Mynaro's Turismo VZ Monaro

[SteveK]

Seeing as everyone else is putting up details of their 4 wheel beauties, here's my little photo album.

Details: VZ Monaro 2005 M6 Turismo

Options: Sunroof, bluetooth, factory tint.

Click to enlarge...

Delivery day!
http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_binnacles_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_binnacles.jpg)http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_dash_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_dash.jpg)http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_munro01_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_munro01.jpg)
http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_munro02_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_munro02.jpg)http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_munro03_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_munro03.jpg)http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_munro04_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/VZ/vz_munro04.jpg)

New digital camera arrives so had to make user of it
http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0015_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0015.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0018_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0018.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0019_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0019.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0020_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0020.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0021_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0021.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0058_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0058.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0090_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0090.jpg)

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0095_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0095.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0100_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0100.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0113_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0113.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0115_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0115.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0121_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0121.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0124_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0124.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0128_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/IMGP0128.jpg)

Fancy Smancy effects. (aka remove all color bar blue)
Blue Shmoo 2 (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/BlueShmoo2.jpg)
Blue Shmoo 3 (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/BlueShmoo3.jpg)
2 Cats & a Lion (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/Pumba-Harry-Monaro.jpg)

Enjoy.

[mallen]

Very sexy - love it.

Ps - nice pussy.

[DaveHAT]

But where is the bubble dome and La-cukaracha horn Steve? :lol:

Very nice indeed. Love the dual rear pipes on the VZ's. :bravo:

[SteveK]

But where is the bubble dome and La-cukaracha horn Steve? :lol:

I like you Tiger, you funny guy, that's why I kill you last.


Very nice indeed. Love the dual rear pipes on the VZ's. :bravo:

Yes indeedy and the stock sound that comes out of them is Kellogs: Just Right.

Cheers,
Long lost brother of Herbert Powell. *apparently*

[Ghosn]

Awesome work Steve, looks a treat. I should be joining the VZ stable soon enough ;)

[Maccas]

hey mynaro car looks the goods, gotta say the photos where u blacked out the background make the turismo blue look a different colour, always felt the turismo blue should have only been a monaro colour is the only car that it suits properly, but black would be better

cheers maccas

[RED R8]

hey mynaro car looks the goods, gotta say the photos where u blacked out the background make the turismo blue look a different colour, always felt the turismo blue should have only been a monaro colour is the only car that it suits properly, but black would be better

cheers maccas
Nice car mate turismo is actually growing on me.

PS:How do you remove all colour except the blue what edit software do you use it looks great.

[Pickles]

Excellent photos--wish I could do that!! What sort of Camera did you buy, & why. I love cats too!
Cheers, Pickles.

[zacz]

Very very nice mynaro!

:bravo: :bravo: :bravo: :bravo: :bravo: :bravo:

[SteveK]

Nice car mate turismo is actually growing on me.

Cheers Daz.


PS:How do you remove all colour except the blue what edit software do you use it looks great.

Ok, listen carefully cos I'm only gonna explain this once. I use Photoshop and some basic tools within photoshop so the equivalents in other apps should be easily adaptable.

Step 1: First just load up the image you want to fiddle with. In this case I went searching for a red Monaro/GTO and found this lucky winner.

http://c5wiseguys.org/tswgto3.jpg

Step 2: Next we want to fiddle with the levels of specific colours so we go into the HUE/Saturation option.

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/hilite-colour-1.jpg

Step 3: In here we have a drop down listing a few of the more common colours. Seeing as this is red, we want to select every other colour (not including Master as that works across the entire image) other than red.

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/hilite-colour-2.jpg

Step 4: Once selected, drag the saturation slider all the way to the left, or to where that particular colour becomes totally greyed out. (If you drag it the other way, it boosts the colour. I do this to ever so slightly to increase the vibrancy of the colour I'm keeping).

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/hilite-colour-3.jpg

Step 5: Ok, so all we are left with now is just any and all reds present in the picture. Notice that we still have some red gutters and some reddish bricks on the houses in the background. We'll need to manually desaturate those.

