Cars cars cars (and some bikes)

[Roo]

From Motorclassica in Melbourne

 

[dhr90]

A couple from the British Touring Car Championship finale at the weekend. First time shooting cars with my 7D and 70-200. The ability to focus and follow a car is such a step up from my old camera. First image is from saturday, second from Sunday where the weather was awful all day, really tested my knowledge of set up and panning to keep the ISO below 1000. C&C very welcome. Would like to improve my work!

70mm
1/400
F3.2
ISO100


Matt Neal by Matt Roberts101, on Flickr

70mm
1/640
F4.0
ISO1000


Dan Welch by Matt Roberts101, on Flickr

 

[glongstaff]

Passion for Power Show

 

[glongstaff]

and more

 

[glongstaff]

Crossley Logo

 

[glongstaff]

Lancia Stratos

 

[paul13walnut5]

A couple of stills taken alongside a video I'm working on just now:

 

[Alan]

Testing the 16-35mm at a car show.

 

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[amoore00357]

 

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[V8Beast]

It's been a while, but here's some recent stuff

Let's kick it off with a C3 Corvette:

And here's it's long-lost, miniature-sized twin, the Opel GT:

 

[V8Beast]

An Aussie Falcon in America! I wish these things were imported here. They're badass!

A Viper-powered Mopar:

 

[V8Beast]

Another Mopar:

 

[V8Beast]

Sometimes you try something new (for me at least) and it actually works ;D

 

[Roo]

Love your work V8. Good to see you got a 76 XC Falcon over there. There are a lot of the 71 Torino styling cues in that coupe as the 1972 XA version was styled around the same time in the same studio.

 

[V8Beast]

Great eye, Roo. It is indeed a '76. For me it was quite unusual seeing a musclecar like the Falcon with right-hand drive. I'm quite envious of all the great cars the Aussies built in the '70s. Just about every old-school car built after 1972 in America is crap. Aussies kept on building badass cars like the Falcon.

More than any other car I've ever shot, this Falcon attracted lots of confused and intrigued onlookers. During the two hours spent on the exterior photos, at least half a dozen cars pulled up, trying to guess what kind of car it was. No one got it right

 

[Roo]

Great eye, Roo. It is indeed a '76. For me it was quite unusual seeing a musclecar like the Falcon with right-hand drive. I'm quite envious of all the great cars the Aussies built in the '70s. Just about every old-school car built after 1972 in America is crap. Aussies kept on building badass cars like the Falcon.

More than any other car I've ever shot, this Falcon attracted lots of confused and intrigued onlookers. During the two hours spent on the exterior photos, at least half a dozen cars pulled up, trying to guess what kind of car it was. No one got it right

They mustn't have watched Mad Max (The Road Warrior) lol. 1976 was when these cars turned to crap engine wise. Local emission controls in the form of EGR etc came into effect robbing them of power and increasing consumption. Ford did a better job of managing it than Holden did though. I've attached a pic of an even rarer version of the coupe - a Ford Landau. It was a luxury version and only 1300 or so of these were ever made. The front was the same as the local LTD with a different side window opening and a strip tail light similar to the 71 Torino.

You should get out here sometime as some of the cars are very different, especially the old US ones. In the 30s and 40s local body builders made some unique variations such as the sloper . In the 50s Ford and GM were assembling cars from kits sourced from Canada which also led to some unique styles such as the 58 'Star model' Customline and the 62 'Tank' Fairlane.

Last weekend was a long weekend for Australia Day and there is a regular free display of older cars in Melbourne as well as the annual hot rod show.

 

[Alan]

I hope I don't offend anyone with some truck pictures.

 

[V8Beast]

You should get out here sometime as some of the cars are very different, especially the old US ones. In the 30s and 40s local body builders made some unique variations such as the sloper . In the 50s Ford and GM were assembling cars from kits sourced from Canada which also led to some unique styles such as the 58 'Star model' Customline and the 62 'Tank' Fairlane.

I would love to visit Australia sometime, and not just for the cars The enthusiasm surrounding the car scene out there reminds me of America in the '60s.