It's Worth Getting Up Early For Super Car Sunday

"Andrew T. Maness" (theroadlessdriven) 05/04/2015 at 13:00 • Filed to: Car Porn, Happenings, Super Car Sunday, McLaren, P1 GTR, Because Race Car, Skyline, Andrew Maness, The Road Less Driven

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Picked up a new lens for my camera this past week which motivated me to head on up to the weekly pissing contest in Woodland Hills, CA for the first time in a couple months. This week was the Ferrari/Maserati Marque event but every vehicle wearing Rosso Corsa or sporting a trident was upstaged by the spectacular McLaren P1 GTR. Having seen the car at the New York Auto Show under harsh trade show lighting, I was eager to get a chance to photograph it outdoors, even if there were a bunch of people milling about making good shots difficult to get. There are just so many details on this car that I love and when studied closely they really make you appreciate the level of craftsmanship at which McLaren operates.

Of course there was a variety of other stuff to check out and with my new 55-210mm zoom lens affixed to my trusty Sony NEX-7, I set about snagging detail shots of the most interesting vehicles in the lot. I fawned over some classic Ferraris, Porsches, American muscle, German muscle and everything in between. Super Car Sunday can be a bit overwhelming, especially with how many kooks there are revving their engines and shouting about how drunk they got the night before. It’s always fun to check out though, amazing people watching, entertaining cars and I’ve never left without meeting at least one person who restores my faith in the automotive enthusaist community.

Cheers,

-Andrew

* Quick note about the photos, I’m trying out some new processing techniques that involve replicating Kodak film looks for digital images and I’m interested to hear what ya’ll think. I’m in love with how this first image came out, feel that the look is perfect for the subject, reminds me of the ads I grew up studying in old issues of National Geographic.

E. Julius > Andrew T. Maness 05/04/2015 at 13:03

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Love the look of this one. Almost reminds me of a retro press photo.

Bandit > Andrew T. Maness 05/04/2015 at 13:08

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Haha awesome! I was about to ask what film you shot this on! You need to do a write up some time on Photography.kinja.com how you got this look.

Sn210 > Andrew T. Maness 05/04/2015 at 13:09

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Ha! I think you missed two other Opponauts that were at this same show. Dsscats and Winck182 posted pics too

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/oppo-missed-co…

Andrew T. Maness > E. Julius 05/04/2015 at 13:10

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thanks man!

Andrew T. Maness > Sn210 05/04/2015 at 13:11

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I know I was bummed we didn’t plan ahead.

Next Sunday I’m hoping to have an Oppo meet up.

Andrew T. Maness > Bandit 05/04/2015 at 13:12

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Good call, should be able to get around to that soon.

Bandit > Andrew T. Maness 05/04/2015 at 13:13

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The first two photos are spectactular

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Andrew T. Maness 05/04/2015 at 13:15

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R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Andrew T. Maness 05/04/2015 at 13:28

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These are lovely, I believe I got my previous phone wallpaper from you as well Andrew.

Ferrero1911 > Andrew T. Maness 05/04/2015 at 13:51

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Bird and I will be there next Sunday with the Aerocabin. It’s Japanese day, so there will be a lot of classic Japanese cars. We should all meet up.

I really like the film look, especially the first one.

Andrew T. Maness > Ferrero1911 05/04/2015 at 18:30

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Yeah man that sounds awesome.

Shoot me an email, theroadlessdriven@gmail.com and we’ll sort out some details.

Glad you dig the pics!

Andrew T. Maness > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 05/04/2015 at 18:31

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Thanks man, I’m using the Barracuda shot as mine right now.

Ferrero1911 > Andrew T. Maness 05/05/2015 at 13:44

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Not to be a diva, but when we park the Aerocabin people start asking questions before we can even get out. It’s very difficult to step away. So how about we just meet at the Aerocabin? I already know Dsscats, so I can introduce you to him if you don’t know him already.

Andrew T. Maness > Ferrero1911 05/05/2015 at 18:30

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Yeah that sounds great, look forward to seeing the Soarer in person!

m2m, apex detective > Andrew T. Maness 05/07/2015 at 13:40

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m2m, apex detective > Andrew T. Maness 05/07/2015 at 13:43

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Dear Lord ... any chance I can get a higher-res. version (FHD ideally) of the lead photograph to use as wallpaper?

The Alpina E39 is glorious, too. Also, I almost forgot that the Mercedes-McLaren SLR ever existed. Thanks for the reminder!

