Unexpected visit to a Ferrari Collection, part 3.

[MartijnGizmo]

Originally Posted by RC45 .....detract from the "realism" of the real subject.....

Ah, that's where our opinions differ. I never intend to capture realism, I just want to make a photo that I like. But it's good that there are different opinions on a board like this, can be a real eye-opener sometimes. Heck, JW is what got me taking pictures of cars in the first place. Btw, a pinhole gives an infinite depth of field.



Apart from the whole DoF-story, I just caught my eye that the bokeh was a bit harsh around the leaves, that's all.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by MartijnGizmo Btw, a pinhole gives an infinite depth of field.

Exactly.. which is really the only way to photograph small scale models with any hope of at least a little "realism" in the shot - but still you "know" it's a small scale model... cause the "artisitic" bokeh ((such a pretyentious artsy term ) is too "large scale" to be realistic looking dof blur.

Originally Posted by MartijnGizmo Apart from the whole DoF-story, I just caught my eye that the bokeh was a bit harsh around the leaves, that's all.

Yu should see a doctor about the leaf phobia man -- leaves are your friend.. you can chew on them, make tea from them and even smoke them...

[MartijnGizmo]

Originally Posted by RC45 Exactly.. which is really the only way to photograph small scale models with any hope of at least a little "realism" in the shot - but still you "know" it's a small scale model... cause the "artisitic" bokeh ((such a pretyentious artsy term ) is too "large scale" to be realistic looking dof blur.

Maybe I don't understand you, but there's no bokeh/dof-blur in a pinhole-shot.

Originally Posted by RC45 Yu should see a doctor about the leaf phobia man -- leaves are your friend.. you can chew on them, make tea from them and even smoke them...

I might even hug a tree for you.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by MartijnGizmo Originally Posted by RC45 Exactly.. which is really the only way to photograph small scale models with any hope of at least a little "realism" in the shot - but still you "know" it's a small scale model... cause the "artisitic" bokeh ((such a pretyentious artsy term ) is too "large scale" to be realistic looking dof blur. Maybe I don't understand you, but there's no bokeh/dof-blur in a pinhole-shot.

I really don't want to get into a he say she say - evidently you are looking for a way to "catch me out" - but almost all pinhole shots end up blurred in some way, even though they are infinite depth of field.

When you do pinhole macro photography you are interested in the first 150mm of so of the foreground and the "infocus" background lends some realism to the shot (for scale models) - however, if there are any focus issues and you get any blurring (bokeh or what ever the hell you want to call it) the image looks like a photo of toy - which is what you are trying to avoid.

Yes a pinhole lense will allow an inifinite in focus depth of field but it often happens that this is not the case, but as long as the first 10 to 20cm are in focus you can get away with it.

Would you like to open a "my photo penis is bigger than your photo penis thread in the photography section and continue this discussion there so we can keep the ferrari sighting thread clear of clutter?

[pterps]

Back on topic

Part 3:

[MartijnGizmo]

The width of a Testarossa still impresses..... more than the popups. Why didn't the Testarossa come with 2 mirrors btw?

[pterps]

The one on the first pic has 2 mirrors, the one on the 3rd pic is a testarossa from the 1st series and those have been delivered with one high mirror.

[lambocars]

Originally Posted by pterps The one on the first pic has 2 mirrors, the one on the 3rd pic is a testarossa from the 1st series and those have been delivered with one high mirror.

Hello guys,

first, awesome pictures, wish I would find a Lamborghini collector like that in the Benelux ... but anyway about those first series TestaRossa, they did have only one exterior rear view mirror because a second mirror would add 'drag' to the car according to Ferrari.

Several owners actually bought a second mirror in the UK, since those were RHD models, the mirror would be on the right hand side of the car, so if you see a TestaRossa with two 'high mounted' mirrors you can be sure the right on is a UK mirror.
When Ferrari came out with the second series they actually offered two mirrors, but no longer mounted high on the sill anymore.

Mark

[MartijnGizmo]

Ah, so it was for drag-reasons. Thanks for enlightening me.

[stmoritzer]

You lucky guy

[Wutputt]

That's a warehouse with a nice collection inside. Thanks for sharing these pics. And I'm looking forward to your newt visit

[davide]

wow, just every carhunters dream. Finding a garage filled with nice cars....!

Get to work and get us an indepth also!