1934 Aston Martin Ulster

[pschlute]

IMGP5604 by Peter Schluter, on Flickr

[Digital]

The scene is to cramped IMHO.



Bruce

[DanK]

I agree. Good perspective and control of tone, but I would find it better if it were looser, particulary on the right.

[royent]

They pack them as close as they can at car rallies. It doesn't help photographers.

[Geoff F]

As an alternative to the cramped appearance, I am tempted to crop even closer on the right side. Maybe end up with something like 5 x 4 ratio. That would remove the partial right wheel and mudguard to create a deliberate artistic looking concentration on the lights and radiator grille etc.

[pschlute]

They pack them as close as they can at car rallies. It doesn't help photographers.

Exactly. There was was no way to get the perfect image here. I did the best I could.

[DanK]

certainly a lot more interesting looking than any of today's cars. The detail is clear enough that I was able to figure out that the star-shaped things in front are shock absorbers.

[rpcrowe]

I guess that I am showing my age but, IMO, older model cars have more personality than the new cars. New model cars seem to all have originated from a cookie cutter style. Cars of say from the 1950's were readily identified. Take the 1957 Ford, Chevrolet, and Chrysler products. Each model was totally different from the others. I had a 1957 Ford and that model would never be mistaken for any other car. The MG's, Triumphs and other British models also had a lot of character.

I think that my favorite style of all time was the MG-TD...

[DanK]

I guess that I am showing my age but, IMO, older model cars have more personality than the new cars. New model cars seem to all have originated from a cookie cutter style. Cars of say from the 1950's were readily identified. Take the 1957 Ford, Chevrolet, and Chrysler products. Each model was totally different from the others. I had a 1957 Ford and that model would never be mistaken for any other car. The MG's, Triumphs and other British models also had a lot of character.

I think that my favorite style of all time was the MG-TD...

Indeed, but I think a small part of that homogenization is functional: cars are increasingly designed to be aerodynamically slippery. That imposes limits on shapes.

[MrB]

The angle of this shot is really good. (Perhaps you might have been able to get even slightly lower and slightly right to completely obscure the car behind?) The spoiler is the dazzle of the blown-out sky and the tent roof - bringing them down to a pale grey tone (e.g. RGB 200) can improve the image for me.

Philip

[billtils]

I think that my favorite style of all time was the MG-TD...

You have good taste Richard - that was my first car! I also owned an MGB but my favourite MG would have been the MGA Twin Cam but somehow I missed out on that.