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Cadillac Ranch Nights I
 
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Photographer Dave Arnold  Dave Arnold {Karma:55680}
Project #37 Night Photography Camera Model Canon 30D
Categories Historical
Landscape
Transportation
Film Format Digital JPEG High
Portfolio Rte 66 Art
Night Photography
Landscapes
Lens Tamron 18-250 f3.5-6.3 LD Aspherical (IF) Macro
Uploaded 7/20/2007 Film / Memory Type SanDisk Ultra II 2.0 gb
    ISO / Film Speed 400
Views 377 Shutter 92s
Favorites Aperture 5.0
Critiques 21 Rating
6.44
/ 8 Ratings
Location City -  Amarillo
State -  TEXAS
Country - United States   United States
About I took about a 3 hour stopover in the middle of the night at the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. For those of you who aren't familiar, here's a brief explanation:

The Cadillac Ranch, located along the tatters of historic Route 66, was built in 1974, brainchild of Stanley Marsh 3, the helium millionaire who owns the dusty wheat field where it stands. Marsh and The Ant Farm, a San Francisco art collective, assembled used Cadillacs representing the "Golden Age" of American Automobiles (1949 through 1963). The ten graffiti-covered cars are half-buried, nose-down, facing west "at the same angle as the Cheops' pyramids."

Shot over 92 seconds. I painted the scene with a flashlight, in this particular shot, the lights you see coming out from between each car, slighting lighting the undercarriages. The sides of the cars are lit by ambient light.

Another fun night shoot...

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:173998} 7/24/2007
Well, I am on the late schedule, Captain...so what's your excuse again? LOL. I usually don't get to bed until between 1AM and 3AM. Oh, and you're welcome!:)))

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/24/2007
Thanks, Gary. I'd say night is the best for this place. I've taken and seen many daylight shots here and all I can say is "boring".

Best,
Dave

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/24/2007
Thank you, John. Pretty neat place at night.

Dave

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/24/2007
Better late than never, thank you, Shirley! You need to get on the same midnight schedule I am on if you want service here.

:)
CM

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Billy Bloggs Billy Bloggs   {K:51043} 7/24/2007
This could easily have been a less inspiring shot but under the stars has given it some neat colours. They remind me strongly of the neolithic standing stones found in the UK and north west France. Some examples in my portfolio. In years to come anthropologists might misinterpret these and mistakenly write books about how ancient American's worshipped the car as a deity....hang on, come to think of it....
Regards, Gary

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John Hatz John Hatz   {K:156973} 7/21/2007
Holy cow!!!! Amazing... I love the long exposure on that and I love the...falling stars (like that anyway...) the result is amazing! oh my God....the cars looks like being there as they....fall down from the sky hahahaha!!!! Amazing that!

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:173998} 7/21/2007
Fantastic, Dave! I'm in agreement with Rina that this is the best, with IV second. Very strong series. 7/7

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/20/2007
Thank you very much, Dave!

Best wishes,
Dave

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/20/2007
Thank you again, Barbara. Yes, I've been here many times, on I-40 on the west side of Amarillo. I had heard about it long ago and finally (years ago) happened to look over and see it while making one of my regular trips through Amarillo.

Dave

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/20/2007
Thank you, Michele. Yes, you are correct. I've shot this in the daylight and never pleased with the results. Mostly because of all the trash strewn about.

While the artist doesn't mind the graffiti on the cars, I would think the hundreds of empty spray cans thrown into the farmer's field would be a sore point. And they even provide a dumpster but do you think anybody could use it?

So I spent a bit of time in the dark trying to clean the place up before shooting... I missed some cans, though.

Dave

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/20/2007
Thank you, Ahmed!

Best to you,
Dave

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/20/2007
Thank YOU, Leo... !!

Dave

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Dave Arnold Dave Arnold   {K:55680} 7/20/2007
¡Gracias, Alicia, mi amigo! ¡Porciones de abrazos a ti! Dave

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Dave Brown Dave Brown   {K:1390} 7/20/2007
Excellent. Defintley an attention grabber. Loved the effect with the flashlight. All the best, Dave

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        {K:12494} 7/20/2007
wow, this must have been something to see, did you know about this place or just run on to it? Excellent job, and thanks for shareing. 7+++++++++++

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Michele Carlsen Michele Carlsen   {K:146013} 7/20/2007
Wow ! Excellent shots Dave... very interesting 'about' as well...I had never heard anything about this kind of place but it looks awesome- and probably even better at night with your lights and the moon-light than in sun-light..(?) Just guessing ..... Thank for sharing !
Michele~

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Ahmed Ismail Ahmed Ismail   {K:19853} 7/20/2007
Love these shots! Superb!
Regards, Ahmed

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Caterina  Berimballi Caterina  Berimballi   {K:27299} 7/20/2007
92 seconds? Pffft... more like 15. Those streaks are miles long. Wait... that doesn't make sense. Nevermind.

Have looked at the others, and this seems to be the strongest of the series. The composition and light here just feels right. Although version IV is coming a very tight second. I think it's the moon in that one.

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Leo Régnier  Я£ Leo Régnier  Я£   {K:67696} 7/20/2007
F A N T A S T I C !!!!!!!!!!

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Alicia Popp   {K:87532} 7/20/2007
Magnífica composición, me gusta, tiene ritmo!!
Felicitaciones!!!

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rebecca claassen rebecca claassen   {K:12904} 7/20/2007
Dave, you're alive!!!!

Now this is freaky!! But in saying that, I know you know I mean 'freaky genius' freaky, and not 'freaky running around in the dark with a torch in a car graveyard' freaky....

Excellent about and an even better result. This is going to my faves,
cheers, Beks

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