Great Photos of my 951 at Whistler!!
08-08-2002, 12:26 PM
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Great Photos of my 951 at Whistler!!
Hi Guys,
I just posted a thread regarding a recent trip I made with my 951 from Vancouver to Whistler, with my buddy and his Honda CBR600 along for the ride. He's an excellent photographer, and took these shots at various spots along the ride. Enjoy!!
this "Ferrari 360 Modena" angle is my favourite...
but I also like the wide-angle *** view
I love the slim waist and bulging fenders of the 944's...
Cropped off the front end...can't win them all
nice uphill S-bend north of Whistler...
Lillooet Lake along the twisty Duffy Lake Road...
I just posted a thread regarding a recent trip I made with my 951 from Vancouver to Whistler, with my buddy and his Honda CBR600 along for the ride. He's an excellent photographer, and took these shots at various spots along the ride. Enjoy!!
this "Ferrari 360 Modena" angle is my favourite...
but I also like the wide-angle *** view
I love the slim waist and bulging fenders of the 944's...
Cropped off the front end...can't win them all
nice uphill S-bend north of Whistler...
Lillooet Lake along the twisty Duffy Lake Road...
08-08-2002, 01:19 PM
#5
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Thanks guys!!!
As soon as my friend showed me the developed photos, I couldn't wait to post some of them on Rennlist. They're definitely the best shots I've ever had taken of my car.
PorscheG96 - I actually got my buddy signed up onto Rennlist a year or so ago, but he doesn't visit much (he's a Porsche wannabe...but drives a BMW). I'll send him an email and get him on here. He can answer technical camera questions a lot better than I could.
As soon as my friend showed me the developed photos, I couldn't wait to post some of them on Rennlist. They're definitely the best shots I've ever had taken of my car.
PorscheG96 - I actually got my buddy signed up onto Rennlist a year or so ago, but he doesn't visit much (he's a Porsche wannabe...but drives a BMW). I'll send him an email and get him on here. He can answer technical camera questions a lot better than I could.
08-08-2002, 09:35 PM
#6
Intermediate
Okay, okay, I'll get to the photo details in a minute, but first let's get one thing straight about Ian's BOASTING about losing me on my CBR600 in the twisties and my not being able to pass him up the long hills en route to Whistler!
1) I WAS able to gain ground on him going up hill ... just not as quickly as I thought I'd be able to. Not only that, but at full twist, it took me a good 20 or 30 seconds to catch him, having started from a couple of car-lengths behind (I was giving him a real-time verbal report regarding his smoking, flaming tail pipe over our 2-way radios ... man did that flame look wild!). Let it suffice to say that I could not by any means pull away from his 951. <img src="graemlins/cussing.gif" border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" />
Oh, and I was NOT on full throttle ... I was just toying with Ian ... Yeah! That's the ticket! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
Alright, alright, I wasn't pegged, but I was damned close, so I might as well have been. Man is his 951 impressive!!! <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" /> Kind of makes me reconsider the $3K (Canadian) that I paid for my bike ... oh wait, that's a trip to the shop for Ian! Suddenly I feel a little better! <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> (Sorry, buddy ... a little too close to home for you, perhaps.)
2) I am admittedly a wuss on my bike, especially on un-tried twisties ... I am deathly afraid of gravel on little-used mountain highways! I am a family man with a couple of kids at home, so I'm pretty tame on my bike for the most part.
Ian, on the other hand, is an ANIMAL!!! He has taken his (former) bike to track days and was far more aggressive on my bike than I will likely ever be! So let the following example be a testament to Ian's car. With Ian riding my bike agressively and really tossing it around, I was easily able to stay on his tail in his 951, in both the straights and the twisties. I'm far more experienced and confident driving aggressively in a car (especially his 951) than on a motorcycle, but I'm certainly no seasoned rallye driver. At any rate, his car's performance knocked my socks off, even when I had it dialed down to 12psi (the car is far better balanced and less twitchy at lower boost). The car felt as though it was pivoting around the seat of my pants, with instant throttle response and plenty of power to keep me out of trouble with a bit of on-demand oversteer.
Okay, now to the photo details. They were all taken with a Kodak disposable camera! Just kidding!
