Photography by David S. Wallens
We’d love to tell you that this photo of our Garage Rescue Miata–well, mainly just its OG Volk TE37s wrapped with Falken tires–came together via a carefully constructed plan that would perfectly illuminate the tire’s sidewall with the sun’s setting glow.
Really, we just got lucky.
Like, shooting from the knees lucky.
We were talking with a friend, happened to be by the car, and stopped for a few seconds to make some pictures.
But you create your own luck when preparation meets opportunity.
So, the preparation: The car was clean, and we had our camera in hand.
The opportunity: Sunset at May’s Orlando Roadster’s meet at Ace Cafe Orlando.
The gear: Fujifilm X100V with some (artsy) grain and film simulation.
And the insurance: We snapped several photos within a few seconds, tweaking the composition ever so slightly by moving the camera a bit each time. We figured that would increase the odds of landing something okay.
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Scroll down for a few more photos from that evening–always the last Monday evening of the month–and if you have a cool photo of your car, even part of it, let’s see it.
Not particularly artful, and my Fiat was pretty dirty. But I did snap this picture of my car next to a well preserved first gen at the YMCA. Pretty rare up here in GM country.
- Sean
This is one of my favorites.
I wasn't there for it to tell the backstory behind the shot, it entailed something about a Buick Riviera from what I'm told.
This one was taken from a tower over the old rallycross course in Orange, VA. The position with relation to the pointer cone makes me proud.
It's cool to me.
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