Industry Scape

Prayer of a Truck Driver’s Wife

Dear Lord,

Please bless my husband while he’s out on the road. Please protect him from the wind and rain and cold. Help him to keep that big rig between the white lines so he can make it to his destination on time. May he find his back-haul quickly and make it home soon. Please light his night on the road with your stars and moon. Let him rest peacefully in his sleeper’s bed, and please let there be a good meal and fresh coffee at the truck stop ahead. Help me to keep the home fires burning while he’s outh there movin’ on. And give me the strength and wisdom to take care of things while he’s gone. May the road he travels be clear and dry, and may not temptation catch his eye. Help him rmember when he’s all alone that his loving wife and best friend is waiting for him here at home.

poem by Linda Smith

34 comments on “Industry Scape”

  1. Nice HDR, really like the dramatic sky and the concrete bars in the foreground… nice.

  2. That poem is for that picture. You nailed the sky dramatically. Great work Elaine.

  3. Great work Elaine. 🙂

  4. Superb treatment ! i like the grain of this picture !

  5. Love the grirty graininess of this image. Very timeless…..

  6. there are all the ingrediants !the weather, the bridge and the truck.if i were the truck driver i would wait at least… till friday come!

  7. Very nice! I like the industrial look of the photo it fits the subject perfectly!

  8. Bonjour,Well done dramatic shot..nice tones..bravo!

  9. Nice capture, I like the dramatic sky, nice processing also.

  10. Super sky!!! Good work!

  11. I like the tiny hints of colour and the general gritty feel to this

  12. amazing sky, and such a beautifully composed shot with subtle colors, love it so much to see

  13. Great color tones, like you post processing on this one! Goes well with the motif.

  14. The dramatic sky makes an ordinary scene extraordinary. I like the subtle colors in the distant trucks. Nice touch.

  15. What an iconic image, Elaine, of our truck stops here in the States! And look at those brooding skies. It has a powerful feel.

  16. Really like the composition here Elaine. Excellent tones and love the dramatic sky. Nice job on this one!

  17. Awesom – I love photos of the normal – and this is something people see every day but then again they do not. Not the way you see it. Nice

  18. Very moody, I like it. Nice processing!

  19. That is a wicked looking sky!! I love how you captured this scene. You have a great eye and I look forward to seeing your photos.

  20. Wow…I must have been sleeping when you posted this one. I won’t blink again. I love this. The composition and tones are incredible.

  21. Wow! This is awesome. Great job!

  22. so mysterious! such wonderfully intriguing tonality! beautiful rendering of light and shadow!! this picture tells a story… wonderfully done!!

  23. fantastic shot! great details!

  24. The clouds in your photo has the appearance of a painting.:-)

  25. Nice shot! I like the processing too. Adds some mystery.

  26. I love the grain and grit that is felt here. The sky is just stellar, your processing amazing! Now…perhaps I shall pay you for some photoshop lessons 😉 Excellent, Elaine!

  27. excellent colors and mood – a great image

  28. nice gritty feel in this one.. i like the contrast and the clouds opening up in the middle.. great shot! 😀

  29. Another great one Elaine!Gritty and sharp. I love the detail like in the bridge cables and power lines.

  30. great sky – I really like the HDR and pp in this shot. that one little black cloud looks ominous.

  31. Very atmospheric scene and interesting poem too. 🙂

  32. awesome sky.. i love the way you tone your images they have a distinctive feeling

  33. Love the brooding sky and the fact that you’ve removed the color. Way effective.

  34. picture was very nicely captured the windy climate and poem projects the pains of truck driver in that claimate

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