Ready To Go - 1958 Edsel (Page 2): Adding 2 revised versions, Thank you for all the comments...

UncleBuck Loc: Malvern, Arkansas

UncleBuck wrote:

The Edsel shot is from 2016 at the Farm and Auto M... (show quote)

Adding 2 revised versions, Thank you for all the comments

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

I like them but the beams on the third one are pointing down too much. The second one you nailed with the lights, but I still like the idea of the beams just not quite there yet. I'd narrow the beams a bit and have them pointing out more rather than to the ground. I've no art genes in me, so not sure why I'm giving art advice, but I love the photo's. Super creative and well done I'd say.

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

I like the first one of your revised composites. The lights look real. We can tell the the headlights are on and the driver is ready to go. Your second revisioned image the beams are pointing down and too close to the ground.

UncleBuck Loc: Malvern, Arkansas

BigDaddy wrote:

I like them but the beams on the third one are pointing down too much. The second one you nailed with the lights, but I still like the idea of the beams just not quite there yet. I'd narrow the beams a bit and have them pointing out more rather than to the ground. I've no art genes in me, so not sure why I'm giving art advice, but I love the photo's. Super creative and well done I'd say.

Thank You so much for taking time to revisit the shots, I truly appreciate it. I’ll give some thought to how to level the beams, Thanks Again !!! 👍😊

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nice.

UncleBuck Loc: Malvern, Arkansas

NJFrank wrote:

I like the first one of your revised composites. The lights look real. We can tell the the headlights are on and the driver is ready to go. Your second revisioned image the beams are pointing down and too close to the ground.

Thank You Frank for your follow up comments, I’m considering how to level the light beams as that would be more realistic, not enough depth in the image for actual headlight to hit the ground. Thanks Again !!!

UncleBuck Loc: Malvern, Arkansas

kpmac wrote:

Very nice.

Thank You Ken, I appreciate it 😊👍 !!!

Guyserman Loc: Benton, AR

2nd image is great in my opinion and you're getting there on he third. I like the way the beams flare out and weaken away from the car. Maybe a tad more would be good. (Everything I say is opinion only.) Very nice work.

UncleBuck Loc: Malvern, Arkansas

Guyserman wrote:

2nd image is great in my opinion and you're getting there on he third. I like the way the beams flare out and weaken away from the car. Maybe a tad more would be good. (Everything I say is opinion only.) Very nice work.

Thank You, I value your opinion, and I appreciate your revisiting the images. Sometimes I can't see the forest for the trees and need some to tap me on the shoulder. Thanks Again !!!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

UncleBuck wrote:

Adding 2 revised versions, Thank you for all the comments.

This has become an interesting and educational conversation about perspective!

In this link at Shutterstock, there are two I like a lot:

- the slightly tipped yellow-toned car that appears to be in fog. Note how the beams expand widely to each side.

- further down the page, the blue-toned straight-on car with the starburst look to the lights (sort of like how my developing cataracts see in the dark

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UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Imaginative!

UncleBuck Loc: Malvern, Arkansas

Linda From Maine wrote:

This has become an interesting and educational con... (show quote)

Thank You so much Linda for the link, and I agree with the 2 you mentioned, lots of food for thought in that link. I had decided on using the polygonal lasso tool then creating a beam to fill it to achieve the effect of elevating the light beam, or painting a larger area slightly below the headlight level, masking it and then brushing it down to the shape I wanted. I appreciate everyone's contributions and it's been a good learning experience for me. Thank You Again for your input and the link. I very much appreciate it !!!

UncleBuck Loc: Malvern, Arkansas

UTMike wrote:

Imaginative!

Thank You very much Mike, I appreciate it !!!

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

"Some of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous pieces of macabre fiction involve this severe deterioration of the sanity of a killer, with an intense focus on how and where the body is concealed. Poe frequently utilizes enclosure as a device to explore the impact of guilt upon the psyche of the encloser. “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Black Cat,” and “The
Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe uses the act and outcomes of concealment as a way to deal
with guilt and introduce consequences. "

UncleBuck's macabre photo creation effectively suggests that Ford, now having problems with E-cars, is going to wall up the best-forgotten Edsel. The Edsel is guilty of being an embarrassing costly big flop. Walling up will erase it from Ford's history. Was the man Edsel's death at 49 connected to the car's and Automotive Divison's quick demise? Edsel was like Christ, Henry Ford's only begotten son!! Ironic!!
https://www.hotcars.com/why-ford-edsel-flopped/

I wonder UncleBuck, in your creative mind, was Edsel Ford's body exhumed from Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit and is now sitting in the driver's seat of his ill-fated name-sake?
https://corporate.ford.com/articles/history/edsel-ford-biography.html

UncleBuck Loc: Malvern, Arkansas

dpullum wrote:

"Some of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous pieces... (show quote)

From one creative mind to another, Thank You Don !!!