How about an Aston photo thread!
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RichB said:
Must confess I would love to be able to do that sort of thing but it all seems way beyond me when you talk about shooting in the raw and dodging, exposing and burning. I haven't a clue and I doubt I ever will. The results are stunning though. 
Its a very straightforward workflow Rich. Happy to bring my laptop to a bar near an Aston event and give you a run through 
. There's no going back once you have shot RAW!
RAW is just a file type - its big at around 30Mb per still on mine but it contains MUCH more information than a typical 5Mb JPEG. Programmes like Photoshop Camera RAW can then access that data as it isnt 'baked in' and so you can adjust everything from exposure on a burnt out shot to increasing blues in the sky or adding fill light that will brighten up eye sockets etc.
I dont know how much of a higher end SLR you need to get RAW but whatever it is its worth it! My camera (Canon 5D) can also save a small (or indeed a massive) jpeg file too so you can view what you shot on any device. Xmas!
I dont know how much of a higher end SLR you need to get RAW but whatever it is its worth it! My camera (Canon 5D) can also save a small (or indeed a massive) jpeg file too so you can view what you shot on any device. Xmas!
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Mr.Tremlini said:
Good on you Ken. I'd like to help but Switzerland is a bit more of a drive!
You definitely have the eye - worth the trip for a few tips! Scared to drive in Switzerland though https://www.ch.ch/en/driving-over-speed-limit/ criminal conviction, fine and ban for being 16mph over on a motorway?!Ken Figenus said:
Scared to drive in Switzerland though criminal conviction, fine and ban for being 16mph over on a motorway?!
It's not quite so chronic, on the motorway we usually sit up to 20km/h over the limit, so 140km/h (87mph) and if you get snapped it's not serious, just a bit of a fine. You can get away with being up to 30 over on the motorway before bans potentially come into play. The back roads are where the most fun is to be had however, and the limits there are usually 80-100km/h, some fantastic roads and alpine passes though.What is scary is car confiscation, and for some, the Swiss system of fining people based on income, as the threat of 200 francs to someone on a million a year is negligible... there was a diplomat caught speeding in a Testarossa a few years back and the fine was calculated based on a percentage of his wealth, which the court worked out to be 24 million Swiss francs. The speeding ticket was apparently up near 300,000 francs!
In a 2011 high-profile Swiss speeding case a 38-year-old Swede had to pay a fine of 45,000 francs after he was caught driving his Merc SLS at 290 km/h.
Worst story ever though from the Netherlands where the car can also be confiscated permanently, and that's what happened to a 20-year old who had borrowed his dad's car and was booked for doing 160 km/h in an 80 zone. That was just enough over the limit to permanently lose the vehicle, and win him the world record for the most expensive speeding ticket in history – he was driving pop's Bugatti Veyron!
If you ever come to Switzerland come via Germany and get it out of your system before crossing the border. ;-)
Mr.Tremlini said:
Ken Figenus said:
Scared to drive in Switzerland though criminal conviction, fine and ban for being 16mph over on a motorway?!
It's not quite so chronic, on the motorway we usually sit up to 20km/h over the limit, so 140km/h (87mph) and if you get snapped it's not serious, just a bit of a fine. You can get away with being up to 30 over on the motorway before bans potentially come into play. The back roads are where the most fun is to be had however, and the limits there are usually 80-100km/h, some fantastic roads and alpine passes though.What is scary is car confiscation, and for some, the Swiss system of fining people based on income, as the threat of 200 francs to someone on a million a year is negligible... there was a diplomat caught speeding in a Testarossa a few years back and the fine was calculated based on a percentage of his wealth, which the court worked out to be 24 million Swiss francs. The speeding ticket was apparently up near 300,000 francs!
In a 2011 high-profile Swiss speeding case a 38-year-old Swede had to pay a fine of 45,000 francs after he was caught driving his Merc SLS at 290 km/h.
Worst story ever though from the Netherlands where the car can also be confiscated permanently, and that's what happened to a 20-year old who had borrowed his dad's car and was booked for doing 160 km/h in an 80 zone. That was just enough over the limit to permanently lose the vehicle, and win him the world record for the most expensive speeding ticket in history – he was driving pop's Bugatti Veyron!
If you ever come to Switzerland come via Germany and get it out of your system before crossing the border. ;-)
Never had an issue in Switzerland, just stick to the limits on Mways and around town
France and Italy have been more of an issues for me.
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