Transportation and vehicles

[Jiri Vasina]

There are some nice car pictures in other threads, but nothing dedicated to them. So I'll broaden it a bit to include all vehicles of transportation and hopefully it will flourish as much as the other photo threads...

And to start it off, here is one of mine: Mil Mi-4 helicopter.

Chamonix 5x8", Fomapan 100 13x18cm.

[Jiri Vasina]

No one has photographic interested of those creations of man? That is strange...

I'll add another one, and hope for you to join me...

[Colin Graham]

Very interesting Jiri- are those mothballed or still in service? Hate to see that in my rearview!

I'll join in- but all I got it this retread that I posted before.

[Jiri Vasina]

Colin, they are not in service, not even properly mothballed. They're presented in an open-air museum of sorts. Old surplus military aircrafts and some land vehicles, some in better shape (some of them seem just ready to take off), some only in parts (well, a jet engine on itself with all the tubings is a pretty impressive machine). I'll have to return there to depict some more...

And although I've already seen your picture, I enjoy looking at it again...

Jiri

[Daniel_Buck]

Hey, alright! I was wondering if a 'cars' or 'vehicles' thread would get started! Glad to see it! Jiri, I grew up near a military base in Louisiana, I remember getting to climb in and out of the tanks and helicopers that were always out on display near the base when I was little! Your photographs of the helicopters on overgrown concrete surrounded by forests bring back those memories!

I shoot alot of cars digitally, and I'm just now getting into shooting them more on film! :-) Here's some recent shots, I've got more 8x10 waiting to be scanned from the pits at the vintage race. Here's a little slice of my film automotive photography:

4x5 speedgraphic with barrel lens, 145mm:



4x5 speedgraphic with regular shuttered lens, 135mm I believe:



4x10 (1/2 8x10 sheet), 450mm:



and regular 4x5 folding camera (not quite as recent though): this car is my baby! supercharged, and all new drivetrain and suspension! 135mm lens if I remember correctly

[Jiri Vasina]

I have one more to add from the open-air military museum. This one I'd label "Take off (?)"

[Daniel_Buck]

one more from the vintage races last weekend. A not-so-vintage car, but I saw this shot and just had to grab a 4x10! I closed the lens down to f32 to keep the car from looking mineature (since there is little in the scene for scale reference), the back wall is still a bit soft though, so I think the car will pop nice on a 30" print!

[Turner Reich]

It's called War and it's getting on everyone's nerves...again.

Jiri, great photo's of the helio's.

Anyone know what a Jesus Nut is?

[eddie]

impala. 4x5 pinhole camera.



(i am trying to get the photo to show up in the thread....i can not seem to get it to show. any ideas)

[Frank Petronio]

it's a lousy snapshot but...