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Well, this thread seems like as good as any place to post this self shot from earlier this winter... 
I am a BC'er (British Columbia, Canada) since birth so far. For some strange reason my folks kept moving us farther north in the province whilst I grew up. That was 28 years ago we ended up in the Peace River region in the NE of the province. Married with kids: 2 boys & 1 girl (the kids, my wife is a woman ), and after 10 years of working in the auto parts & service, and tire sales & service industry following school, I jumped across the counter and started driving big trucks in the oil & gas sector. Now I've moved up to also operating truck mounted pickers and mobile cranes, still in the oil & gas "greasepatch". Photography has always been a part of my life since pre-teen, but always just a fun hobby - not to serious - until the last several years, when I started working on getting serious about it. A ways to go on that goal still I think, but I'm having fun with it!
This I shot from the upper controls of a telescoping man basket (like you see on construction sites) about 50 feet up. I was transporting it on a lowbed trailer from a mine site, and wanted to try for a higher than usual vantage point of the valley alongside a highway pullout. Unfortunately the cold, wind and snow prevented any such view. Made for a neat shot I thought though, except I wish I had had wider glass to include more of the basket and truck & trailer. Are you afraid of heights? 
David

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