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Published: 2012-01-03 16:16:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 2161; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 44
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I've posted this photo elsewhere so I thought I might as well upload it here too. It's been a long time coming, but now it's finally here - my first car. A 1981-model DeLorean DMC-12, better known as simply as a DeLorean. It's been fully repaired, restored, converted to right-hand-drive, roadworthied & road-registered.The icing on the cake: I managed to obtain the Australia-wide-exclusively-mine number plate combination SCIFI.
Also I acquired that shirt when I visited CERN/the Large Hadron Collider. Why yes I am a nerd.
Check out the view from the back !
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How is the car going?
I was back in QLD in April but my trip was not as long as I hoped. I am always so busy when I am back in Australia. My brother lives in Woolangabba. I probably won't be back again until Xmas time. Would be cool to take some photos at night, in a shopping center car park! Or other movie related shots. As well, if I have time, I would photoshop them to add flame trails etc to look like in the movie! LOL.
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So far everything has been pretty good! Just keep in mind that night photography of Stainless Steel can be difficult, so you might need an external flash unit, some lighting setups & maybe a bounce board or two. It depends what you're going after really, just the way the brushed Stainless Steel reflects & scatters light is interesting!
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Where in QLD are you? Next time back home, probably March/April would love to take some photos of the car. Real nice ones, at night/sunset etc. I stay on the Sunshine Coast, my brother lives in Brisbane.
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I'm in south central Brisbane, send me a PM some time.
Someone like you should have no trouble, but fair warning - the brushed stainless steel makes the car a little more difficult to photograph than normal automotive photography. It both reflects & scatters ambient light incredibly easily (just look at my hazy reflection in the bonnet!). You basically have to think of it like a dirty mirror. A polarising filter can help.
You can even alter the intensity of the brushed pattern by changing your lighting - a bounce board or two brings out the smooth gray appearance, whereas some point light sources make the brushed pattern extra-prominent.
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Damn, this is your car now?! That's amazing! I've been attempting to catch a DeLorean for my vehicle-spotting page on Flickr; there was one that drove alongside me but my camera wasn't ready
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