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Location
This image of a 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton V-8 was taken at the 2013 La Jolla Concours d'Elegance. The venue is the beautiful Ellen Browning Scripps Park with a large expanses of short Bermuda right on to the shore just south the Point La Jolla.Time
The time was the time slot feared by most; High Noon... (see lighting below)Lighting
This event has an ever changing sky in that it's right on the water on the world famous La Jolla Cove. So depending the depth the of Marine Layer one might expect a large defuse sets of clouds that may never go away during the show or my at least burn off by noon. With all the highly polished chrome and high gloss buffed paint I prefer the clouds to linger and act like a 'soft-box in the sky'. That was the case for this shot; High Noon - which will usually send photogs to the nearest watering hole for a 4-hour lunch until the light play nice again.Equipment
My Nikon D7200 with my trusty Tokina 12-24 f4.0 super-crop-body-wide. A great lens for this event. I generally use a monopod with a Bogen swivel head so that when I'm shooting from a down low position, I can tilt the camera to any angel and still get a solid shot.Inspiration
I was attracted to the distinctive high fenders with the hard to miss exhaust pipes coming off of the amazing engine. A super shot to be fully exploited in B&W later in Post.Editing
I simple do not remember all the details. I primarily use LR and will adjust the exposure sliders to get a nice balance and do a small amount of cropping to help hide the crowds and finish with a small level of sharping and NR if needed. Oh and after I was done, I made a B&W version in LR.In my camera bag
I am a firm believer in trying to pack light and take what is needed. This event gets more crowded as the day goes by. For this I'll take the D7200, 12-24 Tokina, a 50 1.4 prime and lately I lug around my 80-400 V2 Nikon to capture the mid show fly overs by the local WWI and WWII warbirds that put on a 'Show above the show'...Feedback
The one thing that I see a lot with car show shots is shooting from eye level when standing tall and straight. DON"T fall into trap. Go close and low. If your using a nice Super Wide lens, allow it to cause some distortion and emphasize those curves (of the fenders)...
