Another interesting speedster

Not much room elsewhere under that Speedy lid for that turbo set-up (and missing pulley tin). Nice car though! 

Beautiful car, but when I see something as basic as the over-the-exhaust tin missing I can't help but wonder, what else has been missed? 

 

PS- trunk pic- no grommets where the battery cables pass through the body. The guy says it's "show car quality" (and it does look it), but I wonder if it would pass muster as a driver. Al

Kind of a nice colour combination - silver and tan go well together.  The battery cables do look a little amateurish the way they are fed through - some rubber grommets would help (as others have noted).

There's a reason why almost everyone that turbos an air cooled VW engine mounts the turbo below the tin.

Very nice looking car.  Anyone know how to take a picture like this one?

 

I agree, Troy; that is a neat photo. Slower shutter speed to get the saturation? That's all I've got...

Stand on a stool with one leg shorter than the others...

 

 

Seriously, most newer cameras have a variety of 'modes' in which you can take pictures.  That's probably what he did for that shot.

The trouble with posting a photo like this:

 

 

 

Is it really looks like this:

 

 

 

 

Looks like the 'painting with light' technique that was invented ages ago, but became popular again in product illustration back in the '80s.

 

In a dark space - outside at night or in a darkened studio - the camera is mounted on a tripod and the shutter opened for a long exposure while a spotlight or flashlight is 'painted' across the subject.

 

Then Photoshop came along making it much easier to achieve the same effect, but with more control and predictability.

 

 

 

Yes, very nice looking car. And I see there is no covering on the dash. I kind of like that as I'm looking at my dash (pre-windshield install) wondering the same thing. The naked look appeals to me. Conservative yet bold. Pedestrian yet high brow. Minimalist yet... Sorry, coffee is still kicking in.

 

Troy, here's one of your old photos.

 

 

 

 

And here it is with some of these effects applied in Photoshop:

 

  

 

 

 

 

Thanks Mitch.  So it's a Photoshop effect.  What is the effect called?

Troy, not an expert on photography or photo shop, but I think the setting or process is called "sepia". Heidi messes around with it in some of her photos.

 

Troy, I used 'manual' adjustments - selecting certain areas, lightening, darkening, adjusting color, etc. It's like painting on the photo - much as the original photography technique 'painted' with light.

 

But I'm old school. I've been using Photoshop for 25 years. When I first learned the program that was pretty much the only way to do it. I'm sure there are simpler, more 'automated' ways in Photoshop today. But probably no one filter would create all of these changes automatically.

 

 

Hello Gang,

 

This appears to be an HDR effect, but I may be incorrect...

 

Original:

 

HDR - More Saturated setting: 

 

HDR - Photo Real setting:

 

 

To Mitch's point, it's a matter of messing with saturation and or toning, or both. Just super saturate the highlights.

 

Hope this helps,
Ted

Hey,  That is my buddy Brian's car, here in Reno.  He purchased it from Troy the exact same time I purchased mine (not from Troy, sorry).  That is how we became friends.

 

Stephen

 

 

 

Stephen, I was this close from calling Troy about that car, but I was new to Speedsters then and felt I needed to learn more before making a decision.

 

I ended up ordering a new one from Kirk in the same color scheme and spec'd almost the same about two years later.

 

I could have saved myself some bucks and a whole lotta sorting if I'd gone with my first hunch.