King of chrome, a photo from Quebec, Central

Photographer's Note

Franηais/French
Voici une des 27,721 Oldsmobile Super 88 Sedan produite en 1958. Un moteur de 371 pouces cubes dιveloppant 305 chevaux la propulsait. Le prix de l'ιpoque se situait autour des 3700$.

Tous les modθles General Motors de 1958 ιtaient chargιs de chrome en abondance ce qui leur a valu le surnom de "Roi du Chrome"

English/Anglais
Here is one of the 27,721 Oldsmobile Super 88 Sedan produced in 1958. It is equipped with a 371 cubic inches engine developing 305 horsepower. The price at that time was around 3700$.

All the 1958 GM cars were loaded with chrome and that was the reason they gave them the nickname of "King of chrome".

mvdisco, dareco, Dyerco, gracious, vmf-214, gunbud, belido, Nolme, lucasgalodoido, Charo, polpo56, pierrefonds, bisok, saylan-cb, fulvio52, yedirenk, zmey, porto62 έχουν(ει) επιλέξει αυτή τη σημείωση ως χρήσιμη

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angela926 (1884) 2008-11-19 15:24

Hello Denis,
Great photo, I love the briiliant red against the black and white, excellent composition and pov, superb sharpness, beautiful colors and lovely light. Fantastic shot.
angela

martburn (533) 2008-11-19 15:47

Hello Denis

I like this shot, which means more than it at first seems. I am not a big fan of this effect because it is rarely appropriate. In this case it feels right, the car was born in the age of B+W TV but it speaks of the true extravagance of the 50's era.

Martin

mvdisco (17798) 2008-11-19 15:53

Bonsoir Denis,
L'Oldsmobile 58 ιtait tout un bolide avec une carosserie qui ressemblait au Buick de mθme annιe. une voiture avec une puissance extra et un modθle qui pesait plus de 2 tonnes...et on pourvait faire virer les roues dessous sur une bonne longueur:) enfin bref; une voiture qui fκte ses 50 ans....J'aime bien l'effet noir & blanc et couleurs de cette voiture de deux couleurs....Belle prιsentation...
compliments.
Michel

cak (4931) 2008-11-19 16:37

it is one year more big from my age.nice and artistic detailed car

placombe (7715) 2008-11-19 16:41

Salut Denis
Absolument superbe. Je l'ai ajoutι au thθme sur les vieilles bagnoles.
Amitiι
Pierre

hains (9491) 2008-11-20 2:15

Salut Denis

50 annιes pour ce roi du chrome. L`arriθre plan en noir et blanc semble la faire resortir du temps avec les arbres et nuages qui menace.

Mario

dareco (17136) 2008-11-20 2:59

Another beauty! both the car and the picture. I love the color and the pp work. Great job! TFS

jplebrun (21208) 2008-11-20 4:23

Bonjour Denis
avec ce clichι tu me rappelles de beaux souvenirs de mon enfance quand je voyais arrivι un oncle avec sa grosse Oldsmobile ou un autre avec sa Ford ou encore mon pθre avec sa Buick, tous ces voitures avaient en commun leur grosseur et le chrome, a savoir lequel avait la bagnole qui brillait le plus.
Amitiιs
Jean-Pierre

giorgimer (35017) 2008-11-20 7:01

Hi Denis,

GREAT! This is your best shot on this theme in my opinion. Great management of colors and PP. Perfect details as usual.

Very well done!

Gio

Dyerco (10185) 2008-11-20 7:13

Nicely done Denis
Having just the car in colour works well especially when it red. It looks as if you applied Neat Image to the BG and sky to get a surreal look. Superb
Phil

gracious (20025) 2008-11-20 10:38

Bonjour Denis,
Good pov to view this vintage classic with it's own colour against the B/W bg! excellent composition with great creativity!
thanks for the informative notes regarding this oldie!
merci
Tony

vmf-214 (1648) 2008-11-21 10:29

Hi Denis,

Wonderful photo and like the red you added to the car really makes it stand out. Great touch adding the B&W to the photo too. Well done Denis.

Cheers
Jason.

gunbud (34066) 2008-11-21 19:35

Hi Denis,
The black and white sky makes a perfect symbolic backdrop for this display of gilded decay. All that chrome really shines in this presentation.
Excellent sharpness and details to this dinosaur.
The Oldsmobile went out of production in 2000 and GM might be scheduled to die soon. Oh how times change.
Regards, Tom

belido (19934) 2008-11-22 5:34

Hi Denis,

I have a vivid green monkey for this one. First the composition is really good, you chose a nice angle for the old one...and second the post-processing, desaturating the background was the right decision to make the subject to pop up in the frame. Great job indeed!
Regards,
Carlos

Nolme (6829) 2008-11-22 12:04

une belle "amιricaine" sans ses beaux yeux.
un rock et la radio ΰ fond sur la route...... yahoooooooo!
belle prise

Miha2ou7 (5162) 2008-11-24 12:08

Hey Denis,

This one has a special charm, because of the PP work. It`s the right subject for such a treatment, while the photo has a synthetic feeling, no doubt that that`s what you were looking for. I also like all the details and focus on the subject.

