Vauxhall BX Roadster
by James Howe on Dec.08, 2008, under Automobiles, Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 42mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/100 sec @ f/5.6)
This is a processed digital photograph of a 1934 Vauxhall BX Roadster. The car was part of "The GM Century" auto show held at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan. In the past I had passed this image by because of the background, the reflections on the bumper and other elements that I thought distracted from the car itself. Still, I liked the composition and so today I played around with it a little bit to see if I could get a finished image that I liked. I initially thought of trying to black out the grass and background, but that seemed like too much work. I decided to try my ‘cutout’ technique, combined with a conversion to sepia and I like how it came out.
For comparison purposes, here is what the original image looks like:
Comments and feedback welcome.
Image and text Copyright © 2008 James W. Howe – All rights reserved
Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Roundhouse
by James Howe on Nov.30, 2008, under Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 54mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/80 sec @ f/3.5)
This is a shot of the Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee roundhouse currently located at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. The roundhouse was built in 1884 in Marshall, Michigan. The roundhouse is still used to maintain the historic engines that are owned by The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
Comments and feedback welcome.
Image and text Copyright © 2008 James W. Howe – All rights reserved
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Excalibur
by James Howe on Nov.29, 2008, under Michigan
(Olympus E-500, 14-54mm at 14mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/90 sec @ f/8.0)
This shot of a P-51 Mustang was taken at the 2007 Thunder Over Michigan Air Show held at Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti, Michigan. Each year the Yankee Air Museum hosts an air show featuring various military aircraft as a fund raiser for their museum. In 2007 the show featured B-25 bombers and the headline act was the Blue Angels.
This image was created from a color digital image and converted to black & white using Photoshop. A platinum tone curve was used to give the image a bit of tint. More processing details here. For a quick comparison, here is the original image:
Comments and feedback welcome.
Image and text Copyright © 2007, 2008 James W. Howe – All rights reserved
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’31 Cord
by James Howe on Nov.25, 2008, under Automobiles
A few month ago I took a trip to the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. The museum has a great collection of vintage automobiles, not surprisingly Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs. I love these cars for their interesting details. This particular image was created from a digital photograph of a 1931 Cord convertible. This is a detail shot of the front fender area. I liked the various shapes in the image and I wanted to make the image less about the car and more about the shapes so I did some tweaking of the image in Photoshop. I played with the colors and used some artistic filters to create the image you see above. You can see the effect by comparing it to the original image, shown below.
Comments and feedback welcome.
Image and text Copyright © 2008 James W. Howe – All rights reserved
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’39 Chevy Truck
by James Howe on Nov.18, 2008, under Automobiles, Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 25mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/200 sec @ f/7.1)
This is a shot of the front end of a 1939 3/4 Ton Chevy Truck. The truck was part of the 2008 Automotive Hall of Fame Classic Car Show held on the grounds of the Automotive Hall of Fame. The Automotive Hall of Fame is located next to The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Each year the Hall holds a classic car show centered around a common theme. This year the theme was GM Century – The Men, The Machines.
Comments and feedback welcome.
Image and text Copyright © 2008 James W. Howe – All rights reserved
This image can be purchased.