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Monday, December 6, 2010 at 9:35PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Creative, Downey, HDR Here's another shot of this amazing green Chevelle I saw at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler. This side view better shows how reflective this car is.
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 11:13PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR When I first saw this '65 Ford Fairlane I immediately noticed it's paint was reflecting the car next to it like a deep blue mirror. The clarity of the paint was evident even under the yellowish overhead light of the Bob's Big Boy Broiler in Downey. Cars like this just can't be captured with a single photo. Only high dynamic range photography can do them justice.
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 9:28PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR "What a pleasant surprise to discover that you can run the new 1954 Chevy Belaire with the kind of money that fits a young man's budget." This absolutely clean 1954 Chevy Belair was parked at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler's Wednesday night car show in Downey. I was really struggling to get a good shot of it. First people kept walking through the shot and other cars arriving and leaving swept their headlights over it during the long exposures. I do like how it turned out though. The paint was highly reflective and I'm sure even more spectacular during daylight.
1 Comment | tagged Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, Chevy, Downey, HDR | Share Article Permalink Email Article Friday, December 3, 2010 at 11:39PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Night I think this is a Chevelle but I'm not sure what year. Kathy and I went to the Broiler on Wednesday and I met several members of the Sultan's Car Club from Long Beach. This was one of the Sultan's cars. This was a tough shot because people kept walking through my long exposures. I had to wave several people away but not everyone heeded my wishes.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 11:04PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR So this is Bob's Big Boy Broiler back lot. There was a car show that was sponsored by a Corvette car club so I didn't really expect to see this beauty sitting here. Even though the sky was almost completely covered by clouds, this Olds 88's paint job was still stunningly beautiful, reflecting everything that surrrounded it. I spoke to the owner who was cool and I sent Kathy over to give him her card. She took a much better shot of this car and you can see it on her website here.
1 Comment | tagged Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car, Car Show, Downey, HDR | Share Article Permalink Email Article Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 6:16AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Bokeh, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Pontiac Hood Ornament Now this was interesting. A 1950's era Pontiac with a hood ornament that was shaped like a very stylized jet aircraft with a semi-transparent Indian head nose. The light from the sunset was illuminating it which was cool.
1 Comment | tagged Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Bokeh, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR | Share Article Permalink Email Article Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 6:05AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, Lensbaby, Macro Lensbaby macro shot of this cool hood ornament I found in the back lot at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler car show. Very often the show is so busy that a lot of cool cars end up parking out back.
Post a Comment | tagged Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Bokeh, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, Downey, Lensbaby, Macro | Share Article Permalink Email Article Friday, July 9, 2010 at 6:58AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Caddy, Cadillac, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Lensbaby Another pretty sunset at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler in Downey. With the weather gettting warmer, the Wednesday night car show is getting busier. Parking was very hard to come by but the selection of cars to shoot was great. This night I forgot my tripod mounting plate so I was limited to using my monopod and just shooting 3 shot HDR's while the light held out. I did boost my ISO as it got darker but that introduces a lot of noise into my images.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 6:08AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR Kathy, Manny and I all met up at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler for the weekly Wednesday night car show. La Bandida was there too.
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 7:52AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Lensbaby Ok so I've noticed when my wife Kathy and I go to car shows together, she gets her camera setup, mounts it on her tripod, attaches her off camera shutter release, gets her expodisc looped around her neck and has finished photographing her first car before I even start opening my backpack. Now, I'm not implying she rushes around taking snapshots. Far from it. Her images are amazing. See for yourself. I just think she's way more efficient than I am when making images. Realizing this, I decided to challenge myself a bit. I took my Lensbaby Composer with me to this car show. It requires that I manually set the focus and exposure before taking the HDR sequence. I think this helped me concentrate a bit more and I ended up shooting more cars than I usually do. Unfortunately due to that concentration I met fewer people which is a bummer. I'll have to learn to strike a balance!
