Kinda why I used the word, "might." I get the placement issues. Thought of placing them some distance to the side and at a sharp angle to the side/front/rear surfaces as featured.
Jack --- On Wed, 10/7/09, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: One more Barracuda > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 1:13 PM > Reflectors can work, but they have to > be big and close. It's also tough to keep them out of the > sheetmetal with most angles. White sheets of mat board under > the bumpers will make them shine, but you have to clone them > out in post or strip in pavement from a second shot. > Paul > On Oct 7, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > John, if I may butt in...your outfit will absolutely > "do it" and beautifully. If a fairly windless day, a couple > low reflectors might be handy. Let me quickly add, Paul is > exactly the right one to ask. > > > > Am very much looking foreword to shots of your > acquaintance's "stable", although I'll have to practice some > serious drool control in the meantime. =) > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, John Francis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: John Francis <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: PESO: One more Barracuda > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 10:43 AM > >> On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:52:53AM > >> -0400, P N Stenquist wrote: > >>> Shipping a big order of photos to the owner of > this > >> car today. I took a > >>> clue from the way Ilford ships Fiber Gold > paper and > >> packed the pics in a > >>> paper box, then packed th paper box in a > well-padded > >> larger box. Should > >>> be protected from anything short of drowning. > >>> > >>> This is my favorite shot of the car, a 1970 > Hemi > >> Barracuda that's worth > >>> around half a million US. > >>> . > >>> K7 and DA* 60-250, 170mm, circular polarizer, > ISO 200, > >> f4 @ 1/ 80th, > >>> +0.7 stop exposure comp: > >>> > >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9872980&size=lg > >> > >> Great shot - I can see why you like it! > >> > >> Apart from the equipment mentioned above, were you > using > >> anything else? > >> Basically I'm trolling for tips on how to best > show off a > >> car; I ran > >> into my car-owning accquaintance the other day > and > >> mentioned I was > >> interested in coming out to shoot his stable. > >> Apparently he'd been > >> thinking along those lines, too, so it will > almost > >> certainly happen. > >> > >> He's got an impressive lineup; apart from the > Ferrari F360 > >> and the > >> Lamborgini he recently picked up a new toy - a > Bugatti > >> Veyron! > >> There's also a Viper roadster, and I'm sure one or > two > >> others. > >> I don't know whether he's got a Tesla. > >> > >> I don't have either the K-7 or 60-250 yet, but I'm > sure the > >> K10D > >> and the trusty FA* 80-200 will suffice. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
