The Flickr Straightroad Image Generatr

Lane heading east towards the B6254, Kirkby Lonsdale Road

In from the shadows and out to the sun.

A tree lined road to one of Bratislava's boroughts named Devinska Nova Ves.

A setting looking to the south while taking in views across the Mojave Desert setting and looking down the highway with California State Route 127.

A land of straight roads with right angled bends thrown in, flat landscapes and big skies.

Looking westward on a very straight stretch of US-412 north of Guymon.
This is the eastern edge of what is considered the longest straight road in the United States (about 47.7 miles). More info can be found at this website: atlasobscura.com/places/hway-412-oklahoma
Texas County, Oklahoma
Saturday evening 3 June 2023

Looking westward on a very straight stretch of US-412 north of Guymon.
This is the eastern edge of what is considered the longest straight road in the United States (about 47.7 miles). More info can be found at this website: atlasobscura.com/places/hway-412-oklahoma
Texas County, Oklahoma
Saturday evening 3 June 2023

Driving eastbound US-64 and US-412, about four miles east of the US-56 intersection.
This is the western end of what is considered the longest straight road in the United States - about 47.7 miles long.
And this would be last major stretch of driving on this Day Nine of our Southwest Road Trip - our destination for the night would be Guymon.
Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Saturday evening 3 June 2023

The road to Storeidgrenda.
© Ian Halsey MMXXIV

Long straight road in the Lyth Valley - created by the River Gilpin, a tributary of the Kent

At a roadside pullout along the Bow Valley Parkway with a view looking to the northwest. This is in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was to get down low and center myself with the highway as a leading line into the image. Centering would also help to create a balance between the two sides of the roads with the tall trees all around. I liked how there was a set of peaks off in the distance in the image center.

At a roadside pullout along U.S. Highway 163 with a view looking to the southwest to mesa formations off in the distance in Monument Valley. My thought on composing this was to use the road as a leading line into the image. I then worked to align myself to center the road as well as capturing a look down and then across for the setting. The PeakVisor app on my iPhone identified Rock Door Mesa.

A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views across the high desert setting in this northern New Mexico location and looking down the county road. This is just inside the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area entrance and sign. With this image, I wanted a leveled-on, balanced view with the horizon and the road look ahead. I decided to include the cattle guard as I felt it added a little bit of foreground interest to the image.

Along the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park with a view looking down the highway to the northwest. My thought on composing this image was best described as a symmetry between the two sides of the highway and lining myself up with the center stripe. I also squatted down to capture a lower point of view, bringing down the horizon to capture tallness of the evergreens all around me. I've been on this section of the highway many times before and always love making a point to stop to soak in the view as well as capture a few images.

Using the PeakVisor app, I was able to determine that the distant mountain are Bowcrow Peak and Crowfoot Mountain along the Icefields Parkway.

While at a roadside pullout along California State Route 127 with a view looking to the north. My thought on composing this image was to stand in the middle of the highway, obviously watching for traffic, but to capture a look as straight and aligned as possible with the highway in the centerline. I then squatted down low and captured a look with a focal length a little ways down the road to bring more into focus throughout the entirety of the image and setting. I loved the backdrop of the more distant mountains, and the way the road seemed to go down and then up in that direction.

While at a roadside pullout at Forrest Gump Point with a new looking to the southwest down the road with a backdrop of the sandstone buttes and formations present in the Monument Valley. This is along U.S. Route 163 not far from Halchita, Utah. My thought on composing this image was to have a view looking down the road and center myself with the stripe leading off into the distance. I decided to angle my Nikon SLR, camera slightly downward and create more of a sweeping view, bringing the horizon higher into the image. I wanted the image to have a panoramic, wide angle view, so I knew that I would cut off some of the foreground to my front.

While at a roadside pullout along California State Route 127 with a view looking to the south down the highway. In composing this image, I squatted down and then aligned my Nikon SLR camera with the highway centerline. I chose a focal point a little ways down the road so that I could bring more of the entire image into focus. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 6 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted. I cropped a portion of the highway foreground to bring out more of a wide-angle, panoramic feel for the final image.