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Any advice would be nice as I am new to the auto scene. It is aways

tough to shoot chrome without a self portrait, so I tried hard not go

get myself just everyone else that was standing around. JP

The hardest part of taking pictures at a car show are the neon and spot lights and unwanted reflections, like the tire in the door and the guy in the crome of the headlight. Though I have been known to put myself in the reflection of chrome grills. Nice shot. elisabeth

Nice lines...

Maybe this works for you?

Larry,

 

That worked pretty slick. I thought of cloning it out but wasn't sure how it would work on the chrome. I really should have put my wife onto this project, as she is much better at the whole PS thing. It started out that I was the one doing all the touchups and now she does most everything. I have gotten better at supplying better stock photos for her though. Thanks for the idea. JP

The shot is taken too high and clutter from the car's other details is now in the scene, for instance the ridgeline of the hood and the door hinge.(Are distracting and out of focus). I would not shoot this car at this angle, because perhaps the headlight AND the fender AND part of the grille are just all partial and too much. On these older cars, often paying attention to a singular design detail is the way to go. And BTW these colors with the lighting wherever also are not that exciting. The HOT colors for older cars are bright primary colors. Just have a look at photo.net put a lot of BLUE and RED in an image and people will be attracted to it..