-pics- new shots of the CC

[bubbrubb]

I was on my way home late last night, my car was pretty clean and I had my camera stuff with me so I thought I'd pull into a location I like and snap a couple before bed.Took some pics last night, pretty happy with how they turned out, but I'm thinking it would be a lot better if I had been doing these right before sunset instead of 1 in the morning since the lighting is so strong behind the car but nothing in front to speak of. This confirms my suspicions that I want to look into some sort of a strobe set up.

Merged 3 exposures to get these images (note: these are HDR images, but they are not tonemapped!), otherwise there was no detail in the lighter and darker regions of the shot.

Hope you like em! Comments and criticisms are welcome :beer:

Car: 2010 Volkswagen CC sport
Wheels: 19" Porsche 997 turbo reps
Suspension: K Sport Coilovers + lots of camber

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Hope you liked em! Comments and criticisms are welcome :beer:

 

[97gts]

looks great, any interior pics?

 

[.n0b.]

besides the wheels going in like they are Bo, looks good

 

[RYU583]

Very NICE!

can I see more pics of the house??
looks beautiful

 

[Allen2001GT]

Car looks great overall but +1 on the wheels.

 

[bubbrubb]

looks great, any interior pics?

Eh, I don't really have any of my own but here are some compliments of Volkswagen. I have silver trim instead of black, and the brownish color is actually a light tan color instead. I also don't have that many perforations in the seating surface.The cupholder in the front shown isn't the USDM versions either.

besides the wheels going in like they are Bo, looks good

Thanks Doug. Yeah, I set the camber way too high and haven't had time to change it. I need the camber in the front, because if I hit a bump with the wheels anything but straight my fenders are ****ed without the camber. I don't care much for the camber, but it's a necessary evil at the moment. edit: I already wore through a fender liner as well, so IDK. I'm at a standstill on what to do. The camber in the rear will be adjusted (relatively) soon, but I think the front stays. Shame too, because the fitment in the front is perfect, so long as the car doesn't need to be driven lol.

Very NICE!

can I see more pics of the house??
looks beautiful

Thank you! It's an upscale apartment complex actually, and I don't have any more pictures of it to share. Sorry man.

 

[SVT03Chris]

Great pictures Bo! CS5 still treating you well?! :-D

I don't think that is a home either, but I could be wrong.

I also like how you added 427 in by the door. :thumbsup:

 

[bubbrubb]

Great pictures Bo! CS5 still treating you well?! :-D

I don't think that is a home either, but I could be wrong.

I also like how you added 427 in by the door. :thumbsup:

so far so good! Not a ton of differences than CS3, mostly the layout from what I can tell. I don't exploit a whole lot of the benefits of the program though no doubt about it LOL but still thank you very much Chris!

You're right on it being an apartments, and good eye on the address change :beer:

 

[WireEater]

I love those cars. Yours is sitting nice man, looks awesome! And great pictures too.

 

[WireEater]

Very NICE!

can I see more pics of the house??
looks beautiful

Look like Condos to me.:shrug:

 

[M3xpress]

It looks sweet. The stance is awesome and the Turbo wheels really fit it well.

 

[FstRyde03]

Awesome man congrats

 

[95riosnake]

Uh oh Bo, I knew you'd throw some camber at it sooner or later! Looks perfect IMO. The camber in the rear is probably as negative as you should go, both for looks and for tire wear :-D

Without the camber the tires were sticking out past your rear fenders, making it look like the wheels didn't belong on the car. Looks perfect now, a mighty fine looking DD for sure!

Did you ever decide if you're gonna go to factory projectors or not?

 

[CalcVictim]

Pics came out great, just an FYI if you combine multiple pictures into 1 to get more shadow and highlight detail that by definition makes it an hdr,whether you use photomatix, or merge in CS5 or do it by layers and erasers.

 

[bubbrubb]

Uh oh Bo, I knew you'd throw some camber at it sooner or later! Looks perfect IMO. The camber in the rear is probably as negative as you should go, both for looks and for tire wear :-D

Without the camber the tires were sticking out past your rear fenders, making it look like the wheels didn't belong on the car. Looks perfect now, a mighty fine looking DD for sure!

Did you ever decide if you're gonna go to factory projectors or not?

Yeah, I need to get an alignment on it to make sure its even, but I just set the camber all in in the rear to make it fit so it could go lower. Figured tons of camber was safer than mismatched camber. Looks kinda ehhhhh, but I'll get it right soon enough

I don't think I'm going to go for projectors after all, I can't justify $1200+ for ****ing headlights LOL!!

Thanks Dan! Also, Chris sold his GT, so he's going to be buying my cobra in the coming week or so :uh oh: :bash:

Pics came out great, just an FYI if you combine multiple pictures into 1 to get more shadow and highlight detail that by definition makes it an hdr,whether you use photomatix, or merge in CS5 or do it by layers and erasers.

Thank you, and I mentioned no HDR because most people associate it with the tone mapped crap and again most people don't know the difference. It is indeed a high dynamic range image, but it was not your typical tone mapped image. I tried that first and it came out reeking of gay.

Maybe I should have said these are HDRs done right?

 

[thomas91169]

cambers off a little in the rear......id get that checked out.

Otherwise its a nice ass car.

 

[PowerShiftz02gt]

what exposures did you use? did you play with the shutter or the exposure compensation?

They look great. Bracketing these images was very smart on your part.

 

[Kellyo77]

What a cocky looking car. Wheels and stance really set it off.

Great looking background for the pics as well.

 

[supercarkiller]

very nice, great job on pics

 

[bubbrubb]

cambers off a little in the rear......id get that checked out.

Otherwise its a nice ass car.

I think I mentioned this, but I did that so I could go lower in the rear/have people sit in the back. It had some strong rake going for a bit

what exposures did you use? did you play with the shutter or the exposure compensation?

They look great. Bracketing these images was very smart on your part.

Thank you! I do that every time I see crappy lighting LOL takes a couple seconds longer but it's nice insurance to have. I did 0, -2, +2 :beer:

What a cocky looking car. Wheels and stance really set it off.

Great looking background for the pics as well.

lmao, I don't even know how to take that but thank you

very nice, great job on pics

Thanks man! :beer: