Old yellow car from Rhinebeck, NY

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[Bsmooth]

I had this shot and it looked ok,but I wanted a bit more out of it. Did a little tweaking and tried to make it a bit more nostalgic. This must be the 6th or 7th try, and I finally liked what i saw. But let me know what you think. Its definately not a traditional image, but as you know I don't like the ordinary. Anyone can make great images, I'm trying to define a style.
 Ok enough of me blah, blah, blah, just let me know what you think.

[honez]

Looks a little light to me. Possibly requires a levels adjustment to get the dark greys to black and give it a bit more pop. The image looks a little soft, so depending on whether it was re-sized/re-sampled, you might want to use an unsharp mask.
As there's no horizon line as such, I'd be tempted to straighten in out a bit -- possibly give it an anti-clockwise twist so the headlights are level and re-crop.
Depending on how things look, I might be tempted to adjust the colour curves to add a bit more colour contrast and a bit more pop. And on top of all that, maybe de-saturate the grass a touch to centre the focus back on old yella.
As always, this is completely subjective, so feel free to ignore, argue take on board or do whatever you like with it.
Cheers,
h