Detail Fest 2011 Day 2- Truck Show

LegacyGT said:
I have some experience with the T2i, and it is a great little camera, but the lack of LCD display with all the settings on top drives me crazy. The two look pretty comparable, the 60d has a much faster burst speed, but the T3i has some newer features such as dust cleaning. They are both great cameras, it will depend on what you primarily plan to shoot.

I found that my last DSLR body lasted me 7 years, so if I depreciate the cost over that period of time it is much less per year than we all spend on detailing products :laughing:
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Well, let's put it this way: Other than the P&S Canon digitals I've been using, my current SLR (which I learned on) is an AE-1 Program :eek:

So yeah, I have an almost all-manual 35mm and quite a few FD-mount lenses... goes to show how up to date I am when it comes to photography! And thus the lack of a settings display on top of the camera probably won't phase me. :laughing:

In either case, your pics look absolutely amazing! :props:
 
A couple from day two...these were all shot on an iphone 4 using the camera+ or hipstamatic apps

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James - those are some great shots, you have a good eye :xyxthumbs:

Here are a few more from yesterday ... as I post this there is a nice thunderstorm and heavy rain going on. Very glad our weather held for DF.

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This is the Meguiars Microfiber correction class introducing the product.

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The reps purposefully used a heavy rubbing compound on the rental car to give us some serious defects to take out with the new system.

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The surface looked like it had been wet sanded

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Defects put into the hood

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Demo of how much product to use with the system (I have a video I will upload and post).

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This is the correction after one first-time user gave the system a go, probably 3-4 passes.

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This is the section after a few of us had a chance to try the system ... it looks amazing for only being compounded!

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Shot of the hood after a few people tried out the system, again, only compounded, no finish polish. There was a little bit of hazing / marring that I am sure would be taken out with the polish step - this system was really impressive.

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I saw this on my way out of the class room, I can only imagine what Mike did to whoever put polish directly on the backing plate ...

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This wins points for at least being creative

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Not really big into trucks, but there were some very nicely setup rides being shown.

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The Meguiars guys actually let the lot of us play with the new Flex on their demo car, so we skipped the Pinnacle class to get some hands on time.

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Now time for some pictures, no comments necessary.

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I have to show the loan Subaru some love.
 
Thanks! Diggin those HDR shots you took. Amazing how it really makes the cars 'pop'.
 
Bill and James, Amazing work on the photos! You guys really have a talent! It was great hanging out with both of you and great getting to chat with you over lunch James! If there are photos on here that I want to load to my pc will I lose a lot just copying them from here or should I contact the photographer and ask for them? Bill, I remember you mentioned to me that dealing with raw they dont lose their resolution when being saved but I wasn't sure if something is lost in taking them off the forum. I'll tell you one thing... I don't need to post very many pics at all! After the ones you guys have theres really no point. Im the MAN
 
Pleasure meeting you as well Corey! The photos I posted are compressed from the originals. Email me and I can send over the ones you are interested in a .zip file.
 
CEE DOG said:
Bill and James, Amazing work on the photos! You guys really have a talent! It was great hanging out with both of you and great getting to chat with you over lunch James! If there are photos on here that I want to load to my pc will I lose a lot just copying them from here or should I contact the photographer and ask for them? Bill, I remember you mentioned to me that dealing with raw they dont lose their resolution when being saved but I wasn't sure if something is lost in taking them off the forum. I'll tell you one thing... I don't need to post very many pics at all! After the ones you guys have theres really no point. Im the MAN
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The pictures I post are much smaller and slightly less quality than the RAW files. Since there is little to no support for RAW in browsers, I export them to JPEG format but anytime I go back to tweak / edit the photo from RAW then re-export to a lossy format like JPGE. The other reason is that most people would not appreciate having to try and download full resolution images that are 26MB each :eek:

Anyway, long story short, let me know if you want to download the originals let me know and I will show you how to do it. You can also order at cost prints if you would like any.
 
Amazing pictures! :dblthumb2:

I agree that good pictures take a photograhpers eye to make it happen.

Much like detailing it takes more than having the most expensive camera. Ansel Adams took his pictures prior to any DSLR and I'd have to say his pictures were pretty decent. It's about the art as much as about the science when it comes to photography and based on this sampling I'd say you guys have both.

Thanks for sharing!
 
James Dudra said:
Pleasure meeting you as well Corey! The photos I posted are compressed from the originals. Email me and I can send over the ones you are interested in a .zip file.
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Thanks James! I'll contact you a little later. Don't worry I'll only ask for a couple LOL

LegacyGT said:
The pictures I post are much smaller and slightly less quality than the RAW files. Since there is little to no support for RAW in browsers, I export them to JPEG format but anytime I go back to tweak / edit the photo from RAW then re-export to a lossy format like JPGE. The other reason is that most people would not appreciate having to try and download full resolution images that are 26MB each :eek:

Anyway, long story short, let me know if you want to download the originals let me know and I will show you how to do it. You can also order at cost prints if you would like any.
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Thanks Bill! Will ask you how to download. Also there is certainly one print in particular I think I will order. I'll pm you later after I see the rest of the photos you have.
 
Bill It was great to meet you and man can you shoot!!!

thanks for the pics of the SRT-10...thats trophy enough

corey needs to use your pic as his avatar pic
 
The Swamp Buggies were amazing to look at on Sunday. I can't imagine how much money and time goes into building one of those beasts. The pictures in this thread are amazing. Bill and James thank you for sharing these amazing photos.

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I uploaded video of the Meguiars Micro Fiber system proper priming technique -

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It was an excellent opportunity to be able to get some hands-on training from Jason Rose of Meguiars.
Really enjoyed the session and even though it ran over the allotted time we could have easily used much more.
 
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