Gary's new car

[Matt. K]

Gary's got a new car and he promises to drive it responsibly. http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/44004886

[Glen]

Very nice Gary, looks great. I am envious.

[stephen]

Awesome little machine there i can proudly say im jealous

[mic]

Naaaaahhh, looks like a couple of real estate agents to me

[Matt. K]

mic
If they were Real Estate agents they would have one each.

[Geoff]

I got to sit in it on Saturday
VERY NICE!
Great shot Matt!

[Matt. K]

Geoff
Now we know why you love this forum. Next week you can sit in my Volvo.

[Glen]

If you play up at all Geoff, we'll make you sit in it twice

[BBJ]

Hey Matt, Nice shot mate of Gary's new broom broom.

[gstark]

I have the GTV and the Quattro up for sale, btw.

[Matt. K]

Glen
We'll strap him in for the weekend. When we let him out he'll be a basket case.

[johndec]

Matt,

Just out of curiousity, why don't you ever embed images in your posts? For example the image in question here is only 78kb, which isn't in any way,shape or form too large

[redline]

was this image blur in ps?

[Matt. K]

johndec
I would love to be able to do this...but my Pbase account name has some illegal characters in it. I will work on this and try and get it changed. Thanks for the impetus.

[Matt. K]

redline
Hell no! That's how he drives.

[redline]

god the last i got something at 1/500th was going +250km/h

[johndec]

Strange... seems to work for me.

[marcus]

I think I'd better start a photography forum?

[sirhc55]

Gary you will love it - I had mine for 18 months before having to give up driving - if you ever see a bright yellow SLK230 with the number plate N*SL230 that was mine

[gstark]

I think I'd better start a photography forum?

Marcus,

Yep. Let me run the numbers by you ... 803 members at ...

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er ...

um ....

yeah, that's it: $0.00 each ...

My accounts are thrilled at that level of income.


Chris, it's a pre-loved variety.

Actually, it's a pre-ignored variety: 7 years old and just 6300 km! Still has the new car smell.

[birddog114]

Gary,
It's a nice car and you've got new toy! Lucky you! you have a brilliant son who bought you a surprised late Bday's present.

[Greg B]

Nice wheels Gary, congratulations.

[johndec]

Gary,
It's a mice car

Birdy,
You're not suggesting the owner is a Rat????

[birddog114]

Gary,
It's a mice car

Birdy,
You're not suggesting the owner is a Rat????

John,
Sorry, it's my typo, it's a nice car!

[wendellt]

Gary is this new Merk your new Muse?
I bet the car attracts alot of attention, bit of a mixed blessing hey?
maybe at the next meet we can do a Merk photoshoot at Bondi?

[stubbsy]

Matt,

Just out of curiousity, why don't you ever embed images in your posts? For example the image in question here is only 78kb, which isn't in any way,shape or form too large

John. Very spooky. I was just reading Matt's "everyday" photo's post and wondered the same thing. Thought I'd PM him to ask. Now I don't need to

[stubbsy]

Matt

If I took this image I'd be more than happy, but I'm also a very critical bastard. As a capture of the event it's excellent and I understand you only got a tiny window to shoot this, but for me the shot at a technical level just misses the mark. I've looked at it, gone away and then come back a few times, but the slight blur on the rear and, to a lesser extent, on Gary and Leigh really distracts me. Sorry.

[MCWB]

Peter: I think technically the shot is fine, it's just PS work that you don't like. No way in hell it's motion blur: 1/500 s at around 20-30 km/h != motion blur!

[stubbsy]

Peter: I think technically the shot is fine, it's just PS work that you don't like. No way in hell it's motion blur: 1/500 s at around 20-30 km/h != motion blur!

Trent


I'm a little slow sometimes. Guess I should be criticising his PS technique, what with Matt being the master and all. Raises another question though - how did he get Leigh to sit still while he took the shot

[gstark]

Matt

If I took this image I'd be more than happy, but I'm also a very critical bastard. As a capture of the event it's excellent and I understand you only got a tiny window to shoot this, but for me the shot at a technical level just misses the mark. I've looked at it, gone away and then come back a few times, but the slight blur on the rear and, to a lesser extent, on Gary and Leigh really distracts me. Sorry.

