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Title: 1971 Road America Trans Am Color Photographs
Post by: SMKZ28 on May 01, 2014, 04:14:23 AM
I just ran across this collection of color photographs taken by Richard A. Reeves at the Trans Am races at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on July 17, 1971.  The pictures were posted on Flickr.  Click on the following link to see the 30 photographs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageracepics70/sets/72157632790539418  Sorry if this is a re-post.  I don't recall seeing them before.

The first picture in the second row is backwards.  That is the run up to the Corvette bridge after turn five.  The first three are correct.
Title: Re: 1971 Road America Trans Am Color Photographs
Post by: ss jim on May 01, 2014, 01:24:16 PM
Thanks for the link. Excellent!
Jim
Title: Re: 1971 Road America Trans Am Color Photographs
Post by: Jon Mello on May 01, 2014, 04:24:17 PM
Those are some really nice shots. Thanks for posting the link, Scott.

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/June%202012/RA71-h.jpg)
Courtesy of Robert Barg
Title: Re: 1971 Road America Trans Am Color Photographs
Post by: Trans Åm on May 01, 2014, 10:51:51 PM
Holy grail! He got a gorgeous shot of the Gray Ghost, and the shot of the Javelin looks like it was taken YESTERDAY!:

Photos by Richard Reeves:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8546/8696238785_b95fb6b49b_c.jpg)


(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/8687912749_b22e33907c_c.jpg)



Title: Re: 1971 Road America Trans Am Color Photographs
Post by: Jon Mello on May 02, 2014, 01:26:35 PM
Holy grail! He got a gorgeous shot of the Gray Ghost, and the shot of the Javelin looks like it was taken YESTERDAY!:

I agree. He was using a very nice camera and lens combination. The images are much higher in quality than you typically see for back then.
Title: Re: 1971 Road America Trans Am Color Photographs
Post by: 69Z28-RS on May 02, 2014, 01:34:02 PM
If the photos were from 1971, he was NOT using a digital camera.. :)      so digitizing from film, the scanner and software used to convert the film negative or positive to digital format is the key to the quality of the digital images...  (For very high resolution on the film, he was likely using a 2-1/4x2-1/4 - ie. 70 mm film format, but even a 35 mm film will yield very nice digital images if a high quality digitizer and software are used).