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/hilite-colour-4.jpg

Step 6: We use the lassoo or selection tools as highlighted below to select around those areas that need further work. Careful not to select parts of the car that you want to keep red.

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/hilite-colour-5.jpg

Step 7: Once selected, we just selected 'Desaturate' from the menu, or the equivalent keyboard short cut and voila, greyed out. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until you are satisfied with the results. Sometimes you may want to leave other parts of the image with the reds intact. All depends on the photo you are trying to achieve.

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/hilite-colour-6.jpg

Step 8: At this point, you've got yourself a nice looking image but I like to go a little further and bring out some dynamics in the image to get more impact. I just adjust the brightness and saturation.

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/hilite-colour-7.jpg

Step 9: Ok, drag the brightness down a little (this adjusts how 'black' an image will get) and adjust the contrast up a little (this adjusts how 'white' an image will get). By doing so you'll get deeper blacks and whiter whites from an otherwise dull flat image. Going even more extreme on these sliders will get you more High Contrast styled results.

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/hilite-colour-8.jpg

Final Image: And here's the results of some little time and effort.

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/tswgto3-after.jpg

Not to be outdone, I wanted to try this on a yellow car so I nominated Pickles for the second example. Huge difference.

Before:

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/KMHGTO-before.jpg

After:

http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/KMHGTO-after.jpg

Note: It works better when you have the original, uncompressed image to work with as adjusting these sliders on a heavily compressed JPEG will result in you revealing the compression used with the appearance of blocky colours. You'll know what I mean when you see it.

Have fun,
Steve

[RED R8]

Thanks very informative.

What programme is that Steve mine doesn't seem to be able to do it.

[vyssbeast]

photoshop ... i just tried it on that same GTO (pickles)
worked just as he said ...
great step by step mate, saved me a shitload of fiddling around with the laso tool lol

[SteveK]

photoshop ... i just tried it on that same GTO (pickles)
worked just as he said ...
great step by step mate, saved me a shitload of fiddling around with the laso tool lol

Good to hear. This is another plus to not having a 'black' car NickS. ;) :stick:
Although, you could probably just leave the red brake calipers as red. :lol:

Steve

[BLQWN]

Nice car mate, still love the colour and the way it changes so much in the different light as seen in your photo's....ah I miss my old one..
cheers

[VHSLE]

There is an easier way to do that in photoshop.

Once you opened your image go to the heading 'layer' and select 'duplicate layer'. It will ask if you want it as a background layer - select yes.

Then just desaturate all colours (master) as shown above, using the 'image' - 'adjust' - 'hue/saturation' tool.

Then go round the car using the lasso tool (again as shown above), being careful not to reveal the background (basically the opposite of what was mentioned above) once selected hit the delete key. The background remains whatever you changed it to and the original version of the car is revealed. This selection and delete process can be done in pieces if preferred.

To save as a jpg again select 'layer' - 'flatten image', then save as.

Done

The advantage to doing it this way is that the object which is to remain coloured, being a car in this case, doesn't change in colour or brightness at all. Obviously if you want to change it you can, just do that first before you do the duplicate layer.

For car related photoshopping check out the website below, it is very helpful:

http://www.digimods.co.uk/tutorials/tutorials.htm

Cheers

[fireceptor]

wish i had one .......umm a front on my vx ss would do for now i guess:cool:

[NickS]

Good to hear. This is another plus to not having a 'black' car NickS. ;) :stick:
Although, you could probably just leave the red brake calipers as red. :lol:

Steve
I was going to say .... do mine, do mine !!! :lol:

Nice pics Steve, car looks great as always, gotta love the "Smurf Monaro" :D

Does it have rack & peanut steering ???

[SteveK]

I was going to say .... do mine, do mine !!! :lol:

Nice pics Steve, car looks great as always, gotta love the "Smurf Monaro" :D

http://www.spilya.com/albums/media/all_your_smurf.jpg


Does it have rack & peanut steering ???

:jester: Homer, that was the funniest thing you've ever said and no-one was around to read it. Clap Clap!!!

Steve.

[PUMPED]

awesome colour they look tuff as

[VZGEN4]

Mate thats a sexy monaro!

