PESO: Countdown to the Dream Cruise

[Paul Stenquist]

Two weeks to the Dream Cruise and traffic is building on Woodward 
Avenue. Must have been several thousand enthusiast type cars of various 
genres out tonight. In two weeks there will be 50,000 or so. But there 
were enough tonight that the Royal Oak police -- macho idiots that they 
are -- started clearing parking lots at 9 PM. If you could see the 
crowd of cruisers, you'd know that's something akin to raiding a 
nursing home, but I digress. I went out and shot some swish pans with a 
short lens and a very slow shutter speed. This one was with the FA 35/2 
@ 5.6, 1/8th second. The cool thing about this technique (short lens, 
long exposure) is that, if done correctly, it yields just one point of 
focus somewhere near the middle of the car. The misses outnumber the 
hits of course, but I like this one. I think it's an early 70s Pontiac 
GTO and an unidentified Mopar.

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