The official photography thread!

[mopho]

Originally Posted by dap2069

Mopho,

Quick questions:

1. Do you know of any good books on how to take photos of cars?

2. What was your impression of the Moslar MT900?

Thanks

1. How to Photograph Cars by Tony Baker

How to Photograph Cars by James Mann

I found both books to be a bit too entry level for me, but they would be great for people starting out. They are the only books I seen about the subject so far


2. Mosler was brutally fast- 0-60 in 3.1s starting in 2nd gear! (I only got a ride in it), wild looks that you either love or hate (but you can't deny it's road presence), sounded fantastic! But the build quality was lacking for a 200k car, but it was an early production car so the final cars may be improved on that.
Why would you buy one when Ferrari makes a perfectly good car?
I guess the answer is, because you already have the Ferrari

[mopho]

Originally Posted by MattG

Mopho, how did you achieve the motion blur in your first two shots? Was it optical or photoshop? I've always like that effect and want to practice it once I upgrade to a DSLR someday.

The motion blur was all done in camera on both of them, but each was done differently.
The first one was done with the camera mounted to the car (how it is mounted is a secret - sorry racytracy )
The second one was done with a gyroscope mounted to the camera and I was hanging out the back of another vehicle at speed

[fastliz]

Recycling my coolest shot:

[dap2069]

Thanks Mopho,

The reason I asked about the Mosler, is that Warren Mosler also proscribes to the light weight concept

[mopho]

Originally Posted by dap2069

Thanks Mopho,

The reason I asked about the Mosler, is that Warren Mosler also proscribes to the light weight concept

True (the car weighs around 2500lbs) but he forgot the "small" part of the recipe IMO
I did not get to drive it but it was certainly the fastest accelerating car I've been in

[RacyTracy]

Originally Posted by mopho

(how it is mounted is a secret - sorry racytracy )

You were right last year, I was wrong.

[EdHahn]

mopho - on second glance - I've seen those photos before - the 4 SUVs was from a comparo in Car and Driver. Great work.

ed

[edaddy]

I took this picture of the Alps (between Munich and Milan) while hanging from a fast moving train window

[zOOmz]

WOW! fantastic photos!! Kudos to the contributors.

I am a rank amateur. These were all taken with disposable cameras.


White Heron, Peace River, Florida



Matthieson State Park, Illinois - Easter



Yosemite Valley October 2002



Salt Creek, St Pete Florida - Mother's Tongue Tree

[Andrikos]

I took this one in my GoE (garden of eatin') this morning.
My bird lover colleague toldme those were some kind of a warbler.
The guest tree is an Algerian Tangerine that has about 50,000,000 blossoms turning into fruit... Yum!


Edit: Camera is a Pentax Optio 555 in super-macro mode and everything else is automatic. Untouched picture, no PS processing and such...

[ben]

Mopho- Is the 3rd image with the SUVs an HDR image? Are you using Photomatix or what? I'm trying to learn more about HDR because some of the images are amazing, but I haven't found anything online that explains it well. Do you need to take several shots from a tripod when doing it or can it all be adjusted from a single shot?

[goelise]

just a snapshot of my old former car...



I should've brought my digital slr instead of my point and shoot and the sunlight was already very harsh that morning.

Here's some 'fun' smoke shots I took with my Nikon:

man with a cane:


blowing bubbles:
http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/users/43c5c...AIaQEB1ADfKsEy

And here's a few with electricity!:

[MikeAR303]

[shay2nak]

You guys should include what cameras were used to take the pictures. I'm curious every time I see a pic.

Andrikos, edaddy
what camera did you guys use?

[mopho]

Originally Posted by EdHahn

mopho - on second glance - I've seen those photos before - the 4 SUVs was from a comparo in Car and Driver. Great work.

ed

Thanks, the Mosler was in there as well and so was the Dinan M3 shot. I have been doing a fair amount of work for them lately. Great people at C/D too!

[mopho]

Originally Posted by ben

Mopho- Is the 3rd image with the SUVs an HDR image? Are you using Photomatix or what? I'm trying to learn more about HDR because some of the images are amazing, but I haven't found anything online that explains it well. Do you need to take several shots from a tripod when doing it or can it all be adjusted from a single shot?

No, it is just one long exposure (iirc 78 seconds) and I light painted the vehicles. Processed in Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CS2
Camera was a Nikon D2x

The only PS "trickory" is that the person in the tent had decided to go to sleep during this exposure and turned out the light on me, so I cut and pasted the lit tent from another frame

[mopho]

Originally Posted by shay2nak

You guys should include what cameras were used to take the pictures. I'm curious every time I see a pic.

Andrikos, edaddy
what camera did you guys use?

Ok added that as an optional "rule"


For me, the first five shots were taken with a Nikon D2x and the last three (Mini garage, Petter Solberg and the rally shot ) were taken with a Nikon D1x

[MikeAR303]

[soulmn]

Now you've done it. I'll start posting till the end of time. I love nice pics.

[soulmn]

sorry, forgot to shrink the KC10, but the size helps it seem more realistic.

oh yeah, all photos taken with an old canon S230 elph. I don't have to worry about breaking it on the road.

soulman