Gotta love the cat closest to the camera... It's got a maine... tuff

[monsterls1]

Awesome colour, monaro's kick arse!

[andy68]

great lookin car bud

[SteveK]

I figured out my digicam has a proper night mode on it so with the help of a friend I got some more pics done.

Shutter Effects
http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBlurRear_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBlurRear.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBlurLeft_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBlurLeft.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBlurRight_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBlurRight.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBlurFront_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBlurFront.jpg)

Evolution - Original VT sedan to VZ Coupe
http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoToys_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoToys.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBro_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBro.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBro2_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBro2.jpg)

Standard effects collection
http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoHighContrast_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoHighContrast.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoTwins_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoTwins.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBold_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBold.jpg)

Rooftop car park - Knox
http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBollards_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBollards.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoSlick_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoSlick.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBollards2_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoBollards2.jpg)

Underground car park - Knox
http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoPerfect10_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoPerfect10.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoSpotlight_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoSpotlight.jpg) http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoChin_.jpg (http://www.red5.net.au/images/LS1/TurismoChin.jpg)

[SteveK]

It's been a while since I posted up some pics of my ride so thought it was time to revive my own thread.

Here's a small sample pics of the Blue Shmoo right after she got her stage 2 detail at Final Inspection thanks to Damian and his TLC.

Click to embiggen.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1396/1447705722_7e3333b681.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1447705722&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1385/1457830907_bb84c91f1c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1457830907&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1422/1451167619_d2d986c8d3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1451167619&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1122/1452023876_560ba5a3a8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1452023876&size=o)

I think she looks pretty darn good for her age. 2.5 years young and 65,000ks strong.

I have more pics from the location that I may upload soon.

Cheers,
Steve

[macca33]

Looking very schmicko there Steve. A great looking and classy rig.

Cheers,

Macca

[Mungrel]

Final Inspection did a great job by the look of it.
Great looking premises too!
Thats how i want my shed to look :bawl:

[mustanger]

Hey Steve, It is way too shiney.........Give it a respray ......:lol: :lmao:Cheers John

[Ghosn]

She has come up a treat Steve and Damian is the Master, he did my car. :bow:

[SteveK]

She has come up a treat Steve and Damian is the Master, he did my car. :bow:

Yup, I went there on yours and others recommendations.


Hey Steve, It is way too shiney.........Give it a respray ......:lol: :lmao:Cheers John

Yes, water restrictions have kept the shine protected under a layer of Melbourne dust and grime.


Final Inspection did a great job by the look of it.
Great looking premises too!
Thats how i want my shed to look :bawl:

Yup, classy establishment and fantastic work area for only detailing one car. He needs it to be that big to hold those huge rain water tanks off to the side. Mammoths.


Looking very schmicko there Steve. A great looking and classy rig.

Thanks Macca and co.

[Curtis-R]

Looking Shmicko there Steve... Final Inspection certainly do a great job.

We need to get together for another photoshoot around docklands! :P

[Dug]

We need to get together for another photoshoot around docklands! :P

Agreed. 100%

... I mean, shopping.

[VXCLUBBYLS1]

nice ride ya cat looks like its been electricuted lol

[SteveK]

Thanks for all the comments folks.

Here's the rest of the selection of pics after the detail. That's all for now.

Click to make biggerer!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1317/1483460379_cb62d72641.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1483460379&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1074/1483461611_3c28718629.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1483461611&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1373/1484318658_8acdb0acc0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1484318658&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1002/1484317496_6734c3448e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1484317496&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1018/1483465001_33f051be37.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1483465001&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1335/1483466429_9cb88ec604.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1483466429&size=o)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1427/1483465547_6c24fecbd1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1483465547&size=o)

[BLU50L]

Great car. Theres one of these at a dealer near me, looks hot. Just need to find 50k and im gonna buy it.
They look good lowered on the original wheels as well.:bow:

[tigrrss]

Lookin good Stevo, that color didn't really do it for me until I looked at your pics.Comes up a treat.:bow:

[SteveK]

Ok, I've been mulling over some simple cosmetic changes to the ride, thanks to Curtis and his wheel colouring. So here is a photoshop effort of the ride lowered, with black wheels and HSV tails. The second pic is just a photoshop of the HSV tails. I think I'm in love with pic 1.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/1872351564_323b158f17.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1872351564&size=o)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2257/1725699704_ff42116f4c.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1725699704&size=o)

There are more pics to view from this shoot in the multimedia section where swingtan and I showcased the "Turismo Twins" (http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=86266).

