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Images => Critique => Topic started by: Bill Mellen on June 20, 2015, 15:53:55

Title: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: Bill Mellen on June 20, 2015, 15:53:55

From a car show last fall

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7757/18233074932_ad5daa3770_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tMcgWU)

1959 Cadillac Fin and Taillight

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: elsa hoffmann on June 20, 2015, 15:59:09

Bill, I like this a lot.

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on June 20, 2015, 16:13:17

Not into any admiration of American cars myself, most are downright ugly in my humble opinion. However, this capture with its exquisite colour composition and clever use of the positioning of image elements made me smile a little regretfully. Well done.

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 20, 2015, 17:01:52

I love the bleeding into  white. Wonderful.

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: Gary on June 20, 2015, 18:03:05

To quote Frank ... This is wonderful. This need to be printed ... large ... really large.

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: armando_m on June 20, 2015, 21:40:35

fantastic detail!

as frank said the gradiemt from green to white is quite nice

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: pluton on June 21, 2015, 08:22:31

The design of American cars in the Tail Fin Era was bizarre, but you have captured what is probably the signature feature of this particular model very well. 

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: Bill Mellen on June 21, 2015, 13:21:49

Thank you Elsa, Bjorn, Frank, Gary, Armando and Pluton for your kind comments.

The tail-fin era of American cars is legendary and some models sported outrageously large fins.  To me, the 1959 Cadillac Coupe is certainly one of the better known examples.

The color and style of the fin jumped out at me as I walked by and this is my favorite image from that car show.  The car's owner was most generous and happy to share anything and everything about the car making the experience more memorable to me.

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on June 22, 2015, 13:52:52

Quote from: Frank Fremerey on June 20, 2015, 17:01:52

I love the bleeding into  white. Wonderful.

+1

Title: Re: 59 Cadillac Fin and Taillight
Post by: Bill Mellen on June 23, 2015, 13:41:30

Thank you Jørgen.