Impromptu 2015 WRX Photoshoot!

"RightFootDown" (rightfootdown) 01/06/2015 at 17:08 • Filed to: wrx, nikon, 35mm, snow, subaru, awd, photography

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Just ran out and snapped these on top of my office's parking garage. I got lucky and found a spot that nobody had driven through and backed up in to a spot that I felt had the best lighting. I'm using a 35mm f/1.8 with a circular polarizer on a D7000 and had some major issues with back focusing so I resorted to manual focus. Took about a hundred shots to get a dozen or so focused good enough. All shots were with aperture priority and I used a third stop back as to not over expose the photo.

Since I'm don't have my primary laptop I had to resort to Apple's iPhoto app for touching up. I used the editor to remove the footprints in the snow and increased the shadows a bit to bring out a more natural look finally dialed up the contrast to not have the mid range blown out. That's it. No wacky post processing sun flare. Export as highest quality JPG and uploaded to flickr.

If I had Lightroom installed I probably would have added a little gradient to the sky to bring back some blues and added an ever so slight vignette. If I was a pro I would have used a huge reflector to lighten the dark side of the car.

Anyway, critique away!

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jkm7680 > RightFootDown 01/06/2015 at 17:17

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Nice car, Always liked those!

Ballzonya > RightFootDown 01/06/2015 at 17:20

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Great pics, not sure you need to add THAT much in Lightroom. I'd suggest just adjusting the brightness, contrast, highlights, and shadows. I need to take some pics of my WRX soon!!!

Saracen > RightFootDown 01/06/2015 at 17:23

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Nice!

...but...it's not performing "dangerous tricks"...

Mathias Rios > RightFootDown 01/06/2015 at 17:30

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How'd you get a wing on a WRX? Is it an option?

WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot > Mathias Rios 01/06/2015 at 17:45

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He also has the STI wheels, not the option wheels either.

It looks like a debadged STI.

/approved

sketchcat > RightFootDown 01/06/2015 at 17:47

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Took delivery of mine LAST NIGHT! woot!

Dealership texted me at 5pm yesterday with a picture of a just washed dark grey metallic STI in their lot.. "Your Sti is HERE!"

ordered it on thanksgiving.

no snow in this part of Nor Cal so im not out there doing DANGEROUS TRICKS!

Dsscats > sketchcat 01/06/2015 at 18:03

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Needsmoar pics!

RightFootDown > Mathias Rios 01/07/2015 at 09:35

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It's actually a WRX Limited. I seriously dislike the non-winged look so I swapped trunks with a local STI owner. The WRX comes with some disgusting 17" wheels so I sold them for a set of Prodrive GT1's. More about my love/hate of the car can be found on rightfootdown.com if you're interested.