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a11y's Z4 Roadster (updated pics - April '12)
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We're not biased in the leastMr Whippy said:Looking good, as it should, silver and 108's
. Just need to get my wheels looking better - kerbing and corrosion are spoiling the overall look hence the lack of close-up shots!Thanks for the comments. I was up at Dunkeld yesterday using the same roads - excellent driving roads from Stirling via Glendevon, Gleneagles, Crieff and Amulree. Shame the weather was typically Scottish: sun, drizzle, full-on rain, drizzle, hailstones(?), sun, rain, sun, heavy rain, sun, sun, rain - all within a few hours.
Well, there's a bit of a story to these latest photos...
Looked like a decent sunset on Sunday so I decided at the last second to head out for some sunset pics, but was running late. Didn't have enough time to get along to my favourite spots, so took a detour into Grangemouth. I always wanted to get some night shots around there with the oil refinery and plant in the background. So I found this big car park, completely empty, partly flooded from the rain we'd had. Perfect. Spent a happy 30mins snapping away and was about to pack up up when I got apprehended by security! Turns out they'd been tracking me on camera for the past 30mins because they viewed me as a security risk LOL - thought I was taking pics of the plant (the refinery is apparently a potential major target...). And it didn't end there. Their orders (from MI5 apparently) were to report anyone caught taking pics on the site to the police. So I had to hang around for the police! They were perfectly fine about it all when they realised what I'd been doing but I still got my name taken and told not to come back
Anyway, excitement over, here's some photos:
Cheers
Ally
Looked like a decent sunset on Sunday so I decided at the last second to head out for some sunset pics, but was running late. Didn't have enough time to get along to my favourite spots, so took a detour into Grangemouth. I always wanted to get some night shots around there with the oil refinery and plant in the background. So I found this big car park, completely empty, partly flooded from the rain we'd had. Perfect. Spent a happy 30mins snapping away and was about to pack up up when I got apprehended by security! Turns out they'd been tracking me on camera for the past 30mins because they viewed me as a security risk LOL - thought I was taking pics of the plant (the refinery is apparently a potential major target...). And it didn't end there. Their orders (from MI5 apparently) were to report anyone caught taking pics on the site to the police. So I had to hang around for the police! They were perfectly fine about it all when they realised what I'd been doing but I still got my name taken and told not to come back
Anyway, excitement over, here's some photos:
Cheers
Ally
Wow they are stunning pics mate
You were lucky you didn't find yourself on the next rendition flight to Guantanamo.
You were lucky you didn't find yourself on the next rendition flight to Guantanamo.
Fantastic photography.
south yorkshire
no need to enter this months photo cmp- think we have a winner here! wow
Wondermike said:Wow they are stunning pics mate
You were lucky you didn't find yourself on the next rendition flight to Guantanamo.
gannet said:great shots
Glad they saw sense and let you go :lol:
Yep,I somewhat crapped myself! Security cam blatting across the carpark full-beam on, thought I was in for a kicking as it was an unmarked car. I hate to imagine the outcome if I HAD jumped in the Z4 and bolted off to safety...
Thanks for the comments
. I was without my DSLR (Canon 350d cheapo) for a couple of months as the powerboard fried itself. Now fixed but still really learning how it works.Sort of my thoughts too LOL but I thought it best not to voice my opinionMr Whippy said:
. The police were actually really good and said my photos looked good , they even thanked me for hanging around for them to arrive (I would've got a home visit if I hadn't though!) - it was the security guys who perhaps over-reacted a bit, but I suppose the procedure is there "for our safety and security"...
Love the oil plant photos
Thanks for all the comments.
Camera's the most basic DSLR you can get: Canon EOS 350d, only £280 a few years ago including the basic lens and a 2GB card. Newest equalivalent is the 400d I think. I've since bought a zoom lens but haven't mastered that in the least. Plus I'm interested in the likes of polarising filters for some effects but don't quite understand it all yet...
Camera's the most basic DSLR you can get: Canon EOS 350d, only £280 a few years ago including the basic lens and a 2GB card. Newest equalivalent is the 400d I think. I've since bought a zoom lens but haven't mastered that in the least
. Plus I'm interested in the likes of polarising filters for some effects but don't quite understand it all yet...The 350d is a good camera. Newer stuff makes old stuff feel a bit lacking, but after 5 mins behind an older SLR again and they feel good enough imho!
The photos I have taken, when I have taken good ones, have been good on SLR's ranging from £250 all up (3rd hand stuff etc), to £3000 for a 5D with a spangly lens on it.
I think you have shown it's about an idea and what you want to capture, 10x more than it is about the gear
Dave
The photos I have taken, when I have taken good ones, have been good on SLR's ranging from £250 all up (3rd hand stuff etc), to £3000 for a 5D with a spangly lens on it.
I think you have shown it's about an idea and what you want to capture, 10x more than it is about the gear
Dave