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March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post your Z4 pictures! See sticky post at the top for details of the photo competition.

Vote For Your Favorite Pic

Poll ended at Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:08 am

Rom3n
20
27%
Aebous
1
1%
AlanL
1
1%
phillb7
4
5%
z4maudioman
3
4%
BlackSapphireZ
6
8%
scotia_steve74
18
24%
udeo
3
4%
cj10jeeper
0
No votes
schwank
0
No votes
CaZ4
0
No votes
BimmerZealot
3
4%
thecorf1
1
1%
Rick Hunter
0
No votes
Bimmerbri
1
1%
Louv
0
No votes
paperboy415
2
3%
IMZ4N
1
1%
Starscream
1
1%
darkz4roadster
1
1%
ejaime21
0
No votes
z4dsun
5
7%
Jackers42
3
4%
 
Total votes: 74

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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by Dammmittt » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:34 am

Rom3n wrote::o

Thanks for the votes guys. I got lucky with that pic it was one of several I was snapping away at and found it in the mix and went :) I also got luck with the sun it was just right for about 5 min.
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by Rom3n » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:39 am

Camera was a Canon Rebel XTI with a ef 28-135 lens

These were the first pics I had ever taken with it. I was looking to just see how good the camera was compared to my old point and shoot. I know 0 about photography so the pics I take are very amature compared to some of the very skilled guys I see here. I like photos that represent a car and give it a personality VS perfect backgrounds and color saturation etc... thats why I liked this photo. Z4dsun has the best looking photo I think in terms of quality so I guess its just what you are looking for in the photo.
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by rabman5 » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:15 am

z4dsun wrote:the voting is obviously about the car and not about the photographer's skill

By the way, where was your picture taken? Very interesting location! :thumbsup:

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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by Rom3n » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:18 am

rabman5 wrote:
z4dsun wrote:the voting is obviously about the car and not about the photographer's skill

By the way, where was your picture taken? Very interesting location! :thumbsup:

Its a secret :wink:
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by z4dsun » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:10 am

I honestly thought Scotia to win. I wasn't expecting to be the winner, I just didn't expect a pixilated and immproperly resized picture to. No offense Romer, picture is good, but your ISO was too high and you needed to reduce the noise in photoshop and resize it in a different method then you did. I've been disppointed in the results of this contest in the past, and even though the URL changed, the competition didn't. You guys are right, it is a car forum.... people with cars are voting, not with photography skills.

photo was taken at the Oakley plant in Laguna HIlls.

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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by Rom3n » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:43 am

z4dsun wrote:I honestly thought Scotia to win. I wasn't expecting to be the winner, I just didn't expect a pixilated and immproperly resized picture to. No offense Romer, picture is good, but your ISO was too high and you needed to reduce the noise in photoshop and resize it in a different method then you did. I've been disppointed in the results of this contest in the past, and even though the URL changed, the competition didn't. You guys are right, it is a car forum.... people with cars are voting, not with photography skills.

photo was taken at the Oakley plant in Laguna HIlls.
No offense taken like I said I am not a photographer in any way I just play one on TV 8)
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by Rick Hunter » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:19 am

^^ and here I thought you had stayed at a Holiday Inn Express... :P
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by Jackers42 » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:15 am

Bit of a leading question...does anyone feel we should vote for our own pic? (Presumably the Mod has access to this info?)

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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by WLH » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:21 am

Jackers42 wrote:Bit of a leading question...does anyone feel we should vote for our own pic? (Presumably the Mod has access to this info?)
Actually we don't and we don't see or know the results until you do... :!:
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by enfield » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:58 am

Plenty of guys never vote for their own picture. I know that I have never voted for mine because there have always been better ones. :oops:
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by inTgr8r » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:47 pm

z4dsun wrote:.......... resize it in a different method then you did. ...........
right click/view image ......to see full size pic

This was discussed.

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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by takedown8 » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:47 pm

I can't believe no one voted for Rick's photo! I thought it was absolutely hilarious....but kinda cool at the same time. Nice pic, Rick!

z4dsun, in response to what you said: I voted for Scotia Steve also. Your criticism of Rom3n's photo may be valid, but you can also see it as his photo being so nice (I thought it was pretty damned nice too -- those side skirts especially help make the car reflect light) that it still won. If his photo had been "fixed" with expert photoshopping, perhaps he would've just ran away with it instead of having Scotia Steve a close second.

Scotia Steve, awesome pic, man. Easy choice for me. Loved it.
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by WLH » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:06 pm

enfield wrote:Plenty of guys never vote for their own picture. I know that I have never voted for mine because there have always been better ones. :oops:
I have noticed that as well and was impressed that individuals were voting for the picture they liked best even if it was not their picture... :thumbsup:
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by Robbietoo » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:41 pm

Rom3N that was a beautiful pic of your car, congrats on the win!
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Re: March 2008 Photo Competition Voting Open

Post by Sandman » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:47 pm

Grats Rom3n !!!

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