This was a new experience for me.  I'm ususally out in the woods taking nature/landscape shots.  I was asked if I would take pictures for a car show at our church and I thought this would be fun.  In addition to the normal people, cars, and people with cars shots I tried to take some artsy photos.   All were shot with my Tamron 17-50mm on a Canon XTi.

Steering Wheel I wish the wheel was turned so the emblem was right side up.  I don't think they would have liked me getting in and turning it....

Bel Air I cropped and then pumped the blue saturation up a bit on this one.

Sailing Off The Edge Of The World  The original had very little color so I went ahead and converted to b&w.

Inside  This was an experiment.  I bracketed three exposures and then combined them as layers in photoshop.  Kind of a HDR effect.

A Light Reflection Lots of chrome around.  I had to remove myself from the reflection.

 I hope you enjoy these.

Richard

Thanks for looking.  I am hoping to get constructive critique to better my skills.

 Have a great Holiday Weekend.

A day at the races. Long Beach Grand Prix 2008 

A day at the races. Long Beach Grand Prix 2008 

A day at the races. Long Beach Grand Prix 2008 

A day at the races. Long Beach Grand Prix 2008 

 

 

After our adventures through Ontario, bugaboo invited me back down the next day to go to the car show and check out some very snazzy pontiacs. I learned a lot while at the car show. Cars are really hard to take pictures of. Bugaboo lent me her monopod to play around with before committing myself to purchasing one. It came in handy, but ultimately I need a tripod. Bugaboo was a wealth of knowledge about the cars and the little tidbits. I had a lot of fun.

bonus for bugaboo, after I took the shot she asked me, "Did you get him?" - I didn't even see him.

Pink! - I hope bugaboo posts the same car and tells you all the history!

Yellow  Corvette
This guy would buy a Jeff Gordon flag everyday.  This is what would happen to it.  Everyone has to have someone they don't like!  
The famous Michigan Wave
This is a pic of our neighbors
garden. He uses it to get girls to talk to him.  I love what his  camper says.
 No.7 Color
Do you think he can fly?

No story.... motorhead buffet to follow:
car1
vvvvvv
 car2
vvvvvvvvvcar3
~~~~~~~ car4
~~~~ car5

***car6
 guts bet you thought I was going to say "car7"....

Still no action from me :) I'll have to make that my next goal!!

PS. Sorry I know nothing about cars I won't be able to answer any questions, except maybe the color and it's possible that I could get that wrong too!

So the sign said "Free Admission" and we went in and the docent said they loved photographers and would we like a beer...

Hood
Exhaust by Electrolux
Tail Lights  
Ornament

Taxi driver

This is a picture of the jelly belly dragster car. My 9 year old daughter took the picture and wanted me to post it to see if poeple liked her picture.Dragster

Here are some shots the guys might like...

Football: Denver 23, San Diego 7

Some Pregame prep

Pass

Tackle

Broncos first townchdown

Chargers only touchdown I'm not sure if I like all the stuff in the fore ground...

Kick off

 Field goal, unfortunatly he missed, but he, Jason Elam, is still my favorite player.

Now a couple from the San Diego International Auto Show:

My favorite car a Bently GT and the Jeep Hurricane,  this is a concept car that has two engines and two drive trains

And one for the animal lovers.... Polar Bear

ok ...I hope I get this right, correct me if I'm wrong....a 1956 Ford Fairlane, aka galaxy, aka skyliner... and a 1959 Continental... these belong to my Dad and I finally talked him into letting me take pics and I took a lot.  Lots of interesting details on the Continental and a HUGE trunk on the Ford.  He loves them, I hope you enjoy!!puttin the top away the tops away ford front  fordwroofon  continental front continenta side mirror continental hub cap contnental gold continental steering wheel continental jeweled (soory about the dumpster, pics need work still) Seems that I didn't upload more angles of the continental, here are a couple older onesDESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE

I have two more to thank today; still not done....
Rockadee's love for nature and animals is very apparent in his photographs.  And, since I am a lover of both, taking pics of them is a great joy for me.  Thank you,  Rock, for your love of  nature, and I  strive to be half as good as you!
Something else I've not been comfortable with photographing has been cars/bikes.  ClassyShots has helped me a lot with pointers on what/how to shoot.  Thank you, Classy Shots for all your help!
Hope y'all enjoy!

Hi.  I haven't posted for like, 2 weeks.  I took everyone's advice, and searched for good shots before I posted them. They didn't come until yesterday at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, the only legal race of any kind held on city streets.  Some of these shots aren't centered well because I was in a hurry to go somewhere afterward, but anyway, here they are:

Blue Car Blue Chevrolet Blue Mustang an old BMW race more of the BMW race A line-up of Harleys An old Mercedes My entry for "Strength" The Mustang Logo A new Rolls Royce A car lining up to race racing up a hill A beautiful grill A nice Logo My favorite, the Silver Corvet And Last, but not least, the small logo for the mustang.

After seeing the Charlotte NASCAR pictures, I figured you might enjoy a couple of pictures I got to take at Daytona in February. I got lucky and got some good picture of the big wreck near the end of the race. Three cars running side by side 22 landing after flipping 29 running after the wreck

Things take on a strange mysterious character about them at middle of the night. During my younger years, we would drive the city, looking for a cool place to park and hang out. Many of hours would be spent walking though an empty park. Everything is heard - the rumble of freight trains, the sound of a sprinkler watering the grass, backup warnings from distant trucks at the dock or the occasional car wisking by then fading off into the night.

During the day, something ordinary like a road takes on a whole different life at night. On what is usually a busy street during the day, you are lucky to see a car every ten minutes. The sound of the car approaching can be heard for miles. This provides ample time to set up and focus your camera for when the car finally passes by.

A cleaning person, surrounded by magnificence, cleans the carpet after a long day of business. While the workers sleep at home the ships stand still, waiting for the sun to rise and their hosts to return in the morning.

I miss the night. The late, late nights spent in coffee shops. Talking, eating and smoking with friends. The solitude of parks - ducks sleeping in the lake. The long walks from one end of town to the other. The eventual ride home - stereos turned up and windows rolled down.

The night. The peaceful, mysterious, silent night.