Chrome Grill

For the first time since I started this blog I have fallen behind with the daily posts.  For the last several days I have been in hotel that had free wi-fi, but it was just not a strong enough signal to upload photos; so here I go to getting back on track.

This red ice cream truck resides at Fiesta Texas.  It was in the middle of the afternoon under a bright sun when I happened upon it which creates really hard, unflattering light that creates lots of hot spots on shiny things like red vehicles with lots of chrome.   Finding an viewpoint that would isolate it from backgrounds full of people was a challenge as well.  I like this look vantage point looking at the car head-on.  The grill was almost totally in the shade of an awning which really helped save the chrome from being totally blown out by the sun, and the car itself was used to separate it from it's busy surroundings.  The red is a deep enough hue that it balanced with the chrome tonally, which I think allowed the photo to work even under harsh lighting conditions.

JRT