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My first outdoor car show


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A buddy of mine owns a 1971 Chevy Corvette and is a member of the Top of Texas Chevy Owners Group. He invited me out to one of their shows yesterday. It was at a local park that is next to an amusement park. I decided to take my camera with me and try my hand at shooting automobiles outdoors at a venue like this one. Oh my, what a learning experience that was!! Out of the 157 shots that I took, I was able to "salvage" around 70. 

Here are a few of them. (I won't torture y'all with all 70 of them).

 

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Some things that I learned. CP filters are our friends. I had mine in my bag, but I never thought to take them out. As a result, I have glare and hot spots all over my shots. The show ran from 10am-3pm, so I had the sun overhead most of the day. But some of the owners had their cars parked partially in the shade of trees, so that became an exposure nightmare. 

It was nearly impossible for me to get a "clean" shot of any of the cars. They were parked so close together. And being that it is a car show, people are walking around or the owners are sitting right behind or next to their rides, so I found it difficult to get shots that didn't have something or someone in the shot, usually in the background. Also being that the cars were on static display in a parking lot, the backgrounds were.....well.....what they were. 

I tried to be courteous to the owners. If the owner of a car was sitting near it (or in it), I asked them if they minded if I took photos of their beautiful rides. Every one of them were all too happy to let me shoot their cars. I made sure to not get too close, and I never touched them. One guy started opening the doors to his 56 Bel Air so that I could shoot the inside (after I refused to do so myself after he told me to "go ahead and open her up"). The owners do indeed enjoy the attention of people who appreciate their passion and efforts to keep these wonderful machines in the condition that they are. 

Wide angle lenses are our friends too. I shot all of these with my 10-24mm. 

Overall, I had a fantastic time, and I learned a lot. I especially liked talking with the owners about the work they put into their cars as well as the history behind the work and machines. Great day.

 



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what a great set of pictures, hard to say which one I like best as they are all really good.



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Oooooh…shiny…  :wub:

 

Nice set! I think you did a fantastic job despite the challenges. I've never been able to figure out how to photograph cars well--I like seeing what you did. That low perspective really makes the shot--love 4, 5, 7, 8 especially, but they are all well done.



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All very nice shots - hard to pick a winner for me...You captured the Vette nicely and I love the truck shots...too bad the El Camino was so close to the other vehicle, but still a great shot of a great ride!

 

One of those, while a different color, looks quite a bit like an old friend's car from back in the early 80s...had to get my date home and we rode with him...he wasn't ready to leave yet, so he threw me the keys and told me to come back after I dropped her off...it was a very nervous drive of his 57 but I got it back safe!



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great cars and great set, thx for sharing

some of them may deserve hdr processing.



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Excellent!

I love car shows, they are very very addictive. The owners LOVE a good photographer fawning over their car and will chat your ear off given the chance. 



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Nice pics but maybe the next time use a circular polarizing filter to reduce the reflection ?



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 I was thinking while viewing these boy look at all the space around the cars. Around here you can barely walk between the entrants cars. 

Nice job.While all are nice  I really like the Panel truck.