a picture of speed

[ajo43]

ok its been a while since I posted a picture and my camera's still in the shop getting fixed so here is one that I took a while ago.

To take this one I held the camera on top of the car when I was driving (not for the faint hearted).

Obviously it is totally over exposed, with highlights blown to buggery but I thought the effect was kind of intersting.

[big pix]

..... interesting effect........ you can get this effect by using a zoom lens, slow shutter speed and zoom backwards {from tele to wide}, to get slow shutter speeds ND filters are a must, exposure would be trial and error as I have not done this for many years......

Do I dare ask if you droped your camera?

[MCWB]

Interesting effect Jonesy, like it! Reminds me of those 'zooming' pics; I think the overexposure can be forgiven in the name of art.

[Edit: damn, gotta be fast around here! ]

[storm]

although overexposed I feel this adds to the feeling of speed. the driver's car is well defined. doesnt' seem to be very overexposed, although my eye isn't great. the stark contrast adds a surreal affect to it. very cool shot. it would be interesting to see a regularly exposed shot but my guess is it wouldn't have the same effectiveness.

[Dargan]

This should go into the crop of the week for what kind of car. At the least I like the experimentation which is what I find I am venturing into, as I get more comfortable with the controls. Capturing the feeling of speed in a static photograph is a good goal which leads to some challenging output. eg; the challenge 5 shot of the lorikeets wings

[ajo43]

big pix: I didn't drop the camera from the car (but it did suffer a little fall from my camera bag which may be why it hasn't been focusing well lately)

Dargan: i reckon someone on the site can guess the car. There seem to be a few car buffs amongst us and my car is pretty main stream.

Thanks for the comments guys.

[daniel_r]

This should go into the crop of the week for what kind of car.

I'll take a guess - pretty sure its a BMW 3 Series (E46)

[twz22]

You guys in Australia are lucky that your steering wheel is on the right side of the car. I'd have a heck of a time getting to the shutter release from the left

[gstark]

Curiously, just last week, on the way over to Briddog's, Leigh was shooting some images from out of the top of the SLK. This was during the evening - it was dark - and from what I saw, a couple looked quite good.

Hopefully he may add a couple of them to this thread.

[gstark]

This should go into the crop of the week for what kind of car.

I'll take a guess - pretty sure its a BMW 3 Series (E46)

Possible, but somewhat unlikely.

The car is obviously a convertible, and drivers of BMW convertibles rarely know how to operate the controls that retract the roof. Either that, or they're afraid their hair will get messed up.

I can't think of another reason why one sees so many BMW convertibles with their tops up.

[flipfrog]

whoa
i feel dizzy just lookin
kool image i like it!

[ajo43]

Dargan, spot on. BMW E46 320i.

Not a convertible. I'm not a fan of paying $30k more for a piece of canvas. I just had the camera on the roof and held it though the window.

[birddog114]

Dargan, spot on. BMW E46 320i.

Not a convertible. I'm not a fan of paying $30k more for a piece of canvas. I just had the camera on the roof and held it though the window.

ajo43,
Have you checked the scratches and dents on the roof?

[gstark]

Not a convertible.

I'm impressed with your sense of mis-adventure.