[mustanger]

Full Ee Sic Mate

[BLU50L]

No on the black wheels but yes to the lowering.

[mustanger]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1317/1483460379_cb62d72641.jpg You didn`t tell us you had a Ferrari as well :)

[ACUZED]

reallly 2.5 years old... she dont show it 65,000ks and not even a mark on her wat u do drive her round in bubble wrap:) nice ride

[chill]

[QUOTE=SteveK;1063643]Ok, I've been mulling over some simple cosmetic changes to the ride, thanks to Curtis and his wheel colouring. So here is a photoshop effort of the ride lowered, with black wheels and HSV tails. The second pic is just a photoshop of the HSV tails. I think I'm in love with pic 1.

holy crap! pic one is amazing! i love that car, i hope you do lower and black the stock wheels! great way to keep it clean and mean!

chrish

[V28VX37]

Ok, I've been mulling over some simple cosmetic changes to the ride, thanks to Curtis and his wheel colouring. So here is a photoshop effort of the ride lowered, with black wheels and HSV tails. The second pic is just a photoshop of the HSV tails. I think I'm in love with pic 1.

Great stuff Steve go for it! One of the first things I swapped was the stock red taillights into the CV8-R blood red ones. Love em.

Just remember once you start modding that's it, there's no end to it :rofl:

[DaveHAT]

Ok, I've been mulling over some simple cosmetic changes to the ride, thanks to Curtis and his wheel colouring. So here is a photoshop effort of the ride lowered, with black wheels and HSV tails. The second pic is just a photoshop of the HSV tails. I think I'm in love with pic 1.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/1872351564_323b158f17.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1872351564&size=o)


:shock: you're not the only one Steve. :bravo:

I'm generally not a fan of Turismo but that looks most palatable. :yup:

Does it come with an espresso machine or a snow cone maker? :D

[eldan89]

That is one of the cleanest, most pristine Monaro's I have ever seen. You've done a good job looking after it.

If you ever decide to get your wheels painted, give Craig at colorurmags a call. I had a set of 17's powder coated for $250 and their faultless, and I'm super fussy about workmanship. http://www.colorurmags.com.au

[EXCESSV]

awesome monaro mate.
great colour and some great photos...you know your way around a camera...
hoping one day i can get as good with my 30D

reckon the black rims and HSV tailights look hot as :drool:
subtle changes but really set it off...awesome look :bow:

[Wonky]

That is one of the cleanest, most pristine Monaro's I have ever seen. You've done a good job looking after it.
Yeah, it's a great looking car in the flesh too! (Thanks also to Damian at Final Inspection for the recent detail too! :))

[Curtis-R]

That is one of the cleanest, most pristine Monaro's I have ever seen. You've done a good job looking after it.

If you ever decide to get your wheels painted, give Craig at colorurmags a call. I had a set of 17's powder coated for $250 and their faultless, and I'm super fussy about workmanship. http://www.colorurmags.com.au

Personally did find these guys very helpful when asking about getting my wheels chrome shadowed... they kinda put it in the too hard basket for some reason..

...Anyway bring on the dark wheels Steve! Take the fetish to the next level! :)

[VT_Calais57]

LOVE TURISMO BLUE!!!

awesome colour. really do like it alot on ur ride mate.

good luck with the future

[Wonky]

Personally did find these guys very helpful when asking about getting my wheels chrome shadowed... they kinda put it in the too hard basket for some reason..
Should that have been "Personally did NOT find......." Curtis? You used RacePaint didn't you?

[Curtis-R]

Should that have been "Personally did NOT find......." Curtis? You used RacePaint didn't you?

..Cough yes... my bad.. Cheers Wonky.

