Old iron

[Julio1fer]

In Heritage Weekend all sorts of displays are open. I went to a transportation exhibit with the Canon 7, in hazy sun, with just the normal lens (50mm, f/1.8). The idea was to try close focus and get to know better the lens behavior.

Ford A's dominated the classic car area. My late father had a green one, when I was a little child. He sold it in 1957 or so.





There was a chrome-teethed De Soto, probably a funeral limousine in a previous life.



The luxury dashboard of the De Soto was surprising to the younger generations. No radio, no digital toys!



An old British bus is abandoned in the museum fields. I rode in these as a child, and also in a similar model in India back in 2004.



Stop light in the bus rear, with paint scales falling out all around.



Close to the bus there is an old road roller, rusting into oblivion. B&W does a good job of separating the tones. Better than it looked.



Film was Pan F+ in Beutler. Thanks for looking!

[PFMcFarland]

Fine shots, Julio. I keep seeing photos done in Beutler, and like the way it brings out the tones. I'll have to try it someday.

PF

[jamesmck]

Bravo, Julio.

[GrahamS]

Nice images, Julio. My father owned a De Soto just like the one you photographed.

[LarryD]

Nice, real nice. I love chrome and rust.

[minoly]

It's a real pleasure to see these fine photos of the vehicles. The "Model A" pictures bring back lots of memories. In the 1940's and even into the 1950's our rural area still had many of them in active use, so much so that "Model A" was all one had to say for identification - boys were proud to be able to identify models and years of autos. Our rural mail-carrier usually brought the mail using his prewar Chevrolet sedan; in bad weather, particularly snow, he used a Model A. I never saw one as shiny as those in your photos; nor do I remember ever seeing a green one-- black was the common color around us.

[Julio1fer]

Thanks for the comments! Glad to bring memories, as often old cars will. For me the main memories were on that old bus. I remembered my first bus trip with an aunt, going to some family party not that far from home.

Minoly, boys are the same everywhere - car identification was also a common sport down here. We used to be able to spot manufacturer, model and year in fractions of a second. Nowadays the sport is going out of fashion because it gets too hard, with too many Chinese brands that nobody ever heard of.

Graham, that is an improbable coincidence that should be celebrated. De Sotos were a rare brand here! On the other hand, Ford As were very common. There is at least one classic car club dedicated exclusively to that model.

PF, IMHO Beutler is perfect for Pan F+ and TMax 100. Not recommended for 400 ISO films unless you enjoy grain. I wish Tech Pan was still around so I could try Beutler on it!

Another shot of a Ford Model A in the exhibit, and yes these Model As were all black:

[PFMcFarland]

I have plans on getting some Pan F, already have plenty of T-Max.

PF

[Bennybee]

I like those pictures of the shiny old iron.