i find hood ornaments interesting. this one belongs to 1934 plymouth sedan.
probably a lot of guys would like this one for a couple of reasons, as a friend used to say...
what's up?
white dream
i took this shot at the ruby's whittier car show last september. i think it really was because of this one that the photo bug bit me again. thinking about this show again, since they will be starting the season in a week or two. i will have to go back and find this car again. give the owner a shout out and a thank you. :)
i remember it was very warm that night and i wasn't feeling very well. getting ready to pack it up and found an out-of-the-way curb to sit on (must be a habit) and saw this. clouds moving in, sunset, fins (my fav) – and then after processing the shot, wow. it was also probably the second image i'd learned to process this way, and even though this one seems a bit rough now, and i think my images are improving, this one remains a fav (though all of them are favs, or i wouldn't bother posting them, now would i?)
1960 caddy
all right, so it looks impaled by the sign. maybe he'll let me take it again.
still, the car looks pretty good, though it was in the shadow of the building.
1948 chrysler
downey. i'd never seen one of these before. my eye always looks for the emblems, hood ornaments, any other details that identify cars. i usually carry another camera with a macro lens for getting these things up close. [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/15185521@N02/4513722680/ ]. i think next time i see this one, i'll take it from a bit higher up to get more of the curve of the hood, and especially if its not next to a van - ruins the picture.
la bandida
downey. again. toward the end of the evening for me, i was tired after a busy day at work. this one wasn't too interesting from the front, really, but i needed an out-of-the-way spot to sit down and put my camera stuff away. this hot rod was backed in under a light by a curb and wall, and had enough room for me to roll my gear by without any chance of bumping it. after sitting down on the curb, discovered this little lady hiding on the back, and putting my camera extra low, got this interesting angle.
that electric green car next to it cast an eerie glow under it, which was kinda cool too.
may i repeat, the people here are very friendly and polite - both the owners of the cars and the people that work at Bob's, and the majority of spectators.
but there seems to always be that one person there to check out the cars that is kind of, what is the word...purposely moving into the shot, to say it nicely. fortunately, i can either erase these people from their 15 seconds of fame or reshoot, which i had to do with this one.
gonna drive me to drinkin...
sweet lincoln at downey's bob's big boy. can't quite figure out the year on it. anyone know?
teraforce thinks it's a 1960 lincoln continental mark v
1962 chrysler newport
from the lakewood/woodruff show. belongs to a member of the sultans car club of long beach. something about it makes me think so, anyway. ;) puuurty!
1947 de soto deluxe fluid drive
don't see many of these. actually, this is the first one i've seen in a show. in all the whole month of shows that i've been to, anyway. seemed to be in good condition, but not overly polished, like it actually gets driven and not housed in a garage. the owner seemed a bit nervous, but didn't stop me from taking a shot. hope he sees that i did ok by it.
the chief
1949 pontiac chieftan (?) | went to the garden grove main street car show for the first time last month. i think it was the first one of the season, and it grew and grew...had to be more than a hundred cars by the time i left and there were still more coming in that friday night. it overflowed from their oldtown main street into a nearby parking lot. took so many pictures i ran out of memory space. this one was cool, but someone drove behind me during the exposures, so it captured my tripod/camera set up shadow in the headlights on the right hand side. oh well. i have to go back again, now that the time has changed and take more while the sun is still out.
ford flambé
ok, it was pretty, but a little over the top for a classic. but it made a nice picture. really didn't need to do much to it - really was this color. a real "look at me, look at me" car.