Alright I got my tripod today in the mail and figured I'd go take some night shots. Obviously it was very dark and cold so I didn't spend a whole lot of time playing with the tripod tonight and I plan on taking more this weekend.

Also for those who care I used a Nikon D40, 18-55mm kit lens, Manfrotto 190XPROB legs with 486RC2 head. Thanks again Phuong for you help with the tripod selection process. Also I need a Lens cleaning kit and a drop, you'll see why...

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I think #3 and #5 are my favorite, Thanks for looking...

 

thats one really sexi SLOW car! lol, j/p!

nice pics, i LOVE the 3rd pic. but most of all the sage green is my favorite color

 

Sick pics, I wish I could do stuff like that.

 

don't worry man i could give you a few tips. i taught mark a lot about cameras and photoshop!

 

would love to register in your class as well.let me know the strt date, as i would LOVE to take pics like this as well.

 

Nice pics Mark...

 

cool

 

Haha, chris hogging up my post with lies! Thanks for the comments guys, heres a teaser from pics I took Friday. I still need to edit them, so this is a straight from the camera picture.

 

awesome pictures man. look great. keep em coming!

 

Here are 3 HDR's I took this weekend. I think they might need some more tweaking, but I have other stuff going on and I'm trying to edit some Philly Auto Show pics. comments and criticism please!

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3. This is the one that needs the most work...

 

Yo Tom and Chris, if you guys wanna do a photoshoot some time I'm definitely down. I have spring break feb 29-march 10 (i think). Or I could do it before then, but you guys would have to come to me since I don't have a car...

 

What kind of camera do you have?! looks like a DSLR

sweet pics/ride man

 

"Also for those who care I used a Nikon D40, 18-55mm kit lens, Manfrotto 190XPROB legs with 486RC2 head." Thanks man, I'm having a lot of fun taking pictures with it. I just got it for xmas so I'm still learning and stuff. Thanks!

 

my car is in the shop and is probably going to have to be back in the shop! im installing some components. but if im definately down, i'll let my wife model for my car also....LOL

by the way my girlfriends dad might be selling me a red 5pd 300zx, but i don't know if im going to buy it or not. i want to buy it just for a fun car to drift with...LOL.

 

Nice ride. Another sage mist Max

I have those same wheels up for sale here on the .org. Too bad I can't put them on my Max. They look good

 

Looks good. any plans for tint?
nice too see another FSO on the board.

 

What are you using to create your HDRs? Your pics look very washed out and hazy. If you aren't using Photomatix, I recommend you google it and download the free trial, its very good. Also if you post up the originals, I'd be willing to take a crack at making an HDR out of them. I'm a D40 user too

P.S. Love the Sage Mist. My dad's Max is a '97 Sage Mist SE with a 5spd

 

What happened to the max? Also whats the deal with the 300zx? turbo/na? year? price? I might be interested, I wanna stay in the nissan family if I get something new...

Thanks for the sage mist love guys. I love the color too, it looks really good and hides the dirtyness that this has to deal with while I'm in college away from it. As far as future plans go, I don't know what I'm doing. I'm not buying anything till I find out if I'm keeping this or not. If I do I want coilovers, tint, RSB, and a 2nd pair of SE rims to repaint and get nice tires. Then I think I'll call it done or close to it. If I move to something else it'll be a cheap easy to mod and maintain car that can handle.

Haha thats weird, thats this exact car. This is/was my dad's car, he "gave" it to me and got a 07 TSX 6spd, thats fun to drive too.

I used Merge to HDR in PS3, which I know sucks, but I just wanted to get quick results and check out how they looked. I'm going to do it a better way in PS3 soon hopefully. I've been thinking about photomatix, I just can't stand that watermark and don't wanna pay for a full version either. So if you know a place I could get it for nothing, I'd love to hear about it.

 

3 and 5 kick azz.

 

well my girlfriends dad just bought another project car, a red 1996 300zx non-turbo but its manual. LOL. he gave me first dibs on it. so im debating on buying it or not right now. its in really good condition.

 

You might want to check out thephotoforum.com, they might be able to help you with that copy of photomatix. It's also a pretty cool place and very helpful with any questions you might have.

 

In the words of MrGone, your HDR is only to compensate for the lack of a good camera.

But, I give you props, nice pictures. You can tell when someone has had photo schooling.

How are your dealings with Manfrotto products? I used one of their remote mount tripods once and it kicked ***. Took pictures from outside the car while moving.

 

Haha I saw that thread, kinda ridiculous. I mean he's right that HDR is a way to compensate since it captures more, but whatever, i'll do it anyway. And I have no problem admitting that my D40 isn't the ****, cause it's not. It's a cool technique and a lot of fun to play with so whatever, to each his own.

I don't have any photo schooling right now. I plan on taking courses next year, but so far I'm self taught with the D40, it's a LOT of fun. I've taken courses in PS though if that counts

As far as Manfrotto goes, I love the tripod. I got it for 210 dollars on Amazon, and its awesome. It's very very versatile. I'll take pics of it and all its cool shapes in a little bit and upload them for you. Honestly I was skeptical about paying that much for a tripod at first, but I love it and don't regret it at all.

 

Thanks man, on a side note, I think you need those Mazda rims back. They looked awesome on your car.

Thanks, I'm on fredmiranda.com right now, and it's a pretty good forum. I'm just kinda looking at pics and techniques right now and thats it.

Alright chris, if you skip out on it, send me a link or something and i might be interested if its in the right price range.

 

Sure, it makes a crappier camera take better shots, but you cant tell me that the top of the line cameras dont use it either...

No schooling? I give you mad props. Ive taken 4 years of photo and your pictures look better than half the crap Ive seen in my classes as far as aesthetics and the elements and principles.


That arm kit is what I used to shoot this:

 

haha **** that looks awesome. Thanks again for the props man, how much did that arm kit cost you? I have 190XPROB legs and 486RC2 head. Here's a link to the folder of the pics I just took. http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/markd248/Tripod/

To give you a reference the kid is 5' 10" and santa is 8' tall, so I think it gets to about 5' 6" or so. And I threw the notebook in there to give you a feel for it's size.

 

Phew now that is a bad *** well built tripod. I actually only borrowed it from my photo teacher for a few days, he uses it a lot for his mini, and sunshinemini's(florida mini club). I think they retail for about $200 though.

 

haha damn. Next time I'm home I'm going to try and do that shot with my tripod. I would definitely recommend the set up i have if you are looking for one. I got it from Adorama on Amazon.

Also I've spent some time touching up my HDR's and I'll post the edited ones soon hopefully.