Good Vibrations

"I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air
I'm pickin up good vibrations
She's giving me excitations..."

Good Vibrations was Brian Wilson's masterpiece. Released as a single in 1966, it became the Beach Boys' third number one hit.

This 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray with the 427 tripower motor putting out 435 horsepower was General Motor's masterpiece also. When the side pipes roar, this baby gives out really good vibrations. I'd like to think Brian was thinking of this car when he wrote Good Vibrations.

For those of you into statistics, this is my 18th image in a row that I have matched to a popular song title (and my 8th car image in a row matched to a Beach Boys song). I may continue this series for a few more images, but we are all done with Beach Boys songs as of today.

Re-edited last week and best viewed large.

[Jacqui Paterson]

Very cool wheels. Love the POV.

[GazBadger]

Beautiful motor... well captured =)

[Nathan]

Great angle captures the essence of the vehicle, it's personality!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Now that is a set of wheels. a friend of mine had a dark green one when I was in high school. We had some GOOD times!!

[8yearson]

That camera angle is so perfect and I love the rich, vibrant colours! What processing software do you use Danny, your photos are always so sumptious!

[Simply Amanda]

So shiny and gorgeous. Love your edit. And loving your series. P.S. I liked your use of the word verdant in my post. Great underused word!!:)

[Cathy]

The angel is perfect and your story association is fabulous

[Debbie]

what a lovely car and nicely captured

[👑 AnaZad]

Gorgeous car, great perspective.

[Cathy Donohoue]

Great lines on this car. I like the pov.

[Abhijit]

super cool

[Simon]

Great pov Danny, I wonder how long they spend cleaning their cars :) lol

[Josh Careatti]

Awesome, Danny! I'm loving the classic cars.

[Danny G.]

@jackie8 Thanks, Jackie. I don't do much in the way of post processing - I believe a little goes a long way in post. I use a free program called photoscape for all my post processing. My Nikon's picture controls are set to vivid and I shoot in JPEG fine. In post, I will slightly tweak contrast, sharpness and sometimes exposure and saturation. I never use HDR and I never shoot in RAW. I like to keep it simple.

[Padlock]

Great shot and car-keep em coming

[Therese]

Gorgeous... the angle gives the car a look of power!!!

[Danette Thompson]

Beautiful!

[Anita Campbell]

Wow, NICE car!! Interesting description. Glad there was a car there to see what you were really describing.

[Heidi Parnell]

You've done exceedingly well with you're lyrics, that's real dedication and your pictures go so well with them, :)

[Ivan]

Yet another amazing auto, and the song to sing with it, wonderful image, love to look at it again, so ...Fav.

[Ann Jones]

Fabulous shot!

[Leslie]

what a great shine...

[bkb in the city]

Hello Danny, greetings from Edmonton, Canada. I am a huge Beach Boy's fan and automobile fan. I saw this on the browse page. I will have to go back and check out your other pics.

[Ross Walker]

Mean machine. More eye-catching red too.

[Danny G.]

@ivan Thanks for the fav, Ivan - it is much appreciated!

[8yearson]

@soboy5 - thanks Danny! I think there is a lot of snobbery regarding RAW, but a couple of professional photographers told me recently they don't use it and one has been a wedding photographer for over 20 years, doing very nicely thank you kindly! Although I do use HDR, it is easily overdone (I've been guilty of that) and it's good to get as much right 'in camera' as possible..... whatever you're doing, it works and you have a unique style!

[Arefin]

fantastic clarity and POV! awesome capture!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

I can remember when "Good Vibrations" came out. At first I wasn't sure if I liked it. It was so different from previous Beach Boys hits. But the more I heard it, the more I liked it. This baby screams! Personally I think the Sting Ray was the the best of all the Vette body styles.