Ron Davis
May 2025 - Beetle Fanatics
About the Image(s)
While in Cardwell North Queensland Australia a number of car shows occur. Beetle Fanatics was photographed on the road side as the cars were departing from the display. I decided to take these photographs in pan mode as it was a break from the normal static car shots we take. The people in several cars were obviously happy that I was taking a photo of them.
Canon 70D Sigma 18-300mm. F22, shot at 70 mm, 50/1, ISO 100. Processing Photoshop Auto. Shadow and exposure adjusted to lift the occupants of the car.
3 comments posted
I just love this Ron, its happy, brings back memories and by using panning you have added a strong sense of movement as well. I would like to see a bit more space to the front of the car so the movement is strenthened by having space to move into (this is called the 'rule of space' in compositional terms'.
Love the moment where the fingers are up by both passengers.
When I was a little girl, we would drive to my uncle's house about 3 hours drive and would always count the number of beetles. It was usually 70-100 vehicles. To see one now is such a rarety. Posted: 05/06/2025 16:39:03
Love the moment where the fingers are up by both passengers.
When I was a little girl, we would drive to my uncle's house about 3 hours drive and would always count the number of beetles. It was usually 70-100 vehicles. To see one now is such a rarety. Posted: 05/06/2025 16:39:03
It is a classic car for sure. Glad she isn't flipping us off. Panning mode definitely a plus. Yes, the old beetles are a dying breed. We don't even see the newer ones very often.
In the early 70's I had a beetle with a sunroof and no reverse gear. Made parking an adventure each time. Posted: 05/06/2025 17:16:17
In the early 70's I had a beetle with a sunroof and no reverse gear. Made parking an adventure each time. Posted: 05/06/2025 17:16:17
Yes Leslie it was often the first car many 18 year olds bought. My wife even gave her first beetles nick names, JOC and GRUF. She remembers hers having no fuel gauge and then she would run the car out of petrol. Service breakdown guy thought my wife's actions were a come on to him and he would ask her out after filling the tank with emergency petrol. Posted: 05/08/2025 02:23:50