AZ Concours d'Elegance II

As the day progresses the crowds thicken and the light changes.  This is the afternoon photography of these gorgeous cars.

1936 Type 57 Bugatti (the car Tom is going to buy me one day)!

1931 Delage D8S

1955 Mercedes Benz 300 SL

1954 Jaguar XKD403

A nice crowd!

Detail of fuel injector stacks on a 1956 A.J. Watson race car.

1909 Delage Type R

1953 Ferrari 250 Europa

1930 Bugatti Type 46

Engine detail

1956 Lincoln Premiere

Reflections on a Bugatti

Detail of Ferrari Vignale

1934 Packard 1107

1932 Delage DAS

1959 Bocar XT5

1938 Jaguar SS100

Hood ornament

Front view of Bocar

1955 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing coupe

1948 Jaguar XK120, the fastest production car at that time.

1963 Corvette Stingray coupe

1931 Delage D8S

1954 Alfa Romeo 1900C Zagato

1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

1938 Lincoln K

1948 Jaguar XK120

1960 Corvette

Here's lookin' at ya!

And, if cars don't interest you and you are a guest at the Biltmore, you can simply find a quiet space and relax.

AZ Concours d'Elegance

There is probably not a nicer place, well maybe Pebble Beach, to show off great cars than the Biltmore.  The Mayan Deco style goes well with these aristocratic grand cars.  These images were taken at the AZ Concours D'Elegance held January 15th.  Tom photographed these cars in the morning.  The afternoon photographs will be posted soon.

Lincoln, probably a '38.  Image captured in the early morning as the cars were arriving on the grounds.

Bugatti

Rare 1955 Mercedes 300SL gull wing coupe.

A French manufactured Delage.

Circle Track racer mid-sixties era.

1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II.

Late 30's LaSalle, known as the baby Cadillac.

New model McLaren supercar with color changing paint.

McLaren

Mid-sixties Mercedes sports coupe.

Bugatti

Mid thirties Packard touring.

Lincoln roadster.

Line up of Bugatti race cars.

Custom bodied Bugatti.

Stumped Tom!

Maserati

Packard hood ornament.

Bugatti

Ferrarri

'Barn find', an early 60's AC, predecessor to the Ford Cobra.

Mid-fifties Grand Prix racer.

1948 Packard

Sedona With Snow

We watched the weather for weeks hoping to get the 'perfect' day to drive north and get some winter snow photography.  I love the red rocks of Sedona covered with snow so that location was my first choice.  Finally, it seemed like that perfect day had arrived.  Six photographers, pretty nice weather and lots of shared company make a very nice photo adventure.  Kati was in Sedona the day before we drove up and has graciously contributed her photos showing the storm clouds building up and then snow falling.  Enjoy.

When we drive to Sedona we usually stop first at the Forest Service Information Center.  Not only is the view pretty darn good, but it gives us an opportunity to check out road conditions with the staff and makes sure all our favorite sites are open.

Finally, we decided it was time to drive into Sedona.  Of course, we had to stop along the way or take photographs from a moving car.  To me this looks like another praying monk.

Taken the day before our trip.

We wanted to photograph the valley from the the nice overlook across from the airport parking lot.  But, they now charge $3 just to park!!  We decided to head a bit down the mountain and take our photographs from the trail head of a path that goes to the top of the hill.

I think Karen hiked to the top but I decided against what looked like a slippery slope.  We can only have one person at a time in a sling in our household!

OK, time to get back on the road and head to Red Rock Crossing.

With one very interesting stop along the way.  I think this is before the Crossing, but am not sure.

We get excited by puddles!

Rick has a new filter and filter holder (Lee, I believe) and I asked him to share how he had stacked them for some of the photographs he took.  This image was captured with both a circular polarizing filter and a 2 stop ND graduated filter.

On this image Rick used a circular polarizer and a 3 stop ND filter.

Rick used a circular polarizer and a 1 stop graduated ND filter.

After lunch Rick and Barbara made a side visit to photograph the Chapel on the Hill.  Most of the snow had already melted in Sedona by the time we left.