Gallery Invitation: Yet Another Car Show

Brian G. · May 15, 2005

Hello everyone,

Found myself unexpectedly at another car show today in Princeton, and put together a small gallery of shots. If anyone is interested in having a look, here is the URL:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/spiritmist/PrinCarShowWeb/index.htm

Comments/criticism always appreciated.

Thank you!

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SMBooth · May 16, 2005

No need to say nice work, but etc...
Anyway were these taken with aviable light or flash (off / on camera)
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Brian G. · May 16, 2005

Hi Shane,

SMBooth said:
No need to say nice work, but etc...
Anyway were these taken with aviable light or flash (off / on camera)

Thank you.

These were all taken with available light. (I was travelling light, and hadn't even brought my flash.)

Thanks again for taking the time to comment. Glad you liked them.

Kind Regards,
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aja2 · May 16, 2005

Hi Brian!

How's things with you? Good to see you posting - loved your tips in the 'learning' thread, btw. I think you should have a site/web page/journal with all of them on it - do you? I want to see it if you do, please.

Loved the new car show gallery - even better than the first, I think, mainly because of the abstracts. I hope you'll always feel "at home" here so I can see your 'latest'.

FYI, i haven't posted anything on my web site in a very long time. But I haven't been idle - have talen TONS of pix, just haven't had time to process/post, etc.

A little surprise - One of my latest pix won the OTF's Challenge 36. (I wish i had the link to it, but didn't save it.) Anyway, I am busy doing 'stuff' and am thinking of a topic for Challenge 37 - hope to have it ready go soon.

As always, nice to hear from you.

Take care & again, great new gallery!

aja

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Brian G. · May 16, 2005

Hi Jan!

aja2 said:
Hi Brian!

How's things with you?

Things are excellent.

aja2 said:
Good to see you posting - loved your tips
in the 'learning' thread, btw. I think you should have a site/web
page/journal with all of them on it - do you? I want to see it if
you do, please.

Thank you! I am glad you found those useful. I haven't had a whole lot of time to write posts like that anymore, so those were just reposts of things I've written in the past I thought might be useful. Unfortunately (or not, depending on your point of view), I don't have a central repository for my ramblings on all things photographic, but if I make one, I will definitely let you know about it.

aja2 said:
Loved the new car show gallery - even better than the first, I
think, mainly because of the abstracts. I hope you'll always feel
"at home" here so I can see your 'latest'.

Thanks again. I am very glad you enjoyed those shots. They were fun to take.

aja2 said:
FYI, i haven't posted anything on my web site in a very long time.
But I haven't been idle - have talen TONS of pix, just haven't had
time to process/post, etc.

I understand completely!

aja2 said:
A little surprise - One of my latest pix won the OTF's Challenge
36. (I wish i had the link to it, but didn't save it.) Anyway, I am
busy doing 'stuff' and am thinking of a topic for Challenge 37 -
hope to have it ready go soon.

Excellent news! Congratulations to you. I will have to go check out the site so that I can see the pic.

aja2 said:
As always, nice to hear from you.

And you too, Jan.

aja2 said:
Take care & again, great new gallery!

Ty

aja2 said:
aja

aka "Jan" - the cat's out of the bag now ;-)

I always hesitated to call you "Jan" in here since I never saw you post your name and thought you preferred more anonymity. Apparently, it must be ok now. lol

Kind Regards,
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TheronFamily · May 16, 2005

Brian G. said:
Hello everyone,

Found myself unexpectedly at another car show today in Princeton,
and put together a small gallery of shots. If anyone is interested
in having a look, here is the URL:

Thanks Brian, indeed, had a look.
Very nice indeed, thanks.
Excellent on the exposures there.

If I may comment please?
All the shots are "abstracts".

IMO it makes the gallery seem monotonous, even though the subject matter differs.

Does this make sense?
Thanks again.

Kevin
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AJohn · May 16, 2005

I enjoyed the gallery Brian. As always, nice work. I picked my top 2 favorites. They might surprise you, 003 and 023.

BTW, I might have discovered something about my lens. That tulip shot was at 35mm (full zoom). Shots at 28 and 17 don't look like that. Are those differences expected between those focal lengths or could a lens have a problem only at full zoom?

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Dave Dougherty · May 16, 2005

I really like the "abstract" nature of the gallery. Car show photos can be so formulaic.

I am an older guy. I am able to identify the car make of most of the photos including the headlight of the '54 Corvette. Am I correct?

Dave Dougherty

Alekko · May 16, 2005

Hi Brian,

I always liked those kinds of shots. You have a great sense for details.

I really enjoyed going through those pictures. I like 008, 009, 017 & 011 the most. I haven’t see Opel sign for decades

. Thanks!!!

