Thanks Frank. The blue car does look like a Cuda. You're probably
right. And the Pontiac might be a LeMans. I know the LeMans had that
badge on the bottom of the front fender. I don't know if the GTOs did.
Good eye, pal.
Paul
On Aug 7, 2005, at 9:56 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On 8/6/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3610553&size=lg
I would have guessed '72 LeMans with a GTO grill (a buddy of mine had
one of those, and it smoked - don't remember what V8 he had in it, but
I remember he had that illegal thing that allowed one to put on the
front brakes only, so one could light up the rear tires <g>).
The Mopar looks like an early 'Cuda (non-fastback version - remember
those?)
Whatever, it's a GREAT photo, Paul. Great pan, I love the background
blur, but also the blur of the cars, and the great framing. I'm sure
they're not, but it makes me think of "racing for pinks"...
<vbg>
I love this shot. These are cars from my youth (that sadly I never
owned).
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
