"Nightmare Cruise" with a happy ending.

[PhotosGuy]

It was brutal out there last night. Don't these people know that it's only Tuesday?

Look at this traffic, if you can call 2mph stop-and-go "traffic"?

1.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Dream%20Cruise%202009/Dream-Cruise-Tuesday_1292.jpg?t=1250095045

2.
The Athens Coney Island was crowded.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Dream%20Cruise%202009/Athens-Coney-Island_1262.jpg?t=1250095062

3.
The Shell station was crowded.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Dream%20Cruise%202009/13-Woodward-Shell_1269.jpg?t=1250095076

4.
"I think I see a parking spot behind that Minivan!"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Dream%20Cruise%202009/Dream-Cruise-Tuesday_1272.jpg?t=1250095095

5.
There's always someone with his nose stuck in a potentially nice shot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Dream%20Cruise%202009/Dream-Cruise-Tuesday_1353.jpg?t=1250095155

6.

Lefty's sweet '55 Chevy. This is a guy with one useable hand who spent one winter polishing his intake, all by hand. I didn't even like spit shining my boots!
I just realised that I've never done a thread on it. Maybe soon if I can get it in the right spot. After all, he finally painted his bumper bolts as I suggested & bought this print:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Samples%20-%20Rides/55_Chevy_L_FIL-HOOD_0021.jpg?t=1250093206

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Dream%20Cruise%202009/LeftysChevy-Monday_1204.jpg?t=1250095201

7.
Not so great of a shot, but got two Chevy's in it & a nice mood, so it's a borderline keeper.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Dream%20Cruise%202009/Dream-Cruise-Tuesday_1381.jpg?t=1250095240

8.
Now we're cookin' & this is more like it! A nice Roadrunner & Chevy that made my night. Two in one shot, just as it was back then on a normal Saturday night! Reminds me of the mirror shot, "Objects in the mirror are losing"!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Dream%20Cruise%202009/Dream-Cruise-Tuesday_1318.jpg?t=1250095293

Maybe tonight I'll be lucky enough to get two shots I like, a 100% improvement! LOL!

[gjl711]

Is that a souped up Valiant in the Shell parking lot. :)

[ChunkyDA]

Frank, These are way better than your other post. I don't get the line on #5. reference to the Dodge p/u?

[440roadrunner]

Boy some great stuff there.


Was this on the way to the Obama town hall meeting?

[Mike53545]

I really like the last one. Makes me want to go out to my garage and work on my AMX that's been torn apart for waaaaay to long :)

[cicopo]

There's a lot of nice muscle out there. Re the truck in the photo I would think that if it was an OLD truck it would change the mood to "back in time". It doesn't fit the surroundings, so takes away from the shot (my opinion). Looks like the streets are coming alive once again.

[RadAL]

hey frank, you should slow your shutter speed to around 160... unless you only like the front ends in focus while the other part is going 1000000 mph ;)

[Livinthalife]

1 - 5 get my vote. nice to see some cars in action from you! certainly got some nice lighting too! Beautiful machines.

[mlav]

Nice shots.

I am just getting to my Telegraph shots and you have Woodward already!? :D


"7. Not so great of a shot, but got two Chevy's in it & a nice mood, so it's a borderline keeper."

Note - the FORD is out in front. hahaha And an '04 Mustang GT Conv. too. Nice.

[Stevie@JC]

Nice series of shots, some awesome looking cars thanks for sharing

[PhotosGuy]

