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A Reflection Of Route_66
A month ago a good friend called me up to inform me that the Route 66 Car Show was currently taking place down the street from his home. Of course, I rearranged my plans and was there within an hour. I am a huge race and hotrod fan, having had a few of my own hotrods during my life, one of which he had built from the ground up. It was a great celebration of not just old cars but of that era, people walking around dressed like James Dean and I saw quite a few Marilyn Monroe's as well.
Jay, That's my buddy, is a hard core race car driver and I used to pit crew for him at the Irwindale race track on thursday nights for "Bracket Night" We have a lot of history (40years). At 14 and 15 we used to hotwire his dads 500+ HP Big block mustang and tear up the streets and neither one of us having a driver license. We used to drive a 350HP Chevy Camera to junior high school and even parked in the principle's parking spot a couple of times...... :))))))
This is the first composition that I am kinda proud of, because I had crouched there with my camera on the ground waiting for something interesting to come into the reflection. As I sat there listening to the two guys next to me haggling over the price of a bottle of water, and the people behind me admiring the 100% chrome hydraulics system in the bed of this beautiful truck and the old stone church in the background. I had plenty of interesting elements but I thought with all these cool outfits here somebody interesting is bound to walk by. So I waited and watched and waited and watched, when out of the corner of my eye this kid comes strutting down the sidewalk like a mini gangbanger or something, with his red hat turned to the side in defiance, walking the opposite direction right past the sign that says "Kids Zone" :) All of that is there in the reflection.
Now I was praying that one of the Marilyn's or James Deans would come by, but the kid worked out cool too and I like the floating head in the reflection. :)
Thank you for taking the time to take a look at my photos and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great day everyone :)
A Reflection Of Route_66
A month ago a good friend called me up to inform me that the Route 66 Car Show was currently taking place down the street from his home. Of course, I rearranged my plans and was there within an hour. I am a huge race and hotrod fan, having had a few of my own hotrods during my life, one of which he had built from the ground up. It was a great celebration of not just old cars but of that era, people walking around dressed like James Dean and I saw quite a few Marilyn Monroe's as well.
Jay, That's my buddy, is a hard core race car driver and I used to pit crew for him at the Irwindale race track on thursday nights for "Bracket Night" We have a lot of history (40years). At 14 and 15 we used to hotwire his dads 500+ HP Big block mustang and tear up the streets and neither one of us having a driver license. We used to drive a 350HP Chevy Camera to junior high school and even parked in the principle's parking spot a couple of times...... :))))))
This is the first composition that I am kinda proud of, because I had crouched there with my camera on the ground waiting for something interesting to come into the reflection. As I sat there listening to the two guys next to me haggling over the price of a bottle of water, and the people behind me admiring the 100% chrome hydraulics system in the bed of this beautiful truck and the old stone church in the background. I had plenty of interesting elements but I thought with all these cool outfits here somebody interesting is bound to walk by. So I waited and watched and waited and watched, when out of the corner of my eye this kid comes strutting down the sidewalk like a mini gangbanger or something, with his red hat turned to the side in defiance, walking the opposite direction right past the sign that says "Kids Zone" :) All of that is there in the reflection.
Now I was praying that one of the Marilyn's or James Deans would come by, but the kid worked out cool too and I like the floating head in the reflection. :)
Thank you for taking the time to take a look at my photos and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great day everyone :)