"Jonathan Harper" (jbh) 06/20/2019 at 15:24 • Filed to: None

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couple recent things, what’s up oppo? 

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 15:28

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Our lord and savior, the W115.

CB > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 15:30

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Work, photography, not much. You?

Aaron Brown > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 15:33

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jon harper

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 15:37

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Work, more work, and further work - but a little car work on the side.

Jonathan Harper > CB 06/20/2019 at 15:40

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mostly the same

E90M3 > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 15:41

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Good to see you stop by every now and again.

Jonathan Harper > Aaron Brown 06/20/2019 at 15:41

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go do the  social

Jonathan Harper > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/20/2019 at 15:41

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Wh at car work?

Jonathan Harper > E90M3 06/20/2019 at 15:42

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Every once in a while!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 15:48

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Same as always! Saw a graphite-gray NSX this afternoon on my way home, actually!

BeaterGT > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 15:53

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Hey JBH, what are you driving these days?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 15:55

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Well, since the start of the year on my Galaxie I’ve redone some steering stuff, made parts I haven’t installed yet on the suspension to remove a factory “feature” that’s more of a bug, replaced the rear window seal, redone the headliner, and a couple of other things.

Outside car stuff I installed a house water filtration system.

Mercedes Streeter > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 16:15

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Congrats on the Jalop article! 

Not much, just extremely addicted to the Gambler 500. :D

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 17:40

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Hey JBH - no Chiron content? =)

So, if you could take home either the old NSX or the new one and live with it as you every- other- daily driver for the next 5 years, which would you pick?

someoneatacura > Jonathan Harper 06/20/2019 at 18:21

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Nice shots! How is your flash(s)  setup behind the car to get the even light output? Also, how many strobes in total on that shot? I just picked up my second speedlite this week, will be doing a shoot on the weekend with it.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jonathan Harper 06/21/2019 at 07:38

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gib the NSX!

Jonathan Harper > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/21/2019 at 13:58

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New one or old one?

Jonathan Harper > BeaterGT 06/21/2019 at 13:59

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Hey! I bought myself a stripped/caged e36 M3 at the beginning of 2019. And I’ve got an i3. Perfect LA two car garage (if I had a two car garage). 

Jonathan Harper > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/21/2019 at 14:00

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Nice! I’ve never had the space or  tools to do my own mechanical work but I’m hoping to change that in the next few years.

Jonathan Harper > Mercedes Streeter 06/21/2019 at 14:02

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Which article? Don’t think I’ve had anything up in a while.

Gambler stuff is cool for sure. 

Jonathan Harper > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 06/21/2019 at 14:05

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Look for Chiron stuff on CoolHunting soon. My buddy and former Oppo regular Andrew Maness (TheRoadLessDriven) is writing it up and using my shots.

If it was totally free and I didn’t have to pay insurance or anything on it, I’d probably take the new one with the plan to sell it after five years and get some equity. If I did have to pay insurance and all that then definitely the old one and I’d keep it forever. 

Jonathan Harper > someoneatacura 06/21/2019 at 14:07

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Thanks! This is a composite made of I think 7 or 8 different exposures and make everything play nice in photoshop . I used one F lashpoint Xplor 600 with a bare bulb to create both of these. The light emanating from behind the car was just two strobe pops low and behind the car to get the drama.

Jonathan Harper > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/21/2019 at 14:08

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Which?

Mercedes Streeter > Jonathan Harper 06/21/2019 at 14:19

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This one!

https://jalopnik.com/the-last-cheap-porsche-911-1831880409

When I saw your screenname was no longer “JBH” I knew one of the GMG properties must have picked you up for something lol.

someoneatacura > Jonathan Harper 06/21/2019 at 14:36

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Ah interesting. I haven’t dabbled with the multi shot blending in photoshop, it’s something that is a bit beyond me at this moment (i have been reading up/watching youtube videos on it though).

Any tips for a beginner in  photo-manipulation? I only edit in lightroom.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jonathan Harper 06/21/2019 at 15:30

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Sweet - looking forward to it.

The old design is such a classic.

This is a story that needs to be written (and photographed/filmed):

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/wow-just-wow-1835518246

Jonathan Harper > Mercedes Streeter 06/21/2019 at 16:02

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Thanks! I’ve been contributing to Jalopnik for years now under JBH but Raph made me change it for that one. 

Jonathan Harper > Aaron Brown 06/21/2019 at 16:02

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say it like you mean it 

Jonathan Harper > someoneatacura 06/21/2019 at 16:04

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Yeah just don’t overdo it! Editing is great but try not to max out any single slider. Have fun with it!

I wish I’d taken some basic photoshop classes when I was starting out, I would have progressed a lot quicker than teaching myself with YouTube videos out of necessity. 

someoneatacura > Jonathan Harper 06/21/2019 at 16:08

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Oh yeah, no I mean tips for blending multiple shots. I tried HDR merging photos with different flash exposures but it didn’t turn out that great on some (random dark spots where there would be light). As I understand it, you erase away the portions from each photo to reveal the layer below, correct?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jonathan Harper 06/21/2019 at 17:16

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New! I’ve seen the same one a few times now!

:)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jonathan Harper 06/21/2019 at 19:00

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Early one 

Rocky59 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/17/2019 at 00:09

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Classic design really are so special! Made even more spectacular with that photography.

Rocky59 > Jonathan Harper 09/17/2019 at 19:45

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Nice! I want to learn that kind of photography trick as well.