Peter,

That blur on Leigh and myself is how we really look. I thought you'd have noticed that by now.

[Matt. K]

Peter and Redline
Of course I Photoshopped the image. I was tired and did it very quickly....and as you all have observed, not very well. It took 5 minutes...select the wheels...BLUR/RADIAL BLUR...select the whole car and invert the selection and BLUR/MOTION BLUR. Posted and went to bed. It's nice to know that you guys can pick a bodgey job a mile away...because it means I'll have to be very precise and very careful when I next PP if I really want to pull the wool over your eyes.

[Holden]

Mean while hear I am still driving my old EJ

[Geoff]

Geoff
Now we know why you love this forum. Next week you can sit in my Volvo.

As long as it's not moving Matt, I'll be fine

[the foto fanatic]

Peter and Redline
Of course I Photoshopped the image. I was tired and did it very quickly....and as you all have observed, not very well. It took 5 minutes...select the wheels...BLUR/RADIAL BLUR...select the whole car and invert the selection and BLUR/MOTION BLUR. Posted and went to bed. It's nice to know that you guys can pick a bodgey job a mile away...because it means I'll have to be very precise and very careful when I next PP if I really want to pull the wool over your eyes.

Can't have been too bodgie a job. You had time to PP in that solar panel on the top of Gary's head!

[dooda]

Matt

If I took this image I'd be more than happy, but I'm also a very critical bastard. .

I guess you're just an all around straight up Bastard then. This is btw one of my favorite words.

Funny story, when I was working the oil rigs I was playing Playstation Football with this guy from Mississippi. Others were in there too and this guy kicked my butt. After going up like 54-3 I called him a bastard and the room went silent. I was like, "what?" This big redneck from mississippi just stared at me ready to crush everything within my sweaty skin. He goes, "do you know what that means?" I say, "uhhh yeah but we don't think about it much where I come from." Apparently down there it strikes a little close to home. Then I asked him, "do you know what MF means, you use that a lot? He looks at me, "well yeah".

It was one of those defining moments for me.

[stubbsy]

Matt

If I took this image I'd be more than happy, but I'm also a very critical bastard. .

I guess you're just an all around straight up Bastard then. This is btw one of my favorite words.

Funny story, when I was working the oil rigs I was playing Playstation Football with this guy from Mississippi. Others were in there too and this guy kicked my butt. After going up like 54-3 I called him a bastard and the room went silent. I was like, "what?" This big redneck from mississippi just stared at me ready to crush everything within my sweaty skin. He goes, "do you know what that means?" I say, "uhhh yeah but we don't think about it much where I come from." Apparently down there it strikes a little close to home. Then I asked him, "do you know what MF means, you use that a lot? He looks at me, "well yeah".

It was one of those defining moments for me.

Good story Dave - and thanks for the accolade.

[darb]

nice wheels gary. I watched a top gear episode on the Mclaren Mercedes SLR ... one awesome beast, but for 330,000 POUND you'd expect it to be i guess

[Matt. K]

Dooda
Great story. I felt like I was there. You handled him well and he's lucky he didn't mess with you further because he would have had 800 D70 forum members after his blood. Just one thing...next time get a photo. We wanna see his expression.

[the foto fanatic]

Matt

If I took this image I'd be more than happy, but I'm also a very critical bastard. .

I guess you're just an all around straight up Bastard then. This is btw one of my favorite words.

Funny story, when I was working the oil rigs I was playing Playstation Football with this guy from Mississippi. Others were in there too and this guy kicked my butt. After going up like 54-3 I called him a bastard and the room went silent. I was like, "what?" This big redneck from mississippi just stared at me ready to crush everything within my sweaty skin. He goes, "do you know what that means?" I say, "uhhh yeah but we don't think about it much where I come from." Apparently down there it strikes a little close to home. Then I asked him, "do you know what MF means, you use that a lot? He looks at me, "well yeah".

It was one of those defining moments for me.

Your Mississippi redneck needs to come down here to Oz. We only call people we like "bastard". If we don't like 'em...