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Last Sunday the weather was a perfect October day in Wisconsin so my wife and I decided to take a drive in the '88 Trans Am to enjoy the nice weather and some fall colors. I grabbed my camera to hopefully get a few shots somewhere along the way.
After stopping to take a few photos out in the county my wife decided it was her turn to drive. My TA is a 305 5-speed manual transmission; however, my wife grew up on a farm and was driving manual transmission vehicles long before I learned how. After college her next three vehicles were all manual transmissions including a sporty Toyota Celica GTS. Needless to say she had no problem getting the TA up to speed and then some! Her driving offered me a chance to practice my "panning photography" skills while she zoomed by. My wife said I still need more practice (so she can keep driving)! I agree as the focus wasn't quite spot on. Panning can be a bit tricky matching shutter speed with vehicle speed but certainly fun to try. Below are a few of the shots I captured plus a few stills.
Great looking car, just a beautiful 'Bird.
And hats off for admitting your wife drives a standard better, alot of guys would downplay that, lol. Also pretty cool she actually does drive a standard better
Great looking car, just a beautiful 'Bird.
And hats off for admitting your wife drives a standard better, alot of guys would downplay that, lol. Also pretty cool she actually does drive a standard better
She certainly learned how to drive standard transmission before me, but I'm not saying she's better. LOL
She doesn't drive the TA often; however, once when our boys were young and I wasn't home and she told the boys to "jump in" for a ride. They were shocked that mom know how to drive dad's car and thought it was so cool! When my youngest son was only 15 he asked me to teach how to drive a stick. We took my car out to a big parking lot and he got his first lesson. By the time he got his license at age 16 he had mastered it. The photo below is from 9 years ago when he was 16. He's not 25 and recently bought himself a 1953 Hudson Wasp. Cool old car.
Wow! I was just kicking the tires on a Hornet. Moved too slow though.
Here is my son's Hudson's Wasp. My son is 25 years old. He purchased the car in March in northern Wisconsin and drove it to a number of car shows this summer.
Beautiful car and family, and wonderful shots. Your pics are always epic-- the composition on that last one is so moody. If I may say, I think your focus doesn't look too bad, and your pans look smooth. If anything maybe it's a bit soft from camera shake from the long lens?
Anyway, looking forward to the next album.
Beautiful car and family, and wonderful shots. Your pics are always epic-- the composition on that last one is so moody. If I may say, I think your focus doesn't look too bad, and your pans look smooth. If anything maybe it's a bit soft from camera shake from the long lens?
Anyway, looking forward to the next album.
Thanks for the comments. I hope to get a chance for another photo opportunity yet this fall; however, the days are definitely getting cooler (and shorter) around here. We have snow flurries today, but will warm back up into the 60's this weekend. Likely will be in winter hibernation by mid-November.
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The photo below is from 9 years ago when he was 16. He's not 25 and recently bought himself a 1953 Hudson Wasp. Cool old car.
If I may say, I think your focus doesn't look too bad, and your pans look smooth. If anything maybe it's a bit soft from camera shake from the long lens?
