Thanks Kristian, nice pictures on your end too!

 

There was also a huge turnout of Corvettes and Teslas too. They must have arranged it. When I left, the Tesla folks were still there.

 

Jason, great shot as always! It looks like you are going through a wheel & b rake phase.
Are you using a 2.8 lens or less? You get some great depth of field.

Mark, is that your Brilliant Red E30 M3 is @ the end? It's been a while!

 

Wow! Thanks for taking some shots for my screen saver. I have hundreds of pics I have taken over the years trying to get "the shot" and you did it in less than five minutes. You definitely have talent behind the lens.

 

To be fair, Jason has been doing this years! He also has VERY nice equipment. But yes, he is a great shot! I still have a few of his shots from about 10 years ago!

 

Funny you should say that because I have been finding myself taking more shots of wheels/brakes. I don't know why. Maybe I should try something else for a change, huh?

Most of my lenses are f/2.8. The only way to roll, baby! I don't know if that E30 M3 was Mark's. If you mean Mark Baker. He showed up with his E39 M5 but maybe a friend drove it for him?

Speaking of which, Mark, are there other places that we could go to where I could check out those missiles? And hell yes, I'd love to do a photo shoot with our cars together! I miss my M5!

Thank you, Eric. You have a beautiful Corvette. My first car was a Corvette so it brought back memories. I'll be emailing the pictures to you soon. Did you want them in a certain resolution?

Thank you...you're right, I have been doing it for 20+ years. Mom gave me my first dSLR when I was 14 and I've been doing it ever since. Love it! What shots are those? I'm curious now..

 

Yea, try & get the WHOLE car, I know it hurts the inner artist, but some times I want to know what car the rims are from.

I thought so, dam 2.8's are EXPENSIVE! I might get one 2.8, then one non-zoom 1.8. It kills me that I can't get the background blur with full aperture. Mine are 3.5's

Yea Mark Baker, we used to hang out back in the day. You remember we were a really tight group back then.

WOW, didn't think it had been that long, I remember you & Sam Du with your old Nicon flip thing digital. I got some pics of West Seattle water front, & CCA Concours.

 

Sorry...I'll be sure to try to get the whole car next time. I used only the 105mm f/2.8 that day. I do that sometimes..sometimes, I'd switch lenses, sometimes I'd just stick with one. Trying to create a "theme" of sorts for each E@RTC that I go to. Next time I'll use my 24-70. It's my favorite after all.

It IS possible to get good bokeh with even a f/3.5 lens. Just have to do it correctly. And in your other thread, I noticed you had trouble with capturing cars in motion. That can be tricky but I can share a few tips if you'd like. I don't want to go too far off topic in this thread.

Here's a nice one I did of Kuzi's CS at ORP last week


I do remember hanging out with all you guys back then..we were pretty tight but that's kind of gotten loosened up since then. I haven't forgotten about most of you guys though. I see the old crew every now and then. And yes, I still have many of those pictures from those days. I was asking YOU to post the ones that YOU have that I took. I was curious which ones you were referring to. Email them to me if you have to.

Would you believe that Nikon flip camera was my first digital camera. A Coolpix 950 and I still have it...and it still works!!!

 

Memory lane...
http://jasontang.virtuality.org/concours2004
Of course some from the other Theater in South Center where we used to meet up before Bahama Breeze tore it down.

I'll have to go through all my pics, but here is one.


I do need some help, this camera does WAY more then any of the others, & it
s a bit much. That was my first time using it!

 

Just found out about Redmond Exotics and thinking about showing up June 19th weather permitting.

I have an Aston Martin Vantage, how many Aston's usually show up?

How early should I show up?

 

We get a couple of AMs every week. If you should up shortly after 8 you will be in good shape! Look forward to seeing you!

 

Oh Darn! Can't believe I missed this! New to the forum and just saw this post too late.

Absolutely stunning photos, Jason--the next best thing to being there.

Hope to be at the next "exotics" around here!

 

My E30 M3 was out of circulation for a couple of years as it went through an entire engine rebuild, and I have brought it to RTC earlier this year - it is a very bright pearl white (stock was off-white Alpine White II), so nope, not my M3. I think that was one of Bill Spornitz's M3's.

Buchanan's (Bastos M3) son is now at Whidbey NAS and he is working on getting us up there for a little personal tour, which I hope would include the armament training hanger as well. I'll let you know if that comes to pass - Whidbey is also a beautiful drive.

BTW, who had the red 348 on Saturday morning? I followed it to 85th via 520/405 and its aftermarket exhaust (brand?) sounded fantastic!

 

Sounds like another good turnout, I was out sturgeon fishing. More great pics you guys, well done.

 

Dude, I see you around Lake Stevens a lot, your car is spectacular, I always gawk at it when I pass by.