A thread with.....

[//dean]

....photos! Not seen one for a wee while.

After a month+ of not using the camera (for 'being bent over' reasons and generally becoming quite infuriated by this) I was itching to get out there and shoot.

A friend of mine is selling his V6 and so we thought we'd better put it to good use before it left.

Certainly nothing ground breaking and all lacking in somthing dynamic however, time and location were against us..











And some bonus average picces that you may never have seen before..

[craig_s]

Very nice pictures! I wish I could say my average shots looked like those . I'd be very happy if that was what an average shot from me looked like.

[GetCarter]

God that Renault is Fugly.

Nice pics though

[riwiho]

Great pictures and I have to disagree with the above, I love the Clio V6 (I think I may be in the minority though)

[CivicMan]

Plod will have that plate off .........

[Scott328i]

CivicMan said:

Plod will have that plate off .........

What excellent photo comments and criticism you provide

I wish we was all like you, such a law abiding citizen you must be.

Thanks incredibly for your input. I am sure the owner is fully aware that his clio isn't pre 1972.

Just wow

where is the round of applause smiley?

[4hero]

Flickr is a much better place for friendly comments

Nice shots

[D_I_A_B_L_O]

Awesome pics mate, well done, the V6 is a truly beautiful car

[ROADRUNNER3]

Love the first shot - how did you light it ?

[_dobbo_]

Nice one Dean!

I like the first Sagaris one a lot. Anyone else think the car looks over-wheeled?

[mattsayle]

Fantastic pictures!!!

[pdV6]

Great pics of the V6. Hardly a "beautiful" car, but you've certainly shown it's best side(s).

Have to agree about the plate though - it really detracts from the car & makes the overall look chavvy.

[//dean]

It's a certainly a marmite car isn't it! I don't think the plates in the photos really help.

When first spotted in real life you think "Oh dear god, what has that chav done to that poor clio", it's not until it gets close that you realise it's much wider track, lovely V6 soundtrack and all the little details, once it's passed you see it from the rear and truly appreciate it.

CivicMan said:

Plod will have that plate off .........

Plate was used solely for the photos, legal plates were used when driving! Plod also wouldn't be too happy with him driving on the wrong side of the road but you didn't spot that did you? nerr nerr nerr nerrrrrr.

Scott328i towards CivicMan said:

What excellent photo comments and criticism you provide

So where's yours

A quick rundown of my expectation levels of feedback when posting photos for varying sites:

General PH member: Off topic, irrelevant, trying to be funny, sometimes it'll work, sometimes it won't, it will normally be very smug and have HTH in there somewhere towards the end (and TBH...arrrgggghhh!), no C&C.

Photog's of PH: will always tell the truth, with a slight hint of going off topic .

Flickr: Willy stroking at it's best. Feeling down? Then go post something there

DS: Proper feedback although, most of the time it's nit-picking, unless of course you're one of 3 photographers. I'm not really liked on there so I try and stay away from the willy stroking of the other 3. They seem to be getting a lot more members of lae and the quality of photography is going down

ROADRUNNER3 said:

Love the first shot - how did you light it ?

Thanks, 3x Vivitar 285's. Exif info should still be attached to tell you all you need re the settings.

_dobbo_ said:

Nice one Dean!

I like the first Sagaris one a lot. Anyone else think the car looks over-wheeled?

Thanks Dobbo. That MKII was very over wheeled, looked ok from some other angles. It drove like a complete dog, the other 2 MKI's we had there were much nicer to drive.

Edited by //dean on Friday 19th December 10:57

[bramley]

I love the lighting in the first shot Dean, it really shows off the car's shape. Until reading your post above I'd assumed you had used big lights rather than flashguns, impressed with how well you've balanced the lighting and managed not to get ugly lighting on the ground between flash and car (by that I mean harsh edges to the light or obvious 'direction' of the light - though I'm not explaining it well).

I like number 7 too. Cool sky.

[_dobbo_]

Do you diffuse the light from your 285s Dean? I find mine are often really harsh.

[Scott328i]

Sorry Dean, people posting ste grips my st.

The photos are fantastic - althought the first moving shot seems to look a little washed out with regards to the sky. I assume the weather wasn't on your side.

The lighting is excellent and a said if my photos were this average I would be overwhelmed.

[//dean]

Thanks again for the feedback. I'm surprised so many people like them.

Scott328i said:

Sorry Dean, people posting ste grips my st.

The photos are fantastic - althought the first moving shot seems to look a little washed out with regards to the sky. I assume the weather wasn't on your side.

The lighting is excellent and a said if my photos were this average I would be overwhelmed.

No worries, I was only jesting, totally agree.

The first shot is blown out slightly on the wing. The weather weren't brilliant however, I will admit it's my fault for shooting into the sun!

_dobbo_ said:

Do you diffuse the light from your 285s Dean? I find mine are often really harsh.

I only diffuse the light if I'm doing detail/interior shots, all of these are lit bare. The harsh light can look cool in some scenario's. I guess it's whether you're going for a 'Max Power' look or something slightly more natural.

If the light looks to harsh, move the flashes away and fire the flash down the sides of the car rather than straight at it. That's my top tip.

bramley said:

I love the lighting in the first shot Dean, it really shows off the car's shape. Until reading your post above I'd assumed you had used big lights rather than flashguns, impressed with how well you've balanced the lighting and managed not to get ugly lighting on the ground between flash and car (by that I mean harsh edges to the light or obvious 'direction' of the light - though I'm not explaining it well).

I like number 7 too. Cool sky.

Thanks. I know where you're coming from. I used to find harsh shadows on the ground if I'm having to up the power on the flashes however, I've now learnt to balance the ambient nicely. Another trick is to take a shot with the flashes off and then just merge the 2 images. You'll be glad to hear though that all off the above Clio shots are single shots with a just a cheeky curves colour adjustment to the sky.

I'm not sure on 7 myself, different I guess