My Winter Beater
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools." - Confucius
It's almost that time of year again. No I don't mean sweater weather or fall or school. It's mark two Volkswagen Jetta winter beater overhaul time in the driveway. The ol'girl didn't go gently into her summer rest and made sure to give me one last problem on her last day out with either a failed ignition switch or something in the fuse system. This is of course on top of the already iffy throttle response, almost worn out suspension, rusted shut rear doors and failing power steering pump. Time to be a one man pit crew.
So yes, what I am telling you is the crappy car in the -30 winter weather and the better car in the summer. Yes this does make completely perfect sense to a car enthusiast. Yes its completely bass-ackwards to everyone else!
Nikon D70 | 200 | 1/80 | f11
- Lens: Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5D ED
- Flash: None
- Tripod: Bembo 1 & Manfrotto 322RC2 head
- Lighting: Direct Sunlight
- Post Pro: Levels & Color Balance & Composited
- Weather: Clear
- Time of Day: Afternoon
- Location: Milton, Ontario, Canada
Posted on September 10, 2005 9:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (17) |
Comments
kristal
This is a FANTASTIC picture!
Posted at September 10, 2005 9:39 AM
rashbre
Hey - great photo. I've got to change some tyres on my motor, but here we use all weather tyres all year - I expect you call them summer tyres.
Michele sent me.
Posted at September 10, 2005 9:39 AM
Old Horsetail Snake
Please explain how you DID that...
Posted at September 10, 2005 1:09 PM
Ciera
Hi! Here from Michele's.
Hey - when the "crew" is done...send them my way...my car needs a few things too...lol...cool pic
Posted at September 10, 2005 1:33 PM
ribbiticus
cool pic & cool site! will definitely come back for more! michele sent me. :)
Posted at September 10, 2005 4:41 PM
srp
Ok, so you had a timer to take multiple shots of the same picture with only you moving and then put them together somehow? Wow, is all to be said.
Posted at September 10, 2005 7:13 PM
PΛUL SVEDΛ
SRP <-- circle gets the square. You put it right on the money. In the old days you'd spend hours cutting large format film, dodging, burning and you still would be hard pressed to get the same quality digital editing can get you.
So 20 hots taken with the best 7 composited into one digitaly working. Critical items to pull this are consistent light and a camera on a tripod.
Thanks all for stopping by and the kind words.
cheers
P.
Posted at September 10, 2005 11:57 PM
lu
How freakin cool is this?? Very trippy. I love it!
Posted at September 11, 2005 2:24 AM
José
WOW! just WOW! :-)
Posted at September 11, 2005 1:00 PM
Oreo
Great pics!! I will be coming back! Thanks for dropping by.
Posted at September 11, 2005 5:02 PM
Susie
Paul, so glad to see that picture again! It's one of my faves! You are one of the bestest photographers ever....
Miss you tons my friend, Susie
Posted at September 17, 2005 1:24 AM
PΛUL SVEDΛ
Hey SUSIE! Love the photographs you emailed me from out west. Glad to see you finaly got yourself a nice digi cam and that you are back at it.
Miss you too.
cheers
P.
Posted at September 21, 2005 1:53 PM
Caleb Clark
Very interesting. keep the good work! All the artist knew one another
Posted at September 24, 2005 9:37 PM
John Schlesser
Very cool shot.
Now, have you had that VW "Chipped" by the guys over at RocketChip? (Found your blog from their site!)
Again, cool shot..
Posted at October 25, 2005 10:41 AM
Sean
Nicely done. I can't get enough of these shots.
Posted at December 2, 2005 3:13 PM
Caryn
Great shot! Fun to look see all the action going on.
Posted at December 4, 2005 11:37 PM
Ravvy
hey... love the shoes... :D hahaha... something random to say...
your so clever Paul... seeing your art in your photography makes me wish i had something to show you from my canvas or drawings, but alas, i dont have a cam of any sort, and so you'll just have to imagine great art from me... a person from the other side of the world you dont know much about but i assure you, im entertaining :P *not half biast either!*
Take care Paul... and always...keep smiling!!!!
*ps the blue hair post was FANTASTIC!!!! reminds me of when i went hot pink... because i could :D*
Posted at July 16, 2006 9:33 AM