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i think #8 of the last rally set is should have an audio track of "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBS"..

23rd March 2009 - 07:01 AM  Reply  Quote

Finally starting to use my G10 for what i bought it for... I was alittle bumed about it before due to the poor iso ability, but seeing what some of the pros are doing with the g10 (blair bunting) and the iphone camera (chase Jarvis) ive released what i want from the camera is a tool to work on my composition, seeing light and just becoming a better tog as quaility is something that comes down to the camera.

Here are som shots of recently taken with it:

26th March 2009 - 05:12 PM  Reply  Quote

Went for a few hours today, thought there would be more cars. Ohh well cant wait for tomorrow.

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Few more teasers can be seen here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmead/s...57616011932380/

28th March 2009 - 07:18 PM  Reply  Quote

How'd the new R34 look out there?

Was anything else hassling it? Would have been nice to be out there, had to work on my own car though otherwise nothing gets done!

28th March 2009 - 08:30 PM  Reply  Quote

Nice set as always mate! 34 looks lovely.

29th March 2009 - 06:10 PM  Reply  Quote

Pretty good event, heres some snaps:

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Rest Can be seen here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmead/s...57615969232649/

Offical Results here:

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results....29/03/2009.ORAN

29th March 2009 - 08:36 PM  Reply  Quote

#8 is my pick, love seeing someone just punch the shit out of a car that was built to get driven. I can see (or maybe I'm imagining it) some oversteer and smoke, but not drifting it, just wringing it bad. Mc-love it.

#11 is pretty good too but this could be mistaken for drifting, rather than racing.

Thinking about it, I think I'm a fan of the exit shot, not the entry shot.. Hmm..

29th March 2009 - 09:01 PM  Reply  Quote

Firstly, great pics as you always take!

Interesting. Looks like the R34 will do well with more time.

To me though, it appears too low. Can't say for certain without looking under it and seeing how much shock and spring travel it has left.

Anything with excessive power will oversteer but not having enough suspension travel will no doubt exacerbate it.

What did you think of the cars Matt, from a chassis tuning point of view? Not sure how much you enjoy the technical side but to me it's the most interesting part

29th March 2009 - 09:15 PM  Reply  Quote

Its a serious car, suspension wise its got custom mounts all through it, personal i agree its too low, it couldnt launch over the ripple strips that you really need to do at oran.. Need more rear end grip it was laying down rubber every time it accelrated from a cornor... it did a 1:13 i reackon it would have another 3-4 seconds in it with more time

29th March 2009 - 09:31 PM  Reply  Quote

What shocks? I remember reading what it had but can't remember. Ohlins?

29th March 2009 - 10:09 PM  Reply  Quote

MCA Murrey Coates with custom top mounts

30th March 2009 - 07:34 AM  Reply  Quote

Interesting. Never seen them used but they wouldn't have gone half arsed.

I assume they have high and low speed bump and rebound because that is essentially what they need. It's what makes a car fast in most cases. BTCC, WTCC, DTM, even V8 Supertaxi's. I love bagging them out but underneath there's nothing taxi about them! If you tried to launch over ripple strips like they do in a car with even fairly high spec Coil Overs you'll end up in the wall! Same goes for any of those categories. It allows them massive corner speed and that gives them the exit speed onto the straight, where even more time is made. BTCC and WTCC aren't all the powerful but they'd give our Taxi's a good run which is all down to good brakes and chassis development. Using top of the line dampers. You're talking probably $3000+ per corner plus the dollars to tune them and getting them to work

Anyway, this is a photography thread

30th March 2009 - 08:34 AM  Reply  Quote

Very true MCA is very popular with both the tarmac and gravel rally boys. Im assuming they went with them as Murrey is a QLD so some nice local support... The rally dampers are usually around the 5K per cornor mark with the external canisters.. They looked like they had all the bells and whistles would of easily been 60mm pistons in the shocks.

We can talk more over msn:)

30th March 2009 - 10:41 AM  Reply  Quote

More g10 fun

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5th April 2009 - 04:11 PM  Reply  Quote

Cruise down the south coast?

5th April 2009 - 04:22 PM  Reply  Quote

yeah mate down to kiama

5th April 2009 - 07:03 PM  Reply  Quote

Good to see you making good use of the g10

5th April 2009 - 08:27 PM  Reply  Quote

Some snaps from today:

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Rest are uploading as i type this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmead/s...57616703330014/

Check out the website at:

http://www.matthewmead.net

13th April 2009 - 10:01 PM  Reply  Quote

top pics, keep up the great work

13th April 2009 - 10:06 PM  Reply  Quote

#9 is my fav.

14th April 2009 - 09:25 AM  Reply  Quote

Hey dude if you ever go do some landscape shots in the shire let me know

Or any car shoots for that matter.

Didnt realise you lived so close by!!! Will be good to meet another photographer. If its cool with ya.

14th April 2009 - 07:25 PM  Reply  Quote

ill let you know i think i have car shoot in the shire soon. Most of the landscape stuff i do is the spare of the moment kind of thing

14th April 2009 - 08:37 PM  Reply  Quote

And what a beast it is LOL

14th April 2009 - 08:47 PM  Reply  Quote

oh forgot about your car, i have 2 then lol

14th April 2009 - 09:41 PM  Reply  Quote

Awww young love blossoming.

Go boys, run and frolic in the fields, don't be ashamed by what people say! Men in tight, tiny denim shorts are always in fashion!

14th April 2009 - 10:37 PM  Reply  Quote

My car?

15th April 2009 - 09:20 AM  Reply  Quote

Went to Wagga Wagga for work today so i took the point and shoot out while i was in the plane

went alittle silly with the editing


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luving the g10

17th April 2009 - 09:32 PM  Reply  Quote

love them.

17th April 2009 - 11:21 PM  Reply  Quote

#3 is my fav, great detail in the whole frame. Going hardcore on the vignette but.

19th April 2009 - 05:10 PM  Reply  Quote

All shot from behind the fence as driving solutions are ass holes lol (wouldnt let anyone in front of it)

heaps of photos lol let me know what you think

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19th April 2009 - 06:27 PM  Reply  Quote

Beautiful photos as always dude

Its clear, its sharp, panning is spot on.. love the composition on some of these shots.. what more can i say??

19th April 2009 - 06:31 PM  Reply  Quote

Loving #9

Nice use of the doorway etc.. well at least I think so anyway :-D

19th April 2009 - 07:35 PM  Reply  Quote