Thursday, August 30, 2012

Mechanical Toy Car from Childhood

Bill Gracey has added a photo to the pool:

Mechanical Toy Car from Childhood

Some sixty years ago, or so, when I was a young boy, our family lived in Hong Kong. One year for Christmas, my cousin (who is the same age) and I received identical red, wind up, mechanical motor cars. These cars were of British manufacture, and looked a lot like the classic MG of the time. These were amazing cars that had working steering wheels and a transmission that included four forward shift positions, and one reverse. You can tell that it's British because the steering wheel is on what an American would call the wrong side. Things have fallen off the car, including the steering wheel and the wind screen, but in it's day it was a beauty, and we both loved our cars. Other than photographs, it's the only physical thing I have from that period in my life. And, no, I don't call it Rosebud.

I set the car on a piece of black cloth and lit it with an SB600 in a softbox camera left, and an SB700 camera right. Both strobes were in manual mode and were triggered by the pop up flash on my D90 in commander mode.



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