Hello everyone...

New to the site as i recently purchased a '10 SES...i know its not the best place to introduce myself, but iv been into vehicle photography for a while...more focus pics are on the way!!! For now i just wanted to share some of my current car collection pictures iv taken over the years!! Hope you guys enjoy!!![wave]

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Nice looking photography man. Welcome to Focus Fanatics

Yeah ... this area is open to all kinds of photography and we have a few pro-photogs running in here as well.

Hope you enjoy the site and stick around.

-Ray-

welcome

I will be...loving the focus so far...been devoted to fords for quite some time...first 4 cyl, but still a ford...have had it for 2 weeks and already looking to do few things to it...

PICS COMING SOON! been super busy or i already would have them up!

Lil cold and windy tonight, so couldnt take too many pics, but here is a teaser pic of more to come...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5176/5457851032_df04a02b16_b.jpg

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How much of that is post-process?

Looks like he used a strobe in the shot ... one at that.

I am thinking my next photoshoot is going to be more strobe and less ambient light.

I like the teaser shot here.

-Ray-

nice work!

I'd black out the glinting parts of the passenger wheel, that's just me...

I like that teaser shot. Tis sexy.

Thank you all!!

Not too much editing really...i was thinking of blacking out the wheel glare too but i thought, oh well, lets leave it...

i touched up the driver side windshield wiper as the front stobe kinda reflected off it...and lil of the driver side pillar...

This was a quick one and i knew i would do lil better, but my batteries were dying on the strobe and it was windy so i just gave up!!! I also was triggering the strobe from the off camera flash so that was a lil pain in the rear...more to come soon!!!

Here is a daylight pic i took today with a lil see thru hood edit!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5459828106_0fb5bcd979_b.jpg

Have to find some new locations other than the driveway to shoot!

Enjoy!

Sweet pictures! Such skill!

Good looking shot with the see thru.

I agree with the idea of looking for a better location than your driveway.

Nice photos. What are you shooting with if you don't mind me asking?

-Ray-

Find an alley. Alley's are sick with cars. Or a parking garage...

Thank you!

I shoot with a Nikon D300S...that was with my 11-16mm Tokina lens...lil weird lens but perfect for tight spaces, like my drive way!!!

I will get more soon...i got plenty of locations around here but havent had time...Rolling shots is what i want to shoot next!!

Here is another i took Friday of the Focus and its V8 brother that i sorta thought looked pretty decent. (Sorry once again for the drive way shot)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5462569906_47bf9d8365_b.jpg

Ill be posting pics here and on my Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leartmance/) as i take em...cant wait for summer!!!

Here is a daylight pic i took today with a lil see thru hood edit!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5459828106_0fb5bcd979_b.jpg

Have to find some new locations other than the driveway to shoot!

Enjoy!

Oh my god. Tell me how you did that. Now.

One picture with hood up, one with it down, layer them, then do a history brush?

yes...it is

It is two pics taken on tripod and merged together...here are them!!!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5463852226_b0b732c826.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5463250813_bcae4b11a2.jpg

after u paste one of them on top of the other layer, you can change the opacity of it in the layers box...set it to whatever you prefer, then you can play with the history brush to clean up the rest!!![thankyou]

Here are a few older shots of my tbird and other see thru hoods!!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2583/3801875106_1ddb9ef4c5_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5054982550_70141d5609_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5202023302_b215678a94_z.jpg

Enjoy!