Why are there so few car photographs?
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We came across this little beauty at John O Groats, as we were leaving there was another one on its way followed by an Austin Healy and two AC Cobra's 
Donkervoort by squiffy1308, on Flickr
Donkervoort by squiffy1308, on Flickr
Donkervoort by squiffy1308, on FlickrDonkervoort by squiffy1308, on FlickrEdited by leggly on Monday 15th September 11:59
Ferrari 458 Speciale by Bryan Janes, on FlickrFrom this morning's Sunday Service, pleased with it but shame about the bug 'debris'.
Le Mans 2014 - Aston Martin by PGDesigns.co.uk, on FlickrA little soft and noisy this one but I thought it captured things pretty well:
Le Mans 2014 - Nissan by PGDesigns.co.uk, on Flickr
The car is smaller than the watermark! And isn't the racer the V8?trackdemon said:
One from Silverstone on Sunday
Ferrari F2007 - Ferrari Racing Days, Silverstone by Jame5, on Flickr
Given the generally (although thankfully not quite universal) high standard of photographs of cars on this thread, I've been a bit reluctant to share mine.
I edited the TVR car club magazine for a while and went to various events to cover them for the magazine. One such was a visit to the Top Gear base for a feature on the TVR marque. My job was to take pictures that told a story, at least in the main, and this was my main consideration. Every now and again I'd go for something arty, but the readers would often criticise an image that I thought was great. In the end the effort didn't seem worthwhile.
I'm a big fan on Clarkson's writing - I'm a writer rather than photographer, as will become apparent - and so I was more than a little excited.
Clarkson was to drive the pre-production prototype Sagaris. Here he is seen with the chassis designer.
Clarkson also drove the V10 Porsche.
And here he is taking to the track.
As indeed did I.
There was a pro photographer there who struggled with the high contrasts. She was very helpful and chatted about what I should look for in pictures for a club magazine. A very pleasant woman full of good ideas. In five minutes she came out with a dozen pointers. Never got to thank her as she went back to working and when I looked for her later she'd gone.
Don't be too harsh on the pictures. Remember that I had a job to do, one that I was new to.
I edited the TVR car club magazine for a while and went to various events to cover them for the magazine. One such was a visit to the Top Gear base for a feature on the TVR marque. My job was to take pictures that told a story, at least in the main, and this was my main consideration. Every now and again I'd go for something arty, but the readers would often criticise an image that I thought was great. In the end the effort didn't seem worthwhile.
I'm a big fan on Clarkson's writing - I'm a writer rather than photographer, as will become apparent - and so I was more than a little excited.
Clarkson was to drive the pre-production prototype Sagaris. Here he is seen with the chassis designer.
Clarkson also drove the V10 Porsche.
And here he is taking to the track.
As indeed did I.
There was a pro photographer there who struggled with the high contrasts. She was very helpful and chatted about what I should look for in pictures for a club magazine. A very pleasant woman full of good ideas. In five minutes she came out with a dozen pointers. Never got to thank her as she went back to working and when I looked for her later she'd gone.
Don't be too harsh on the pictures. Remember that I had a job to do, one that I was new to.
Ferrari GTS Turbo by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Triumph TR6 by Bryan Janes, on FlickrEdited by Janesy B on Sunday 21st September 20:11
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