My Truck

Published! In JPG Magazine Issue 16

by ! Slimeface

Uploaded 2 Apr 2008 — 46 favorites

My Truck

I took this shot of my truck at a rest area off I-380 in Iowa right before the bottom fell out of this menacing sky. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good! : )

In the Trucking across America photo essay.

61 responses

  • David Woods

    David Woods said (2 Apr 2008):

    very twin peaks.

  • Warren ~Mangione~

    Warren ~Mangione~   gave props (2 Apr 2008):

    Nice contrast between light on your truck and the dark sky.

  • sara martin

    sara martin gave props (2 Apr 2008):

    Really like the light you caught. Usually I'm heading into it so I never get to see that angle. Nice.

  • Gary Fudge

    Gary Fudge   gave props (2 Apr 2008):

    Cool truck. Very Americana. Polly, that was so unnecessary!

  • Robin Johnson

    Robin Johnson said (2 Apr 2008):

    Nice Rig!! Cool storm coming in, great shot!

  • Klaus Girk

    Klaus Girk gave props (2 Apr 2008):

    Nice rig. Right timing before it poured.

  • John Linton

    John Linton gave props (3 Apr 2008):

    I hope that's milk your carrying with that menacing sky. I agree about the luck.

  • !    Slimeface

    ! Slimeface said (3 Apr 2008):

    Thanks all and yes it is Polly ; -)

  • Jan Hoffman

    Jan Hoffman   gave props (4 Apr 2008):

    Looks like the end of the world ready to happen in the sky over your cool wheels; nice one

  • Dennis Blauer

    Dennis Blauer gave props (8 Apr 2008):

    reminds me of that early Def Leppard album "On Through the Night"!

  • Yasmina Baggili

    Yasmina Baggili   gave props (10 Apr 2008):

    Huge truck you got! Wonderful shot. Love the stormy sky.

  • Aubrey Collins

    Aubrey Collins gave props (12 Apr 2008):

    Great lighting. I'll keep a watch out for your rig.

  • John Velasquez

    John Velasquez said (22 Apr 2008):

    nice shot of your rig!

  • Vidyavati Chandan

    Vidyavati Chandan gave props (25 Apr 2008):

    very nice!

  • Jinson Joseph Elayidom

    Jinson Joseph Elayidom said (29 Apr 2008):

    excellent shot... :)

  • Jinson Joseph Elayidom

    Jinson Joseph Elayidom gave props (29 Apr 2008):

    nice lighting

  • Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid

    Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid   gave props (29 Apr 2008):

    So awesome! You have the perfect job...you get to travel and photograph the country!

  • ThePhotoBoy

    ThePhotoBoy said (5 May 2008):

    Great truck, nice lighting in this photo!

  • Marc Almeida

    Marc Almeida said (5 May 2008):

    I luv trucks!

  • Cat Pentescu

    Cat Pentescu said (8 May 2008):

    Nice truck and image - great angle, composition and DoF.

  • Amy Schuster

    Amy Schuster gave props (8 May 2008):

    Fantasically clear shot. I love it. And that sky is perfect. Being from the midwest, I know that sight - the sun trying to shine as much as it can before the clouds takes over. I can almost smell the air and feel the chill.

  • Paul G. Swanson

    Paul G. Swanson gave props (10 May 2008):

    one of the finer trucks and still true to thier roots..... nice light

  • Andrew Lorimer

    Andrew Lorimer gave props (12 May 2008):

    Nice 18 Wheeler !!!!

  • Philip Bell

    Philip Bell gave props (14 May 2008):

    Fantastic - What a great means to enhance your photography.

  • Staffan Hamnäs

    Staffan Hamnäs said (16 May 2008):

    Great Truck ;)

  • Col Finnie

    Col Finnie said (18 May 2008):

    Tasty S. Truckies (as we call you blokes) have a quite a big, mostly good, reputation in Oz. The grief involved in running a rig like that is well known. And putting aside some high profile accidents, I reckon most regular highway drivers in Oz, as I am, know that truckies are some of the safest drivers on the road.
    Must make a point of posting some shots of what your brothers are doing with their rigs here. Digging the spectacular light configurations we're seeing on more rigs nowadays.

  • Thad Zajdowicz

    Thad Zajdowicz   gave props (19 May 2008):

    Super -- you made the most of some great lighting!

  • Robin

    Robin said (22 May 2008):

    A trucker with a camera! A match made in heaven! You have an artistic eye and I have enjoyed going through your images.

  • Liza Amato

    Liza Amato gave props (24 May 2008):

    I like how the water is reflecting off the road.

  • Christopher Smith

    Christopher Smith   said (25 May 2008):

    Nice Rig!

