cowboy days

I enjoyed getting back to shooting my uncomplicated little ultra-wide camera at a car show in Edgewood, east of Albuquerque.  Though mostly regarded as a toy because of its light-weight plastic construction, the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim has a very sharp 22mm lens.  Coupled with a modern wide-latitude color film like Kodak ColorPlus 200, the vuws returns excellent results under a wide variety of lighting conditions.

Staging an event called "Cowboy Days" in a Walmart parking lot may seem a little incongruous, but I suspect similar events are not uncommon across America's midsection.  This car show was more about custom cars than classic restorations, and there seemed to be more stetsons than one would see at a similar show in Albuquerque.  The gently rolling, mostly treeless terrain around Edgewood blends seamlessly into Eastern New Mexico and stretches far into west Texas.