[ericsmc83]

A few pics from today with my point 'n' shoot. No editing was done besides resizing.

Awesome turnout today for sure! Can't wait to see the pro shots!

[lpphreakx06]

Sucks I had to miss the biggest meet ever...

[TWiTCHY]

Originally Posted by lpphreakx06

Sucks I had to miss the biggest meet ever...

The location was OK, but I think it could have been better. I would suggest a place for next time but I don't know any besides GG, Alki, and XXX in Issaquah.

Did anyone get pics of me taking photos from Tony's car?

BTW, don't expect my photos until next week. I gotta do some for my school first, then I will go through last meet's photos, and then this one. Agh!

[lpphreakx06]

yeah, we ended up pulling the plug on fluffy

[TWiTCHY]

Originally Posted by lpphreakx06

yeah, we ended up pulling the plug on fluffy

I wish I would never have to go through that with ours. She's pretty old, and I fear the day she dies. My family has plans to adopt another dog after our current one passes away, just to ease our emotions; maybe you should do the same? It would definitely make things easier, especially when you're back at square one and they're cute little pups

EDIT: Guys I made a big mistake. Instead of shooting in regular 21mp RAW on my cam, I shot in 10mp sRAW for the entire meet (to save some room on the CF cards), which means that I can't use DxO to correct my photos of lens distortion and such. They won't look as sharp and crisp as the photos I've taken in the past, just FYI. I gotta get me some high-cap memory cards

Here's a teaser...not the actual meet BTW, but on our way back when I had time to mess around in Tony's E93



Oh yeah, about the rolling shots...apparently a wide-angle on a full-frame cam is horrible for rolling shots. Uh, I'll let you guys know how they turn out but so far the first two thirds of the photos with the wide-angle lens aren't looking too jolly...until I switched to my telephoto

[245 sleeper]

Nice pics Eric.... Tell your friend (I guess) Andy for being the chef at the BBQ meet.

We need to plan for a longer drive and lots of rollin pics. Everyone on that drive from Eastgate way really behave and play safe.....awesome.

Eric, did you and David said PNBMW? oh yeah.......

[TWiTCHY]

Originally Posted by 245 sleeper

Nice pics Eric.... Tell your friend (I guess) Andy for being the chef at the BBQ meet.

We need to plan for a longer drive and lots of rollin pics. Everyone on that drive from Eastgate way really behave and play safe.....awesome.

Eric, did you and David said PNBMW? oh yeah.......

I've been longing for a drive instead of a park-and-eat meet. Track or twisty roads up a canyon during the summer... Would make awesome pics.

[lpphreakx06]

Eric's room mates are super friendly.

[scollins]

Originally Posted by TWiTCHY

I've been longing for a drive instead of a park-and-eat meet. Track or twisty roads up a canyon during the summer... Would make awesome pics.

Too bad you will be in school next Thursday, I'm doing the BMW CCA HPDE down at Pacific Raceways. Road Course FTMFW!!!

I didn't take a lot of pics, but I'll get a few up soon.

Oh, and a few of us rolled out to XXX in Issaquah, just in time to catch the end of the big car show they were having. Yeah, Sundays at XXX would be a BAD idea for a meet.

The location for the BBQ doesn't have great scenery for photography, but it is secluded (meaning less hassles) and relatively unknown by the Alki swarmers. NO way in hell would we have been able to get that many cars parked together at any other spot near Alki today.

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by TWiTCHY

I've been longing for a drive instead of a park-and-eat meet. Track or twisty roads up a canyon during the summer... Would make awesome pics.

+1

Looking forward to those pictures

[scollins]

Pics:

I didn't catch this guy's name....




Twitchy! Looks like a perfect "Caption This...." contest.

[Adamk24]

I got there just in time to run into Eric, which was the last person to leave, but at least someone else can prove I was there! Oh yeah, event attendance +1

[TWiTCHY]

Originally Posted by scollins

Pics:

LOL that tripod was so useless and overburdening. Should have left it at home. Next time...I'll know what to bring

And I couldn't resist HDR'ing this one:



Anyone with a Canon know why sRAW is horrible at single-file-conversion HDR? I get lines and pink artifacts in dark dark shadows. They're somewhat visible in this photo but I desaturated the pink color.

Ok, sRAW is just evil. Period.

[245 sleeper]

hahaha.... Twitchy i thought that last pics was awesome.

[245 sleeper]

Damn twitchy that pic from the back of the car is just some mad skills.

We got to plan some Mt.Rainer or Grand coulee dam drive. this can be a day trip.

[TWiTCHY]

Originally Posted by 245 sleeper

Damn twitchy that pic from the back of the car is just some mad skills.

We got to plan some Mt.Rainer or Grand coulee dam drive. this can be a day trip.

Thanks!

But it must be during the summer
Being at the age I am, I have a feeling my parents wouldn't approve of such a drive. They would claim it would be too dangerous and assume that I would die from falling/driving off the cliff. I'll have to convince them somehow. BTW if I can find a place to rent those sticky pods (suction cups) I'll definitely get them for this drive and do both film and video.

[TWiTCHY]

Originally Posted by scollins

Too bad you will be in school next Thursday, I'm doing the BMW CCA HPDE down at Pacific Raceways. Road Course FTMFW!!

They have that here?! Ahh I gotta do that someday...what's the minimum age?

[Johnny Lin]

Looks good~ thanks for the pics Eric.

[simonyau]

This is my first meet and I enjoyed it very much! Thanks everyone for making this meet possible.

It was nice talking to you all and hope to have another meet soon.

[scollins]

Originally Posted by TWiTCHY

They have that here?! Ahh I gotta do that someday...what's the minimum age?

Minimum age is 18 to drive.

[Septro]

Less Talky Talky and more PICS! Some are touched up some are not - eh what the hell I'm an amateur so sue me

Eastgate P&R Pre-meet:


Baby 1Series looking hot:


Ooh me likey my new bumper:


Our fearless photographer:


Side view mirror sneak peek of David's car:


Man there was barely any parking!


Old skool M3 still got it:


New skool M3 is loud as snot:


Ken and his bad-ass Brembos:

[Flea7]

Wow!
Nice turnout...I'm bummed that I couldn't make it.