Is that a souped up Valiant in the Shell parking lot. It's a '62 Dart, heavily modified, aluminum body... and my favorite Mopar - small, light, fast, & ugly. ;)
'62 Dodge Dart 478 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=364465)
I don't get the line on #5. reference to the Dodge p/u? Yes. I've had a lot of potentially nice shots that had something of the wrong period in them.
Was this on the way to the Obama town hall meeting? Actually, I think they were running away from it? :D I really like the last one. Makes me want to go out to my garage and work on my AMX that's been torn apart for waaaaay to long I've always thought that they should have been way more popular, so get to work, Mike! Don't forget to take build pics so you can make a book on it. And here's some incentive:
Some shots of Jim's '68 AMX (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=393917) hey frank, you should slow your shutter speed to around 160... You mean speed up to 1/160, no? unless you only like the front ends in focus while the other part is going 1000000 mph Yes, I really do! To me, it means "Motion". To some others, it means OOF. :D "Different strokes...". "7. Not so great of a shot, but got two Chevy's in it & a nice mood, so it's a borderline keeper."
Note - the FORD is out in front. hahaha And an '04 Mustang GT Conv. too. Nice. As a Mopar guy I have to point out that even a blind pig finds the occasional acorn?" ;)

Thanks for the comments everyone! More to come...

[marie]

great atmosphere and wonderful colours
love to see all whats going on like it

the background blurring with the last two moving cars looks slightly unreal. but that could be all part of the magic
just wondering ..did you add the neon type backgrounds in the last faster moving shots Frank?

wonderful that you got so many shots on the street , and to see them here. ta
:cool:

[ACDCROCKS]

The gas station shot was quite funny, kinda like in the 70s where the shortage of gas happened.

[PhotosGuy]

..did you add the neon type backgrounds in the last faster moving shots Frank? Not in any of the "Cruise" shots at this time. They're all pretty much picking the spot to shoot from & hoping that the shutter speed is close to right for the speed that they're moving at the time you get a potential shot through a hole in traffic. Then some dufus on a bicycle or minivan gets in the way. ;)
I throw a LOT of shots away! The gas station shot was quite funny, kinda like in the 70s where the shortage of gas happened. I remember those days, & you're right, it's just like that. And I was only getting about 13mpg around town with the 383.

[marie]

Not in any of the "Cruise" shots at this time. They're all pretty much picking the spot to shoot from & hoping that the shutter speed is close to right for the speed that they're moving at the time you get a potential shot through a hole in traffic.

Then some dufus on a bicycle or minivan gets in the way. ;)

must say they are beautiful shots
really do look great the more I see them
had a bit more time

dufus ?

:shock:

(sniff)..... :(
must be what I'm called on a bike,

except I don't get in my own way
lol


thanks Frank

[PhotosGuy]

dufus ? :D The right hand two lanes are supposed to be reserved for cruisers & people who have to turn right. To my knowledge, most of the "Dufi" can't read, or have an attention span of about 2 minutes.

[runninmann]

:D The right hand two lanes are supposed to be reserved for cruisers & people who have to turn right. To my knowledge, most of the "Dufi" can't read, or have an attention span of about 2 minutes.Or are self-important, self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, selfish so-and-so's ;):).

[BV1DMKIIn]

Nice shots. I was fortunate enough to plan a business trip around the Dream Cruise one year. Of course, it was 2003, the year of the great Northeast Blackout. LOL

[marie]

:D The right hand two lanes are supposed to be reserved for cruisers & people who have to turn right. To my knowledge, most of the "Dufi" can't read, or have an attention span of about 2 minutes.
ok

thanks Frank

[PhotosGuy]

Or are self-important, self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, selfish so-and-so's That works for me, too! :D ...the year of the great Northeast Blackout. LOL Too bad! There's always next year?

[PhotosGuy]

I was asked in another thread how I got the last image. Here's the relevant EXIF:

# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/30 second ===> 0.03333 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 71/10 ===> ƒ/7.1
# Exposure Program = manual control (1)
# ISO Speed Ratings = 400
# Original Date/Time = 2009:08:11 08:40:13
# Focal Length = 70/1 mm ===> 70 mm

Shooting selective blurs is part luck, part black magic, & part skill. On a racetrack, most of the cars will be moving at the same speed at the same point on the track, which makes it relatively easy to get consistent blurs.
With traffic, they can be anywhere from stopped to 1mph to 50mph & may be accelerating or decelerating which just adds to the difficulty, which is where the luck factor comes in.

This is a pretty good thread to start with:
Panning Question (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=589433)

Shoot lots. Delete lots. And have some fun & surprises along the way. ;)