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[Theo]

Been digging up some old pictures out of my computer. I really liked this picture unfortunately it was taken on my old camera. Although when i took this picture i had planned to push it into a vintage looking photo and to this extent i think it works. What do you guys think?

[eob]

The fact that this was photographed with an old camera is probably very fortunate for the photo. I think it works very well as an "authentic" vintage photo. I could be fooled into thinking that this was taken in the 1920s or 1930s... Of course, the post-processing also had a decisive role in creating that nostalgic look.

[habakuk]

Most prominent effect for me is the leaning of all cars, without them being driving along a curve. Must be a problem with the guys who inflated the tires... I think straightening up the scene wouldn't be a bad thing. The blur in the lower left also works as a distraction to me.

But beside the technical analysis... I love the way this shot beams me back in times. I talks about past dreams of automotion and technics being the saviour, the rescue for all future problems. I love the way I see the strive to express individuality ... by buying a tool that comes from a highly standardized production line... how ambivalent! I see the strive to gain more of the world by moving faster and further - while being confined into a tin can, being disconnected to the outside world...

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[eob]

Most prominent effect for me is the leaning of all cars, without them being driving along a curve. Must be a problem with the guys who inflated the tires...

Either that, or all the drivers were leftists... 

[Theo]

they don't make shocks like they used too. I think the reason the cars are leaning are because they only have the diver in them. I did try and straitening the image out bout the polls in the background gave away that i did it.

[habakuk]

After a while, I feel a good part of the quality comes right out of that slanted element collection...

It is a bad reflex to try to straighten everything... I am still learning to free me from those fixed concepts in photography. And here, I feel the leaning is of importance, not of a distracting quality. But sometimes it takes several approaches until I develop such a perception.

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