GT3 pics from this weekend.

[Bob_Defly]

Thanks to Phil on here for letting me shoot his car, it's gorgeous!

Hope you enjoy!
































































And my favourite...

[996C2]

Awesome pics, where is that?

[Bob_Defly]

The cobbled bit is at the Science Museum in Manchester, the rest were taken at the Imperial War Musuem on Salford Quays. Both with relatively friendly security guards!

[Grant3]

Grrrrreat photos,awesome job well done!

[JB996]

Great Car & Pic's

[Henry-F]

Stunning pictures. Well done.

Henry

[welshnobby]

...car could do with a wash!!! Stunning pics.

[RedCity]

Great pictures and the best colour GT!!

Is the handbrake lettering an option...I didn't see that?

[Howitzer]

Excuse my ignorance but.... what's the fan for in the engine cover?

The car looks incredible, especially the above and behind shots!

Dave!

[runner911]

May I ask what special effects you used on the pics. ( fantastic ) ?

[Sandy59]

Very nice pics, could be made into a pretty smart calendar !!

[997GT3]

Stupendously stunning pictures Rob... and quite a nice car too Phil....

Oh yes, its mine

The GT3 lettering on the handbrake lever came with the "small carbon pack" which also included carbon fibre on the gear stick and the strip along the dash above the glove box along to the drivers side.

I presume the fan on the underside of the engine lid is used to assist in sucking air into the engine compartment through the meshed grill in the spoiler when the car is stationery and/or when the engine gets v.hot.

Thanks again Rob

[Koln-RS]

Very nice.

Can't make out whether it's Artic, GT or Meteor? Mind you, the GT3 looks awesome in almost any colour.

[997GT3]

Koln-RS said:

Very nice.

Can't make out whether it's Artic, GT or Meteor? Mind you, the GT3 looks awesome in almost any colour.

It's GT Silver.

Here are my attempts on the day:

http://porsche997gt3.fotopic.net/c1545391.html

Obviously not quite as good as Rob's!!

[Bob_Defly]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone!

runner911 said:

May I ask what special effects you used on the pics. ( fantastic ) ?

Some of the pics are HDR. HDR is High Dynamic Range, meaning you take mutiple exposures and get the light detail from the dark shots and the dark detail from the light shots and combine them either manually or in software to create an image with more dynamic range than you can achieve in a single exposure. You can choose for the effect to be as tame or as wild as you like.

couple of examples:

Dark Shot


Middle Shot


Light Shot


Combined example

[andy tims]

Cracking shots.

Great looking car, in a superb colour.

[snapper8v]

That car's looking a little sadder now

[paultje]

Love the HDR shots......can you use Photoshop Elements (6) for this? I guess you bracketed your shots and used a tripod for the originals?

[mollytherocker]

Pic 6 is truly beautiful. I know nothing about photography but I know style when I see it!

PS - You owe me a ride Phil!

[Dr S]

The GT3 shots are awesome