Big Green Machine
Classic car shows are a wonderful place to photograph the graphics of line and shape. The autos of the past had personality. I love the reliably and efficacy of today’s transportation but many are indistinguishable from manufacturer to manufacturer and year to year.
This photograph shows interesting gradation in color as the light moves across the convex surface of the hood and fender. The grill has the anthropomorphic characteristics of the mouth of some character from the cartoon classic ‘Cars”. You almost feel as if it could growl out some words of warning about how tough this big guy is.
I like the layout with only one head light in the composition. This keeps the photograph from becoming a record shot if this make and model, nice job of cropping.
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August 27th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Thanks again, Jim. This is a ‘49 buick that was at the August 1 Santa Paula Main Street car show. It just happened to be facing the late afternoon sun, which provided a lot of the photo’s look and feel.