Shut Down by soboy5

Shut Down

"It happened on the strip where the road is wide
Two cool shorts standin' side by side
Yeah, my fuel injected Sting Ray and a 413
Revvin' up our engines and it sounds real mean
Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down...."

Title courtesy of Brian Wilson, Roger Christian and Mike Love. Continuing with the Beach Boys and hot car theme, Shut Down is their 1963 hit song about a drag race between a Super-Stock 413 Dodge Dart and a fuel injected '63 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray. The Sting Ray wins the race.

The car in this image is the fuel injected 1963 Corvette Sting Ray the Beach Boys were singing about in Shut Down - one truly awesome machine. (My original title for this image was "Corvette Dream") Best viewed large.
Very nice pic of a real classic (almost as cool as a Mustang lol)
May 8th, 2013  
Jim
Now THAT is a car!. Love the focus on the name plate and nic ely composed to get the split back window and the great shape
May 8th, 2013  
What an iconic car. I remmber growing up in awe of big American cars and Sports Cars. This was one of my faves back then and still is.
May 8th, 2013  
Another great car
May 8th, 2013  
I'd drive it! Cool shot!
May 8th, 2013  
I love this. I like how you didn't have to photograph the entire car for it to be gorgeous and you can still see those Stingray curves!
May 8th, 2013  
And a great perspective of it too!
May 8th, 2013  
I had a friend with a split window in college. It was tough trying to act calm from the passenger seat when he was putting that thing through its paces on a twisty back road. This is a good view of the lines that made it famous.
May 8th, 2013  
Great capture. FAV
May 8th, 2013  
super cool
May 8th, 2013  
Super shot!
May 8th, 2013  
Beautiful high key image!!!
May 8th, 2013  
Awesome shot. Love it.
May 8th, 2013  
Great shot. Lovely
May 8th, 2013  
'Sting Ray' love the name so cool! And lovely car too of course...!
May 8th, 2013  
Great shot. Love the Sting Rays!
May 9th, 2013  
You can actually feel the softness of the paint. Beautifully captured.
May 9th, 2013  
Beautiful shot, Danny. Great color, focus, and dof. You don't have a thing for cars....do you? Just kidding.
May 9th, 2013  
Now you're talking, Danny... Or shooting in this instance! Great old car and nice POV!
May 9th, 2013  
@andyn @jcarrollphoto @seanoneill @padlock @amandal @kld63012 @bu11et @rvwalker @thresheg @abhijit @ivan @monkeykid @anazad511 @jeffzam @heidihp @winemonologues @danette @cindymc @fishy Thanks for all the very nice comments and favs - they are all much appreciated. I took a capture similar to this in 2011 that won my first photography award: http://365project.org/soboy5/365/2012-11-19
May 11th, 2013  
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