Speed, style, & beauty

rutt

Went to a show at the Boston Museum of Fine Art with this title. These are sports cars from the Ralph Lauren collection. Of course, these aren't jut any sports cars, but important sports cars. Here's the embarrassing thing: I didn't keep notes or buy a catalog and I'm not much of a motorhead. So I can't give them proper titles. But I know there are a lot of motorheads out there in dgrin land, so maybe you can give me some help with the makes, models, and history of these cars. I'm afraid it's going to be a little like "Name that Tune" in some cases. But maybe that adds to the fun.

Yeah, yeah, I know that shooting cars is like birding, shooting surf pictures, or fashion. It's a genre and the specialists are really good at it. Baldy, I'm not going to be competing with you anytime soon. I tried to follow Andy's advice for this situation and shoot in a way that captured what I experienced instead of shooting for the catalog or archive. It's good advice and gets you out of head to head competition with the specialists.

I did have fun, and I hope you have fun looking and helping me with the ID.

bfjr

Likem all thumb
Excellent angles, I like the shots of people taking shots
Can't help with ID's on cars ( I'd drivem for sure )
One thing I tried with OK succcess is to use a polarizer to remove reflections form the cars, get a chance again give it a try.

Enjoyed viewing

rutt

bfjr wrote:

One thing I tried with OK succcess is to use a polarizer to remove reflections form the cars, get a chance again give it a try.

I'll bet that would work, but I was liking the reflections in this case, especially on the black cars where you could see the people.

Khaos

Very nice angles on some them. Good eye. If you have PS, you can eliminate some of the color loss due to the harsh lighting. Love the angle shots!

rutt

Khaos wrote:

Very nice angles on some them. Good eye. If you have PS, you can eliminate some of the color loss due to the harsh lighting. Love the angle shots!

That Ferarri red is hard to get right. Looks great on my apple cinima display, but I looked on another monitor and it looked washed out. There is a gamut issue there as well. Maybe I need the pantone values for it (which must exist.) I'll bet that color is something the car photography specialists know something about.

pathfinder

rutt wrote:

That Ferarri red is hard to get right. Looks great on my apple cinima display, but I looked on another monitor and it looked washed out. There is a gamut issue there as well. Maybe I need the pantone values for it (which must exist.) I'll bet that color is something the car photography specialists know something about.

Lovely series of images John. When I went to the Museum of Modern Art Exhibit of "The Art of the Motorcyle" in Chicago they would not allow ANY photography. I had a camera and a guard stood right behind me the whole time - they were quite serious about not permitting any photography, so I am surprised it was allowed for this exhibit. I think your images were excellent of the cars and of the viewers as well. I liked the reflections of the crowd in the door of the catr also.

Was the first black car with the wire wheels a Bugatti? Great picture from the low angle. Good use of a wide angle in several of these. 17-40 or a different lens?

Very nice series of images. Do you have any more?

rutt

pathfinder wrote:

Lovely series of images John.

Thanks, it means a lot coming from you.

pathfinder wrote:

When I went to the Museum of Modern Art Exhibit of "The Art of the Motorcyle" in Chicago they would not allow ANY photography. I had a camera and a guard stood right behind me the whole time - they were quite serious about not permitting any photography, so I am surprised it was allowed for this exhibit.

It's very much a function of the museum and the particular show. At MoMA, they do allow cameras as long as there is no flash. At the British Museum, no. In Westminster Abbey, no. In Hapmton Court, yes in some rooms, no in others. At the MFA, photography is allowd except for specific work on loan where the owner or whatever doesn't allow it. I guess Ralph doesn't mind.

pathfinder wrote:

Was the first black car with the wire wheels a Bugatti? Great picture from the low angle. Good use of a wide angle in several of these. 17-40 or a different lens?

The car with the 8 on the grille is a Bentley. You can just see the Union Jack on the door. The next image (no fenders) is of a Bugatti. The people are all taking pictures of the Bentley. The wild shaped window that you can see people through and reflections under ls a Bugatti.

The lens was my 24-75 f2.8L. I have to think hard before I take a different lens these days. I get such nice sharp images from it, it's pretty fast, pretty wide, and I like the macro feature. Only downside: it's big.

I do have a lot more. These aren't even all the ones I post processed (a must because of the dark tungsten.) I'll take a second pass and see if there are any worth posting. And of course there is the one I posted in the Challenge forum. I've been struggling to make this work. It has a lot of noise and shutter too slow to really capture the facial detail I want. A lot of post later, I have this. I won't enter in the challenge, but I wanted to see if I could capture envy in a candid (this is my brother-in-law, so permission is granted, and yes, I have specific knowldege that it is envy.)

rahmonster

oogleThey are gorgeous...I am a total car nut....Love all cars...You made my day!:D

gus

Love the shots The photos make the place look so quiet.

DoctorIt

I want to go to Boston now. Great set Rutt! I can't name any of the tunes, which only makes me want to go more!!!