08SolarFlareH3
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Thanks for the great pics TrailBreaker!
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Badlands Offroad Park-Nov 5-6th-Attica In
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spongebobnopants
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We had a great time with the H3's Saturday. Most of our pictures are of H3's and I'm still sifting through 7 gigs of video. Might take me a while to get them posted but here are a few:
One of these is not like the others...
One of these is not like the others...
08SolarFlareH3
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spongbobnopants, thanks for the pics! I take it the FJ was yours?
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Yep. Paladine71 took out a a group a FJ's about a month ago and I had a blast, plus I kinda like the security of being surrounded by H3's. I met some great folks and would wheel with them again anytime. They didn't even kick me out of the photo.
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Well its all about having fun and it doesn't matter what you are driving! We even have a couple members who have sold there H3's and went Jeep and we encourage them to stay and post there new build. BTW, your FJ is a great looking rig.Yep. Paladine71 took out a a group a FJ's about a month ago and I had a blast, plus I kinda like the security of being surrounded by H3's. I met some great folks and would wheel with them again anytime. They didn't even kick me out of the photo.
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Also if you have a build thread on another forum, feel free to post it here. I am sure there are plenty of people on here who would love to see it.
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I didn't do much. I just asked if people wanted to go and then showed up to drive. Real credit goes to Trailbreaker and 4SpeedFunk for leading on the trails, and to Hunner for doing the long drive. It was great to wheel a new park with new friends.
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That's a great idea! My wife is torn between the FJ that she owns and the H3 because they really impressed her. You build could help her decide.
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The H1 PsychoSquad hosted the All-Cal FJ event at Psycho Ranch a few months back. I had a great time looking at the builds and talking to the owners. There were some really cool rigs there and some guys had obviously taken their builds to the limit. If you have a build thread lots of us would enjoy seeing it.
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Great pics everyone. Looks like a great day on the trails. And welcome to you Spongebob!
Paladine - interesting "parking" against that tree :whaa:
Paladine - interesting "parking" against that tree :whaa:
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Tight turn from hell.... :roll:
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Cool pics, S-Bob! I especially like the one of our truck on the off camber. Seldom do pics show that well. You can tell it in that pic, though. Also love your group photo. Post more up if you got 'em!
..and before I forget, it was great to meet you. Hope to wheel with you again in the future!
..and before I forget, it was great to meet you. Hope to wheel with you again in the future!
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Great meeting everyone! I'll do a build thread in the near future. Her are a few more:
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[video=youtube_share;_FbNVeGP13k]http://youtu.be/_FbNVeGP13k[/video]
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SpongeBob, that movie trailer is awesome!!!! SOme great footage in there.
When is the full version release date? LOL
Thanks for coming out and wheeling with us.
Jason
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When is the full version release date? LOL
Thanks for coming out and wheeling with us.
Jason
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08SolarFlareH3
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That last set of pictures are amazing. I haven't had a chance to watch the video (at work) but look forward to seeing it.
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That is so bad a$$!!!!!!:corn:
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iMovie did most the work, I just picked out some good shots from gigs of mundane footage. I'm pretty green to doing the movie stuff, but will try to get some longer video. It sure does make you want to get back out on the trail. All the video was taken with a spare phone I had mounted to the dash. Sorry for not getting everyones name in correctly. If anyone wants to P.M. the correct screen names for the trailer, I can update it. The actually movie may take some time.
We had a waterproof camera that I forgot to mount to the bumper:sigh:. maybe next time. Thanks to the people that took some of me in action, There were some folks out there with as much money in camera gear as I have in mods.
We had a waterproof camera that I forgot to mount to the bumper:sigh:. maybe next time. Thanks to the people that took some of me in action, There were some folks out there with as much money in camera gear as I have in mods.
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We had a waterproof camera that I forgot to mount to the bumper:sigh:. maybe next time. Thanks to the people that took some of me in action, There were some folks out there with as much money in camera gear as I have in mods.
That reminds me, if anyone sees a pic that I posted of thier truck, and wants a better copy. PM me your email address and I will send it to you. Its always hard to get pics of your own truck while out wheelin.
I have had some time to decompress and went thru the rest of my pictures. I may start a camera thread at some point but wanted to throw out some observations about this particular event. Just wanted to share some opinions on shooting these kind of pictures.
I too have many more and if someone wants a shot of their rig I can send you the full file so prints will be high quality.
I found this run to be like most, that it is hard to be everywhere at once. I'm slower than I used to be!
I see shots I can't grab and because of a large group and moving along it's hard to jump out and get. Some windshield shots work fairly well but do affect color balance a bit but auto compensation usually balances it out.
