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You should get the new Z4.... Y'know, if you'd like being called a [Clarkson] Wife-swapper [/Clarkson].

Oh, and it's a Dodge Ram 2500.

@GT3: It still is powered by a POS Isuzu. >>

Well,silver looks good on the 335i coupe,but black is better

Anyway.......@ topic

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This is why I went to a BMW dealer today A friend let me borrow his camera ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED BY THE YELLOW THING DRIVING IN Wait........WHATS THIS!!??

Theres a ton more

This post has been edited by GT3 RS on Sep 26 2009, 04:10 PM

Love the R33 and Z34 man!

They're so sexy ehehe

Heheh,if you loved those,then youll love these too
(I reached my image limit for that post)

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See any resemblence on these 2?

And that orange 240,i got a video of it leaving.It had one of the best sounds ever

Damn, the 33 is a GT-S. Still my favorite Generation out of the 2, though I'd want to hit this:


F*ck 240Zs, *KENMARI's in.

*KENMARI: Term well known for that generation thanks to commercials starring Ken & Mary with the 110.

^
Me too......those look hot

lol,im still uploading pics from today
239 pics total

Heres some nice stuff that wasnt in the show

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On this one,I just realized that black car to the right is an M5

And 2 interior shots,one of an F430 Scuderia,and the other of an M3

Though if people bought the Scuderia, they're saying they don't want the 458 Italia coming soon.

Well,theyre obviously impatient.Id want a Scuderia 16M,or the 430 Scud,but imo the 458 looks a little too modern
And,theyre probably rich enough to buy one lol

More pics

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Well,the Texas State Fair had a good auto show

F**K YEA TRANSFORMERS

Corvette ZR1




This was in a drawing

Saw this on the way home

once i get my blackberry hooked to my comp i'll upload some picks of the 2 NSX as the auto-X today. 1 supercharged 1 turbo. ill have to see but i think i got an enginebay pic on the turbo one.

A couple pics from the Mitsu meet tonight, followed by a few I took on Monday:

you ride the girl and do the car

LMAO Hell yeah bro, I like you DOHC good statement!

Went to waltson island and took some pics Miami Downtown in the backdrop hope you guys like it.

Warning large image

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MIAMI ROCKSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by MarcusFalden on Oct 3 2009, 07:53 PM

^^^
Finally,something worth looking at today

Whats the original size of the 2nd and 3rd pics?

Id like one of those as my wallpaper(particulary the 3rd)



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E6O M5,the first Ive seen in a place other than a car show or a BMW dealer



This post has been edited by GT3 RS on Oct 3 2009, 08:21 PM

Great backgrounds, nice angles on the subjects, but exposure is terrible. The cars are underexposed by 1 stop at the very least (probably 1.5), the backgrounds are overblown, and the camera's auto-adjusting the ISO through the roof, evident by the noise (random color specks) in the last photo.

If you do this again, read up on HDR beforehand, and I don't mean the fake-looking over processed crap. I mean the actual exposure differences to mesh together to create a shot that is perfectly exposed across the board. It would do wonders for situations like that, and is the only real way to get decent results with light sources of that magnitude behind the subject.

Another thing you can do is take a long exposure, and use a flashlight from behind the camera to light the cars in short bursts so as not to blow them out.

The best thing you can do is take your camera out of auto mode and play around a bit. Most non-entry level point and shoots allow you to do this now. If you paid more than $150 for the camera, chances are you've got options. If you can set the ISO, set it as low as possible (probably 200), that'll remove as much of the noise as possible.

I'm not trying to be mean or overly critical, just pointing out what I see that can be improved upon. Believe me, you can make underexposure work for you, like what I did in the first 2 pics I posted up the page, but most of the time you want your subjects to be correctly exposed.

This post has been edited by cmspaz on Oct 4 2009, 06:32 PM

i like the background of the 3rd pic marcus posted... stunning lights... if only the car got some neons... "drool"

Thanks a lot for the review guys and yes next time I will tone down the ISO my friend set it to like 1200 at one point. I am definatebly going back out there again to take more shots.

Photos were okay for me but it seemed as if you had an issue with proportions and perspective regarding the placement of the car and how much ground vs sky you wanted to take?

It's kind of hard if you want the full skyline in the photo while keep the cars centered at that angle. I've run into the same issue countless times. If it's a big enough issue to warrant removal, I'd crop the ground out and make it a panorama, or shoot it as a panorama with more sky

Placement-wise, They do fit the rule of thirds pretty well.

Lower angles are a lot harder to work with as far as backgrounds go. You can make the subject more interesting in that sense by tilting the camera, but you really only have the option of the ground in the foreground and sky as the background no matter what you do, and you're almost better off using days with clouds to make the background more interesting:



vs

That car and the slammed S12 were 2 of the most badass cars at JCCS.

Famine rides that

@spaz
Since you know about cameras alot,Id like some help
Im looking for a camera,one that can take pics like these
Unfortunately,the one that took these,the Casio EX-Z80,nowhere down here carries them anymore.It was a friends camera that I was borrowing for that day





Im on a budget of $100-$160
Any suggestions?
What info should I look at while looking?

EDIT-original size of these were 3264x2448

This post has been edited by GT3 RS on Oct 7 2009, 08:18 PM

That Z is slammed! Man is that hot!

That last bit about the budget is what's really going to hurt you.

If you're at all interested in getting a decent camera to actually get into semi-serious photography with, I'd suggest picking up an entry-level SLR, either the Canon Rebel XS or the Nikon D40. I'm a Canon guy myself, but there's nothing wrong with Nikon. There are other brands out there, but those two are going to be the best supported.

That said, if you're looking for something you can slip into a pocket, an SLR isn't going to be it. I don't like point and shoot cameras, but they do have their uses, and for someone who isn't looking to drop a bunch of money on equipment, they'll usually work fine. If quality is important, then you're going to be sacrifice it by going this route due to the sensor size. Despite that camera shooting at a slightly lower resolution than mine (I'm guessing 9MP?), there's no way that the image quality (let alone functionality) even compares.

Unfortunately you can't get the best of both worlds (believe me, I tried once), and I really can't tell you what to buy without knowing what you're really looking for. What I would suggest is saving your money and buying a decent SLR later on, you really can't regret it if you have any interest in becoming a better photographer and producing better results, but at the same time you have to be conscious of that $500 piece of equipment you've got around your neck, or are leaving in your car, or are reaching over that railing with, etc, etc. A friend of mine had a Canon 40D that he dropped from 3 stories up onto concrete when a step on a staircase in an abandoned mill broke out from under him. It literally exploded when it hit the ground. That's part of the game, it's no different than the risk of crashing your car every time you take it to the track.