Ferrari Fun Day 2008 - Before the 40D broke!

[leightonjames]

Would love some C&C











Cheers
Leighton

[10JH]

Nice photos. Like the F430 ones. Not sure about the F40 driver's hair style! Congratulations on your 1000th post!

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Some good ones but just step away from the spot colour!

[davidd]

nice pictures, what lens were you you using?

D

[leightonjames]

10JH said:

Nice photos. Like the F430 ones. Not sure about the F40 driver's hair style! Congratulations on your 1000th post!

Haha, cheers! didn't notice that

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Some good ones but just step away from the spot colour!

I did think that but it was too tempting!

davidd said:

nice pictures, what lens were you you using?

D

I used mainly a 17-85 IS USM and occasionaly the nifty fifty (until some guy seemed to mock me!)

[miniman]

leightonjames said:

(until some guy seemed to mock me!)

Some guy who knows fk all then.

[Happy-Snapper]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Some good ones but just step away from the spot colour!

+1

However I do like the look of the last 430 with desaturated colour maybe if you brighten the colour in the car I think it would look das-good?

[miniman]

Oh, and I would get rid of the watermark too.

[leightonjames]

miniman said:

leightonjames said:

(until some guy seemed to mock me!)

Some guy who knows fk all then.

haha, what would you suggest the ideal situation is for the 50? I tried doing comparisons with the 17-85 but the quality seemed fairly similar. Is it just because of the wider aperture so ideal for low light?

[DIW35]

leightonjames said:

miniman said:

leightonjames said:

(until some guy seemed to mock me!)

Some guy who knows fk all then.

haha, what would you suggest the ideal situation is for the 50? I tried doing comparisons with the 17-85 but the quality seemed fairly similar. Is it just because of the wider aperture so ideal for low light?

Ideal for low light, or for giving you OOF backgrounds. Cracking little lens, don't ever let anyone put you off using it.

[leightonjames]

miniman said:

Oh, and I would get rid of the watermark too.

Does that rule still stand where those people can take any of our photos on here free of charge, or something along those lines?

[miniman]

leightonjames said:

miniman said:

Oh, and I would get rid of the watermark too.

Does that rule still stand where those people can take any of our photos on here free of charge, or something along those lines?

No that got removed from the site T&Cs. At the end of the day, if someone puts their mind to it they can remove your watermark anyway, crop the image, tweak the colour and claim it's not yours.

[leightonjames]

miniman said:

leightonjames said:

miniman said:

Oh, and I would get rid of the watermark too.

Does that rule still stand where those people can take any of our photos on here free of charge, or something along those lines?

No that got removed from the site T&Cs. At the end of the day, if someone puts their mind to it they can remove your watermark anyway, crop the image, tweak the colour and claim it's not yours.

Ahh phew! well theres more than one benefit of a watermark if you catch my drift *cough*advert*cough*

[miniman]

leightonjames said:

Ahh phew! well theres more than one benefit of a watermark if you catch my drift *cough*advert*cough*

If you want them for advertising purposes, I would go with something consistent and small like the ones nick_bbb uses, e.g. on this thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Steve Evil]

I suppose it is good advertising, but it isn't so much a watermark in most pics, more a very obvious block of text that distracts the eyes.

I'd make it smaller and more transparent, all imho of course.

[leightonjames]

Steve Evil said:

I suppose it is good advertising, but it isn't so much a watermark in most pics, more a very obvious block of text that distracts the eyes.

I'd make it smaller and more transparent, all imho of course.

Yeah i tried that but i felt it would be easier to remove

[leightonjames]

So something like this better?

[TonyHetherington]

Much better!

Must admit the first thing I saw when I looked at the shots was the very large web address. It's good that it's there, but it shouldn't be overpowering - the most recent shot (of the dials) is just right, in my very humble opinion!!

I love the shots, byt he way. I think the spot colour of the manettino switch (That's what it's called, right?) works, but perhaps not so in the car shot.

Also like the desaturated look of the portrait shot.

Which 50mm do you have - the 1.4 or 1.8 ? I have the 1.8 and think it's fantastic!!!

edit; see...!...

http://www.tonyhetherington.com/Galleries/Automoti...

http://www.tonyhetherington.com/Galleries/Automoti...

Edited by TonyHetherington on Thursday 24th July 10:24

[leightonjames]

TonyHetherington said:

Much better!

Must admit the first thing I saw when I looked at the shots was the very large web address. It's good that it's there, but it shouldn't be overpowering - the most recent shot (of the dials) is just right, in my very humble opinion!!

I love the shots, byt he way. I think the spot colour of the manettino switch (That's what it's called, right?) works, but perhaps not so in the car shot.

Also like the desaturated look of the portrait shot.

Which 50mm do you have - the 1.4 or 1.8 ? I have the 1.8 and think it's fantastic!!!

edit; see...!...

http://www.tonyhetherington.com/Galleries/Automoti...

http://www.tonyhetherington.com/Galleries/Automoti...

Thank you for the comments! I have the 1.8 Mark II :]

I like the badge shot!!

Edited by TonyHetherington on Thursday 24th July 10:24

[Daisy Duke]

DIW35 said:

leightonjames said:

haha, what would you suggest the ideal situation is for the 50? I tried doing comparisons with the 17-85 but the quality seemed fairly similar. Is it just because of the wider aperture so ideal for low light?

Ideal for low light, or for giving you OOF backgrounds. Cracking little lens, don't ever let anyone put you off using it.

Totally agree. Some great shots there Leighton. BTW any news on your 40D and what day are you thinking of coming to the Motor Show?