Great stuff,
Alex.

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Martin Davis · May 16, 2005

My wife wants to know if this was a quiz? I could ID a number of the shots, but my wife didn't even remember the portholes on her father's Buick. Oh well!

I enjoyed viewing your gallery and the challenge it offered me this morning. Next time I go to an auto show, I'll view if from a different perspective.

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deank · May 16, 2005

dwit1 · May 16, 2005

You sir have the knack.

These are great, I love your abstracts Brian, thanks for sharing them.

I feel a wave of these coming on myself sometime in the future....LOL
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Dayton Dave · May 16, 2005

Even though I appreciate abstracts (really liked the buick hood ornament)...I would also like to see an ocassional full car shot to create a little more interest...I really do like this kind of thing. See my site you will understand why.

http://iciclelanding.com/dproctor

Bob Rheaume · May 16, 2005

Hi, Brian! These are beautifully composed detail shots. Well done

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Brian G. · May 16, 2005

Hi Kevin,

TheronFamily said:
Thanks Brian, indeed, had a look.
Very nice indeed, thanks.
Excellent on the exposures there.

Thank you very much, Kevin.

TheronFamily said:
If I may comment please?
All the shots are "abstracts".
IMO it makes the gallery seem monotonous, even though the subject
matter differs.

Does this make sense?

Yes, it makes perfect sense. To be honest, I somewhat agree with you. But there were so many people I just didn't feel like taking whole car shots and getting them in the frame. For me, taking these kinds of shots is something like a game. I try to figure out what part of the car really sums up the whole "personality" of it, and then try to shoot just that. But again- I do understand exactly what you mean, and maybe I should go for a little more variety.

TheronFamily said:
Thanks again.

Thank you for your thought-provoking comment!

Kind Regards,
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Brian G. · May 16, 2005

Hi Andy,

AJohn said:
I enjoyed the gallery Brian. As always, nice work. I picked my top
2 favorites. They might surprise you, 003 and 023.

Thank you Andy. Glad you liked. The two you picked don't surprise me, but that's only because I can never tell what other people might like or not. Some shots I've loved have been almost universally hated by friends, and the converse is true also, so I just never know.

AJohn said:
BTW, I might have discovered something about my lens. That tulip
shot was at 35mm (full zoom). Shots at 28 and 17 don't look like
that. Are those differences expected between those focal lengths or
could a lens have a problem only at full zoom?

It is possible the lens has a problem only at that focal length...but I'm just not sure yet about it. I have been trying to send you an e-mail for a day or so, but am having e-mail "issues". Let me know if you get it, ok?

Kind Regards,
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Brian G. · May 16, 2005

Hi Alex,

Thank you very much for your kind comments. I am glad you enjoyed them. As for the Opel- I haven't seen one in a long time either!

Best Regards,
Brian

Alekko said:
Hi Brian,

I always liked those kinds of shots. You have a great sense for
details.

I really enjoyed going through those pictures. I like 008, 009, 017
& 011 the most. I haven’t see Opel sign for decades . Thanks!!!

Great stuff,
Alex.

--
Oly E-300 (ver. 1.2), C-8080 (ver. 75) & IS3.
Oly 14-45, Sigma 55-200, HLD-3 & FL-36.
OM 4/3 adapter, OM 50mm 1.8, EC-14 1.4x Teleconverter.

http://alekko.fotopic.net - C-8080 - Wowzie
http://alekk.fotopic.net - E-300 - Voltzie

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Digital Image Gallery:
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Brian G. · May 16, 2005

deank said:
Dean

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Brian G. · May 16, 2005

Hi Dave,

dwit1 said:
You sir have the knack.

lol. Why thank you, Dave.

dwit1 said:
These are great, I love your abstracts Brian, thanks for sharing them.

Thank you for taking the time to look and comment on them.

dwit1 said:
I feel a wave of these coming on myself sometime in the future....LOL

Well please post them once you shoot them!

Kind Regards,
Brian

dwit1 said:
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Davew

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Brian G. · May 16, 2005

Hi Dave,

Dayton Dave said:
Even though I appreciate abstracts (really liked the buick hood
ornament)...I would also like to see an ocassional full car shot to
create a little more interest...I really do like this kind of
thing. See my site you will understand why.

Nice shots you've got there. I understand your point of view, and I agree with it somewhat...but I just can't help myself...I really rather enjoy picking out an interesting detail and focusing (pun intended) on that as a way to represent the whole car. I'll try to get a few wider shots next time though, and see how it goes.

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment.

Kind Regards,
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~~Brian~~

Digital Image Gallery:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/spiritmist/Brian_G_Digital_Image_Gallery/index.htm

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