Corvette Classics: 1953-1982
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Corvettes at Carlisle. This photograph was made a few years ago, pre. The last weekend in August in Carlisle Pennsylvania.
A photograph from one of the many open parking lot car shows you can find in New Hampshire in the summertime.
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1959 Chevrolet Corvette on display at the 2019 Great Canadian Kayak Challenge Car Show at the Participation Park in Mountjoy Township in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Design elegance.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvette_Stingray_(concept_car)
It seems to me that truly elegant designs like this are a fluke because they are inevitably replaced by worse and worse designs until they stumble across another elegant design.
When I got my film scans back from the lab, when I saw this one I was stoked how good it came out. I wasn't sure when I took this. But the color was popping. I really liked the abstract look of this photograph.
So yesterday I had to take my car to the local General Motors dealership at Castle Hill (Victoria Road) for its 40,000km service, and whilst waiting I wandered into the adjoining GMSV (General Motors Special Vehicles) dealership - and look what I discovered.
It's a silver-grey 3LT GMSV Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. It is, surprisingly, a normally aspirated motor (no turbo) and yet gets to 100km per hour in 2.9 seconds. It has an amazing power-to-weight ratio.
Yet, in saying all that, I think any Tesla electric vehicle will beat it down the street. Hence, I note, the first electric Stingray arrives in 2025.
Here it is. It is called the 'E-ray'. Due soon:
www.chevrolet.com/performance/corvette/e-ray
Here's Prince, of-course, with Little Red Corvette:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KpfrJE4zw
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 II USM lens
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
Overall composition showing the Corvette parade there in Ocean City, Maryland. Liked this view with the sunlight sneaking into the scene and on the cars, and overall how the people are all interacting in the scene as well.
Technical Specs:
Class: Mercury class corvette
Length: 111 ft. / 33 metres (over deck)
Beam: 26 ft. / 8 metres
Draft: 12 ft. / 3.7 metres
Sail plan: Full Rigged Ship
Armament: 18 guns
Upper deck: 18 x 12 pounder guns
Corvette Club at Mt Charleston, Nevada. Shot with Olympus OM-2 and Vivitar 28-70mm f3.5. Film is Lomography 100 Earl Grey
The Chevrolet Corvette has gone through many changes over the years. These two are some of my favourite shapes - the C2 on the left which was made from 1963 to 1967, then the C3 on the right which lasted from 1968 all the way through to 1982. It was the era of concealed headlights and even concealed windscreen wipers on the gold C3.
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A focus stack of 12 images taken with the Canon R10 and processed in-camera. The two 1/18th scale models were displayed in my lounge room with a backdrop of an abstract landscape silk painting. Natural daylight from the right and a small cool white LED light panel giving a fill of light from the left front.
The models range from a very cheap Maisto (the blue C2) to a much better quality Norev model on the right.
I am working on the rest of the Corvettes to build a full set. It ain't a cheap hobby! ; )