I'm bursting out of my skin here. Finally got a chance to test out the new gear.

Learned a great deal just taking these and obviously still plenty to learn. Was a bit rushed for time.

I'm putting together a package for people wanting photoshoots of their cars.

Might need a couple of cars over the next couple of weeks to test the gear, PM me if you are available for a couple of hours any afternoons over the next couple of weeks.

Hay Chris why not go on this run

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52686

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Nice shots. What are you shooting from? You must only be a couple of metres from the trailing car, surely?

At a guess I'd say the car is stationary and he's standing in front/beside?

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id say your on the money, look at the speedo in the second pic

nice shots either way.

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Operation Evil Sesame Street!

No, the car IS moving.

I'll have another couple of test runs and take come "behind the scenes shots" .

Here is one taken my the guy I bought the gear off, this is what I'm aiming for (when it's not dark).

i know how it's done.

an arm is placed on the car, usually by suction, and on the end of the arm is a mount for the camera, a long exposure is put on the camera so the background is blurred or pulled and the car isn't.

Am i correct?

Hey Chris,,, where you been hiding??? good to see you back

nice shots to bro,,, i see missus oz hasn`t lost any of her flavour

cheers
Matt

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Having looking into doing some similar shots to the first pic for a client, we decided the logistics didn't fit the budget. The shutter speed (blur) indicates it's shot from a leading vehicle, and the wide angle dictates getting really close to the trailing car - not easy to arrange on a public road.

The yellow falcon pic is superb - again, I'm guessing you've got a camera rig bolted to the rear of the car? And that you do this for a living, quite successfully?

The yellow car is not my pic but give me a couple of days and I'll be there.

Yes, the camera is attached to the car and a long exposure is used with the car moving slowly. I'm just working out, shutter speed v aparture v car speed to get the right combination.

I'll check out the info on the upcoming mini run and may drop on by and grab some shots.

Hey hi Matt, hows thing? doing much racing? ever get the BMW powered mini thing going? what about that awsome V8 mini?

THe only thing I drive these days is a van LOL

hi mate,

great shots. they are really good. only point i have is to take the dangly stuff off the rear view mirror and any other distractions.

have a look at this thread too (you need to go back to page 1, the link will put you in at page 10)

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... 92&page=10

I remember seeing the 'making of' for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1dYv_gKTA8
(the good bit starts about half way through)
...they used a similar rig.

i like that, looks cool, imo, looks like your using too high an iso, personally i would bump up the exposure maually to get some artificiall light, and i would try an apeture of about 8-11 .

thats just me, let me know what works for you, that pic of the yellow car is well cool!

looks like they stole my camera and have it hanging from the front of the car!

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1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

The nikon D70 only has a minimum ISO of 200 and there is no way I'm handing my 1ds from this contraption.