Prancing Horse

79mm equiv, 3 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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PhotoFriday - Symbol

Three Friends

24mm equiv, 1/18 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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I might close this series here, if you're all a bit bored of it. If not, say so and I'll post some more photographs from my adventures with these cars!

Prepare to Fire

84mm equiv, 1.3 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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I love this detail of the Pagani Zonda. It's an amazing car, and it has lots of details to photograph...but...it is difficult to compose a shot from some angles and keep it simple. The other exotica I've shot recently were much easier to photograph in this respect, much more elegant; where this is a brute.

Not that I'm complaining fo course...

History

66mm equiv, 1/680 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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356

79mm equiv, 1/3000 sec at f/3, ISO 200
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I was invited to a UK Porsche owners club meeting today (thanks Godfrey & Linda, I owe you), and it rained, and rained, and rained.

But in-between clouds I managed to fire off a few shots. My hit ratio (number of good shots to poor) was very surprisingly high. This has encouraged me after my disappointment at the huge number of shots I took on my last outing. It may have rained, but the light was great when the clouds cleared up.

Pagani Zonda

44mm equiv, 1/34 sec at f/4.5, ISO 200
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This is a Pagani Zonda, and I was lucky enough to spend a whole afternoon and evening with it.

Oh...my...god...this car completely redefined my understanding of 'fast'. I couldn't help but grin from ear to ear as I was sat in the passenger seat whilst we grabbed gear after gear. But what made it all the better was that it came out to play because I was available to take photographs of it...

To make things little more interesting, Jonathan (the driver) invited some friends along. One in a yellow Ferrari 355 and the other in a...Ferrari F40.

I have never had a better laugh in my car than the time I spent chasing these 3 cars around to find our first photo location. I would be cruising along behind them watching ahead for a gap in the traffic to appear, waiting for the pop, bang and scream of the F40 downshift and we're off.

Let's just say we were going 'fast' but keeping it constant and then to my surprise, the F40 would downshift again with the same noise but this time with a flash of flame...they all take off like I wasn't moving.

The best 5 hours of my life? Quite possibly, and a day I won't forget for a long time.

The Perfect End

57mm equiv, 1/5 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200
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I could post loads of pictures of this car and the great evening I had with it, but I think I'll make this the last. Partly because I don't want to bore some of you, and partly because I have some other shots of another evening out that I spent with Andy and Jonathan... stay tuned!

Forza!

35mm equiv, 1/56 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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Another in the Ferrari series.

Once again, thanks to Jonathan and Andy for giving me the opportunity with a car like this!

Maximum Attack

35mm equiv, 1/50 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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I had a brilliant day out yesterday, I met up with a couple of guys who are perhaps even more obsessed by cars than me, and we took some photos. What would I do without Jonathan and Andy? Huge thanks to Jonathan for letting me shoot his immaculate Ferrari GTS Turbo, I can't remember the last time I saw such a perfect car outside of a showroom! I owe Andy a massive favour now for introducing us - cheers boss!

Anyway, we used the suction mount and took some photographs, loads came out blurred and I'm sure the 'pros' don't have these difficulties to this extent. I'm going to have to get clever I think with a solution...

Enjoy!

Magic?

62mm equiv, 8 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200
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This is a follow-up to the previous lightbulb series a few days ago. I took another few shots to try and take into account the comments that you all left, and this is the result.

I'd appreciate your comments on this version.

The Getaway

24mm equiv, 1.2 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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I washed my car today so I thought it would be just rude if I didn't take any pictures of it.

It's been a while since I've used the suction pad, and I've now got a longer extension bar for it (thanks Ben), so I thought I'd give it a go. Problem now is that because the camera is even further away from the car there are even more vibrations.

I'd love to hear if anyone knows how the 'pros' take these type of shots for car mags. They bolt on some type of equipment and it enables the camera body to be miles from the car and therefore give a nice wide view. Their equipment allows them to take shots that are just sooo pin sharp.

Oh and you can see my previous photographs taken with this equipment here (plus a few after that). Oh, and this is my entry for the Photo Friday challenge - 'Action'.

Glow Worm

66mm equiv, 0.8 sec at f/3, ISO 200
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I didn't get round to taking any other shots of this bulb last night, but I'll try again tonight. To be continued...

I'd love to hear which of the last 4 photographs stood out more to you.

Number 8

62mm equiv, 1/125 sec at f/4, ISO 200
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Can you see the little number 8?

Don't forget to look at the previous couple of posts and tell me which on you prefer! I have one more shot for tomorrow which I think is the best of the lot...so far. I'll probably have another go at this shoot tonight when it gets dark.

Filament Swirl Alt

75mm equiv, 2 sec at f/4, ISO 200
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A slightly different view of yesterday's post - this time in focus ;)

Filament Swirl

75mm equiv, 1/2 sec at f/3, ISO 200
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I found a really cool light bulb recently, finally got round to wiring it up so I could take a few shots. I soldered some wire directly to the bulb, so I could shoot it whilst it was on but apparently not screwed in.

I'll post a few in a little mini series - I'd appreciate your thoughts as to which one is best and why. This photograph is the most abstract of the bunch.