♣♣♣You oughta see her on a road course or a ¼ mile...

" You oughta see her on a road course or a ¼ mile..
You oughta see her on a road course or a quarter mile
This little modified Pon-Pon has got plenty of style
She beats the gassers and the rail jobs, really drives 'em why-ee-eye-ild
C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO

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Part 3 of 4.

The sunset was less than stellar - that is to say not very impressive. So the night time shots were something I was banking on as far as them turning out ok.

It just wasn't in the cards for the sunset, not enough clouds for one. Not that it would have been easy to execute very many shots in the short time that the sun really hits the clouds for that "wow factor.

We tried a couple of different ways to light the car in the dark. I brought 2 flash units and one umbrella. While those were good, they often left big reflections in the car and so we tried something else, a simple mag-lite flashlight an it was awesome.

This is also know as "painting with light". Basically we tripped the shutter, 30-second exposure and my friend 'painted' the car with his flash light :)

Turned out pretty good I thought! Though I still want to get a little better uniformity next time!!

∩∪∩ Wa-wa, (mixed w/ "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa - GTO Pt. II

" Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa
(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")
Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa
(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")
Wa-wa (mixed with "Ahhh, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa

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Part 2 of 4.

This wasn't even our first location choice to soot, more of an after thought.

Originally we were shooting for a mall parking lot over looking the downtown area.

We got to the mall and wouldn't you know it, it was full up! I mean it was packed. No idea why there were so many cars there.

1) It was beyond the main parking area
2) It's not like it was even close to holiday shopping!!

We got some good daylight and nighttime shots (to follow in parts 3&4).

What surrpised me is how fast that sun sets though! I mean it was gone before I even had 10 shots in I think.

Got to be quick and have an idea of what you want to accomplish to get that lighting just right...I'll have a little better feel next time for sure.

¤°¤ Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO - I

"Little GTO, you're really lookin' fine
Three deuces and a four-speed and a 389
Listen to her tachin' up now, listen to her why-ee-eye-ine
C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO..."

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Thought it was time to take a break from the macro.

A) After all, it's not the only thing I shoot!
B) My PhotoBucket is full - that has all the macro pics in it (bandwidth issues)
C) see A&B

These are far from perfect - Photoshopping included.

I got burned big time by one of my hard drives - before I could back up all the edits I made, poof - gone! :(

So these are take 2! Let that be a lesson - immediately back up that important stuff.
I lost at least 6 hours of editing!

Hopefully I did them a little justice on my 2nd pass here.
Let me know what you think of my before & afters!

ζζ Mars Lunar Rover or Couch Crater? ζζ

Man, I really should clean in-between the couch cushions more often!
Never know what you're going to find!!

Including but not limited to: 2 Universal remotes, 4-6 goldfish (the crunchy ones - [I say 4-6 b/c not all of the bodies are readily identifiable]), the loose change (17cents), one fruit loop, toy cow, and of course what you see below which I believe used to be tortilla chips.













I kid of course!! These are some tiny lichens found on th side of a tree...though by all accounts I could probably get some pretty interesting shots of the under side of a couch cushion!!!