Steve get some more pics up with dark wheels k ;)

[HaVQuik]

that is nice as

[SteveK]

Has it really been two years since I put anything in this thread? Sheesh.

Well, she's just crossed another milestone. It's a small number, but there are six of them.

111,111km on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/3774463397/)

Dug gets in on the snapshot action.
Like Moths to a Flame on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/3180424039/)

Old school vs Nu Skool
Old Style vs New Guile on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/3102610868/)

Stopping off for some dinner.
Park Bench on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/2534454330/)

A dream garage
My Dream Garage on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/2834794103/)

Back in 2005, we never had colour like you young whipper snappers do now.
Flickr: Image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/783210215/)

Water restrictions. When your car beads it allows the rain to flow into the gutters. It's called being concerned for the environment. Now where's my fuel card.
Repellent on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/2607163863/)

Blurry goodness
Tail Bokeh on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/3330186899/)

New lens, new moon.
Blue Moon on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/3777299250/)

I really like this lens. :)
The Blue Shmoo on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/3776492489/)

As always, for those desperate enough, there are more pics of the car and other photography exploits in my flickr account (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/tags/monaro).

[mustanger]

Hey there Steve:goodjob:

Good to see you are still alive :smilesandbanana:.........Cheers John

[SteveK]

Hey there Steve:goodjob:

Good to see you are still alive :smilesandbanana:.........Cheers John

Hey Mustaki, still around and still kicking. Good to know you're still keeping an eye out for me. ;)

[oranpark_addict]

Hey Steve nice ride!!!
Nice photography, nice fuel economy, nice radio station, and the lambo makes the monaro look likes it a landcruiser.:)

[calais190]

Hey mate! seen some of your photography skills on the FI forums as well, you're a photo genius! each photo in their own right amazes me. Do you work as a professional photographer? and if so who do you shoot for, and what is that you like taking pictures of most?

The monaro looks awesome too, your pictures have made me appreciate the turismo blue so much! i never liked it until i saw your photos haha.. well done mate

[Mad4Monaros]

Nice Monaro mate, but I'm biased. Love your photo work also!!

Are you a member of the Monaro Club of Vic?

[iloveholden]

I always love your photos mate...good stuff :D

[mustanger]

Has it really been two years since I put anything in this thread? Sheesh.



So you only got 2 years for that armed robbery job?......Gee time flies:jester:

[SteveK]

Hey Steve nice ride!!!
Nice photography, nice fuel economy, nice radio station, and the lambo makes the monaro look likes it a landcruiser.:)

Thanks, fuel economy was good because I did a reset about a minute before I took the shot. Normally it would sit around 16L/100. Today it's sitting on 19L/100. What fuel crisis? :p


Hey mate! seen some of your photography skills on the FI forums as well, you're a photo genius! each photo in their own right amazes me. Do you work as a professional photographer? and if so who do you shoot for, and what is that you like taking pictures of most?

Thanks mate. Photography has only been part of my life for the last 3 years but yes it's getting better and starting to get a few wedding gigs too. So I guess some people out there feel the results are worthy enough to pay for. I'm not complaining.

I started off taking pics of cars but then you soon realise there is only so many photos you can take of a car. It has personality, but nothing like people, which is why I'm enjoying photography more doing wedding photography. There's so many different aspects that you can have fun capturing.

Photographing cars is just a release and you can really have some fun with a static object.


The monaro looks awesome too, your pictures have made me appreciate the turismo blue so much! i never liked it until i saw your photos haha.. well done mate

As they should, it's a great colour. Picked the car up from the service yesterday and at the dealership in the waiting bay there were all new HSVs and SSs but guess which car stood out like a sore thumb. ;)


Nice Monaro mate, but I'm biased. Love your photo work also!!

Are you a member of the Monaro Club of Vic?

Hey Manazo, no I'm not. Been asked to join but haven't felt the need to.


I always love your photos mate...good stuff :D

Thanks champ. :)


So you only got 2 years for that armed robbery job?......Gee time flies:jester:

$4.5 mill is not bad for two years. Problem is I forgot where I put the stash. The kid down the street has some gold spokey-dokeys on his BMX. He looks shifty, especially with that 13 yr old mexican fluff of a moustache he's sporting.

