Gumball Photos (Just photos....no discussion on the event!)

[beanbag]

Seeing as the Gumball photos post on the General Gassing forum turned into a debate on the pros and cons of the Gumball, I thought I'd put the link to my photos on here so people could appreciate my work without having to fall into a silly discussion.

www.rennie.me.uk/photos/gumball2006/

Here are some of my favourites! (It was very difficult to get a good shot as I kept getting dragged away by the police for getting in the way of the cars.....ahhhh well. You have to try!

[beanbag]

Nobody interested? I thought people would like to appreciate the photographs with the gumball theme to one side! Ah well!

[dcw@pr]

you seem to have a lot of dust on your sensor, almost looks like it's saying something. I would clean that asap if i were you, spoils the photos

[up-the-dubs]

I liked them, but the stamp across the centre bugs me as always when people do that.

[FourWheelDrift]

beanbag said:

Nobody interested? I

You did ask for no discussion

beanbag said earlier said:

without having to fall into a silly discussion.

[joust]

Few (I hope constructive) comments.

I'd agree on the dust issue.
Most of them seem somewhat overexposed. You've blow highlights on pictures 3, 4, 5 which spoil things.
The last one doesn't have any one thing sharp in it.
I hate the watermark - it distracts from the picture. If you must watermark it, either use a hidden one, or put it in the corner. Why do you need 2?
The first one has promise, but perhaps would have been better at a slightly different angle?

Regards,

J

[beanbag]

joust said:

Few (I hope constructive) comments. I'd agree on the dust issue. Most of them seem somewhat overexposed. You've blow highlights on pictures 3, 4, 5 which spoil things. The last one doesn't have any one thing sharp in it. I hate the watermark - it distracts from the picture. If you must watermark it, either use a hidden one, or put it in the corner. Why do you need 2? The first one has promise, but perhaps would have been better at a slightly different angle? Regards, J

OK OK! What I mean to say was no discussion on the gumball itself. It was becoming a political debate on General Gassing in the photos topics which annoyed me slightly so I hoped to have some photographic, (and not a polital) response here.

Thanks for pointing out the dust....I'll get it cleaned....but how?! I've been meaning to do this for a long time now. Is it easy to do myself?

I had a lot of trouble taking the photographs. I was being pushed left right and centre by a lot of people who were also trying to get a look a photo of their own so I ended up resorting to standing in the cars way, however on several occaisions I was dragged off by a couple of policemen. (I'm not arguing with them here! They carry guns!!!)

I also need to spend some time photoshopping them however I'm pretty rubbish with Photoshop. I managed to get (at a greatly reduced - but legal price), a copy of CS2. Any hints and tips would be great! Also, what decent books are there on the product?

With regards to the watermarking, I can only apologise for that. Unfortunately people have been taking the pics and posted them as their own which is not on. I'm at the office now so putting a great bit watermark seemed to be the best way for temporary protection. When I get home, I'll digimark them.

Cheers! BB

Just to add....the photos are on a very low quality! I had to reduce the picture size somehow as it was draining the bandwidth on my server! It used up 15GB in just two days!

>> Edited by beanbag on Wednesday 3rd May 14:26

[hedders]

Thats a great shot of Bam though!

[_dobbo_]

hedders said:

Thats a great shot of Bam though!

I might be wrong, but you can see sunlight through the top of his car - and it looks like a gallardo to me... Didn't he chop a hole in the top of his gallardo? Must have had a proper sunroof put in it!

[hedders]

Don't know, i have been looking for an external shot of his car, i actually thought he was in the 'fuel' car but i guess that is Ryan's car?


Ooops, we are not supposed to be discussing the gumball!


>> Edited by hedders on Wednesday 3rd May 18:24

[ccharlie6]

dirty sanchez boys are in the 200sx, bam and dunn are in the lambo.

i saw them cut that lambo up on his show i felt like punching him!

but anyways i do like the picture of bam and also the 200sx

[hedders]

Which Lambo are they in?

[beanbag]

_dobbo_ said:

hedders said: Thats a great shot of Bam though! I might be wrong, but you can see sunlight through the top of his car - and it looks like a gallardo to me... Didn't he chop a hole in the top of his gallardo? Must have had a proper sunroof put in it!

Yup! He did in fact cut a sunroof / hole in his lambo. He's now had it converted so it seems. I've got a better shot of the sunroom if you visit my site (please also click the advert to help pay for the bandwidth! - I'm up to 24GB now in 3 days!!!)



The only reason why he posed for me was because I shouted out, "hey Bam! Love the sunroof!" and he gave me a very cheeky grin! He also pointed out I was the only f'ing person to mention it! lol

>> Edited by beanbag on Wednesday 3rd May 21:28

[pentoman]

beanbag said:

_dobbo_ said: hedders said: Thats a great shot of Bam though! I might be wrong, but you can see sunlight through the top of his car - and it looks like a gallardo to me... Didn't he chop a hole in the top of his gallardo? Must have had a proper sunroof put in it! Yup! He did in fact cut a sunroof / hole in his lambo. He's now had it converted so it seems. I've got a better shot of the sunroom if you visit my site (please also click the advert to help pay for the bandwidth! - I'm up to 24GB now in 3 days!!!) The only reason why he posed for me was because I shouted out, "hey Bam! Love the sunroof!" and he gave me a very cheeky grin! He also pointed out I was the only f'ing person to mention it! lol >> Edited by beanbag on Wednesday 3rd May 21:28

genius - I like the sunroof conversion!! What's bam like in person? I was watching CKY3 just earlier today....

Great photos by the way (well IMO), cheers for posting

[beanbag]

Well it wasn't exactly a full-on conversation we had but he seemed alright. He signed a mass of autographs for the kids and was pretty much joking about most of the time while people swarmed around his car.

Tony Hawk on the other hand seemed like a complete knob cheese. He kept telling everyone to get out the f'ing way and refused to sign anymore autographs for a bunch of 10-15 year old fans. He simply pushed their pens and paper out of the way. I guess he was a bit stressed after a night after no sleep but that's no way to be in front of your fans.

[up-the-dubs]

I saw a Gumballer in Dublin today!!!! BMW 630i coupé in met grey. Irish guy doing the European leg, he wrote about it, or I think it might have been his passanger, in the Irish Times today. Imagine my surprise to see all those stickers on the other side of a roundabout! It was a wheelchair conversion for the driver (as he is in a wheelchair) so at least he should have got parked in a good spot every day!