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(If youre interested in the accompanying narrative, the images in this series are best viewed in order, 1-5.)
The son stands in the back paddock, inspecting his fathers old Hillman Husky. Since his father passed away, all those years ago, the cars body had rusted largely unnoticed under a canopy of gum trees, whilst birds had nested in the torn padding of the rear seat. How his father had loved tinkering with that car. Hed had a workshop under the house, where a crackling radio spoke to him from far away. Whilst he tinkered, hed hum tunes whose names hed long since forgotten, while his tools hung on painted shadows and old nails waited in jars to one day be straightened.
Theyd spoken once or twice of together restoring the car to its former glory, but had never got around to embarking on the shared project. The son kicks a tyre lightly with lingering regret. He recalls watching his father in his workshop, how his work-thickened fingers would rake through an old frying pan filled with a lifetimes harvest of nuts and bolts, springs and washers, odds and ends. How his searchings left little furrows like a plough turning fertile soil. Sometimes when his father found the right part for the job, hed hold it in his fist and for an instant hed breathe in the smell of a tractor that ran on kerosene or hear the throaty rumble of an old car with leather seats.
Hands in pockets, the son turns and walks purposefully across the paddock back towards his mothers house and makes his way down to his fathers workshop. He rummages around in the lopsided drawers and finally finds what he's searching for a worn copy of the 1956-1965 Hillman Husky Workshop Manual. He smiles as he notices his fathers oily thumbprint on the cover and makes a promise to himself, but mostly to his father, that he really will finally restore that Hillman Husky.
| Camera: | Canon EOS 300D |
| Lens: | Canon EF-S 50mm f/1.4 |
| Recording media: | Raw |
| Title: | Memory #4 |
| Username: | 
rosie42 |
| Uploaded: | 23 May 2006 - 1:41 AM |
| Tags: | Car, General |
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(to be continued)
The fourth in a series of images inspired by the Tasmanian cabinet maker and visual artist Patrick Hall. (Anyone interested in viewing some of his fabulous work may click here.)
All advice, feedback and critique (+/-) welcomed.
Thank you for looking ...
Susie :o)
Oh dear Susie...now you've really gone and done it...now you have to restore the bloody thing...I would.
David
Really nice part of the story, just a pleasure to read. Yet again another good image, like the composition in this one. All i can say is cant wait for the 5th and final part.
scott
Ah, the grand finale. I was wondering if it still had wheels. It makes you think about how at one time, this car was the pride and joy for someone. And now, here it is.
Can't wait to see what the filters will do for you.
Patrick
Actually no Patrick, DD wheedled an extra post out of me - although I expect he was only being polite lol. (I wasn't intending to post the above shot.) So there'll be a #5 to follow.
Think I'll be waiting awhile for the filters, as I ordered them from your neck of the woods - well from the opposite coast, but still closer to you than me!
Susie :o)
Cheers, Ollie ...
Ian - thank you so much for preparing the fabulous b&w mod - I love it! Also really appreciate you providing details of how you achieved the conversion. It's a terrific learning tool for me and I'm very grateful for you having taken the time and trouble ... thank you once again.
Susie :o)
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