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Tulip wood car
Tulip wood car
BrennanOB


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Challenge: 100 Years Old (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Behring Auto Museum, Danville, CA
Date: Mar 8, 2009
Aperture: f 4.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Vintage, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

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Frankly I'm surprised this did as well as it did, but thank you . I went to photograph a 1909 Cadillac that is in the same collection, but it had been placed near the door with terrible lighting, so I submitted the better lit shot of this 1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C Tulip Wood Torpedo, a full fifteen years shy of its 100th birthday, but given the choice of meeting the challenge with a lousy shot or a prettier shot that skirts the dread DNMC, I went with pretty. Sadly it was a last minute submission, and the conversion to web size gave it and oddly yellow cast.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
03/15/2009 09:35:37 PM
Lighting is a little too dark
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 03/15/2009 08:26:49 PM
Wow! Beautiful! Not old enough though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sigma DP1x
03/15/2009 06:10:24 PM
Great idea for the challenge. Love the low angle and dramatic low-key lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
 03/15/2009 04:48:22 PM
Beautiful! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 03/14/2009 12:22:06 AM
Beautiful car, beautiful image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D610
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/12/2009 09:37:53 PM
Nice pov.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 03/11/2009 11:13:54 PM
WOW!! your subject is beautiful, and your lighting and composition are great!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K5II
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 03/11/2009 08:59:27 PM
Very warm light and nicely composed - BUT, I believe this car was made in the early 1920's...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7 IV
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 03/11/2009 10:19:01 AM
Great angle and the subdued lighting works nicely. I love the car so much I think I need to get busy and whittle myself one!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/10/2009 09:30:52 AM
beautiful car
not quite 100 years old yet though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 03/10/2009 12:28:36 AM
10 from me, perfect!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D4s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/09/2009 11:13:27 PM
What a beautiful machine. You've done well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/09/2009 09:18:24 PM
Stunning car. A bit too much yellow cast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 03/09/2009 07:13:49 PM
This is really quite a fancy car, eh? So nice that you captured the beauty of it exquisitely. Keep up the good work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 03/09/2009 12:50:19 PM
Very cool! Great POV!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A300
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 03/09/2009 12:31:23 PM
Nice vehicle...is it actually 100 years old?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 03/09/2009 10:03:25 AM
Stunning car. Wonderful use of lighting. Super angle. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 03/09/2009 09:33:12 AM
nice - makes me want to look all around it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 03/09/2009 12:13:46 AM
cool picture. Although, isn't that a 1920's model? I think the older ones looked alot more like a "horseless carriage".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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