[Groboz]

Very nice car and the best hero colour that Holden has produced and I'm not at all biased ;)

[Pickles]

G'day Steve, just went through this thread again & noticed you'd used a shot of our GTO for some adjustments.....I used to do a bit of photography myself, but only 35mm, with all sorts of different lenses etc. Haven't really got into digital, but it's certainly amazing what can be done in the "computer age" isn't it!
Love your Monaro, & love Turismo which would be one of the rarest colours would it not?
Just love all variations of the CV8, we've done just over 53000ks in our GTO, so you're a long way in front of us.
Cheers, Pickles.

[Mad4Monaros]

Love your Monaro, & love Turismo which would be one of the rarest colours would it not?


Not 100% sure if Turismo is the rarest colour but I don't see as many of them around in that colour as I do others. Which can only be a good thing! =)

In VZ Monaro's the least colours I see are Turismo and for some strange reason Red....

[Ghosn]

Still looking good Steve, love your work!


I will be needing to borrow some of your time soon when I get my car detailed if that's ok? :wave:

[Nidz]

Still lovin' ya photos.. Cant' wait till this winter is over with and bring on another year of the Knox cruises.. Maybe us photo people can get a photo shoot day going for some cars.. I'm keen and I know a few others who are... The tricky bit is finding a good location..

[cashie]

Some bloody good pic in your Flickr account, here are some of my favourites:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/2908603825_16609411ca.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2436546234_32fcb93984.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/383611451_a1ac6bd197.jpg

[SteveK]

Finally gone done it. Black tails are in. Thanks to Arnold for helping me source a set.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/4091975395_22eda24682_o.jpg

[iloveholden]

They look good mate :) Nice photo...as always Steve.

[SteveK]

Sorry guys, haven't been in here for a while. Alas, in April of last year the lease on the Monaro ended and after almost 6 years and 130,000km, the Blue Shmoo was sold in January to a new happy owner. He was the first to call, the first to come out and the first to buy on first inspection. It was truly a great car and I wanted to give her a nice send off so I organised for the South Eastern Freeway to be blocked off in both directions for an hour one Wednesday morning and took a photo of her with Dugs help.


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5243317115_58219756a4_b.jpg

Just kidding, a bit of photoshop trickery to make the freeway look empty for the lust hurrah.

Cheers,
Steve

[jkgmh]

So what you drivin now Steve ? :)

[SteveK]

So what you drivin now Steve ? :)

Still got a blue car, with 2 doors, 6 speed manual and dual exhausts, but it's a Golf R. If Holden had continued on with a V8 Coupe of sorts, I'd be right in there with my money but alas the sedans don't interest me and as much as I love the ute, in particular the Maloo, I still wanted those extra seats in the back.

But yes, I still miss the Blue Shmoo but needed something fresh on the lease and zee Germans provided a nice solution for my needs.

Steve.

[Speedy Gonzales]

Still got a blue car, with 2 doors, 6 speed manual and dual exhausts, but it's a Golf R. If Holden had continued on with a V8 Coupe of sorts, I'd be right in there with my money but alas the sedans don't interest me and as much as I love the ute, in particular the Maloo, I still wanted those extra seats in the back.

But yes, I still miss the Blue Shmoo but needed something fresh on the lease and zee Germans provided a nice solution for my needs.

Steve.

‪2010 Camaro SS Aqua Blue Metalic w/White Stripes‬‏ - YouTube

[SteveK]

‪2010 Camaro SS Aqua Blue Metalic w/White Stripes‬‏ - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvAw-96yICg&feature=related)

Trust me, I had a deposit ready for a Camaro in Aus. Problem was the last bit "in Aus".

[briancb1]

Trust me, I had a deposit ready for a Camaro in Aus. Problem was the last bit "in Aus".

Well there are all over here, come over and have one haha.

Great photos of your Monaro. I have a torrid 06 GTO but I rather have your old color.

[Wonky]

Sorry to hear the Blue Shmoo has gone Steve but from what I know you'll love the R!

[bossvt09]

Looks amazing, sad to see it go!