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Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:18 am**

Had the opportunity to go for a ride with my friend tonight who happens to own a Lotus Exige (race bred Elise for those that don't know). It was good fun and I took my camera with me to take some shots on location. Thoughts would be appreciated. Sadly most of these shots were taken on ISO800 so that they could be handheld. Noise wasn't too bad though.

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:18 am**

The noise is hardly even noticable to tell you the truth...have you ran noise ninja or something simliar over it in pp?

Great shots by the way..I'm not sure what I enjoyed the most...the car or the scenery...

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:09 am**

Rainey - I agree with Bindii here, the noise is negligable. Some great shots here.

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:35 am**

One beautiful car and great shots. I had the opportunity to buy an Elise or a Merc - I chose the Merc, but always dreamed I was in the Elise :roll:

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:06 pm**

Awesome car, and nice pics too:) I agree with the above that noise is not at all an issue with these.

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:16 pm**

Nice work, the noise isn't bad here. Did your friend sell his 340R?

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:00 pm**

Great shots Rainey. Wish I could have heard the "noise" from that beaut little car.
Unfortunately I'm not quite supple enough to get in and out of one of those beauties on a regular basis.
Lovely scenery too. I'll have to get down that way again. Would be get to tour in my superb handling campervan :wink:

Cheers, Mick

Posted: **Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:37 pm**

Thanks everyone!

Glen, he did a trade (of the 340R) with cash adjustment for the Exige. He needed a roof so he could drive it more often. Same engine, basically very similar car apart from the 340 = 600kg, Exige = 800kg. So being slightly heavier its not far from the mark.

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:46 pm**

nice shots... but such an obvious number plate doesnt cut it imho...

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:03 pm**

Your pictures really capture the beauty of the car's body.

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:11 pm**

2 & 3 are great!!!

The colour of the car really suits the cool, drab colours of the image. The first one suffers from the bright spot in the clouds.

Your mate must be happy with them!

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:53 am**

Awesome shots there mate, I really like the location you took these shots. Its not often you see a car like that there.

It must be tough to have to choose between cars like those. I think hte exige is much prettier tho.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:44 pm**

They're very nice shots - nice angles, nice light, nice composition - but if I had to offer a criticism (and I assume that's what you're here for

), it would be the turn on the front wheels. With a car that looks like it's going fast even when standing still, I feel like the wheels should be turned towards the road (I like having the wheels turned - it gives that movement/energy) rather than off road.

Just one man's opinion, and note that the criticism offered is prefixed by my overall impression - very nice shots!

Cheers,
MarcL