AW E92 rolling shots (via rig)

radiantm3 · 11-18-2010, 03:53 PM

Played around with my rig today trying to find the best suction cup mounting locations. Because of the shape of the hood (and the fact that it's aluminum) and the CF roof, there really aren't many places to mount them safely. The location sucks, but I think they came out ok.

e1000 · 11-18-2010, 04:04 PM

sweeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RisingSun · 11-18-2010, 04:17 PM

Playing around???

I think you got it down...shots are amazing.

OMID INC · 11-18-2010, 04:19 PM

those look nice.

DMD · 11-18-2010, 04:27 PM

Love the pics and the performance lip looks great on the car.

Nate@IND · 11-18-2010, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RisingSun

Playing around???

I think you got it down...shots are amazing.

Great looking photos!

GOLFFRR · 11-18-2010, 04:31 PM

those look great.

richard313 · 11-18-2010, 04:45 PM

the first shot is great!!!

Even the location is not bad!

skazzy · 11-18-2010, 04:48 PM

sexcellent

1013mm · 11-18-2010, 04:50 PM

glad youre back

sweet looking! wheres the best place to mount on a 1er and m3 in your opinion?

radiantm3 · 11-18-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jzhang

glad youre back

sweet looking! wheres the best place to mount on a 1er and m3 in your opinion?

Thanks!

Almost anywhere on the hood or trunk is fine on the 135i. I'd stay away from the roof. I put a dent on my 135i roof every time I mounted it up there.

Trunk works great on the M3. I used the edge of the rear window for some angles too. Carbon fiber roof is obviously a bad idea (not going to try it

). There's a lot of soft spots on the hood. And the edges are always sturdy, but they angle too much for my suction cups to work well. Here's a shot of the rig location that worked best for me: http://d.pr/RzUm Near the top edge where it's flat (next to the power dome) and right before the crease.

henryyxyu · 11-18-2010, 05:10 PM

awesome shots!

ooowowizstev · 11-18-2010, 05:21 PM

Wow, very nice shots!

NYCMCBM3 · 11-18-2010, 05:38 PM

great shots how did you take em? i have a nikon d90 and i have almost no idea how to use it =(, any tips?

Bart@AUTOcouture · 11-18-2010, 06:01 PM

Great pics man!

cipher5 · 11-18-2010, 06:24 PM

Wow the ZCP spoiler and wheels look great in those pictures! If that was messing around I wanna see the real thing!

AWpowa · 11-18-2010, 07:01 PM

i see my office in the background. nice rig shots!

dimabimmer · 11-18-2010, 07:15 PM

would you please post specifics of this shoot,- type of camera, shutter setting, aperture, speed of car etc,.

Thanks!

radiantm3 · 11-18-2010, 07:49 PM

Thanks guys.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NycE93M3

great shots how did you take em? i have a nikon d90 and i have almost no idea how to use it =(, any tips?

Quote:

Originally Posted by dimabimmer

would you please post specifics of this shoot,- type of camera, shutter setting, aperture, speed of car etc,.

Thanks!

I put together a suction cup car rig. You can get lots of info on building a rig if you google it. But basically my camera is attached to a pole and I take long exposures, anywhere from 4 to 20 seconds. These photos were taking during the day (a cloudy day) so I shot at ISO50, 4 second exposure, F22, and stacked a 4x and 8x ND filter. Here's what the photo looks like straight out of the camera:

I'm just pushing the car slowly until the 4 second capture is done. The crazy vignetting is because of the stacked ND filters. I hate doing that because it degrades image quality, but if I want to shoot in the day time and outside, I don't have much choice. I just crop out the edges. Then you have to photoshop out the rig from the photos. That's probably the toughest process. The rest is a bunch of retouching in photoshop. Hope that gives you a basic idea.

mkPOTO · 11-18-2010, 07:50 PM

very nice

SwiftM3 · 11-18-2010, 07:55 PM

Nice! Those pics are great!

biglare · 11-18-2010, 08:07 PM

Very cool!

11-18-2010, 03:53 PM	#1
radiantm3 Apex Everything! 976 Rep 4,378 Posts Drives: 2007 Honda S2000, 2017 GT350 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cedar Park, TX iTrader: (6) Garage List 2011 E92 M3 [9.35] 2014 BMW i3 [10.00]	AW E92 rolling shots (via rig) Played around with my rig today trying to find the best suction cup mounting locations. Because of the shape of the hood (and the fact that it's aluminum) and the CF roof, there really aren't many places to mount them safely. The location sucks, but I think they came out ok. __________________ 2011 E92 M3(Sold). 2007 Honda S2000 (Track Car). 2016 Cayman GT4 (Sold). 2017 Shelby GT350 (AKA Crowd Killer). My pet project: https://stickershift.com
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ooowowizstev Brigadier General 141 Rep 4,903 Posts Drives: '08 E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, Irvine iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 M3 [10.00]	Wow, very nice shots! __________________ '08 E92 ///M3 - AW/BLK/CF, M-DCT, 19's H&R, Vorsteiner, Eisenmann, BMC, BBS More to come...
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NYCMCBM3 Colonel 167 Rep 2,711 Posts Drives: 2012 MCB E92 M3 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: South Ozone Park,NY iTrader: (13)	great shots how did you take em? i have a nikon d90 and i have almost no idea how to use it =(, any tips? __________________ 2012 MCB///M3
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cipher5 506 Rep 3,469 Posts Drives: 2020 Donington Grey X3M Comp Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (12)	Wow the ZCP spoiler and wheels look great in those pictures! If that was messing around I wanna see the real thing!
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