  • Jenifer Nagle

    Jenifer Nagle said (28 May 2008):

    I would love to get a ride in one of those!

  • Jay El

    Jay El said (1 Jun 2008):

    Hey, 'Slime', great photo! I don't think I could park your truck not even to save ma'life! Congrats, you got published! Enjoy a good beer after the haul's over...

  • Maurizio Giglio

    Maurizio Giglio said (6 Jun 2008):

    Good good work, I like so much!!!

  • Nandu Chitnis

    Nandu Chitnis said (6 Jun 2008):

    This is very hard work....

  • Gigi Boyd

    Gigi Boyd said (18 Jun 2008):

    man, oh man, look at those storm clouds....
    oh yeah, nice truck LOL

  • Alan Cotter

    Alan Cotter gave props (3 Jul 2008):

    I love these trucks... we don't have them here (Ireland) unfortunately...

  • Jim Jochetz

    Jim Jochetz   gave props (14 Jul 2008):

    Nice set up! I gave up my class "C" a few years back. You ALMOST make me miss it.

  • Mbego A

    Mbego A said (31 Jul 2008):

    Fantastic truck! I´ve always liked the American trucks.

  • Zerina Phillip

    Zerina Phillip gave props (4 Aug 2008):

    Great photography.

  • Rosalie Gassen

    Rosalie Gassen gave props (4 Aug 2008):

    Nice rig. Good shot. Bad weather makes dramatic pic.

  • Guy Heynen

    Guy Heynen said (6 Aug 2008):

    Was the truck that played the baddy in the film "Duel" a Mack or a Kenworth?

  • !    Slimeface

    ! Slimeface said (6 Aug 2008):

    Guy.... that was a 55 Pete in the movie staring Dennis Weaver which I think was Spielberg's first. Thanks for asking!

  • Kristina Evans-davis

    Kristina Evans-davis said (21 Aug 2008):

    MMMMMMMMMMM Peterbilt. MMMMMMMMM Tanker. As an old OTR driver, I like to see pics of nice looking rigs, expecially draggin a can behind from time to time. Good pic and stay safe out there on the battlefield. From Kristina's hubby

  • Michael Cox

    Michael Cox said (10 Sep 2008):

    Nice Rig! I like the double stacks

  • Rob Roy

    Rob Roy gave props (19 Sep 2008):

    I love it! Tell 'ya the truth: When I grow up I'm gonna drive a truck just like this... just not sure when that'll be... or if that'll be!

  • Simon Kossoff

    Simon Kossoff gave props (21 Sep 2008):

    Wild!

  • Selina Jackson

    Selina Jackson   said (6 Oct 2008):

    Nice Rig!

  • rajeev jadhav

    rajeev jadhav said (7 Nov 2008):

    Hi Slimface
    thanks for adding me as a contact. I like your huge Truck. Perviously i watched such truck in hollywood cinema. Great Picture

  • rajeev jadhav

    rajeev jadhav said (8 Nov 2008):

    will u give me long trip in this huge vehicle ?

  • Jahanzeib Malik

    Jahanzeib Malik gave props (27 Nov 2008):

    Splindid..!!!

  • Eric Nattawut

    Eric Nattawut said (12 Dec 2008):

    that's why there always are the truck photos in your profile.
    nice.

  • Selina Jackson

    Selina Jackson   gave props (27 Dec 2008):

    cool rig!

  • mike walker

    mike walker said (28 Dec 2008):

    nice rig dude.

  • Ann Reece

    Ann Reece   gave props (9 Jan 2009):

    I have enjoyed seeing all of your "on the road" photos! They are excellent and very interesting. I like the photo essay of trucking : )

  • Teresa Hutchason

    Teresa Hutchason said (27 Apr 2009):

    Great Shoot - been with PB for 25 years - love the truck!! And the photo!

  • Robert Armstrong

    Robert Armstrong gave props (30 Apr 2009):

    Way cool rig man! Would love to drive that! :-)

  • Jim Nasium

    Jim Nasium said (3 Jun 2009):

    Food grade? Cool.

  • Dilshad Aroos

    Dilshad Aroos said (26 Aug 2009):

    Nice Peterbilt man. "The sky- was the color of television tuned to a dead channel".-(excerpt from the novel Neuromancer by William Gibson).

  • !    Slimeface

    ! Slimeface said (27 Aug 2009):

    Thanks again for all the truck comments! And thanks Dilshad.... on my way to Amazon to order Neuromancer. :)

  • Brenda Burk

    Brenda Burk gave props (25 Sep 2009):

    WOW I just confronted my fear.Got rear ended while braked by a MACK 2000.Since then I can never go to MC and oreder a BigMAC

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