[Photoshoot] Ferrari 430 + 360

[sameerrao]

One of the guys at the local FCA chapter, Craig, wanted me to take a couple of shots for the cover of the regional FCA directory. The car in question was the black 430 belonging to another member. Craig had recently traded in his 355 for a Grigio Titanio 360 and I asked him to bring it over so that we take some pictures of his car same time.

We took the pictures at a magnificent house in River Oaks.

2005 Ferrari 430
This car is black/black with tubis, CC brakes, F1 tranny. It has been tracked often. I think the black color suits the 430 the best. LOUD exhaust!
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The 430 owners - she was responsible for speccing out the car - she did an awesome job 8)
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Ferrari 360 F1
Spotless car. Low miles. Standard exhaust/brakes. Has the challenge grill and wheels - the wheels really look good against the grey paint.
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Our wonderful hosts - the owner of this magnificent mansion with tons of nice art inside.
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[RC45]

This car is black/black with tubis, CC brakes, F1 tranny. It has been tracked often.

Nice.

I think I have video of this car being thrashed around MSR. Maybe I should upload the video.. ;)

EDIT - It is uploaded.. its in the opening and closing scenes :)

http://www.jabbasworld.net/dload.php?action=file&file_id=1601

http://www.jabbasworld.net/pafiledb/images/screenshots/reddevil_th.jpg

[ae86_16v]

Very cool pics Sameerrao. Thanks ;) .

[TopGearNL]

Very cool shots Sameer. I love black for the F430 too, so sexy! Nice specs on it, did you make any vids?

The 360 looks good in Grey with the CS wheels and grill, its a fine mix that!

Fav pic, the 430 in front of the Mansion!

Nice hosts and Im curious about the art, did he tell anything about it?

[LEXION]

great shots, The F430 looks wicked.

Thanks a lot mate!

[sameerrao]

Dani - He loved his 355. It was a yellow 1997 model with 6sp manual. Recently he had some nerve problem in his hand/arm and it hurting him when shifting gears. Hence he was looking for a F1 transmission. The 360 F1 is lot more sophisticated than the 355 F1 which was the first iteration of the F1 tranny. Hence the purchase.

RC - I haven't seen your video clip (am at work now) but I am sure that is the car. He also has a black C6 Z06 that he tracks occasionally at MSR. Maybe you have seen this car too?

TG NL - They have lot of antiques and stuff that is highly rated by Christies. It looked good to me but I am really clueless about art.

[chest3r]

Nice pics !!

Thanks a lot!!

[TopGearNL]

TG NL - They have lot of antiques and stuff that is highly rated by Christies. It looked good to me but I am really clueless about art.

Looking at the cars and the Mansion they have great taste. Wouldn't surprise me if he had some stuff of famous artists since it highly rated by christies :shock:

Thanks for the info.

[ARMAN]

Man... dream house, dream car, dream... life :P

Nice pics Sameer thanx :wink: 430 with tubi's :drool: any chance you made a video? :oops:

[ViperASR]

:drool: awesome pics man! I love the black 430 to DEATH, and I love the challenge wheels and gril on the gray 360 :love:

[sameerrao]

Now, why didn't you shot Sophia as well along with the other two? that would've been a nice trio! :wink:

I needed to carry a ladder for the overhead shots and I couldn't fit it in the Ferrari of course. :)

[pzgren]

great! two wonderful ferraris not in usual great, the black and grey combo looks great, super pics! and the nice building in the background gives the right ambience for those cars... good job!

[blue8]

next to the F430, the 360 looks old (weird because they basically have the same shape). regardless, great pics :shock:

[RC45]

RC - I haven't seen your video clip (am at work now) but I am sure that is the car. He also has a black C6 Z06 that he tracks occasionally at MSR. Maybe you have seen this car too?

Yes I think I have seen the Z06 out there as well, as he has a particularly aggressive line he follows - you do know that at least 32 people have permanently left this thread never to return because he has a Chevy parked near his F-Car ;)

[Stoopie]

Great pictures sameerrao! I love them both :drool: :D

[Z3uS]

The pics are great, but in the F430 i don't like the shiny rims.

[stmoritzer]

:drool:
two great looking cars, yummy
I love the shape of the 430, in black just great.
Nice location

Thanks for the set :good:

[dutchmasterflex]

Great photo work Sameer! I like that "top view" shots you took with the ladder. I thought you must have taken them from the balcony in the front of the house. Too bad you couldn't fit the ladder in Sophia.. would of been a great photo to see a Ferrari with a ladder hanging out of the window or strapped to the roof :shock:


RC - I haven't seen your video clip (am at work now) but I am sure that is the car. He also has a black C6 Z06 that he tracks occasionally at MSR. Maybe you have seen this car too?

Yes I think I have seen the Z06 out there as well, as he has a particularly aggressive line he follows - you do know that at least 32 people have permanently left this thread never to return because he has a Chevy parked near his F-Car ;)

Geeze, thank god there are no photos of the Vette and its plastic interior!

[sameerrao]

Great photo work Sameer! I like that "top view" shots you took with the ladder. I thought you must have taken them from the balcony in the front of the house. Too bad you couldn't fit the ladder in Sophia.. would of been a great photo to see a Ferrari with a ladder hanging out of the window or strapped to the roof :shock:


I wanted to take a balcony shot - basically I wanted to get the three cars (there was a red 430 also briefly) back to back at 120 degrees to each other and shoot from high up so that we could see all the engine compartments. Unfortunately the balcony is for show - there is no real way to get from inside to take the shot. :(

[ferrari550]

Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing!

[stmoritzer]

Great photo work Sameer! I like that "top view" shots you took with the ladder. I thought you must have taken them from the balcony in the front of the house. Too bad you couldn't fit the ladder in Sophia.. would of been a great photo to see a Ferrari with a ladder hanging out of the window or strapped to the roof :shock:


I wanted to take a balcony shot - basically I wanted to get the three cars (there was a red 430 also briefly) back to back at 120 degrees to each other and shoot from high up so that we could see all the engine compartments. Unfortunately the balcony is for show - there is no real way to get from inside to take the shot. :(

why building a balcony and no access to it :hmm:

too bad :bah::wink:

[dutchmasterflex]

Silly wealthy people and their fake balconies.. :shrug:

[MUS911]

awsome pics sameerrao!!! :shock:

thanks for the beautiful pics :)

[TT]

Thanks for providing many nice pics of two gorgeous cars in a perfect setting :)

[sameerrao]

Thanks TT.

I took my F2.8 lens thinking that I would use it for some of the detail shots but forgot to use it. I am kicking myself. :roll:

[Pimp Racer]

Wow man that Black F430 looks stunning! I like the second shot the most, looks very clean.

[twboy1999]

what a pimp house

[komotar]

what a combination, the two cars 8)

my fav pic: third row, fourth pic, it's only a bit of a shame, that the front wheels aren't facing straight forward...

oh no, changed my mind....my fave pic is the two cars alonw in front of the house!


and that house, boy does it look cool 8)

thx for these 8)