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zeppelin

09-17-2008, 09:52 AM

Congratulations to pat_ernzen for winning competition #180!

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachments/photography/284956d1221255082-automotive-photography-competition-180-ucp_evox.jpg

• The deadline is Saturday 11:59PM
• The photograph can contain only automotive images (with 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 3 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

pat_ernzen: 9
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Manik: 5
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John Thawley: 4 / Fumacher: 4
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Wouter Melissen: 3
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johnnynumfiv: 2 / <AAA-MOD>: 2 / basman007: 2
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zeppelin: 1 / João Guimarães: 1 / Piacki_117: 1 / henk4: 1 / Rijoh: 1 / robcooper: 1
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January: johnnynumfiv / February: pat_ernzen / March: pat_ernzen / April: pat_ernzen / May: pat_ernzen / June: pat_ernzen / July: Manik

scottie300z

09-17-2008, 10:03 AM

Scottie300z
Tire in the rain
My driveway
Sept 14
Canon s5 is
No edits

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=285198&stc=1&d=1221886754

seanp

09-17-2008, 08:18 PM

SeanP
11 RX-8s on a recent early morning run through the Essex Countryside
14 September 2008
Canon G9 | Cropped, colour slightly saturated, number plates obscured in PSE5.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachments/photography/285207d1221708230-automotive-photography-competition-181-img_1907_edited_ucpphotocom.jpg

LeonOfTheDead

09-18-2008, 12:40 AM

SeanP
11 RX-8s on a recent early morning run through the Essex Countryside
14 September 2008
Canon G9 | Cropped, colour slightly saturated, number plates obscured in PSE5.

(Sorry, don't know how to display attachment in-line)

copy the link to the image, and then write in your post

write hear the link

Rockefella

09-18-2008, 12:58 AM

Also many of our British members have trouble trying to 'center' their images using the [center] tags. They always mistype it as [centre].

Sorry I was bored.

zeppelin

09-18-2008, 01:32 AM

zeppelin
Tiburon on Church St., Toronto
September 17 2008
Canon EOS 350D | RAW processing and curves

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=285226&stc=1&d=1221726495

Kitdy

09-18-2008, 02:13 AM

Also many of our British members have trouble trying to 'center' their images using the [center] tags. They always mistype it as [centre].

Sorry I was bored.

I think pretty much all English speaking countries other than you guys spell words properly.

Mind you, let's not get started on Aluminum/Aluminium.

My Mom is from Scotland and has the affliction of speaking mildly funny and saying/spelling Aluminum wrong. Aluminium sounds retarded.

John Thawley

09-18-2008, 06:58 AM

John Thawley
Pony Wars
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
June 27, 08
Vintage Grand Prix
Canon 40D
Canon 500mm f/4
1/500 sec.
f/5.6
ISO 100
Black & White conversion

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=285233&d=1221746190

Fumacher

09-18-2008, 12:47 PM

Fumacher
Ferrari 360 Challenge
Spa-Francorchamps
June 2008
Nikon D70S

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachments/photography/285235d1221767198-automotive-photography-competition-181-foto0001.jpg

superwaxer

09-20-2008, 06:16 AM

John Thawley
Pony Wars
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
June 27, 08
Vintage Grand Prix
Canon 40D
Canon 500mm f/4
1/500 sec.
f/5.6
ISO 100
Black & White conversion

WOW! Awsome shot JT! Im green with envy!

John Thawley

09-20-2008, 10:18 AM

WOW! Awsome shot JT! Im green with envy!

Thanks! This is one of those pictures that makes ME happy. I had visualized this shot for months... years really. My schedule never allowed for me to get to a vintage race. Three things I'm a huge fan of, black & white, images from people like Jesse Alexander (http://www.wheelsonwalls.com/jesse-alexander-collection/the-passion/), Louis Klementaski (http://www.wheelsonwalls.com/feature-gallery/louis-klemantaski/), Nigel Snowdon (http://www.wheelsonwalls.com/feature-gallery/nigel-snowdon/) etc., and the old Trans-Am Series (http://www.wheelsonwalls.com/pete-lyons/trans-am-1970/) pony wars of the 70's.

Well, this year I was contracted to shoot the full season for Mid-Ohio... at least their major events, 5 in all. On the schedule was the Vintage Grand Prix. Mid-Ohio was the quintessential Trans-Am track in the heyday of what was referred to as "The Pony Wars." The big American manufacturers (GM, Ford, Chrysler, AMC,) all turned out with unlimited budgets and HORESPOWER.

This corner is at the top of a section called Madness.

So, in my mind... I wanted to reproduce this photo with all the look of that era... including the look of film.

Now, if we could just get rid of the full face helmet. LOL

But, thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. As I posted the other day, I post pictures that for one reason or another personally satisfy me. So it's nice to know someone esle enjoys them too.

JT

This is an actual shot from the 70's at the same corner... it was taken by Pete Lyons (http://www.wheelsonwalls.com/pete-lyons/trans-am-1970/)

RacingManiac

09-21-2008, 07:29 PM

RacingManiac
"Crabwalk"
SVSU FSAE 2008
University of Toronto Shootout @ Mosport Kart Track
Sept 20, 2008
Sony Alpha 700 w/Sigma 70-200 F2.8 EX DG
Raw Coversion, WB

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=285400&stc=1&d=1222050553

henk4

09-22-2008, 07:05 AM

Henk4
"Who cares about the price of the car?"
Alain de Cadenet (GTO) and Tony Dron (GTZ) fighting it out at Goodwood.
Canon 40D
Canon 28-300 IS
300 mm, 1/160, F8.
Goodwood Revival 2008, 21-09-2008
Brigthened up with the auto-correction function in Office Picture Manager, sharpened with Irfanview.

The colour version is the entry, but having read Johns post about the Pony wars I gave it a try as black and white. It does render a picture of the old Goodwood atmosphere, where those cars were battling in earnest.

John Thawley

09-22-2008, 08:03 AM

henk4

09-22-2008, 08:19 AM

Cool.... I just did a Black & White semi-tutorial on my blog (http://www.johnthawley.com/journal/) this weekend.

JT
I have a rather large collection of black and white negs of ships, shot between 1980-1990, but I have now broken up my dark room.
Edit: Just glanced through your tutorial. I did a simple grayscale switch. As an added remark, your sample helmet shot looks a bit out-of-period with a .com extension clearly readable.....

John Thawley

09-22-2008, 09:15 AM

I have a rather large collection of black and white negs of ships, shot between 1980-1990, but I have now broken up my dark room.
Edit: Just glanced through your tutorial. I did a simple grayscale switch. As an added remark, your sample helmet shot looks a bit out-of-period with a .com extension clearly readable..... Not to mention the full face helmet. That is the one thing I think Goodwood is doing right... really pushing people to get into the entire period thing. Every time I see historics here, the helmets just ruin the whole look.

JT

henk4

09-22-2008, 09:17 AM

Not to mention the full face helmet. That is the one thing I think Goodwood is doing right... really pushing people to get into the entire period thing. Every time I see historics here, the helmets just ruin the whole look.

JT

and the car mounted video cameras, of which I saw a few at Goodwood as well.....