Carlos - Photo thread

[Carlos]

Hello and welcome to my photo thread

Making photos is my hobby since I was very little, never really lost interest but not doing it much either.. Here is a nice selection of my photos.

These are from a Dutch airfighter show

Little photoshoot with a Yamaha R7 (Hamsterman might like this )

The Yamaha YZF-R7 OW02 is a race homologation motorcycle of limited production run of only 500 units. It was designed to compete in the Superbike World Championship and Suzuka 8 Hours endurance races.

It has a 749 cc (45.7 cubic inches), 20-valve (5 valves per cylinder) inline-four engine DOHC producing 107 hp (80 kW), or 139 hp (104 kW) when the other, unused bank of fuel injectors is activated, and over 162 hp (120 kW) in race trim.

The R7 was built for racing 'out of the box', implied by the chassis, which was derived from information and geometry from the YZR500 machines of the period. The R7 was specified with Öhlins suspension components, a shortened Deltabox II frame and weight of just slightly over the 162 kg (360 lb) minimum of superbike regulations.

Random sports day on Zandvoort

Men In VolksWagen, lost almost all my photos Found 1 nice one..

Friends RS2000

Gumball 3000 in Amsterdam

Superbikes Assen 2009

Little photoshoot with an Aprilia RSV Mille R (same guy as R7 shoot)

Same guy but on his Aprilia RSV4

I hope you enjoyed seeing my photos. I'll probably have a huuuuge update after I come back from 24 Heures Du Mans

 

[Forcone]

Nice shots Carlos! 👍

 

[Wiggs]

Looks good Carlos. 👍

 

[katpeeler]

What are you shooting with??...Ive always appreciated a good pic but never got into it. My wife is wanted me to buy her a $1000.00 (used) camera..........WTF....dont know what it is but Im sure its a step up from the 35mil she's using now.....

 

[Patrick]

Air Shows are always awesome! Great shots man. 👍

 

[Koenigseggfan]

Nice photos! 👍

 

[Thatman]

Wow, I didn't even know there was an R7.

 

[ImaRobot]

What are you shooting with??...Ive always appreciated a good pic but never got into it. My wife is wanted me to buy her a $1000.00 (used) camera..........WTF....dont know what it is but Im sure its a step up from the 35mil she's using now.....

I think I read somewere in a different post that he uses a Nikon D90.

Theres an Crocodile in the Gumball 3000?

 

[Fezz_ST]

Some great pics Carlos, what software do you use for post production?

 

[Carlos]

What are you shooting with??...Ive always appreciated a good pic but never got into it. My wife is wanted me to buy her a $1000.00 (used) camera..........WTF....dont know what it is but Im sure its a step up from the 35mil she's using now.....

Haha, DSLR's could be quite expensive.. But I'm using a Nikon D90, bought new right after the release for around 1100 euros (with a 18-105mm kit lens).. That's around 1400 USD. You can make it as expensive as you want, or as cheap. 1000 dollars for a used DSLR, must be a really good one or one with a good lens(es). I usually use my friends their lenses, or rent one if they don't have what I need. Or buy one when I have some money left over, but that's usually not the case

If it's your wifes first DSLR, try look into Nikon and Canon. There are alot of nice second hand DSLR's, but make sure the body has a motor in it to help the lens sharpen the image. If theres no motor in the body you have to get special lenses or manually sharpen everything

My Nikon D90 is actually a good camera to begin with. They go around €500,- second hand here and around €700,- with lenses included..

Some great pics Carlos, what software do you use for post production?

Tried Lightroom but I'm more known with PS so that's usually my first choice. What are you using?

Thanks for the positive comments everybody!!

 

[Fezz_ST]

Using Lightroom 4 now, used to use Photoshop but I've found Lightroom better for post production

 

[saskman1950]

I just had my hands on a Sony A57. It is awesome.
This Sony will take 12photos/sec. Fastest on the market.

 

[katpeeler]

Well now since I actualy know someone that can give me advice on a camera...didnt know anything about "motors" until I read your post........so Im smarter than I was 10 seconds ago.........When we get closer to buy Ill blow you inbox up

 

[Carlos]

POW! by Carlos van Wijk, on Flickr​

Was lucky to get this from my balcony! Don't forget to check out the high res

 

[Forcone]

POW! by Carlos van Wijk, on Flickr​

Was lucky to get this from my balcony! Don't forget to check out the high res

You're sure you didn't use one of your photoshop filters to render that one?

Nah, just kidding... Amazing shot! 👍