Here we go again! (Dream Cruise warm up)

I went out Sunday to warm up for the cruise week & I'm going to look for a few better backgrounds this year. Just as the light was looking pretty good, a thunderstorm moved in & darkened everything considerably. The cars at the Shell station scattered as if they were water soluble.

All were shot at 1/30 sec, & the EXIF is in the images.


This is the Shell Station at 13-1/2 mile (Normandy) & Woodward. The owner has let the car guys hang out there for decades.

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cowards all




beautiful cars and shots Frank

especially love #1 (for surrounding atmosphere.. which always appeals to me regardless of the situation)
: )
and love #2 and #5 but thats not to say.... great to see all of them

great you got them

The Shell station looks like a great photo op if it's a hang out, and I can understand them clearing out. It takes a lot of hours to clean under the hood after getting it wet with road spray, plus maybe some don't have tread (slicks on the rear) so water's a real issue for them. Some very nice low light shots. I'm looking forward to the Dream Cruise shots you'll be posting. Larry.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #8432361
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This one looks so familiar to me. You didnt happen to catch the owners name did you? I think I used to know him. The guy I am thinking of is named Baldwin. He owns a electrical contracting company out of Coloma.

interesting that you chose evening to take the panning shots but take some day time shots too! (i know you are against them... but change it up sometimes )

Thanks, Marie! I shot another one for you tonight. I might get it up late tomorrow.

Larry, you're right, getting caught on slicks when a shower came in the race was a lot of "fun". I spun about 5 times in 7 laps once. And one night, I saw a guy spin entering I-75 at about 60mph. The dufus got on it a bit too hard.
Still, you'll never catch me spending 2 hours drying off the bottom of a car.

Sorry, I think I've seen that car before but I haven't shot it, so I don't know his name. Maybe I'll run into him again this week.

Patience, Rad! I'll be posting a T-Bird tomorrow, & maybe later I'll get up some sorta daylight shots, too.

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

Nice car photos, reminds me of when I was young.

That's why everyone is out there, & will be out there for the rest of the week?

Mark1 wrote in post #8436218
This one looks so familiar to me. You didnt happen to catch the owners name did you? I think I used to know him. The guy I am thinking of is named Baldwin. He owns a electrical contracting company out of Coloma.

Mark, I saw the car again last night, & someone who knew him said that his name wasn't Baldwin.