Dashboard

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted November 27, 2012180 views5 comments

I have been doing a little series on abandoned car and truck steering wheels and dashboards. Weird, I know, but I get a kick out it. This one was done in the Mojave Preserve, at an abandoned drilling site. It is an old pickup truck.

I like the dashboard detail, like the odometer reading and the gauge visible in the large version.

I used an 8-3/4" Verito lens, vintage around 1920. It gets real fuzzy wide open (5.6) and is actually pretty sharp around f/22. This was done around f/11 or so. It gave me the limited DOF I was after, plus a nice OOF effect.

Chamonix 4x5
Verito
Acros B&W film
Rollo Pyro developing, in the unlikely event anyone cares

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Kent Staubus on November 27, 2012 at 11:21 PM

If you ever come my way, I have a spot for you. There is a farm along a back highway that has a small grove of trees. In the trees are two or three lines of old cars that have been sitting there for nearly 50 years. The newest car is vintage 1928.

Kent in SD

Registered on November 11, 2003, 121 Posts, 2098 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 28, 2012 at 1:20 PM

I am really digging this, Harley! Love the dof and pof for the emphasis on the dash. I also noticed the manual choke knob below and left of the steering wheel. I had forgotten that the old ones had to be manually choked when started and then you shut it off when the engine warms up.

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on November 30, 2012 at 9:30 AM

Where are the GPS and rear view camera? No blue tooth? There is something about old vehicles and machinery that is irresistible and draws us in. Maybe its the nostalgia of simpler times.

Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 30, 2012 at 4:12 PM

David stole my thought - where's the USB port and charger?

Always enjoy these Harley. Great stuff!

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on December 7, 2012 at 6:17 PM

Very nice, Harley. Could probably do a forum of "abandoned rusted hulks" and get some great shots.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 130 Posts, 1644 Comments