Turkey Run

TonyCooper

Daytona International Speedway has been the site of the annual
Turkey Run in November for many years. It's been so popular that
they now have a Spring Turkey Run in March.

It's a car show and swap meet in the infield. I gravitate to the vintage
car section where I can see cars that remind me of people and events
in my long-past youth.

This shot shows the empty, but colorful, seats of the grandstand facing
the straightaway and finish line. A gloomy day with scattered showers,
but a lot to see.

Stumblebum

Very nice Tony! Good thing seats are colorful, and still look like spectators. Beautiful cars too.
While I know nothing about adding effects and such, since you are expert at it, maybe some aging effects to make it look like what might have been....
Cheers!

TonyCooper

Stumblebum wrote: »

Very nice Tony! Good thing seats are colorful, and still look like spectators. Beautiful cars too.
While I know nothing about adding effects and such, since you are expert at it, maybe some aging effects to make it look like what might have been....
Cheers!

I'm no expert, but I do love to mess around in Photoshop. An aged photo doesn't look
right in a modern setting, though. So I used another shot of that 1939 Ford and took
out the racetrack background and aged it.



Actually, a more interesting aged view might be to do this in color, but replicate a faded
Kodacolor print. I may get around to that later.

This photo interests me because we had a 1939 Ford convertible, but a 2-door. Pictured
here is my father, my younger brother, and me sometime in the early 1940s.

https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Current/i-4BvNRjD/0/X3/ABC-141-X3.jpg

Stumblebum

This is a lovely creation! Love it!!

black mamba

That Turkey Run affair has been a favorite of mine for a long, long time. About 8 years ago, I bought a 1940 Ford sedan there as a gift for my father-in-law. Unfortunately, he passed away before he got to really spend a lot of time with the car. I sold the car about a year later.

Take care,

Tom