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[Z06] My friend wanted to try his new camera lenses... LMB Z06

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Old 04-26-2009, 11:51 AM
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My friend bought some new camera equipment and wanted to try it out, and since my car was clean, we headed out. The first spot we went to wasn't as good as we anticipated, so it was kind of a bust. The first garage had an awesome lower level, but was gated... so we're going to try to get permission and head back another time. The last garage worked out good for the pictures without the sky. Anyway, on with the pictures. Personally, I like the fourth the best.











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Nice...too bad LMB arent an option anymore...
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beautiful photos! LMB is such a great color, I wish it was still available when I bought my '08...
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Looks great.
Old 04-26-2009, 12:16 PM
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I'd say the camera is working just fine!
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Man I wish I could have made it man. Those picks look Sick.
Old 04-26-2009, 12:29 PM
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WOW........color works, camera works!! Nice job //art
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Originally Posted by Qtr_Z06
Nice...too bad LMB arent an option anymore...
but that also means they are becoming a rare breed :-)
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but that also means they are becoming a rare breed :-)
I hope so. Beautiful car, and great photography.
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Great photos!!! Any info on the camera and settings used? Is there much photoshop work done to them?
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Sweeet photos!!!
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The back end of the car looks a little too low in relation to the front. Check the rake.
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Originally Posted by Lawdogg
The back end of the car looks a little too low in relation to the front. Check the rake.
I agree, I need to drop the front end half an inch at most. Part of the problem was that we still had a lot of camera equipment sitting in the back of the car weighing it down. I've never modified the ride height, but I need to.

The camara is a Nikon of some sort (I don't remember the specifics) with a healthy armory of various lenses. Dave doesn't really doctor the photos in photoshop aside from merging various exposures. He literally took the same picture at least fifteen times, all with various settings. I think he pulls various aspects and puts them together... like he'll take the pavement from a certain exposure, the car from another exposure, and the sky from another one, since it's impossible to get them to look like that in one single shot. All I know is he takes some great shots.

The final shot we took should be cool... I'm just waiting for him to finish compiling it.

And to patch68... you'll definitely have to clean that thing and bring it out when we go again. We can do some really cool stuff.
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Beautiful

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Very nice pics and you have a great looking car
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Great pics! Especially like #2 & 3. LMB is my favorite color on the Z06.
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I love that color!!!!

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Looks good... and yes, best color!!
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Very nice shade of blue it became! But it is no longer LMB, rather a candy apple blue IMHO
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Originally Posted by Lawdogg
The back end of the car looks a little too low in relation to the front. Check the rake.
Originally Posted by DSteck
I agree, I need to drop the front end half an inch at most.

From a performance standpoint, the rake looks perfect. The front and rear jacking points should be equidistant to the ground. This makes for a perfect chassis balance.

If you're talking about aesthetics, then yes, lower the front or raise the rear a tad.


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