JJimmyJJ > Andrew T. Maness 05/07/2015 at 15:20

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Ohhh...the GTR version. That would explain the slicks

Dsscats > Andrew T. Maness 05/10/2015 at 16:08

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Make sure to go to the Petersen Japanese Car cruise in on the 17th. It’s going to be crazy

DasWauto > Andrew T. Maness 05/26/2015 at 23:03

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I can has more resolutions? I can’t seem to get more than 640px wide.

Andrew T. Maness > DasWauto 05/27/2015 at 02:17

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Shoot me an email and I’ll be happy to send over a G-Drive link to full res pics.

SOCdriver > Ferrero1911 05/27/2015 at 19:21

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Damn, I can’t make it until the 14th of June, next weekend sounds super rad.

StingrayJake > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:25

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Love the photos. I don't think the Kodak processing is necessary for the newer cars. It just doesn't seem to fit the modern styles. But otherwise they're great. Love classic cars and the processing is perfect for those.

Driver > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:31

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Nice work. If I’d known about this meet I woulda gone.

Freakusaurus-Rex > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:33

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I hate when at car shows or meets or whatever when you are just waiting to take a nice picture and people keep walking in front of your shot. Then they just stand there.. AAAGGGGHHHHH ! !

MarcusAurelius > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 05/30/2015 at 14:37

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Outstanding photos, well done! I love the first two, definitely have the sixties/seventies National Geographic add vibe. My favorite part of looking at my grandpa’s old National Geographic collection as a kid were those old car adds!

J-Tenno > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:37

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It’s a shame car shows are always indoors with bad lighting, makes photographing the cars so much harder, especially if your camera doesn’t handle high ISO well...

Apart from that little rant, great photos, I really like them and that coming from someone who doesn’t like retro style photos. Did you use a Lightroom Filter set?

4thGen > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:37

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I like the processing on the shots of the vintage interiors. Kodachrome simulation? It looks silvery and velvety. Syncs nicely with the time period and the gorgeous bits of wood and chrome.

Adrian Gonzalez > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:39

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Great shots, Andrew! I felt like I was looking at magazine ads from yesteryear. I, too, love the feeling following a car show or event, after catching all types of beautiful machinery and talking to fellow car folks: all things in the universe are right and car culture is very alive.

Clint Alexander > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:43

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Not too crazy about the Firebird pic (still better than anything I could do, of course), but the others are quite glorious

Hanzr > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:45

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Didn’t know Nike made those black Mags with orange accents... Looks nice on foot!

PoorVehicularChoices > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:47

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I want this as my background

techinsanity2011 > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:49

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That car doesn’t belong to who I think it does, does it?

MarcusAurelius > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:53

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Outstanding photos, well done! I love the first two, definitely have the sixties/seventies National Geographic add vibe. My favorite part of looking at my grandpa’s old National Geographic collection as a kid were those old car adds!

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > StingrayJake 05/30/2015 at 14:55

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I was going to post the same thing. Looks really cool on the older cars and also the closeups but the newer cars are begging for crisp photos.

MarcusAurelius > MarcusAurelius 05/30/2015 at 14:56

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Sorry, replied to wrong person...is there any way to delete this?

chaos-cascade > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 14:58

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dat gap!

greenagain > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:01

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Your pictures have a sort of “warmth” to them. Good job.

CALUSA > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:03

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These pictures are great. Love the filter that brings some heat.

stillthrottledown > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:05

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This whole album is amazing, but that guy’s shoes are wack as hell.

Gary Yogurt > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:10

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Solid pictures of interesting bits! I generally don’t take a camera to Cars/Coffee events because I like to look at the cars with my own eyes and not through an SLR the whole time. But these are the kinds of pics I take when I do take photos. I find that the details (gauges, vents, wheels, peoples’ shoes, etc.) bring back memories better than anything. Thanks for posting this!

TheHondaBro > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:12

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I want one so badly.

BiTurboBoxer > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:12

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My response to the title: Yes. Yes it absolutely is. And as fellow photographer, I love those shots you got. They give a retro feel and it works really well with most of the older cars, and I’d say that even the P1 GTR and SLR McLaren look good sporting it. Nice work!

inlinesexzylinder > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:17

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Love the pics. Nice to see something a bit different. t I like photographing details, too. May I ask what PS filter did you use? It’s a good one.

Driver > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:19

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I like the look. Retro is bestro, sometimes.

SteveMarsh > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:22

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classic 510. SUPERcar?? I think so!!

Maxxuman > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:25

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The first one (Pontiac interior) looks great! Would’ve liked a polarizer on this one.

