Ferrari motokhana from Tasmania

[Rainey]

Did some photography for these guys while they were visiting Tassie.

*EDIT: Better version below:*

Bloody cone!

[Technik]

Well done, beautiful shot!

the Ferrari Red colour really stands out, my only criticism is that perhaps you should get rid of the cone in the corner.

[Oscar]

The car is spot on. Shame about the cone! Can you clone it out? Cheers, Mick

[Rainey]

Thanks guys, I tried my hand at cloning out the cone like you suggested. Its a bit rough though.

[Oscar]

Well done Rainey. I'd be happy to park it in my garage. Cheers, Mick

[Rainey]

You and me both! I'm seriously thinking that 'one day' I may need one of these cars.

[Technik]

much better

just look at the simile of the driver, he is a one lucky fellow

[Alpha_7]

The bloke looks a bit like Joet, or is that my eyes playing tricks on me.

Good job cloning out the cone, I wouldn't know it was there had I not already seen the original.

[Rainey]

He was like a big kid out there! I was even lucky enough for him to take me for a ride in it, boy was that one of the best experiences of my life! Thanks once again for the comments. You can view the rest from my gallery on photobucket here:

http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/rainey06au/dslr/ferrariclub/
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/rainey06au/dslr/ferrariclub/motokhana/

Such a surreal feeling being around 40 Ferrari's, in Hobart of all places!

[jberth1]

Rainey,

Looks like a fun day out - did you get through many hankies wiping up your own dribble ?

This guy spent more on tyres on the day than I spend in 5 years !!!



Cheers

Justin

[Rainey]

Jberth, I think I had to dry my chin for hours after that day!

I've been playing around with a couple of others in photoshop and came up with this:




The last image, although pretty hard on the eyes was a clone of two photos, the base photo was completely out of focus so I decided to add that motion blur and then clone the headlight from a better shot into that picture for sharpness. I was pretty happy with it considering the original was basically a loss.

[TassieD]

Hi there rainey,

Nice set of shots, where abouts did they hold their motokana?

[Rainey]

Thanks David, the shots were taken at the Police Academy driver training skidpan.

[elffinarts]

I'll bet the owner will pay top $ for a poster of the second last image... the last one has so much impact.. I think I got a headache from it! lol
great work!

[Rainey]

Hi guys, just adding a spin to this thread.

One of my work collegues has a 16yo son who is in Victoria for chemotherapy as he has recently been diagnosed with cancer, obviously this is a very hard time for his family and the boy. So I've decided to produce an enlargement of the image below (my best shot) and have it framed for him to take over for his son when he goes back late next week. The boy is right into cars, so his father told me he would absolutely love it and it would brighten up the treatment room he is staying in.

I need framing ideas, I'm going to get it professional framed, however I have no idea what style would suit this type of image:



Can anyone help me come up with some ideas that would make the shot look absolutely fantastic on the wall??

Cheers,
Nick

[johnd]

Hi Nick, a guy I work with has started framing his large pics sandwiched between 2 sheets of perspex, with a matt to stop the pic touching the front sheet. He drills 4 holes in the perspex and uses small bolts to hold the whole sandwich together. They look very effective, and in fact he just won a photo comp down here in Hobart with one of them. You end up with the photo standing on it's own and not being swamped by the frame. He's on leave at the moment so I can't find out where he gets his materials from, but in Hobart somewhere. I know he said it takes him a max of 2 hours to frame an image. You'd be able to get the perspex in Hobart somewhere if you wanted to give this a go. I think he goes to Artery to get his matts.
Cheers
John

[Rainey]

Thanks for the info John! I might pop in to Artery tomorrow and see if I can find anything to use. I'm just trying to picture the method in my head. Do you know if he uses anything to close off the edges of the perspex where they join or does he just keep the sandwich look to it?

[johnd]

Just keeps the sandwich look. If you get a chance tomorrow or tonight, check out "The Not Yet Famous" exhibition at Long Gallery in Salamanca (last day tomorrow). Owen has 3 pieces in the exhibition framed this way. And one of them won. That's O1 from around here but you didn't hear it from me.

Cheers
John