Month: July 2017

Monday was the big day for us, although the entire Porsche Parade shindig was to last through the rest of the week. (If you are curious, get the PCA rundown here.)

I seem to have over 800 photographs from that day. I will probably get around to posting many of those on my Porsche blog, but for this family audience, I will just limit us to a few selections.  A couple of panoramic views of the venue for Monday’s concours and the Porsche historic display follow, showing about 50 or so of the perhaps 200 cars on display in total.

Panorama #1: This one shows one end of the concours area, with the river between the cars and the buildings in the background. (Original combined photo size to produce the panorama was 56″ x 14″.)

Panorama #2: And this one shows a view on another hillside in Riverfront Park where some of cars can be seen, along with the “Porsche tent”, (Original combined photo size to produce the panorama was about 100″ x 18″.)

A glance at license plates showed that many U.S. states and Canada were represented. Until I had to back off due to the threat of heatstroke (I was shooting under my least favorite photo conditions of midday blazing sun — unless I am deliberately going for deep, blatant shadows and contrast), I tried to capture a few evidences of this widespread distribution. Almost every owner I spoke with proudly asserted that they drove from their homes, mostly without issues. A few racing models and extremely old rarities were trailered. Here is a sampling:

 

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