GTO
Aperture f/3.2 ISO 320 Focal Length 70/1 
Aug, 2019Views
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Kiltworksphotography
January 01, 2020
What a shame to see one of the best muscle cars ever built deteriorate to this condition!! but it's a great shot nonetheless.
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chiphendershot
January 02, 2020
Thanks so much... on the bright side I photographed this at a car lot that rescues these cars from their troubled environments.
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Location
I was traveling on the Lincoln Highway in Lancaster. My wife was with me and she spotted this unique car lot named Paradise Motors. The lot was filled with distressed antique vehicles begging to be photographed.Time
It was mid morning around 9:30 am. That morning I photographed several vehicles at that location.Lighting
It was a bright and sunny hot morning when I photographed the GTO.Equipment
I captured this image using my Nikon D850 with a Sigma 24-70 lens. This was handheld while on my kneesInspiration
I love classic vehicles. Texture, grunge and rust, mixed with an american muscle car, for me this was the perfect inspirational recipe to capture this image. Seeing this iconic american muscle car in this condition stirred my own imagination. I began to stitch together the journey that may have lead this GTO to its current condition. I wanted the car to tell its own story to the viewer.Editing
I use several editing tools in post-processing. I import my RAW files to Lightroom and make a few adjustments. After that I am in Topaz Studio where I spend the most time post-processing. I end up with some finishing touches in Photoshop. Most of my life I spent in the darkroom printing for professional photographers. Often you would here professional photographers say a lab can make or break the photographer. That still stands true in today’s digital environment, most photographers now post-processed their own images. I see so many nice images photographers have posted only to end up being a ho-hum, spiritless image due to poor post-processing or even over processing. When I worked with negatives in the wet lab, I would have a final print sitting in my work area that I felt was a winner, the next day I would come in and say to myself "What was I thinking"! It is the same with digital post-processing, sometimes walking away and leaving it for another day can be your best decision.In my camera bag
I use a Nikon D850 with a variety of modern lenses as well as vintage film camera lenses with adapters to fit my Nikon. I really enjoy using vintage c mount lenses designed for 16mm cine camera on my Sony A7R. The lenses I use with my Sony are Kinoptik 9mm, 32mm, 40mm and 75mm. I also use Wollensak, Schneider and Angenuiex lenses. I also enjoy free-lensing also called lens-whacking with a Helios 44m, some Russian lenses and any other vintage lenses that will produce nice flares and pleasing bokeh. I recently had my Nikon D700 converted to infrared, but I have a lot to learn about infrared post-processing.Feedback
Personally, I must take a deep breath and slow down. I’ve struggled with mental focus my entire life, I have to really concentrate on slowing down my mind as well as not getting discouraged while shooting. I still think of the acronym FAST - Focus, Aperture, Shutter and Think. I enjoy exploring several different camera points of views to find something that may tell an interesting visual story. Post-process is as important as the capture, invest in creative editing software then learn your software. There are many free tutorials out there that can teach you and give you the edge you have been looking for in your images.
