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I think they came out great. This is on the "River Road" in Alton, IL .

I was on a car cruise with about 35 other cars at the time.

River side of the road:

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* 2001 GTS

Thanks for looking :) ---
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Awesome rolling shots, that's a great road for cruising!
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

I especially like the first one with the blue sky :) Post some pics of the other cars as well....any other Vipers participate?
 

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I lived in Alton for 10 years before moving to Tx. Been on that road tons of times on the old Panhead I used to ride!! Beautiful pics. I'm going to be up there in my GTS from the 1st to the 5th of May. ( My granddaughter's birthday) Give me a shout on my cell---940-393-6674, and maybe we can meet somewhere for beers. :drive: Art
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Nice rolling shots
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Is your windshield tinted?

19's and 20's?

Car looks awesome!
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Sweet shots. you should get those made into posters. Beautiful car.
 
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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

AJ sounds good!!!

Yes, the windshield is tinted ... and they are 20"/20" HRE's

I plan on purchasing the high quality pics and making a poster out of one for sure :) .

The SCORCH TT Viper was there, he had to head home before the rolling shot pics were taken though :


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYjWij0L3DQ&feature=youtu.be


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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Great shots...
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Nice action pics! Camera and settings info?
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Still shots please! Must see those rims!
 
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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Im not sure on the camera and settings ... I doubt he will tell me if I ask but I will try.

Here is a couple still shots :) Thanks again! ---

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

AJ sounds good!!!

Yes, the windshield is tinted ... and they are 20"/20" HRE's

I plan on purchasing the high quality pics and making a poster out of one for sure :) .

The SCORCH TT Viper was there, he had to head home before the rolling shot pics were taken though :


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYjWij0L3DQ&feature=youtu.be


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Been down that road several times, did that corvette beat you?
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Nice action pics! Camera and settings info?

On bright days like this, in a chase car, you'll likely be shooting at 1/125s or perhaps in the 1/60s in order to get the blur in the wheels and road at highway speeds. Getting the car sharp, assuming the chase car and photographed car are traveling at the same speed, is not difficult. Most likely the photographer (if it were me) shot this in burst mode (continuous fire/sequential/etc) and will select the sharpest of the shots.

So to answer the question.... I'd set the camera to Shutter priority mode (denoted by the "S" in most camera setting wheels/selectors), ISO 100 or 200 should be fine, and let the camera to figure out the aperture. Set the camera to 1/125s as a starting point, go to it...

Also, the shooter used a polarizing filter. These are usually referred to as Circular Polarizers or CP's. You can tell by the variation in the blue sky. Notice the sky seems "deeper" or more blue on the left corner than on the right. The CP cuts a great deal of glare, reflections from the glass, etc... also deepens colors. Adds contrast to colors. In the first shot it is more apparent, the red in the car is deeper than in the second shot. That comes from the relative position of the sun to the camera and car. If you remember the photographer when he was shooting, you would see what looks like tinted glass or sunglasses on the camera lens. That's the CP.

Hope this helps... if I went too deep into the explanation, my apologies... don't really know if I am going too deep as I don't know how comfortable you, and others, are with the cameras....
 
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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Here is a vid of the first group of slower cars out of the bunch leaving the first meet spot where that pic above with the caves was taken.

I am about 1:35 in , I didn't realize it was being taped so I took off slow and then got on it. It looks like I disappear after the silver SUV drives by the camera LOL.

It was fun to be at an event that actually ENCOURAGED people taking off quickly. Nice change of pace:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfUHEhzQdqA
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Pretty cool.... what is the group? Open car club? Just a general "come cruise" call? Organized event?

Pretty good mix of cars!
 
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It was a Facebook "invited" event for people interested in "spirited driving", and a BBQ. STL Speed

It was my first time attending, I wasn't really sure what to expect. It was a good time though ---
 

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That vetted is pretty fast
 

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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

On bright days like this, in a chase car, you'll likely be shooting at 1/125s or perhaps in the 1/60s in order to get the blur in the wheels and road at highway speeds. Getting the car sharp, assuming the chase car and photographed car are traveling at the same speed, is not difficult. Most likely the photographer (if it were me) shot this in burst mode (continuous fire/sequential/etc) and will select the sharpest of the shots.

So to answer the question.... I'd set the camera to Shutter priority mode (denoted by the "S" in most camera setting wheels/selectors), ISO 100 or 200 should be fine, and let the camera to figure out the aperture. Set the camera to 1/125s as a starting point, go to it...

Also, the shooter used a polarizing filter. These are usually referred to as Circular Polarizers or CP's. You can tell by the variation in the blue sky. Notice the sky seems "deeper" or more blue on the left corner than on the right. The CP cuts a great deal of glare, reflections from the glass, etc... also deepens colors. Adds contrast to colors. In the first shot it is more apparent, the red in the car is deeper than in the second shot. That comes from the relative position of the sun to the camera and car. If you remember the photographer when he was shooting, you would see what looks like tinted glass or sunglasses on the camera lens. That's the CP.

Hope this helps... if I went too deep into the explanation, my apologies... don't really know if I am going too deep as I don't know how comfortable you, and others, are with the cameras....

Perfect level of info and explanation, just right for those of us with our first DSLR from CostCo. Thanks for posting!


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Re: A couple great rolling shots of my Viper by the River this weekend while cruising

Car looks great. What did you lower it with? Springs and/ or caps?
 
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It just has eibach springs on it , thanks :) ---
 

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That Vette must have had some good amount of mods. I couldn't hear a Turbo of SC. Maybe built motor on spray?
 
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He told me it is a fully built engine ... forged bottom end , heads , cam, intake manifold ... no spray or boost.

c6 z06 ; Putting down around 650rwhp ---
 

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I had to double check my dates, the cruise is on the 21st! You scared me I might have missed it.

Great shots though!
 
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What cruise are you talking about? Are you local to me? ---
 

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