Took a few B&W picss for my work Apple Mac.

::: CooliceT :: · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:08

hey guys,

just thought id share small pics of the wallpapers I quickly put together for work,

nothing special.
didnt spend a lot of time on them, just taken into camera raw, bit of blur, and darken'd in area's, then black and white them.

I just love my mini

dont have anytime to take pics,
but we had a power cut today at home, so I went for a drive.

going to use these as my background wallpaper, and screensaver

::: CooliceT :: · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:09

Scam · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:20

The ones in your first post are generally excellent. The ones in the second post i'm not so fussed for. Did you use a nifty-fifty?

SDK^ · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:31

Yeah, the mini is too dark in the 2nd lot of images for me.

Mint_Sauce · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:35

Love 1-5 but like the other guys said, second batch isn't on the same level (edit: although seven is quite cool with the machinery in *** background so I take that back

).

::: CooliceT :: · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:44

yea they are a Tad dark,
there was a sunset, and my car was in front of it.

But, they not perfect, far from it. (just a lot better than the boring Mac's wallpaper's)

and whats a Nifty Fifty Scam? never heard of it?

33L · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:49

nift fifty = 50mm f1.8 .
The shots are pretty good and as mentioned above the second lot are a little dark. really love the mini as well.

GTRacer · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:49

Nice car.

And a nifty fifty is the 50mm f/1.8 lens.

::: CooliceT :: · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:52

GTRacer said:
Nice car.

And a nifty fifty is the 50mm f/1.8 lens.

ah right

no im affraid just stuck with the kit lens for now on my 400d.

When I have time, and someone with me, I want to try night time shots

VapourTrail · 16 Dec 2007 at 22:32

Not sure why but the mini in the first set looks like it's a model - poss too much blurring of the background.

Scam · 16 Dec 2007 at 23:08

VapourTrail said:
Not sure why but the mini in the first set looks like it's a model - poss too much blurring of the background.

I think in that shot (and if you take into account the subject) it works really well.

I thought it was a nifty-fifty because of the 'weird' depth-of-field. Someone posted some car shots taken wiht a nifty-fifty and it had a nice quality to it due to being taken at f1.8. What you've done with PS is quite similar, and i like it

::: CooliceT :: · 17 Dec 2007 at 18:41

I didnt want the background to be the focal point.
the main bit is my mini

(hence the blurred background)

Wanted them to look a bit like Top Gear pics.
but without spending ages on them.

I need to spend christmas and go through all my work anyway, then re-do my website and photo's.

robmiller · 17 Dec 2007 at 18:46

The DOF looks really unnatural IMO, especially in the second one, and I don't think the dutch angles work well either.

The first is quite nice though

juno_first · 17 Dec 2007 at 21:14

Great shots, I love B&W photography

B&W really adds atmosphere to a fairly mundane subject.

juno_first · 17 Dec 2007 at 21:53

Do you prefer silver or black?

::: CooliceT :: · 18 Dec 2007 at 18:50

juno_first said:
Do you prefer silver or black?

probably say the silver one

Sic · 18 Dec 2007 at 19:00

I love that mini

3dcandy · 18 Dec 2007 at 19:02

nice wide minilites...looks a nice car, miss having a mini to fix/break/fix repeat!

I see you also have top gear picture syndrome my son...

::: CooliceT :: · 18 Dec 2007 at 19:23

3dcandy said:
nice wide minilites...looks a nice car, miss having a mini to fix/break/fix repeat!

I see you also have top gear picture syndrome my son...

yea there 13inch split rims

low profile tyres, and they really hold the road well.

its funny everyone else slows down for corners... I speed up!

And yes I love Top Gear!!!