Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter. My two favorites are #2 and #3. I like the tonality and the chromes look amazing. Great use of CN400. peace David On Sep 28, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > I took a number of shots of various wonderful examples of motor > engineering from the 1930s - 1950s at the Goodwood Revival, which I > have put up as a new album. > > I take these because of the engineering,and the atmosphere. I hope > that you like the, even if cars aren't to your taste. These are more > to do with the simplicity of the engineering. they aren't "car pics". > > Take a look, I hope you enjoy them. > > Peter Dzwig > > > The World Landspeed Record car "Babs" crashed at Pendine Sands in > Wales in the late 20s killing its driver Parry Thomas on his third > attempt at the LSR after chain drive failure caused the car to crash. > He had previously reached 172.331 mph. Babs was burried in the sand > and was only resurrected and rebuilt a few years ago. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/BabsEngineGoodwood2005 > > > Engine of a replica Bugatti made using largely original parts: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/ > BugattireplicaengineGoodwood2005 > > > A post-war engined Bentley reconstruction made largely of original > parts: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/BentleypseudorepGoodwood2005 > > > All the following are originals: > > 1953 Cooper Bristol Mk2: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/Cooper_Bristol_mk2V2 > > > 1937 Maserati 6CM: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/Maserati6CM > > > 1934 Maserati 8CM in bits: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/ > Maserati_8CM_engine_without_Superchargers > > > The cockpit of the same car: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/Masserati8CMcockpit > > > Maserati A6 GCM. This is possibly my favourite out of this group. I > like the smoothness and overall quality of rendition of the blacks: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/Maserati_A6GCM > > > and finally, this was taken at the Festival of Speed earlier in the > summer, but remains a favourite: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277/Darracq1905200BHPV8 > > > > The gallery is at: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album277 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information