The Bob Jones Collection Photo Gallery by Mike Stobbs at pbase.com

The Bob Jones Collection

Welcome to the Bob Jones Collection
The weather was perfect for this type of gallery...overcast it started to rain just after we left.
I had Arlene with me to shoot images of this very cool place.
Bob dragged his very first car home to this yard in 1962 and his wife was not very happy.
Shortly after that he sent his wife packing and brought home every car for miles around.
I have presented this in a "Film Strip" type gallery with loads of post processing and some in camera tricks.
Bob has granted me permission to come and "Paint With Light" which may lead to some more fine images of this collection.
I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did shooting it.
Well we made it back to Bob's place to do some Low Light and "Painting".
Bob really enjoyed the album I gave him for his 80th birthday and I'm going to add the latest images to it for him.
We had fun but it was hard to keep track in the dark just what cars we wanted to 'Paint".
I returned this winter to capture some more images of this cool collection, armed with my Fisheye and 24-70mm this time.
Hope you like the ones we picked....













Sunset Over The Bob Jones Collection




















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Jean-Luc Elias		15-Jun-2011 21:42
Incredible images here, very special techniques !! BV

michel2mm		21-Nov-2010 20:39
Magnifique, belle galerie, V

Hernan E. Enriquez		17-Nov-2010 13:07
Wonderful Callery!

Jay Lundstrom		03-Jul-2009 18:03
Really great work!

Bobby Scott		17-Feb-2009 00:45
Way too much to comment on. Spectacular work Mike, you could do a gala just with this work alone.

Treas		18-Oct-2008 05:55
Spectacular! I really like your style. These are wonderful, I look forward to more, more, please.

Mark Q		30-Aug-2008 16:21
I'm glad to get onto the net and search out cool sites like this now and then. At least someone is preserving the old iron heritage, and this old timers yard should be classed as a Museum with all the old cars, trucks and trinkets. Exellent job of the photo gallery also. I was in my glory veiwing all the photos, two thumbs up here.......

Ann		21-Jul-2008 15:29
Superb collection of images. v

Aloha Diao Lavina		16-Jul-2008 05:11
What a great place! You evidently had a great time shooting there. So much character in that yard, so many stories! Well done.

Michael Shpuntov		13-Jul-2008 02:54
What a fantastic place to shoot. I wish I was there :-) Great processing that suits very well to the theme. Vote.

Guest		11-Jul-2008 15:47
The photos and the story of the man collecting old gars are amazing! we have similar place not far from Moscow: collection of about 400 old russian cars owned by an old man! thank u for this gallery! i really enjoyed it)

Bill Warren		11-Jul-2008 04:39
Wrecks in pp make up; ready to rev it up just one more time. Vote..aaroom.

Guest		10-Jul-2008 11:50
Cool gallery! My vote!

Lee G		09-Jul-2008 15:11
Fantastic gallery, Mike! I love your style, great subjects and very cool treatments. ~V~

B. Shortall - BCS Photography		08-Jul-2008 15:13
Glad your on the popular pages - it deserves to be!

Guest		07-Jul-2008 21:59
Excellent gallery Mike! I love places like this...what a fantastic find. Looking forward to seeing more of your images from this place.

Thomas		07-Jul-2008 16:25
really good stuff! impressive color treatment, use of wide angle, clever presentation. love your rusty oldtimers, V

Bob Reynolds		07-Jul-2008 02:50
Wow, what a collection of cars! I can see why his wife wouldn't have been too happy to have all these lying around the yard. You really seemed to capture the essence of his collection well in these images. I particularly like the ultra wide shots.

Marc Demoulin		06-Jul-2008 16:22
Outstanding work! I would give I don't know what to find such a place!! V Marc

Judy Davey		05-Jul-2008 12:17
these are great - love how you've shot them and the post-processing. v

Steve Sharp		05-Jul-2008 10:16
Thank goodness for eccentrics like Bob, the world would be a much duller place without them. Great photos, and I'm sure there are more to come once it gets dark!

Richard Calmes		04-Jul-2008 18:27
I love this gallery! Well done! V

Wendy O		02-Jul-2008 19:28
Fantastic collection of images! I love old relics like this, nice job of editing. The wide angle works well too. Vote!

Glenn Dean (Vatorman)		02-Jul-2008 13:20
Awesome Mike!!! (a place now on my list!)

Dan Greenberg		30-Jun-2008 17:43
Mike - you have really outdone yourself with this gallery and that says a lot. What a blast this must have been to shoot and post process. The colors, mood and compositions are incredible. I'm guessing some HDR along with other processes. The biggest possible Vote.

Cindi Smith		30-Jun-2008 17:23
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I just panned through these shots....OMG! Exceptional work. Love the perspectives, the comps, the subject matter....these are well done. You really aced this gallery, Mike!!!!! Wonderful work! BA BRAVO!

pkocinski		29-Jun-2008 15:26
Don't know if any of these old vehicles are worth restoring but if they are there is a gold mine here. Nice gallery.

Ali Majdfar		29-Jun-2008 07:17
Outstanding Gallery, Excellent. GMV

Guest		29-Jun-2008 03:03
Outstanding gallery, a lot of powerful ultra wide angles used just in a way to draw viewer inside of this excellent soulful mood... additional creativity value provided by this post-processing... big vote!

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