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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Rick Waldroup on June 23, 2015, 17:06:50

Title: Tailgating
Post by: Rick Waldroup on June 23, 2015, 17:06:50: Tailgating - Halloween - Irving, Texas - 2004

I do not believe I have posted this photo anywhere, but I am not 100% sure. It was shot in 2004 with an Olympus XA rangefinder film camera. The location is Texas Stadium, the old home of the American football team, the Dallas Cowboys. When I first shot this, I made a print in my darkroom and used a home-made vignetting tool made from mesh screen. Later, I scanned the negative into a digital file and then played around with it to try and simulate the original silver print I made. This very closely matches the original print.

(http://www.rickwphotography.com/img/s7/v163/p1272554021-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: elsa hoffmann on June 23, 2015, 17:14:34: great image... now what on earth was the guy doing at the top...
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Post by: Gary on June 23, 2015, 17:54:21: What's he grilling?
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Post by: Akira on June 23, 2015, 17:56:43: Quote from: Gary on June 23, 2015, 17:54:21
What's he grilling?

Hope it's not Rick...
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 23, 2015, 18:40:08: I really like to be the official photographer on a Zombie dress up event
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Post by: The_Traveler on June 23, 2015, 18:55:18: Even the stance is perfect.
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Post by: Sash on June 23, 2015, 20:08:02: Quote from: Gary on June 23, 2015, 17:54:21
What's he grilling?

Exactly my reaction.
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Post by: Erik Lund on June 23, 2015, 21:06:00: Cool PP, scary shot indeed.

And yes, what is going on in the bg... :)
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Rick Waldroup on June 23, 2015, 21:16:26: Thanks for all of the comments.

As to what he is cooking? Why, bratwurst sausages, of course..... 8)

When I shot this, I was aware of the two guys in the background on the left, but looking through the very small viewfinder on the XA, I never noticed the figure at the top. To this day, I wonder what he/she was doing. This was a game between the Dallas Cowboys and their hated rivals, the Washington Redskins. It was Halloween, a lot of drinking was going on, and there were people like this fellow everywhere. It was one of the strangest games I have ever been to.
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Gary on June 24, 2015, 03:51:36: It is a good thing that he's wearing an apron, as he got a bit messy with some of the fixin's. I would have thought he'd be grilling up some brains. (BTW- Nice shot.)
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Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on June 24, 2015, 12:54:10: This is awesome.
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Post by: afx on June 24, 2015, 14:19:46: I still don't find the words for it. It definitely is a great shot!

cheers
afx
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Rick Waldroup on June 25, 2015, 03:00:49: Thanks Jorgen and Andreas, for the comments.
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Lowell on June 26, 2015, 04:45:01: The face mask, hair and then the tie says it all. Were there others dressed up like this?

Lowell
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Rick Waldroup on June 26, 2015, 11:41:23: Quote from: Lowell on June 26, 2015, 04:45:01
The face mask, hair and then the tie says it all. Were there others dressed up like this?

Lowell

Yes, it is the tie that really set the shot for me. 8)

Lowell, it was Halloween and there were quite a few people out there wearing costumes and dressed up, but no one that I saw looked as gruesome as this fellow, and I walked all over the place.
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Gary on June 26, 2015, 17:37:38: Roger Corman-esque ... it finally came to me.
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Rick Waldroup on June 26, 2015, 21:32:49: Quote from: Gary on June 26, 2015, 17:37:38
Roger Corman-esque ... it finally came to me.

Thanks so much. I am a huge fan of his particular style of brilliant schlock. :D
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Gary on June 26, 2015, 21:35:48: Quote from: Rick Waldroup on June 26, 2015, 21:32:49
Quote from: Gary on June 26, 2015, 17:37:38
Roger Corman-esque ... it finally came to me.

Thanks so much. I am a huge fan of his particular style of brilliant schlock. :D
I've getting a new Tv, you need to come over and we can have a Netflix binge party.
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: antonoat on June 26, 2015, 23:48:27: Bizarre image, but in a good way, excellent photo.
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Rick Waldroup on June 27, 2015, 15:59:25: Quote from: Gary on June 26, 2015, 21:35:48
Quote from: Rick Waldroup on June 26, 2015, 21:32:49
Quote from: Gary on June 26, 2015, 17:37:38
Roger Corman-esque ... it finally came to me.

Thanks so much. I am a huge fan of his particular style of brilliant schlock. :D
I've getting a new Tv, you need to come over and we can have a Netflix binge party.

One day, I may find myself in your neck of the woods. I have not been in Southern California since the '70's.
Title: Re: Tailgating
Post by: Rick Waldroup on June 27, 2015, 15:59:44: Thanks, Tony, for the comments.