A Porsche 986 Boxster in front of the Nepean Red Lobster
(Excerpted from my blog.)
Then the weirdest thing happened. My having snapped the picture did not go unnoticed by the owner of the car, who was either very angry or very flattered that I took the photo. He got in the car and drove, rather quickly, in a counter-clockwise donut, probably intending to stop right in front of my legs, but his estimation of the stopping distance was off an inch or two, and the Boxster's front bumper slightly bumped my legs (not hard enough to leave a bruise or anything, but certainly enough to shake me up a little and get the adrenaline flowing).
He asked if I was okay, and I said I was fine and then I asked meekly if I could take another photo of the car, saying that it was for Flickr, as though he'd know what that is. He said it was okay. I'm not sure if he was thrilled or peeved that I took the first photo without permission, but, after he bumped me, I deserved to take a second picture.
I tell you, that's a goddamned gorgeous shot right there, easily worth the trouble I went through to get it. So my gut feeling was right, I did get a chance opportunity to shoot an exceptional photo of a very nice car. This should easily earn me a few "Favorites" on Flickr, and could actually be the second best car photo I've ever taken, after the photo I took on Peel Street in Montreal in June 2001 of the Asian girl photographing the Austin-Healey 3000 Mark II.
And I had the nice bonus of having a somewhat interesting random encounter that I could blog about. Not that I wouldn't have blogged about my quest anyway even if nothing remotely interesting had happened.
A Porsche 986 Boxster in front of the Nepean Red Lobster
(Excerpted from my blog.)
Then the weirdest thing happened. My having snapped the picture did not go unnoticed by the owner of the car, who was either very angry or very flattered that I took the photo. He got in the car and drove, rather quickly, in a counter-clockwise donut, probably intending to stop right in front of my legs, but his estimation of the stopping distance was off an inch or two, and the Boxster's front bumper slightly bumped my legs (not hard enough to leave a bruise or anything, but certainly enough to shake me up a little and get the adrenaline flowing).
He asked if I was okay, and I said I was fine and then I asked meekly if I could take another photo of the car, saying that it was for Flickr, as though he'd know what that is. He said it was okay. I'm not sure if he was thrilled or peeved that I took the first photo without permission, but, after he bumped me, I deserved to take a second picture.
I tell you, that's a goddamned gorgeous shot right there, easily worth the trouble I went through to get it. So my gut feeling was right, I did get a chance opportunity to shoot an exceptional photo of a very nice car. This should easily earn me a few "Favorites" on Flickr, and could actually be the second best car photo I've ever taken, after the photo I took on Peel Street in Montreal in June 2001 of the Asian girl photographing the Austin-Healey 3000 Mark II.
And I had the nice bonus of having a somewhat interesting random encounter that I could blog about. Not that I wouldn't have blogged about my quest anyway even if nothing remotely interesting had happened.