autofantasia's photos with the keyword: trunk

This week gone the topic for the Sunday Challenge was to revisit your favourite challenge . Loads to choose from then, but I eventually opted for pareidolia which was the topic a few weeks back. This tree was spotted in Brompton, Northallerton and although the shot has been edited to create a little more drama the tree itself hasn't been 'photoshopped' as some might think or altered in any way ... it really was an angry tree!

The Catalina name was used by Pontiac from 1950 to 1981. Initially, it was used strictly to denote hardtop body styles, first appearing on the 1950 Chieftain Eight and Deluxe Eight lines. However, in 1959, the Catalina became a separate model, as the "entry-level" full-size Pontiac. Produced in various formats, this is the very desirable two-door fastback version. Would I have one? Is Santa busy at Christmas? Of course I would! And, for those that like it as much as I do, please note there are 5 shots in this series.

Here's another shot I took whilst walking around a local wood trying to find inspiration for this week's Sunday Challenge , which had the theme of abstract nature . Must admit as interesting as the textures were on the tree to start with this one has had some post processing done to emphasise the sense of the abstract. Hit z to view large for best effect. You'll find a copy of the original SOOC shot in the Notes.

Built in Detroit these replaced the earlier 62 Series and were available as a roadster, tourer, 2- and 4-door sedan, 5-window coupe, and a business coupe. This particular one is presumably a 21st Century import as it was only first registered here in 2001.

This is my entry for this week's Sunday Challenge which had the theme of selective colouring . For anyone that likes to know about such matters, I use PaintShop Pro whenever I'm doing this kind of exercise: although I know there are loads of other options available. I start by getting the original image tweaked to the point where I'm happiest with it and then create a duplicate layer, which I sit above the original image. I then convert the duplicate layer to mono/greyscale before deleting out the area I want to highlight, which then lets the coloured original underneath show through. Finally, all I need to do is merge down the two layers to form one single image ... job done! This particular shot was taken a while back, but I'd never gotten around to posting it online and I felt it leant itself well to this week's challenge. Mr Smiley always makes me smile when I see him and hopefully he'll have the same effect on anyone visiting my photostream.

The Jaguar XK120 was manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was the company's first sports car since the SS 100, which ceased production in 1940. The standard of finish on this one was superb, but for some reason I only came away with this detail shot ... I can only assume that there were always too many people around it to get a clean shot of it overall. Hopefully, I'll get another chance somewhere else to shoot it.

The inscription on the registration plate kind of says it all really!

And because you can never have too much of a good thing, here's another shot of that Corvette's "ass" ... this time in close up!

Far from the best photo I've ever taken, but certainly one of the funniest. I mean car shows can be really, really tiring and some times it can all get too much!

Close-up shot of the attention to detail in the trunk. This is 7 of 9.

Just a little detail shot of the rear of that Sedan De Ville from earlier for all you Caddy lovers out there!