Great Ocean Road : Mini-NSX drive PHOTOs

[NeoNSX]

On July 31st 2004, Australian NSXprime members <B>Dippy9</B> and <B>NeoNSX</B> met with <B>NSXBOX</B> who drove down from Sydney to Melbourne especially for the meet. Dippy's cousin also joined us for the ride in his beautiful black Honda Prelude.

We drove to the Great Ocean Road; a renoun tourist attraction with over 280km's of twisting roads along the coast of Victoria. The trip took us through rainforest and open pastoral landscapes to the Twelve Apostles.

While some other photos have been posted in <A HREF="http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=37035">this forum</A>, this thread is about the drive and not about me.

<B><A HREF="http://www.nsxprime.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=4788">More photos of the drive can be found here</A>
and in <A HREF="http://www.nsxprime.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=9537">Dippy's Members Gallery</A></B>

Enjoy!!!

 

[NeoNSX]

I'm only posting low-res 800x533 versions for now.

 

[NeoNSX]

One more to capture your interest.

Nico, your NSX is soooo photogenic.

 

[PHOEN$X]

Sweet pics! I want a high-res of the first pic!

BTW Neo, you're a little hairier than I imagined...

P.S., nice avatar - where can I get a real T-shirt like that?

 

[whiteNSXs]

Beautiful!

Some awesome pictures you took there!
Good job!
Steve

 

[Enzo]

Re: Beautiful!

WOW Neo ! Awesome pictures !

Look like pictures for a magazine, are you a professional photografer ?

 

[COSENTINO]

It looked like you guys had a great trip, it's a shame I couldn't tag along as my work commitments got in the way


NEO: I hope you took those 6000 photos & video you promised mate........I look forward to seeing them!!!

PS. That first photo of NSXBOX's car is a beauty *right click-save as*

 

[Edwardo]

Great pictures NEO!

Perhaps if you have the time you could point us towards a good min-tutorial on how to photograph moving cars?

Any editting done to the photos? What kind of camera?

Thanks!

 

[dippy9]

Gee thanks Neo i feel left out. The secret to his success is to take alot of photos

CONSENTINO there is always next time and we plan to get more just that some pull out at the last moment.

PHOEN$X LOL that is about right.

 

[NetViper]

That first photo is outstanding. It would be a sweet poster! Great job!

 

[NeoNSX]

The above photos have NOT been photoshopped. (that has to be a first from me??? )

Sorry everyone for the delay; i took the photos back & complained because the scanning quality sucked (there were lots of dust particles on the scanner; the reason why i reduced the resolution). I'm hoping to pick them up from the shop tomorrow so stay tuned for the high-res versions.

Thanks for the compliments; they do look magazine-quality, but i can't really take any credit for the shots. I'm not professional, but i consider myself a serious amateur. I took 80 shots for the drive... about 25 came out quite good, the rest are average. (the cars are awesome, my photos are what's average ) Out of that only 4 or 5 are in the awesome category. Photography is an expensive hobby.


<B>QUICK TIPS TO PHOTOGRAPHING MOVING CARS</B>
<B>Edwardo</B> : I'm no expert, but i'll tell you what i can. A SLR is the only way to shoot moving vehicles in my biased opinion. Cheaper digital cameras are good, but there's often a shutter delay in taking the photo, in which time you've missed 'the shot'. For these photos I used an old Canon EOS500 body (Rebel 500 in USA?) with a 28-135mm IS USM Lens, and over-the-counter AGFA ISO 200. Nothing special really.


Keeping it very simple, you need to think whether you want the photo frozen or blurred.

<B>Frozen action shots</B> are easiest: just make sure the shutter is as high as you can set it. A shutter of 1/250th or higher is usually enough, but this depends also on the speed of the vehicle, focal length of the lens, the amount of light, etc..

<B>Blurred action shots</B> are the hardest to achieve, but look awesome. This requires a bit of educated guesswork. For example, the top photo was shot at about 1/60th of a second. Nico's NSX wasn't moving too fast and it was driving at the same speed as us. That's why the NSX itself is sharp, but the road and surroundings are blurred. A faster shutter speed would have frozen the road as well. Typically between 1/90th and 1/125th are good for blurring a shot slightly.


Best way to learn how to take good photos is to look at what others have done, and steal their ideas. Try to duplicate it. Try experimenting with their ideas. Don't be afraid to use a LOT of film. Don't be afraid to hang out the window of a moving vehicle till your eyes tear up and you can't breath (LOL, <B>Dippy</B> was witness to that on Saturday! )

Maybe this isn't very helpful. But i found when you're moving, you don't have time to think & plan shots. You just follow your instinct. That's why practice is important. ust trying to keep the camera steady is a big enough task at times.

I can't recommend enough going out and reading a photography basics book. Learning about shutter speeds, aperature settings, lighting and film speeds sounds boring but it's critical knowledge if you want to maximize your cameras potential. Remember, even a crappy disposable camera can take an awesome photo in skilled hands.





Hope this helps you somewhat... feel free to ask more any questions (that's how you learn). Maybe <B>Akira3D</B> and other skilled photographers on this forum can add to this.

WAY too much talking here.... i better get back to editing the video before <B>Dippy</B> sends his mean doggy around to get me.

 

[NSXclubofAustralia]

Excellent work Neo - hopefully I can round up a decent number of NSXs for the drive day this month so that you can take some more pics (I hear that you are making the trip North with Dippy).

Nico - are you and your 2 NSW based NSX owner mates coming on the drive?