Not all mistakes are bad. I had just finished shooting the engine compartment of this vehicle, which was much darker because of the shadow cast by the raised hood, and forgot to reset the ISO to something a bit more reasonable than 640. I almost threw this out during my first round of editing but other than having a little more noise than I would have liked there was really nothing else wrong with it. The bright, cloud covered sky left the top...

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I’m still working my way through the shots that I took at a local car show a few weekends ago. This one is the rear fender of a 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air with the reflection of the next vehicle in line caught in the tip of the chrome trim. After some spot removal in Lightroom, I sent the image to PhotoTools where I applied the Hollywood Intensity and Turbo Boost filters. A little defringing in Photoshop and I was finished. Gear: Canon 60D,...

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There are always a lot of 1960′s era Impalas on display at this show and this year was no exception. The longer I roamed the grounds the more of a challenge it became to capture unique shots of them. I didn’t want to come home with a card full of different cars that all looked alike so I started trying to integrate the surroundings into the shots in interesting ways. Reflections of other vehicles, clouds and the people walking...

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I hope that I’ve got this right and that someone more car-savvy than I am will correct if I’m wrong but this is the front end of what I think is a 1934 Ford Coupe. As I mentioned yesterday, there weren’t many 1930′s model vehicles on display at this weekend’s car show but there were a few and most were early Fords. This one was a bright cherry red trimmed in chrome that absolutely glowed. I first processed this in...

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Saturday morning I decided to spend some time at the Air & Auto Show held every year at our local airport. The vehicles on display are owned by people from around our area and are mainly classic American cars from the 50′s and 60′s. There is always the occasional restored 30′s era Ford or Chevrolet but not many. The show is a fund raiser for our local Kiwanis chapter with the majority of the proceeds going to charity and...

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