (in white or black) Are there others?

Yes there are, even pretty cool ones:

Fender/Ford Mustang
Fender Jaguar / Jaguar (of which E-Type would be nice)

... and let's not forget these:

Mosrite/Ford Ranger
Mosrite/Toyota Mark II

[ElTwang]

Oi Bob K. That woodpecker shoot is simply stunning. Thanks for posting those.

[MWaldorf]

Ford/Gibson Thunderbird; a Ford/Gretsch Falcon (in white or black) Are there others?

Yes there are, even pretty cool ones:

Fender/Ford Mustang
Fender Jaguar / Jaguar (of which E-Type would be nice)

... and let's not forget these:

Mosrite/Ford Ranger
Mosrite/Toyota Mark II

I was thinking about strictly bird names. Thunderbird, falcon, I suppose there's the AMC Eagle, and come to think of it Studebaker made a Hawk, though I can't think of guitars with those names off the top of my head.

[Dennisthe Menace]

Ford/Gibson Thunderbird; a Ford/Gretsch Falcon (in white or black) Are there others?

Yes there are, even pretty cool ones:

Fender/Ford Mustang
Fender Jaguar / Jaguar (of which E-Type would be nice)

... and let's not forget these:

Mosrite/Ford Ranger
Mosrite/Toyota Mark II

I was thinking about strictly bird names. Thunderbird, falcon, I suppose there's the AMC Eagle, and come to think of it Studebaker made a Hawk, though I can't think of guitars with those names off the top of my head.

Well, we may as well add these too......
Chevrolet/Gretsch Corvette
and Mel posted:

Have you ever considered melding all these interests together? You could take photos of automobile/guitar pairs with avian names: a Ford/Gibson Thunderbird; a Ford/Gretsch Falcon (in white or black) Are there others?

....or the Guild Thunderbird,
Gibson/Pontiac Firebird .... Oh boy, I think I smell a new Thread ........

[Strat-o-rama]

Ha! I was about to post "Firebird", but I don't think there really is such a bird (excluding the Pontiac/Gibson connection, all the others are "real" birds), unless Igor Stravinski was on to something.
Bob, really great shots. I did quite a bit of landscape photography using large format view cameras at one time, mostly black and white Ansel Adams/Edward Weston influenced stuff. My wife has some of my work hanging on the walls of our house.
Right now, we have a small e-commerce business-a plant nursery specializing in exotic carnivorous plants called Sunbelle Exotics.

[Chemo]

I was thinking about strictly bird names.

Oh yes, that's right, I missed the "avian" word in your message. My bad.

Studebaker made a Hawk, though I can't think of guitars with those names off the top of my head.

Gibson The Hawk! From the Nighthawk models.

If I ever design a custom surf guitar and have somebody make a couple of them, I'll name the model Silver Hawk (after our band The Silver Hawks).