Best regards.

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2008-11-24 15:53

Olα Denis,
fantαstica essa foto do velho Olds, merecia um final de carreira mais glamoroso, mas mesmo assim ficou σtima sua foto.
Parabιns e Abraηo

Charo (51290) 2008-11-24 17:14

Salut Denis,
Superbe composition et de la magnifique partie de dιsaturation qui lui donne un look d'irrιalitι. Trθs belle cette vieille voiture en parfaite condition.
Amitiιs,
Charo

polpo56 (15146) 2008-11-25 14:14

Ciao Denis,
your interpretation in chrome of this picure is fantastic.
A good idea, well showed by a nice composition and a wonderful work in PP.
My best regards.

Ludo

pierrefonds (115384) 2008-11-26 4:24

Bonjour Denis,

L'action de laisser la couleur sur l'auto seulement donne du punch ΰ la composition. Le sujet est bien cadrι. L'image est claire et nette. Les couleurs sont rehaussιes par la qualitι de la lumiθre. Bonne journιe.

Pierre

stego (24132) 2008-11-26 4:30

Hi Denis,
I don't know if you gave a help on that in PP, but it's amazing how the painting and chrome looks so well preserved. You made a great compo and a clever PP, either technically or aesthetically. It's a very fine image, I bet that many teenagers and owners of "retro" bars would be glad to have such a photo hanging on their walls.
Regards, Josι.

bisok (948) 2008-11-26 18:14

G'day Denis

You're right. This is the King of chrome ... and the Reds :-)
A beautiful car and the beautiful photograph of this car :-) I like it.
I don't realise that that car may have 305 horsepower. And what about fuel consumption ? Is that huge too ?

Very good photograph with usuful Photographer's note.
Thank you very much. Thanks for sharing too.

Best regards
Mirek

saylan-cb (12738) 2008-11-28 7:42

Hi Denis,
This is a brilliant the red to antagonize the black.Great POV whit this effect and nice compositions,excellent work.
TFS/Regards

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-11-30 2:05

And King of Chrome it is!
Hi, Denis.
Superb angle and superb job in PP. Totally appropriate and to the great benefit of the picture. This is a GREAT muscle car, it reminds me a lot of the 1958 Plymouth Fury, such as the one featured in John Carpenter's movie "Christine". Perfect presentation, TFS!
Have a good sunday, I'll be seeing you.
Fulvio.

yedirenk (11244) 2008-12-03 9:37

Salut Denis,
This is a great technique.textures,light and details are very real.also superb red colour effect,nice framed.I like this oldsmobile Super 88.very nice.well done.TFS
Amicalement

Cevdet

zmey (7335) 2008-12-10 8:54

bonjour Denis
now, that's a charmer. the exaggerated whites of the sky work excellent against the chrome and red of the car. the POV is well chosen too.

mes compliments
kristaps

porto62 (2313) 2008-12-11 14:09

Salut Denis beau travail de dιsaturation, fait ressortir le cotι cromι de ces gros mastodonte des annιes ou il n'y avait aucun probleme de consommation.Tu la met vraiment en valeur. Bravo. Alain

Edgar_Delacroix (557) 2008-12-14 16:17

Cette dιcoloration partielle me rappelle le film Sin City (ou la BD). Trθs bon travail artistique qui met en valeur le sujet principal. J'aime bien aussi le point de vu bas et la cadrage serrι qui rendent le vιhicule encore plus imposant.

CaesarP (3924) 2008-12-21 5:21

Hello Denis,
yes indeed,
great capture, great moment, great car and impact,
Thank you
Regards Caesar

serp2000 (47063) 2009-01-11 10:18

Wow! Superb shot, Denis! Excellent oldtimer! Fine quality! I love this photo. I think it will be good poster or calendar.TFS!
Serghei

mikeo (12129) 2009-02-02 12:46

Hello Denis,

WOW! What a car! A vehicle with the soul. I really like the way you showed it...great idea to underline this amazing colour...

Well done!
Greetings,
Mikeo

azizbilgili (2111) 2009-07-24 7:03

Hi Denis,
This is your best shot on this theme in my opinion. Great management of colors and PP. Perfect details as usual...

TFS

Photo Information

Copyright: Denis Nadeau (denisn72) (8314)
Genre: Τοποθεσίες
Medium: Έγχρωμο
Date Taken: 2008-07-15
Categories: Μετακίνηση, Ερείπια
Camera: Canon Powershot A720 IS
Έκθεση: f/6.3, 1/200 δευτερόλεπτα
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Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
Θέμα(τα): Top 36, Vieilles bagnoles et camions, Cars and other vehicles/autos et autres vιhicules, Autovetture [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-11-19 15:21
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