649/2000 with new shoes.

[IncorpoRatedX]

Picked up some wheels with brand new tires last night, 649/2000 is pretty much in it's finished state as far as I'm concerned, what's left to do is just little odds and ends. I like how different this car looks from my silver one.

 

[dewman]

Damn! you made BG look hawt. Bravo sir /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/applause.gif Background is badass.

 

[IncorpoRatedX]

Thank you, it was a challenge!

 

[GSX_TC]

Nice background choice

 

[bobdole]

Looks very nice. What are the spec of the wheels/tires?

 

[pot]

Sorta off topic, what brand camera and lens did you use for your photographs. I especially like the back drop of the factory and alley way.

 

[GSX_TC]

Also interested in what camera you used aswell

 

[IncorpoRatedX]

Quoting bobdole:
Looks very nice. What are the spec of the wheels/tires?



wheel's are 17in enkei J10's +38 offset i think it was, can't remember, i'll double check, tires are 225/50's tight fit but on stock suspension and using this car for winter, they will give me lots of ground clearance.

Mike, thanks, the backdrop for the first 3 is actually the old studebaker factory in south bend indiana, long ago abandoned, the area im in used to be a courtyard for workers to take lunch etc.

as for the camera, it's a completely stock Nikon D40, basic DSLR, stock 18-55mm lens, it's kinda beat up and i got it used, but once i learned how to properly use it, i've loved it.

 

[turbowop]

Quoting dewman:
Damn! you made BG look hawt.



The f*** are you talking about? BG makes anything look hawt! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hsugh.gif

 

[cheekychimp]

Quoting Alpha Male:


as for the camera, it's a completely stock Nikon D40, basic DSLR, stock 18-55mm lens, it's kinda beat up and i got it used, but once i learned how to properly use it, i've loved it.



Damn straight!

I bought one of these for a heck of a deal as a starter camera and I've never upgraded, I still can't get over how good it is for the money and as DSLRs go it is small (plus it gets great battery life!). About the only downside is it has no auto focusing (AF) on board so you have to buy AF lenses with their own motors which limits lens choice a little. You can always manual focus of course but I tried that and once you start enlarging the images you can see how AF is so much sharper than the human eye. If you don't believe me, try focusing on an A4 printed sheet on a wall about 12 feet away. In AF you can blow up that image and read the print. On manual it was so blurred I could hardly read a thing!

 

[Drew84]

The photos are nice, the car is nice and the wheels look nice too. Good Job. I have the same Thule bike mounts on my Mirage. Those things work the nuts.


Just a photo tip, purchase a Circular Polarizing filter, it will cut down on the reflections from the glass and really make the color of the car "pop".

 

[IncorpoRatedX]

Will do, thanks Drew.

 

[prove_it]

Second pic a candidate for the calendar?

 

[IncorpoRatedX]

hope to take some shots with both my galants to submit for the calender this year.

 

[GSX_TC]

when and where do they take submissions for the calender?

 

[Hertz]

You have to be here for a year first. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif

We might be able make an exception. I'll ask the judge turbowop. Maybe you've heard of him?

 

[GSX_TC]

Oh Lord...

 

[GSX_TC]

every month? who? I just want November man

 

[IncorpoRatedX]

your car/photo has be judged and decided if it's worthy of the calendar.. so far... my car is the cleanest car in this thread. so /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif

 

[GSX_TC]

yeah it sure is. hopefully here in the next few weeks mine is gonna look better than it previously did.