Automotive Photography Competition #201

[zeppelin]

Congratulations to superwaxer for winning competition #200!

Rules

• The deadline is Sunday 11:59 PM EST
• The photograph can contain any automotive image (containing no adulterous material)
• The proposed picture must be your own and not found on the net.
• The photograph must be attached using the UCP system. Any picture not attached using the UCP system will not be in the voting thread.
• Your image may be up to 800 pixels wide or tall.
• Photograph may contain post-processing editing
• It is preferred that you state enhancements made, but not necessary.
• The photograph must be taken no earlier than three months before start date
• Each photographer cannot vote for himself, they must vote for the others.
• Any users who enter and vote for themselves automatically receive a 2 week penalty from the competition and all votes previously given to his/her photo are removed.
• The entry must contain the following information in the same order :

User name
Subject matter/photo title
Date taken
Camera Type | additional information you feel important

Standings 2009

G_13191: 1 / Rasmus: 1 / pat_ernzen: 1 / Sauc3: 1 / john hegg: 1 / superwaxer: 1

Hey everyone, again sorry for the delay. My (largely) kaput computer has hampered my ability to do anything at a reasonable pace. I'll do my best to get everything up, although I may not be around much during the week. Cheers.

[pat_ernzen]

I'm going to post right now, that way I don't forget like last time. Two entries is a bummer.

pat_ernzen
The Real Deal
January 18th, 2009
Canon 20D w/ Tamron 18-200mm f3.5-6.3*
@ f6.3, 149mm, 1/160, ISO-400

*Pretty terrible lens (IMO), honestly.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I've got the Tamron 18-200 w/ Canon Mount.

I don't mind it, TBH.

[G_13191]

im not really sure if tamaron and sigma are same, but i got sigma 18-200, and its not the best.. specially if its night photography.


G_13191
The Awaiting Monster.... F430 Hamman
17/02/2009
Sony Cybershot
ISO100 F4 @1/320sec
edited in light room, and touched up in photoshop...

(a friend's camera, me and him took the shots..)

[pat_ernzen]

I've got the Tamron 18-200 w/ Canon Mount.

I don't mind it, TBH.

I'd heard mixed things and I knew it would be a compromise, but I was still disappointed with the quality. I actually suggested it to a friend who hasn't done/doesn't do much photography, but had a 20D and didn't want to have multiple lenses. Maybe the copy I have is particularly bad, though. I'm just glad I didn't have to pay for it, haha.

[lowdrag]

Personally I think all the 18/200's are not very good. I am a professional photographer and am a Nikon user. I have a D3 and an old D70 and on the latter I put the 18/200 Nikkor for convenience. It is often out of focus, is soft, and frankly I don't much like it at all. On the D3 I use the 24/70 and that, while in a different price bracket, is fantastic, so much so that last week I used it indoors at 2500 ISO without flash and got remarkable results. But to come back to the point; when I bought the D70 years back it came with the 18/70 kit lens and that is vastly superior to the 18/200. It is very cheap secondhand too. Go buy it and see the difference.

[lowdrag]

Not certain what UCP is, but here is one of my favourites taken at the Silverstone Classic in 2008. Gives the real idea of racing, the Bizzarini and the lightweight E type.
I'll post a series of Le Mans sometime.

[cmcpokey]

Not certain what UCP is, but here is one of my favourites taken at the Silverstone Classic in 2008. Gives the real idea of racing, the Bizzarini and the lightweight E type.
I'll post a series of Le Mans sometime.

for photo comps the rules are posted in the first post of the thread. the pic needs to be a max of 800x600, attached in your post, not linked, and standard information witten in your post.

its a lovely picture and i look forward to seeing more of your work.

[lowdrag]

Try this one then. Goodwood Revivial 2008, changed to B&W for effect and to put in period:-

[zeppelin]

Hey lowdrag, just a quick rundown. This is a competition thread, where you enter a photo (one per competition) which then goes to a member-voted competition thread. I removed your photo from the first post as it was bigger than allowed, and isn't an entry.

[pat_ernzen]

Goodwood was also more than 3 months ago.

[henk4]

Not certain what UCP is, but here is one of my favourites taken at the Silverstone Classic in 2008. Gives the real idea of racing, the Bizzarini and the lightweight E type.
I'll post a series of Le Mans sometime.

Nice, we could have met up at the same corner, and btw APB1 is not a Bizzarrini but Bamford's 250GTO/64, as you will remember furiously driven by Jean Marc Gounon, I have a shot of him with one wheel on the grass, and just managing to keep it on track....

[lowdrag]

It's been unusually cold this winter - down to -17C - and now it is warming up. But still the winter won't let go. Here's a photo taken a week or so back. Taken with the nikon D3 and 24/70 f2.8 lens. I shall use it for my Xmas card this year!

[johnnynumfiv]

Johnnynumfiv
XJ220
2/21/09
Canon 40D
Contrast, saturation, brightness, crop

[LeonOfTheDead]

Johnnynumfiv
XJ220
2/21/09
Canon 40D
Contrast, saturation, brightness, crop

now I need you to post all the images you have of that car!
plz