Twin Indulgences Requested, Please - a photo on Flickriver

            I ask your indulgence twice.

First, I hope you will read this...please indulge me.

Second, an explanation of this photo needs your indulgence as well.

This has been a pretty bad year.  From early spring the pandemic has  dramatically limited...well...almost everything.  My usual three-seasons daily driver, seen above, has remained parked and covered.  Then, to add to the awfulness, on August 10 we had the almost armageddon-like inland hurricane -- derecho -- the 140mph winds of which destroyed so very much in my city.  Driving a low-slung super sports car like this was LITERALLY impossible.

By my birthday, mid-October, we had already had three snowfalls, including one substantial one.  These cars are not winter driving cars...nor are they much fun in the cold; we've already had too many sub-freezing temperatures.

So today...US election day...we got 'Indian Summer'.  Temps into the 70s.  Blue sky, bright sunshine.  Who could resist taking the car out.  Plus, by this date there are still likely to be some migrating waterfowl visiting the lake, so there I went, and had to take the car, top dropped.  

Finally, over the last months we've been bombarded to the point of mania by all of the political advertisements and shenanigans.  Getting out and escaping...first to the lake, and then on the road a bit...best medicine possible.

This weather is supposed to stay around for some days.  Here's hoping.  And I hope you enjoy the photo of of one my passions.

Taken on: November 3, 2020

Tags:

Roadster

BMW

Sapphire Black

Cedar Lake

November 3

Election Day « less

Sets appears in: • Miscellaneous Uploaded 2020

Camera: Nikon D850, f/6.3, 1/8000 sec, 260mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	1/8000 sec
Focal Length:	260mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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