John, if I may butt in...your outfit will absolutely "do it" and beautifully. If a fairly windless day, a couple low reflectors might be handy. Let me quickly add, Paul is exactly the right one to ask.
Am very much looking foreword to shots of your acquaintance's "stable", although I'll have to practice some serious drool control in the meantime. =) Jack --- On Wed, 10/7/09, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Francis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: One more Barracuda > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 10:43 AM > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:52:53AM > -0400, P N Stenquist wrote: > > Shipping a big order of photos to the owner of this > car today. I took a > > clue from the way Ilford ships Fiber Gold paper and > packed the pics in a > > paper box, then packed th paper box in a well-padded > larger box. Should > > be protected from anything short of drowning. > > > > This is my favorite shot of the car, a 1970 Hemi > Barracuda that's worth > > around half a million US. > > . > > K7 and DA* 60-250, 170mm, circular polarizer, ISO 200, > f4 @ 1/ 80th, > > +0.7 stop exposure comp: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9872980&size=lg > > Great shot - I can see why you like it! > > Apart from the equipment mentioned above, were you using > anything else? > Basically I'm trolling for tips on how to best show off a > car; I ran > into my car-owning accquaintance the other day and > mentioned I was > interested in coming out to shoot his stable. > Apparently he'd been > thinking along those lines, too, so it will almost > certainly happen. > > He's got an impressive lineup; apart from the Ferrari F360 > and the > Lamborgini he recently picked up a new toy - a Bugatti > Veyron! > There's also a Viper roadster, and I'm sure one or two > others. > I don't know whether he's got a Tesla. > > I don't have either the K-7 or 60-250 yet, but I'm sure the > K10D > and the trusty FA* 80-200 will suffice. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
