some current pictures of my TRANS AM. lots of pics.
01-10-2010, 01:19 AM
#1
some current pictures of my TRANS AM. lots of pics. I've got a million pictures saved on the computer of the car as it has continued to progress over the months, since getting it at the end of August. so i figured i might as well post some of them up.
these pictures were taken in the past couple days, so they are the most up to date ones i have.
--odd story. while out taking these pictures at the location most of them are in, i had some guy get out of his car and start snapping away pics of my car. he had a beautiful Camera, my jaw pretty much hit the ground when i saw it. i started talking to him, and it turned out, he was a photographer for the local paper/news. he was at the location (at the top of the bridge in benicia, ca) i was at to get some pics of the foggy day for the weather section of the paper and the local news. we talked quite a bit about photography, as well as my car, and then he took down some of my info, and told me to check out the paper the next day. so i did. it wasn't a big/good story, it was actually pretty random (definitely a slow news day), but it was nice to see myself and Krimson in the news paper. check the last pic. --notice the last line of the article, see if you can guess what forum he's talking about
I've been wanting to get some pics of a street with just the glow of the lights streaking through the photo. so i finally found a good spot for it. while i was out getting those shots, i took a couple of the car with the freeway as the backdrop. i had the shutter speed set to 8 secs.
this was another little experiment i did yesterday. i had the exposure set to 16 secs. and after about the first 5 seconds had passed i slowly drove away. Im not a huge fan of this picture, mainly because of the location and all, but i like the effect. i'll try it again somewhere else
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco in the mist in the background
The Golden Gate Bridge in the back
and the little article
.
these pictures were taken in the past couple days, so they are the most up to date ones i have.
--odd story. while out taking these pictures at the location most of them are in, i had some guy get out of his car and start snapping away pics of my car. he had a beautiful Camera, my jaw pretty much hit the ground when i saw it. i started talking to him, and it turned out, he was a photographer for the local paper/news. he was at the location (at the top of the bridge in benicia, ca) i was at to get some pics of the foggy day for the weather section of the paper and the local news. we talked quite a bit about photography, as well as my car, and then he took down some of my info, and told me to check out the paper the next day. so i did. it wasn't a big/good story, it was actually pretty random (definitely a slow news day), but it was nice to see myself and Krimson in the news paper. check the last pic. --notice the last line of the article, see if you can guess what forum he's talking about
I've been wanting to get some pics of a street with just the glow of the lights streaking through the photo. so i finally found a good spot for it. while i was out getting those shots, i took a couple of the car with the freeway as the backdrop. i had the shutter speed set to 8 secs.
this was another little experiment i did yesterday. i had the exposure set to 16 secs. and after about the first 5 seconds had passed i slowly drove away. Im not a huge fan of this picture, mainly because of the location and all, but i like the effect. i'll try it again somewhere else
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco in the mist in the background
The Golden Gate Bridge in the back
and the little article
.
Last edited by crimson_bird; 01-10-2010 at 04:37 PM.
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01-10-2010, 12:14 PM
#12
Thanks everybody.
the splitter WILL be going back on. i miss it. i just gotta go get a couple new screws that are a little bit longer than it came with. i had it set it as low as possible, cause i dont really like how it look when people have it tightened all the wat up. unfortunately one day on the freeway a couple of the screws came loose, i started hearing a flapping sound against the car and pulled over to check it. i had a tool kit in the car, so i removed it right there on the freeway so i didnt damage it, so its still in perfect shape, just waiting to go back on.
the only reason i'm going to be selling it is that i have 2 cars, and i dont need two cars.
-i could sell the camaro since its a v6, and now after having a v8, i cant go back to just that. BUT, i love the camaro, and that was my first car that i got like 4 years ago, and camaros run in the family, mom ('78), dad ('73 and some other year. i forget), brother ('95), we've all had atleast one, and i'm actually restoring my moms '78 Z28 now, which she bought brand new all those years ago. so i still want a camaro. (sentimental value) plus i slightly like the way it looks better, although i love the T/A too.
-i could just sell the Trans am, but like i said, i have to have the V8 now that i've got a taste of it. in short, the motor is the main attatchment that i have with this car.
so i've deicded to sell them both, use part of the money to push the restoration along more (paint, engine work, interior work, rims/tires), and the rest will go towards getting another low-mileage 99+ Z28 (SS isnt worth the money since i plan on changing everything about it). I'm planning to do the wide body kit, same hood i have now, SS spoiler (or mecham Z29 possibly), the same GFX option that i have now, or possibly a different aftermarket kit, nothing TOO OUT there though! Full Targa. Lowering springs. As much shaved as possible (ie. antenna). fresh black paint over it all, with some flat black fender stripes, tints all the way around, and a nice set of rims (black, polished lip) to finish it off as far as large projects go. ofcoarse all the little details that pull it all together. and probably full bolt-ons
I have this image SO ingrained in my head its a little rediculous. i'll do anything to complete it. i want it to look mean as hell.
this is how my camaro looked with the black rims from the T/A. (morning picture so its covered with dew) picture this car (MINUS the blackout headlights, i dont like them. gonna do the whistler mod), with everything mentoned above and an ls1 and thats what i want
-i could sell the camaro since its a v6, and now after having a v8, i cant go back to just that. BUT, i love the camaro, and that was my first car that i got like 4 years ago, and camaros run in the family, mom ('78), dad ('73 and some other year. i forget), brother ('95), we've all had atleast one, and i'm actually restoring my moms '78 Z28 now, which she bought brand new all those years ago. so i still want a camaro. (sentimental value) plus i slightly like the way it looks better, although i love the T/A too.
-i could just sell the Trans am, but like i said, i have to have the V8 now that i've got a taste of it. in short, the motor is the main attatchment that i have with this car.
so i've deicded to sell them both, use part of the money to push the restoration along more (paint, engine work, interior work, rims/tires), and the rest will go towards getting another low-mileage 99+ Z28 (SS isnt worth the money since i plan on changing everything about it). I'm planning to do the wide body kit, same hood i have now, SS spoiler (or mecham Z29 possibly), the same GFX option that i have now, or possibly a different aftermarket kit, nothing TOO OUT there though! Full Targa. Lowering springs. As much shaved as possible (ie. antenna). fresh black paint over it all, with some flat black fender stripes, tints all the way around, and a nice set of rims (black, polished lip) to finish it off as far as large projects go. ofcoarse all the little details that pull it all together. and probably full bolt-ons
I have this image SO ingrained in my head its a little rediculous. i'll do anything to complete it. i want it to look mean as hell.
this is how my camaro looked with the black rims from the T/A. (morning picture so its covered with dew) picture this car (MINUS the blackout headlights, i dont like them. gonna do the whistler mod), with everything mentoned above and an ls1 and thats what i want
Last edited by crimson_bird; 01-10-2010 at 12:34 PM.
01-10-2010, 12:26 PM
#13
^^^ gotgha, Always thought you had 2 of the cleanest looking cars (based on sig pic lol) and was just curious. Sounds like a good plan, should look bad *** once you get it together. I like the sunoco hood over the ss as well, I would deffinantly go that route too.
01-10-2010, 02:18 PM
#16
im just using my Kodak Z1015 IS. nothing too special, but it gets the job done, for now. once i sell the car i'll be getting a Nikon D3000 with a few different lenses.
what bridge is that in your sig? i got a soft spot for a nice bridge at sunset.
just to give you an idea of the angles from the different spots...
from the vista point (first exit)
and from the place i was at (from taking the second exit)
Last edited by crimson_bird; 01-10-2010 at 02:29 PM.
