02/04/05 Nurburgring & Spa-Francorchamps visit

[Cigarette1]

Drove about 700km in a couple hours ( avarage speed on highways must have been +-170km/h ). First we went to the Ring, the roads to get to the nordschleife are awesome Had great fun chasing a Porsche 964. Saw a lot of nice cars there ; 2x E60 M5,many E46 M3,CSL,many GT3,SLK55AMG,2x R32,Clio V6,M coupe,... But really wanted to see a speedyellow Carrera GT,to bad On the way home we made pitstop @ Spa-Francorchamps, Pistenclub was there ; Black F40,5x SL55AMG,3xRS4,2xCSL,2xGT3,3xGT3RS,2xGT3Cup,SL65AMG ,...

[dingo]

sounds good.....are there more pics to come?

[Cigarette1]

Originally Posted by dingo sounds good.....are there more pics to come?

ofcourse had to go and have breakfast


i've got a question to al the photoshopsexperts
is it possible to fix these kind of pictures, i'm having troubles with the sunlight

[dingo]

Originally Posted by Cigarette1

dude, I think you need to edit your pics a bit more - ~900kb is way too much for a 1600x1200 pic. Here is the same pic after some compression and its a third of the size and you wouldn't be able to tell a difference in quality

[Cigarette1]

Originally Posted by dani_d_mas Originally Posted by Cigarette1 Drove about 700km in a couple hours ( avarage speed on highways must have been +-170km/h 700km / 2 hours = 350kmh average speed... BTW, can't wait for the rest of the pics... because all those names and just three pics just reminds me... "pics or STFU"!!!

where do i say it's been 700km of highways

the rest of the pics is coming, but i'm awaiting photoshop advice since most of the pics are taken at the same place i took the red gt3,so same problem with the sun

[Cigarette1]

Originally Posted by dingo dude, I think you need to edit your pics a bit more - ~900kb is way too much for a 1600x1200 pic. Here is the same pic after some compression and its a third of the size and you wouldn't be able to tell a difference in quality

I use photoshop -save for web 85%, I'll make it 60%. Or is there another way to lower the size ?

[c0wb0y007]

Originally Posted by Cigarette1 i've got a question to al the photoshopsexperts is it possible to fix these kind of pictures, i'm having troubles with the sunlight

It's possible to select the object (Nürburgring sign) and that you adjust the contrast and the brightness of it. If you want to get rid of next time, I would advise you to use a polarisation filter.

I think the Cokin filters are a good choice > www.cokin.fr These polarisation filters take the reflections of the sunlight away.

Thx for the pics !

Cheers

[TT]

Dude, for the "sun problems", photoshop can't help that much (take a look at the sticky topic though).

A polarizer filter will do wonders. I bought one and always use it in sunny conditions, it is mandatory

[Cigarette1]

ok, thanks for the bad news won't buy a polarasation filter for this camera(dsc p92), shoud be getting a D70 soon, then can take pictures of the cars on track, instead of lousy parking pictures

i'll start uploadig rest of the pictures now

[TT]

Definitely when you will have the D70, the filter will be even more mandatory a good camera deserves it for sure!

[Wutputt]

Mmm, I added 'Spa?' in my agenda on the 2nd and 3rd of April, but I didn't know why so I didn't took off to Spa. Now I know why I should have gone: great car sightings. Can't wait for the rest of the pics.


Btw, you don't need to use 'save for web' in Photoshop. Just use Save As and select a quality of 9 or so.

[Cigarette1]

Originally Posted by Wutputt Mmm, I added 'Spa?' in my agenda on the 2nd and 3rd of April, but I didn't know why so I didn't took off to Spa. Now I know why I should have gone: great car sightings. Can't wait for the rest of the pics. Btw, you don't need to use 'save for web' in Photoshop. Just use Save As and select a quality of 9 or so.

indeed, to bad you missed it,but pistenclub is coming to spa i think 4times this year
you could have taken some awesome pics, you've got a D70, right ?
i really hate that f*cking p92, all those nice cars but the pictures turn out to be very bad :cry: check this beautiful CSL(c/f GTR hood, and trunklid was also made of c/f) but again to much sun,and camera is to slow to capture it on track

[c0wb0y007]

Originally Posted by Cigarette1 ok, thanks for the bad news won't buy a polarasation filter for this camera(dsc p92), shoud be getting a D70 soon, then can take pictures of the cars on track, instead of lousy parking pictures i'll start uploadig rest of the pictures now

If you are going to buy a D70 or any other DSLR you are almost obliged to using a circular polarisation filter in does conditions. The camera itself won't fix that problem. I have used a polarisation filter myself for the photos I made at the Nürburgring last time. The you will get the best result when you make a angle of 90° with the sun, but yea that's theory, good to know anyway

Like I said before, I use the circular by Cokin and I also have one of B+W > www.schneiderkreuznach.com it's a German manufacturer.

Cheers

[jon_s]

Don't get me wrong, there is still a lot of work to be done. The background needs a lot of work. I did not finish, but you get the idea; In fact, looking at it now, I would do the background in a completely different way.

[dingo]

Originally Posted by Cigarette1 Originally Posted by dingo dude, I think you need to edit your pics a bit more - ~900kb is way too much for a 1600x1200 pic. Here is the same pic after some compression and its a third of the size and you wouldn't be able to tell a difference in quality I use photoshop -save for web 85%, I'll make it 60%. Or is there another way to lower the size ?

thats better, but I usually set it to about 50% which is still good enough