Inspired by Hafid (genious) imo

now the car is imo visually sorted exterior wise thought id update my site

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joe.bor...20Gallery.html

DiD your comments as always are welcome

Using Sony Cybershot F717

found with the bright sun that couple of shots of the car were lost and it picked out mostly the building

Anywayz enjoy!

 

RE: the top three pictures in the garage
In the color versions, your auto white balance was not kind. You probably should have shot them on incandecent white balance (it would fix the orange/yellow tinge). This can also be corrected in photoshop by adjusting the white point. That issue aside, I like the photos and the (low) perspective. I might have cropped a little more out of the top of the frame though to get rid of a blown out light or two.

RE: the next group
I like these a lot. The one thing to watch for is in some of these you're shooting from the shadow side of the car. It's hard to get good detail that way. I would also recommend using a fill flash in that situation.

(sorry, gotta cut these comments short. more later)

 

I love the hood scoop, where did you get it? Pictures are sweet too, especially the night one!

 

You are seriously too kind!!!

Love the ride, those wheels are fantastic. Dave is right on with the comments too. White balance!

 

I MUST have that mesh grill. Please tell me where you got it...and soon. I will be checking this thread every 2 minutes until I find out!

edit: never mind-- I couldn't wait and checked all of your old posts. I can't believe you did that yourself for what looks to be from a $7.00 piece of aluminum used for gutters! Truly awesome. Is that on top of the stock grill or did you removed the stock grill first? You should seriously consider making these and selling it here on NAM. Based on the cost of the materials it would seem like quite a good profit margin.

 

Very nice pics. Did you modify your grill or did you find a vendor for chrome aero grilles?

vin

 

Scooby,

The pics are great! I'm also an admirer of hafid and now really can't wait to get my mini, take pics and post! Keep shooting and post more!

Alli

 

If I had an S, I'd buy that grill off you!
Aside from the compliments on the grill, the photo of it is my favorite.

 

anybody know where to get the hood scoop? I want so bad

 

ok, i'm going nuts, i've looked all over and can't find that scoop, somebody help.(sorry to get off topic)

 

Thanks for the compliments guys, much appreciated

Thanks for the advice too.

Right the scoop is standard black but i have put a Carbon Fibre lip on to it which literally sticks on top of the standard scoop - this can be bought from here - http://www.bbrgti.com/mini.php

The mesh in the scoop is DIY mesh - ie sheet of 5ft mesh and cut to the the shape of the hole in the hood/bonnet

The bumper and lower bumper Aero Grill is plastic. To fit you have to remove the original grill, then remove the slats and out chroming until your left with the skeleton standard grill. Then what you need to do is stick the chrome look grill on top of the standard skeleton - it comes with 3M tape but i also used bath rubber sealant so that water doesnt work it loose- trust me this grill wont go anywhere fast

The lower grill simply fits over the original - no need to cut or do anything other than ensure the surface is very clean - again i used bath rubber sealant to enhance its fixture.

The grille can be bought here - http://www.eurocarparts.com/

The side lights are of course "white" LED although that pic looks a great blue to me

Right there you go now lets see some - i am yet to see another mini on here or mini2.com with the mods i have done to the front - mainly coz i kept them a secret although it can be worked out fairly easily.

cheers again

 

OTOH, when I looked at these, I assumed the color shift was intentional. And I liked it!

 

yea i think the golden looking one is quite BLING :D

wasnt intentional but i love it

 

Composition looks great but you definately can't trust auto white balance at night, I took the liberty of adjusting the first one in photoshop really quick, still not quite right but you get the idea. Hope you don't mind!

Overall nicely done.

 

hehe cheers Kyle

I have now changed the one on my site so let me see if they are alike

 

these are really quite hot i must say! i love the contrast of a black car in a lit up garage like that.

 

gives a bit of warmth to the picture in my view so i guess im glad i didnt get the balance of color perfect

works well as the black seems to stand out more than if the color of the lights were less orange/yellow

Now DiD about you coming over to the UK to do some motion pics ........

 

As long as y'all are photoshopping that pic, why not take out that air freshener from the rear view?

 

My current plan is for a European vacation late this year, where exactly is still a bit up in the air.

 

Was the mesh grille listed under "trim and chrome accessories" on the eurocarparts.com website?

vin

 

 

That picture loaded for me earlier, but it's not loading for me now.

I did like it though. Did you do anything special while taking it?

 

yea my site has been playing up and ive been "tweeking" it a bit

check my site again it should now work

kept the color of the yellow calis in which adds a flip to a standard gray pic - i like! :D

lets just say there were a few paw prints in the original pic - dam dogs!!! :D