It was a pretty bright day, so getting a wide depth of field was pretty straight forward ... just a matter of dialing down the f-stop, which my camera did in 'Program' mode, so I didn't have to fuss with it at all. My camera is a Minolta 7-Series SLR (mid-90s) with a 28-135mm, f.2.8-f.4 lens.
The first two shots were taken at 28mm (now I'm sure THAT comes as a surprise), so I had plenty of depth of field to work with. If memeory serves, the settings were f.16 at 1/125 sec., which did the rest to ensure the crisp focus. The last one was taken at a focal length of about 60mm with settings of f.8 at 1/500 sec.
Sorry for the long-winded post ... just wanted to make sure that you all got a balanced report on our outing! You've done a great job on your car, Ian. Thanks for sharing the driving experience with me.
Cheers,
- Brian
1) I WAS able to gain ground on him going up hill ... just not as quickly as I thought I'd be able to. Not only that, but at full twist, it took me a good 20 or 30 seconds to catch him, having started from a couple of car-lengths behind (I was giving him a real-time verbal report regarding his smoking, flaming tail pipe over our 2-way radios ... man did that flame look wild!). Let it suffice to say that I could not by any means pull away from his 951. <img src="graemlins/cussing.gif" border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" />
Oh, and I was NOT on full throttle ... I was just toying with Ian ... Yeah! That's the ticket! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
Alright, alright, I wasn't pegged, but I was damned close, so I might as well have been. Man is his 951 impressive!!! <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" /> Kind of makes me reconsider the $3K (Canadian) that I paid for my bike ... oh wait, that's a trip to the shop for Ian! Suddenly I feel a little better! <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> (Sorry, buddy ... a little too close to home for you, perhaps.)
2) I am admittedly a wuss on my bike, especially on un-tried twisties ... I am deathly afraid of gravel on little-used mountain highways! I am a family man with a couple of kids at home, so I'm pretty tame on my bike for the most part.
Ian, on the other hand, is an ANIMAL!!! He has taken his (former) bike to track days and was far more aggressive on my bike than I will likely ever be! So let the following example be a testament to Ian's car. With Ian riding my bike agressively and really tossing it around, I was easily able to stay on his tail in his 951, in both the straights and the twisties. I'm far more experienced and confident driving aggressively in a car (especially his 951) than on a motorcycle, but I'm certainly no seasoned rallye driver. At any rate, his car's performance knocked my socks off, even when I had it dialed down to 12psi (the car is far better balanced and less twitchy at lower boost). The car felt as though it was pivoting around the seat of my pants, with instant throttle response and plenty of power to keep me out of trouble with a bit of on-demand oversteer.
Okay, now to the photo details. They were all taken with a Kodak disposable camera! Just kidding!
It was a pretty bright day, so getting a wide depth of field was pretty straight forward ... just a matter of dialing down the f-stop, which my camera did in 'Program' mode, so I didn't have to fuss with it at all. My camera is a Minolta 7-Series SLR (mid-90s) with a 28-135mm, f.2.8-f.4 lens.The first two shots were taken at 28mm (now I'm sure THAT comes as a surprise), so I had plenty of depth of field to work with. If memeory serves, the settings were f.16 at 1/125 sec., which did the rest to ensure the crisp focus. The last one was taken at a focal length of about 60mm with settings of f.8 at 1/500 sec.
Sorry for the long-winded post ... just wanted to make sure that you all got a balanced report on our outing! You've done a great job on your car, Ian. Thanks for sharing the driving experience with me.
Cheers,
- Brian
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08-09-2002, 09:17 AM
#9
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
v-tach,
The wheels are 17" ATP's. I put a similar thread in the "944 Turbo & S" forum, and described them there.
Mark,
That sounds pretty good. Maybe we could get Lowell to put 2 systems together...maybe we could both get a bit of a discount.
The wheels are 17" ATP's. I put a similar thread in the "944 Turbo & S" forum, and described them there.
Mark,
That sounds pretty good. Maybe we could get Lowell to put 2 systems together...maybe we could both get a bit of a discount.
08-09-2002, 01:33 PM
#10
Three Wheelin'
Here's your chance for another photo shoot: In 2 weeks, the Canada West Region PCA is having their annual Whister Weekend from August 23-25th. Saturday the 24th is the concours show in Whistler Village and they're hosting an autocross on the Sunday. See you there!