A few years back I posted a little Father's Day update about some old Hot Wheels cars that still had from years gone by. I guess that digging them out of my closet must have stirred a little something inside of me as very shortly afterwards, I found myself buying them again. Not only that, but I actually found myself buying a couple for The Heir Apparent and Crown Prince. They've been playing with them a little bit, but not to the extent that I used to. Mind you, they're also three and one, so I was maybe jumping the gun a little early. For an update this year, I decided to take some shots of the car that got me back into collecting the little guys. This is a 1970 Chevelle from the Daredevils series. We never drove in any demolition derby's, but the family often had a station wagon as I was growing up, so that may have
played a role. I also really liked the colours and that the words "Hot Wheels" were prominently displayed. I ended up seeing a documentary on the toys and one collector mentioned how he had always wanted a garage full of classic cars, but didn't have the money. Collecting Hot Wheels cars allowed him to somewhat fulfill that wish. I guess those words stuck with me as I now have a couple of shelves that serve as a parking lot. I took the car out to our table on the back deck to add some of the colour from the sun as it was setting. I also used my flash as a fill light in order to brighten the shadows on the side of the car that was facing me. The first photograph here was taken at f/16, 1/200sec, ISO 100 at 70mm and the second photograph was taken at f/16, 1/200sec, ISO 100 at 70mm.
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