Jan29:QLD Nissan Cruise -

[sikx5]

G'day fellas,
here are some pics i took today, from a Nissan cruise. Not many nice cars, but a few clean skylines, 1600's, 180's, 200's and 300's. Got some good practise on the panning shots, and the one really nice Continental GT went flying past, i was too nervous to take the photo and stuffed it up...as you can see by the pic, bugger. :cry:

But the other panning shots turned out pretty neat i think, what do you think? Getting there slowly







also, a little update on my car, it will be turning into a track/hill climb monster soon, as ive fitted these parts: Tein superstreet coilovers, GT28RS turbo with tial 38mm external wastegate, whiteline rear sway bar, J-spec front and rear 3 point rally brace, stripped interior, defi BF PSI boost guage...thats it for the moment until i can afford to rebuild the engine

cheers
shane

[Pehtren]

nice pics, i like the ones with the 300ZX

It looks like a nice cruise, and i wish you all the best with engine rebuilt

How many HP are you expecting?

thanks for the pics

[Zot09]

Nice pictures! What kind of camera do you shoot with? If shooting with a Canon, you should try shooting it in "Tv" mode so that you choose the shutter speed(panning) and the camera will choose the proper f/stop. If everything works out correctly, your pictures shouldn't be as over/under exposed.

[dingo]

Thanks for the pics, Nissans aren't really my thing although the S15's are pretty cool (but I hate the lights on the red one).

Those aren't really panning shots technically, since you are taking them from a moving car and doing the same speed as the car you are shooting. Zot09's advice is good, a couple of the pics are definately under exposed.

[sikx5]

Cheers for the advice, i know most the cars were rice

I setup a slower shutter speed, and moved with the car, does that count for panning im using a nikon d70 with a nikon dx 18-70mm lense, dont have any TV modes on mine.

I also used photoshop in a few pics to adjust the light curve, something different..

I'll try to see if the Ferrari club of QLD allows me to follow them in a cruise or drive day, that would be awesome

[TT]

Nice pics! I love the traveling shot (these aren't really "panning shots") with the blue Silvia whatever D:

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2323/dsc49527rs.jpg

[MC12]

Awesome pics sikx5 . I like the shots you get of cars while your travelling, they turned out great. Thanks for the update and thanks for pics

[Garretts_turbo]

great highway pics, man.
i'll have to post pics of our DSM highway run/dyno day from a few months back

[TransAm]

Nice pics! 8)