My lame almost Spring photoshoot

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My lame almost Spring photoshoot

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It was gorgeous out today so I finally cleaned the car for a shoot. Took a lot of shots but these were the only semi-post-worthy.

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Stupid green tree. :evil: I'll touch this up later.
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Took this a while ago, I kinda like it.
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Buddy, that last one is freakin BRILLIANT

Well done! :hail:
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Bravo, well done! x2
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Re: My lame almost Spring photoshoot

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Nice car! the last photo of the dash looks like its out of a GM brochure..
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looks good, your pictures are waaaaaaaaay better than my poor attempt at taking pictures.
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I reeeeaaaallly like the color of your car!! I think my favorite pic is the grayscale through the wooden fence.
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Thanks for the compliments! As today is even nicer out I will probably be taking out the tripod for some "part 2" pictures later. :)
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I swear I've seen that car somewhere before.


Lookin good Pete :)
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yeah, me too. it looks like mine! except the rims.

how did you clear your tails? cutting or non-cutting method?
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odd, i see orange with the silverstar bulbs.....
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not as much as those though. I can see in your sig pic.
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still there :booty:
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I cleared mine by cutting. I didn't know of any other way...especially for the center piece.
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You can do it without cutting.. it pries apart, same as the front. just a little more difficult.
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#4 FTW... nice job captain
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the last one looks like the view from the cockpit of a plane. very cool!
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Yes, very nice photos, good job.
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