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Am sitting on the rear bumper of my car,

parked just ahead of this 51 Chevy. It's

about sundown, so I switched on my tail

lights and reversing lights, for a dose of

extra illumination ... and "character" !

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This one is via in-camera HDR[6], which

somewhat defeats the sun down effect of

the combined illumination of sky light and

the vehicle lights, rendering a bit more

neutral looking image.

 

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The odd perspective is not my "creative"

choice, but results of necessity. The low

viewpoint hides undesirable background

items, like modern cars and pedestrians,

and acoarst I was sitting right in front of

the subject vehicle, on the rear bumper

of the car parked just ahead of it.

 

Nerd Chow:

 

Nikkor 20/4.0 wide open and a stop down.

First two shots using DRO[5], third using

HDR[6] 1/60", ISO 1600 and 3200.

 

51 Chevy 2D Powerglide, originally green.

 

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