I especially like the use of the raised hood for the backdrop

Vintage goodness. Like the colors and composition lots.

yup, street legal. i see him driving around town from time to time, and have seen him at car shows in the past.

thanks for the comments/visits. be my guest if you just want to post as 'guest'. Easy to figure out who it is.

yes, a free annual gathering of hundreds of classic cars of pretty much any make/model you can think of.

my strategy with this lens is when i want to stop down for dof, but know i'm going to have to deal with some background highlights (that will be FA43 ugly more often then not), I purposely stop down even more than I normally would, to at least make the highlights smaller. i think in general it works (for me).

you were definitely first to mind when i saw her.

LOL! Mad Max'd be pleased with this one too. Is it street legal?
So much to like here and each visit delivers something else, like the Uber label. Very cool machine.

Ha! You've scrubbed up well for the parade; scope for growth though
Plenty to reflect on here.

Lovely clean sunburst for f4. Great composition.