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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:09 AM
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Lots of panning.















Photoshop 7.0, neat image, LDL, Canon 20D, LVMS, and Mike from http://www.trackday.net 's lenses made these possible.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:11 AM
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nice pics
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:15 AM
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That red hatch looks pretty nice.
Pictures came out amazing.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:17 AM
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Pics look good what was your shutter speed?
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:22 AM
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Anywhere from 1/25 to 1/100 I think.

Was using a borrowed 24-70 EF lens with a F2.8 stop, 400 ISO, but I managed to clean the pics up using neat image, and sharpen/crop/color adjust with photoshop 7.0. Glad you guys like, there were a lot of non-keeper pics though.. the 24-70 is an unusual focal range for me.



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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:37 AM
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I bet that 24-70 would be weird....what is your ideal lens with your 20d?
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:44 AM
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The 17-40 is fine for daytime snaps, but I love the 50mm prime 1.8 for night stuff (like the drag strip).

Mike from http://www.trackday.net hooked me up with lenses for this shoot too, I was using a 135 prime (F2.0), and then a 200mm zoom with a 1.4 teleconverter.
Check it out: http://lvracingscene.com/forum...=7071
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:46 AM
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If you want to see more stuff, I have a lot on this site: http://www.tunerzine.com/forum...0bd41
(Hibbs told me about it).
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 04:59 AM
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cool, that red hatch looks nice
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 05:35 AM
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 05:42 AM
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the yellow car is secks
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 06:00 AM
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looks like that MR2 has spoon calipers...LOL
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 06:27 AM
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simply amazing.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 07:20 AM
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john tran from rated x
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 07:31 AM
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john tran
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 07:33 AM
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Pure sex. Paint job is amazing also.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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dope pics
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 08:37 AM
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dope *** pics
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 08:45 AM
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very nice pics
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bean-Burrito &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This **** looks so good props to him, whats his setup & best pass
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his time last night (thursday) was a 12.6 @ 107 on 91 octane hahahaha. he was bored and wanted to see what he would hit. next friday he'll run all ***** out. so hopefully we see a high 11's or mid 11's /w some more tuning and 100 octane. a lot of props to him.

OH and another thing guys, this is his daily driver too lol.

very nice pictures btw derrick.


Modified by choNy at 10:28 AM 3/18/2005
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:34 AM
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very nice john good job, im sure you will hit your 11st with 100 octane..... very nice picture derek..
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 01:29 PM
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Bump for the afternoon shift.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 01:30 PM
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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good stuff rowdy, so art are you going to be running and the next m&m?
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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sweet pics
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