Maxxuman > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:28

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That be you there. I try to arrive early to get cars before they open their hoods for shots like this but unfortunately it often doesn’t work out. Since the owners end up away from their cars for long periods there’s not much you can do once they’re open.

Maxxuman > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:30

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I wonder how this yellow Corvette will look in the funeral procession?

Maxxuman > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:31

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I think this would have worked better if you could have backed up or zoomed out to include the whole wing.

Maxxuman > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:33

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I like the Barracuda shot but I’d darken the tarmac and the white paint on the right.

LongbowMkII > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:34

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Am I crazy for preferring the 308 to the F430s?

LongbowMkII > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:35

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I like this photo

diego > Ferrero1911 05/30/2015 at 15:36

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Where exactly is this in woodland hills? Next to the promenade on Erwin and topanga?

Cielmer > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 15:41

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Why in gods name do you taunt me with little bits of beautiful cars. I want to see the whole car dammit not 1 1/2 headlights and a bit of bumper.

itsClarkson > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 16:08

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I want some too! Can’t see your email though, where can I get it? :)

ktm300exc > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 16:19

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Do you have any more shots of the 67-68 Maroon\Red Firebird? I had one and lament the fact I sold it.

TimF101 > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 16:32

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I love the film effect. It gives a distinct, appealing character to your work.

Worth pointing out that when used right Kodak film looked good for a reason. Millions of dollars and many thousands of man hours went into refining the aesthetic qualuties of Kodak film. I preferred Fuji, but that’s just because Velvia/Provia made such sweet sweet love to green landscapes. For human skin tones and the human environment Kodak was the shit.

Ladymopar > E. Julius 05/30/2015 at 16:47

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My Pontiac had one of these dials-LOVED mine

Andrew T. Maness > TimF101 05/30/2015 at 16:54

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Thanks man, I love it but try not to go to heavy on it, use it on a case by case basis.

I started on film, my parents were both hobbyist photographers so there were always old cameras around the house for me to play with. I completely agree with you, Fuji made some wonderful film stocks which my mom loved for the very reason you mentioned. Growing up in Vermont she took a lot of photos of green landscapes and man did they pop on Fuji film!

Andrew T. Maness > Gary Yogurt 05/30/2015 at 16:57

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Yeah I only recently started bringing my camera because I got this great new zoom lens. It’s also a micro fourthirds so it’s just a little bit more discreet than an SLR :)

Andrew T. Maness > J-Tenno 05/30/2015 at 16:58

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Yeah I have a custom preset for photos when I import them into Lightroom and then based on the car/environment I select a film stock to lay over that then tweak it from there.

Andrew T. Maness > m2m, apex detective 05/30/2015 at 16:59

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Shoot me an email I’ll send you a link for all the shots in full res.

Andrew T. Maness > LongbowMkII 05/30/2015 at 16:59

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Not in my opinion!

bbutle01 > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 17:00

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Thanks for some Datsun love

Andrew T. Maness > Maxxuman 05/30/2015 at 17:01

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Yeah I really need to get new one seeing as how often I shoot outside in bright light, broke my last one :(

Andrew T. Maness > greenagain 05/30/2015 at 17:02

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Thanks! Usually I tend to edit things to look cool/de-saturated but for these I just liked the warmer tones.

Andrew T. Maness > bbutle01 05/30/2015 at 17:02

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Always! I love Datsuns!

Andrew T. Maness > Maxxuman 05/30/2015 at 17:04

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I think I have a zoomed out shot of it but there were so many people in the background all day that I gave up on getting a clean shot and just cropped this one low.

Rafa Szulejko > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 17:38

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These P1 GTR photos are just incredible.

wlb50 > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 17:49

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Nice pictures! There’s probably a reason that Skyline has Montana plates :-)

Clouds > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 18:09

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There is so much good in this one picture

wrxfan > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 18:15

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Heh, the Montana loophole also works very well for 25 year old imports. (no smog/CARB requirements, and permanent registration)

J-Tenno > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 18:22

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I see, interesting! I should give it a go some time.

Andrew Stein > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 19:09

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What software did you use to get the afore mentioned Kodak look? Really love the photos, superduper stuff!

