Some recent car pics

[TRACKDEMON]

Thought it was about time we had some more car pictures in the forum Its been a little while since I've posted here, so go easy on me!

The NSX on a foggy Tuesday morning



My favourite. An R33 Skyline at "an undislosed location"


That Skyline again....


A new shape Golf GTi, flattering sunset


M3 CSL in its natural habitat


Late model Lotus Esprit, still looking good after all these years


A few pics of the Gallardo I was lucky enough to pilot recently:

[Mad Dave]

Very nice. I especially like the 5th Gallardo shot (against the hedge) it reminds me of the kind of shots that EVO magazine use.

Top work fella.

[v15ben]

Love the shots in the underground car park.
How did you take those?
I am looking to do a few to test out the "night" functions of my new camera.

[gravymaster]

Great stuff mate! Ive been waiting for your latest stuff, I really like them. Whats better though is that you can always tell a trackdemon photo. Its great to have an individual style.

Well done!

Matt

[TRACKDEMON]

Thanks Matt Wish I'd had more time with the Gallardo - although I had it for a few days most of the pics were done in 2 hours on Sunday morning. The "photoshoot" in the underground car park was 10 mins on the way to work

Must be more prepared, must be more prepared

[docevi1]

that "undisclosed location" wouldn't happen to be the top gear test track would it? The other track types look very much like that place

And that garage, is it the same one Graham.J used in his shots of the Civic Type R and the bike?

Nice shots either way

[esprit87]

Great pics as usual, I like them all.
I think there are two that really stand out however.

The first one is the Golf GTI, I can't point to one thing that I think makes it better than the others, but the sunset, soft colours and general composition just feels right. Only one thing I'd change - remove the marshall post, it clutters up the horizon....

The second to last of the Gallardo is brilliant! Defintely one that I wish that I'd taken. I love the way that the car and arrow point the same way and the lights on the car and in the ceiling of the car park compliments each other. Beautiful composition, well exposed, well chosen angle, visually interesting location, stunning car - great image!

Well done!



Magnus

[Graham.J]

docevi1 said:

And that garage, is it the same one Graham.J used in his shots of the Civic Type R and the bike?

I hope not, if there was TD and a Gallardo in Aldershot I'd have expected a visit

Great pics as always Steve, I love the Gallardo shots, especially, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 9

[Mad Dave]

You don't happen to work for a magazine do you? Either that or you're incredibly lucky to get a Gallardo for a couple of days!

[TRACKDEMON]

v15ben said:

Love the shots in the underground car park. How did you take those? I am looking to do a few to test out the "night" functions of my new camera.

TBH, those were the quickest ones I shot - a real last minute job, but I'm very happy with them.
Basically just cranked the ISO up to 800 (any higher and it tends to start graining) and used shutter priority to get the shutter as fast as I could. Then sit as still as poss as I still couldn't get faster than 1/25 on most of them.

[TRACKDEMON]

Mad Dave said:

You don't happen to work for a magazine do you?!

I wish!

Mad Dave said:

Either that or you're incredibly lucky to get a Gallardo for a couple of days!

I am indeed. See here:

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=63&h=&t=155213

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[rico]

Great shots Steve. Have always liked your photos and however many i see, i never bore of seeing more!

See you Sunday

[V6GTO]

Superb photos!

Martin.

[TRACKDEMON]

docevi1 said:

that "undisclosed location" wouldn't happen to be the top gear test track would it? The other track types look very much like that place

Afraid not, all will be revealed in due course

docevi1 said:

And that garage, is it the same one Graham.J used in his shots of the Civic Type R and the bike? Nice shots either way

One of the many underground car parks in Canary Wharf actually - great places for photography!

[pastor brian]

Fabulous as always.
Still trying to pick out my favorite one.

And i think you would be honored to know that one of your shots of the Murcielago at Vmax is now embelishing the front of my binder here at school.

[Phil S]

Undiclosed location looks very much like Bedford to me..

Great photos as always!

[dcw@pr]

I too think the GTi one is super. As are almost oll of the Gallardo ones, I especially like the ones cropped into panos. Good work, as per usual

[granville]

More! MORE!

[slinky]

Yet more cracking shots from TD..

Quick question fella, how do you go about putting the borders on your shots? really makes a big difference..

slinky

[Graham.J]

slinky said:

Yet more cracking shots from TD.. Quick question fella, how do you go about putting the borders on your shots? really makes a big difference.. slinky

There are 2 ways I do it in Photoshop, depending on how I want the border.

1. Duplicate the layer and do a precise inner glow however big you want it.

2. Change the canvas colour to black and go to Image > Canvas Size then just increase it, bingo, black border

HTH, don't know if Steve does it any differently.