Local Car Show - Part I

[robbins.photo]

Once a year my home town hosts a car show - wandered around main street today and snapped a few. Gave me a great chance to put the Sigma 18-50 through it's paces, I was happy with the results.


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[Kendall9991]

Actually just saw a few of these cars on highway 31 earlier. Pictures look great!

 

[robbins.photo]

Actually just saw a few of these cars on highway 31 earlier. Pictures look great!

Thanks. Doesn't surprise me that a lot of those folks are out on 31, it's such a nice scenic drive.. not much to look at on 50 unfortunately.. lol

 

[MSnowy]

Nice set. Did you get any from a lower angle?

 

[robbins.photo]

Nice set. Did you get any from a lower angle?

Unfortunately not, working with two broken toes so I was very worried that if I got down to get a better angle I might not be able to get back up again.

 

[MSnowy]

Nice set. Did you get any from a lower angle?

Unfortunately not, working with two broken toes so I was very worried that if I got down to get a better angle I might not be able to get back up again.

That sucks. I know how that goes. I cut my hand last week and surgery to fix tendon, nerve and bone.

 

[robbins.photo]

Nice set. Did you get any from a lower angle?

Unfortunately not, working with two broken toes so I was very worried that if I got down to get a better angle I might not be able to get back up again.

That sucks. I know how that goes. I cut my hand last week and surgery to fix tendon, nerve and bone.

It occurred to me afterwards that both cameras have an articulating screen on them.. lol - so I probably could have switched to live view and held them at waist level but of course it didn't even dawn on me until after I got home. I never use live view, I'm a viewfinder guy. Oh well, next car show I guess.. lol

 

[astroNikon]

ooohhh ... cars

 

[tirediron]

Purdy!!!

 

[Bender]

Nice set. A couple of comments:

The angles are a bit repetitive. Alone they are fine, but as a set not so much.

My personal preference for automotive shots is with a wide angle lens - 50 mm on a crop sensor is an almost telephoto angle of view.
Subjective opinion. YMMV. My feeling is that the wide perspective enhances what can become a rather mundane shot.

I congratulate you on avoiding including the annoying humans. They always ruin good machine porn.

By the shadows, it looks like it was mid-day sun. The harsh lighting isn't helping you much here, but you did OK regardless.

 

[robbins.photo]

Nice set. A couple of comments:

The angles are a bit repetitive. Alone they are fine, but as a set not so much.

My personal preference for automotive shots is with a wide angle lens - 50 mm on a crop sensor is an almost telephoto angle of view.
Subjective opinion. YMMV. My feeling is that the wide perspective enhances what can become a rather mundane shot.

I congratulate you on avoiding including the annoying humans. They always ruin good machine porn.

By the shadows, it looks like it was mid-day sun. The harsh lighting isn't helping you much here, but you did OK regardless.

Appreciate the thoughts Bender. Golden hour would have been great but sadly not possible - the event doesn't start until 9-10 am usually and closes down right around 5 pm at the latest. They actually block off all of main street for it, so it's quite the undertaking really.

 

[pjaye]

Thse turned out great. Very nice set.