MB38 > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 19:23

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At last, one of my cars makes it onto this site... I’m famous!

sledge > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 19:29

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This 2 miles from home ... used to be a bit smaller when it was a couple of miles north by the motion picture hospital on mulholland/101 and it was always pretty awesome ( only place i’ve photographed 3 F40s together in person..in a mini-mall parking lot lol). Ever since Cars & Coffee in Irvine down south ended its gotten freekin nuts any more ... the big one is the toys for tots event Dustin puts together every year in December... you can spend 7 hours taking pics and videos as i have done ....let me know if you want to see some ...i have pics from several years of sunday morning Automotive Nirvana. Here’s Leno one day when his Jet motorcycle blew a seal & he took a liking to my custom track/show prepped Lexus IS...

sledge > Driver 05/30/2015 at 19:41

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It happens every sunday, starts at 6:30 am & is pretty much done by 12 noon. Usually the last sunday of each mo is a “featured marque“ day...and is 2-3x as big as the other weekends of the mo.

mpieman > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 20:17

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Now get a copy of Perfect Photo suite and tweak those photos. I will bet you will have more wallpapers and some gallery pronts for your office.

Spark > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 20:33

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Nice

MarcusAurelius > LongbowMkII 05/30/2015 at 20:40

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Not entirely but since those are both Scuderias then I’d say it is a close call. Love the 328 as well, reminds me of the opening to Beverly Hills Cop II where they switch between shots of a 328 and a 308. Even as a kid I noticed that.

burdickjp > m2m, apex detective 05/30/2015 at 21:28

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That’s such a versatile GIF.

burdickjp > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 21:32

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I prefer using cameras and lenses which offer character than emulating it digitally. I like Olympus cameras because I like their color reproduction and in-body image stabilization lets me use manual lenses. Pentax and Sony also have IBIS.

Gary Yogurt > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 23:23

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Cool! How fast is the autofocus? I’ve got an older four-thirds and I like everything except that it's so slow.

Rev Les Crowley > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 23:51

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The VSCO presets are fun (I mostly use Kodacolor 100 or Ektachrome 100 in my night landscapes) and your use here is effective, IMO.

RedPir8Roberts > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 23:53

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Value went up $50,000 since the picture was taken. Wait, $60,000. No, $75,000...

Rev Les Crowley > LongbowMkII 05/30/2015 at 23:54

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Nope. It’s mechanical and pure in a way the later ones aren’t.

RedPir8Roberts > Andrew T. Maness 05/30/2015 at 23:56

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Either 1) this guy has the most loving wife in the world, 2) this guy’s wife owns a white cane and a German Shepherd, or 3) he is a very lonely man.

Jonnyboy > Andrew T. Maness 05/31/2015 at 00:52

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Best shot =Nike mags. lol. Second best is the p1 steering wheel through the window. Love the depth. Sick composition. You have a few really great shots in there of the p1. If someone put a gun to my head and said pick one, the p1 or the 918, I’d take the gun, shoot my captor in the knees so he couldn’t chase me, and figure out how to take both. The p1 just isn’t as interesting to me in the end though. Not sure why...anyone else feel the same or am I crazy?

Andrew T. Maness > Jonnyboy 05/31/2015 at 02:21

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Finally, somebody appreciated the shot of the Mags!

I’d take the 918, I love the P1 but man...the 918 is just that little bit more special in my eyes.

Andrew T. Maness > Rev Les Crowley 05/31/2015 at 02:24

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Thanks man, I’m looking forward to getting some faster glass for shooting at night.

Andrew T. Maness > Gary Yogurt 05/31/2015 at 02:33

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It’s decent but not exceptional.

Andrew T. Maness > mpieman 05/31/2015 at 02:37

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Yeah, that’s a whole ‘nother level which I would like to get to very soon.

Andrew T. Maness > burdickjp 05/31/2015 at 02:42

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I have a couple 35mm cameras that I like to play around with but since I got the 70-200 for my NEX-7 we’ve been joined at the hip. That being said, I’m saving up for a A7S II because it will most likely have IBIS when it debuts.

Andrew T. Maness > MB38 05/31/2015 at 02:43

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Which one?!

Andrew T. Maness > Andrew Stein 05/31/2015 at 02:43

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Lightroom, part of the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Andrew T. Maness > Clouds 05/31/2015 at 02:43

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Thank you!

Horkin' Up Dangle Hams > Andrew T. Maness 05/31/2015 at 02:57

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Yep, this is definitely the place you’d find people that wear these.

Confession: I sort of love them, but could never pull them off.

Sean > Andrew T. Maness 05/31/2015 at 06:06

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Roadkill scooper plate

Sean > Andrew T. Maness 05/31/2015 at 06:09

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Photo let down by a completely crap background

Ninja-GUY > Andrew T. Maness 05/31/2015 at 09:06

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Whats it like living in car enthusiast heaven every day?