I'm going on vacation for 2 weeks while this is up for vote, I hope it does well.
The setup:
I used 3 old magnetic ski racks I had laying around to mount my tripod to the rear deck lid of my TR6 (sold the next day by the way) and drove around town. I had the remote for my D70 and the SB800 flash mounted to the camera. I set the aperture to f/20 and let the camera do the rest. I realize the flash is to harsh but I sold the car so I had to work with what I had. Thanks for all the great comments and the top 20 finish.
John
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I have this down as the winner. Good luck. It is very original and the only possible (slight) improvement I could see would be to have the driver's eyes in the mirror.
Not a bad idea but I think you could have done better with it. A less harsh flash lighting would have nailed IMHO since I really dislike strong flash shadowss and also it makes the whole shot more of a composite, like the couple of the car are one shot and the street lights another shot and you composed them together. I know that is not the case, I am just saying that the flash lighting makes it seem so.
Anyway, to be clear I really like this shot and it´s a great idea, if you had pulled it off the way I described I would probably have given it a 10 but I gave this shot an 8 and I don´t give out many of those. Good job.
Damn, that's a stunnign shot, wildly original. At least to my eyes. I wonder how the others will vote it, I really do, but it gets a top-tier score from me, parking at 6 right now while I evaluate entire challenge. It will go up, I am sure, at least to an 8. Nice job!
Great shot.
I may be wrong but it looks like a Triumph TR6.
Had a Spitfire myself and a lot of the parts were the same.
But my Spitty did not go as fast as yours seems to be.
Very cool shot! Love the reflections in the side mirrors. The right mirror captures the fill flash as well. The shadow of the woman is only slightly distracting however. Overall an excellent study in creativity.
I always hate the shots that show nothing but squiggly lights, but with the rest of the car in context, that bumps this straight from a 1 to a 10 in my book! Very creatively captured!
Love this photograph. Like the sharp focus on the people in the car, with a blurring of the lights in the background. (Well, in front of them.) Has a surreal feeling to it. Even the title bends my mind. This photograph certainly jolts me out of how my mind expects a photograph to be laid out. 10!
This is a really cool shot. I lilke the skew of the wide angle and crisp contrast. Is it reflection of the flash in the right mirror? I´ts really cool how the interior is sharp but the lights from the road up and down. Has a Huphrey Bogart fealing to it, 7 I dont like the shadows from the flash
This picture is so cool.! Something about it just draws you to keep looking at it, and the more you look at it, the more you like it!! God job at how sharp and focused your subjects are, and how vivid the colors are. I really like this one.
Wow, nicely done! Not sure about the crop, I'd really have liked to seen this with 35mm dimensions. Shame the flash which is to the right of the camera has cast a large shadow in front of the passenger and caused some glare on the seat. A slave flash on the left would have really made this a killer shot. Beautiful car.
Cool effect, but the direct flash kills this, if just doesn't look like you fit into the picture from a lighting perspective. Looks more like an obvious composite shot. I'll still give you a 7 though!
nice job. the jiggle factor with the lights here is about perfect for my tastes. I'm guessing the camera was on a tripod attached to the trunk and you are triggering it with a handheld remote? The one thing that bothers me is how the hotshoe flash is to the side of the shot, creating a huge shadow on the left of the subjects. I shouldn't complain since you apparently were willing to risk your equipment on the back of your car, but if there was some way to make the lighting more even from side to side (even just getting the flash above or below the lens instead of to the side) would probably make the picture even better. 9 from me
Nice photo evocative of speed, freedom, etc. The foreground lighting, imho, is too much and the harsh shadow on the dashboard in front of the blonde-haired person is a distraction. The rear and sideview mirror reflections are plusses, particularly the rightside mirror's burst of light. With better foreground lighting, I'd rate this 8 or higher, but as it is, it's a 7 in my mind.
cool photo, worked really well. I'm not sure if it is the flash in the passengers wing mirror, but if you had angled it out a bit more that bright flash of light wouldn't have been there.
Great concept. I don't know what kind of camera you're using, but the flash is a bit too stark to make this photo really work... May I suggest (and ignore me if it's not helpful), use the flash, but cover it up with some tissue or even a sheet of light stock paper, or a light cloth or whatever you have around. Take a similar picture, with the flash covered. You'll have to play around, but it will give your foreground a much more natural light, while taking the viewer's eyes into the rest of the picture. But I like the idea. Keep up the good work.
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