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First pic with my new D70! :) - BMW M6

Postby vort on Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:30 pm

Picture taken at the Brisbane Int'l Motorshow! First outing with my new cam.

Comments+Crit would be great.

Still getting the hang of all these extra flashy features coming from a manual film SLR :(

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Postby Slider on Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:53 pm

Very nice.:D My D70s will be getting a workout there tomorrow evening :lol:
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Postby losfp on Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:50 am

Cool :)

Nice lighting, was it available lighting, or a flash? Background seems very balanced compared to subject, so I'm guessing available lighting?

I probably might have framed it a bit differently (moving those blasted people standing behind it!!), but I suppose it is not easy at a motorshow with crowds milling about
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Postby CraigVTR on Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:48 am

Is that your dream car? What metering did you use, spot, cwt, etc or was it flash?

People getting in the way can be a problem at such events. Was going to go myself on Sat night but too stuffed after a 16 hour work day. Will try to get there later on this week and take some shots of the bikes.

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Postby vort on Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:38 pm

Thanks guys!

No flash used, can't remember what the meter setting is called but AFAIK it was the one that meters evenly across the whole frame.

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Postby mudder on Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:43 pm

Just a minute while I wipe the drool off my chin and keyboard, hubba hubba, a new M6, yummo..... The M5 would be an amazing machine point-to-point, the M drive line technology is incredible but the 645 just oozes fast class...

Only suggestion is to watch your background when framing as you may be able to get a more "conducive" angle, like getting in closer (or zoom) and framing to maybe put something you specifically want in the background, like the marque's sign, or a range of mags, or maybe even zoom in really tight and focus on the detail in a headlamp or wheel etc...

This is coming from someone who's never taken a shot of a car in his life mind you :lol:
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