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- Completely open to the night
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- Tires sold separately
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- Mercury and Opel
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- Older than dirt
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- Contemplating dirt
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- White out in the Sierra
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- Roy’s
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- Hot Dog truck
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- Untitled
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- Graphic accident
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- Center of the dirt track
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- Uniroyal Gal
After 400 miles of driving and daytime temperatures of 103 degrees, the night brought a waxing moon and breezy 75 degree weather with big clear skies for the first night of shooting. Flabbergasted by both the size and contents of the yard, much of my shooting leaned towards a documentary style with semi-wide focal lengths and medium range positions. With 5 hours of moonlight and exposures in the 4-6 minute range, I completed about 25 setups, 12 of which are presented above (plus the Pacer X I posted this morning).
As the moon set behind the Sierra a little after 2am, we drove back into town for some precious sleep, only to be awakened early the next morning by some kids playing an extremely enthusiastic game of marco/polo in the motel pool.
Some of the first night’s images may not translate well at 600 pixels — I’m looking forward to eventually making some prints where the subtleties can be properly enjoyed. I changed my strategy the second night by shooting closer to the cars from a lower angle, and using a bit more flashlight. Stay tuned for part II in the next few days, including such classic cars as the AMC Matador and AMC Gremlin.
MARCO!
“Graphic Accident” is my favorite.
“Opel and Caddy”- that’s actually a 67 Mercury, not a Cadillac.
POLO!!
What an amazing night photographer’s playpen! All the cars look great…hot dog…but the giant blonde could be one of the greatest finds of the century! Love her outfit, haircut, so well preserved…and what was she holding????
Love the clean and easy simpleviewer format for multiple images! Look forward to part II!
Troy – Fish out of water!!!
Thanks for the car clarifier – I really need to get that American Car Spotter’s Bible
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Gabe – yeah, that lady is fantastic. Feast your eyes on some more Uniroyal Gals over on roadsideamerica.com.
sweet pics, Joe. That place looks real fun to shoot in. Lots of hidden gems of yesteryear.
Would love to see the prints from some of these images. Go large my friend.
White Out In The Sierra
Center Of The Dirt Track
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Dude, it’s all about “hot dog”!
Great gallery, Joe.
Thanks, y’all!