Saturday was one of those severe clear days. Low morning sun and late afternoon sun this time of year plus very high contrast conditions made it hard for me to get the right combinations. I used a matrix metering setting and still had some dark shadows. I did post process a few to lighten shadows. I used the on board fill flash for some shots down in the bottoms because of the deep shadows. I probably should have pulled out my high power flash but already had more than I could grab and jump out and shoot.
I have a display of 20 x 30 prints in my shop that have turned out really well convincing me digital has finally arrived. I shoot a Nikon D300 now which is a DX format. That is slightly smaller than a 35mm film negative. So a lens' stated focal length is actually effectively 1.5 times more.
Here is an example of one of the zoom lenses I have. The first one is at 75mm (effective 150mm) With H3's and T's running around everywhere I decided to stay in one place on a dune and gallery shoot as many as I could. It was comical. What a day and what a group of functional H3's and T's.
This is the same lens at 200mm (effective 300mm) and of course could be blown up some but I liked the scale of how big this place was in these shots by the size of the H3.
These are at about the same settings.
I'm showing these that I used fill flash on not to show Paladine in a bind, somebody had to go first! I wanted to show how the flash fills in shadows and also how well people just naturally pitched in and worked together to recover vehicles without doing more damage. The FJ seemed to be in the right spot several times to assist and was even eager to try his winch. Thanks for that. It was so tight in some places it would be difficult to move another vehicle into position to winch. I think he was in line for that at least three times. I felt like I was with friends and the teamwork was exceptional and everyone was eager to help.
In my original photo link I just posted a few shots of different areas. I tried to put different vehicles in most. I will try to look for more shots of individual rigs that some of you may want to see.
Had a great time, the free t-shirt, chili mac and BBQ from 4 Wheel parts was not bad either! I guess they do have some things I want.
http://www.acdseeonline.com/share-view/DHunter/NWJrtmkAZnSxWNCxOPTg/
I too have many more and if someone wants a shot of their rig I can send you the full file so prints will be high quality.
I found this run to be like most, that it is hard to be everywhere at once. I'm slower than I used to be!
I see shots I can't grab and because of a large group and moving along it's hard to jump out and get. Some windshield shots work fairly well but do affect color balance a bit but auto compensation usually balances it out.
Saturday was one of those severe clear days. Low morning sun and late afternoon sun this time of year plus very high contrast conditions made it hard for me to get the right combinations. I used a matrix metering setting and still had some dark shadows. I did post process a few to lighten shadows. I used the on board fill flash for some shots down in the bottoms because of the deep shadows. I probably should have pulled out my high power flash but already had more than I could grab and jump out and shoot.
I have a display of 20 x 30 prints in my shop that have turned out really well convincing me digital has finally arrived. I shoot a Nikon D300 now which is a DX format. That is slightly smaller than a 35mm film negative. So a lens' stated focal length is actually effectively 1.5 times more.
Here is an example of one of the zoom lenses I have. The first one is at 75mm (effective 150mm) With H3's and T's running around everywhere I decided to stay in one place on a dune and gallery shoot as many as I could. It was comical. What a day and what a group of functional H3's and T's.
This is the same lens at 200mm (effective 300mm) and of course could be blown up some but I liked the scale of how big this place was in these shots by the size of the H3.
These are at about the same settings.
I'm showing these that I used fill flash on not to show Paladine in a bind, somebody had to go first! I wanted to show how the flash fills in shadows and also how well people just naturally pitched in and worked together to recover vehicles without doing more damage. The FJ seemed to be in the right spot several times to assist and was even eager to try his winch. Thanks for that. It was so tight in some places it would be difficult to move another vehicle into position to winch. I think he was in line for that at least three times. I felt like I was with friends and the teamwork was exceptional and everyone was eager to help.
In my original photo link I just posted a few shots of different areas. I tried to put different vehicles in most. I will try to look for more shots of individual rigs that some of you may want to see.
Had a great time, the free t-shirt, chili mac and BBQ from 4 Wheel parts was not bad either! I guess they do have some things I want.
http://www.acdseeonline.com/share-view/DHunter/NWJrtmkAZnSxWNCxOPTg/
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Thanks everyone for helping the newbie around the park we had a great time and enjoyed the experience. Like most I am sorting through video and pictures and hope to have some up here later this week. I didnt take that many pics as I had too much adrenaline pumping through me. Thanks Hunner for getting a shot of mine going up that hill!
Thanks everyone for helping the newbie around the park we had a great time and enjoyed the experience. Like most I am sorting through video and pictures and hope to have some up here later this week. I didnt take that many pics as I had too much adrenaline pumping through me. Thanks Hunner for getting a shot of mine going up that hill!<br><br><img src="http://www.hummer4x4offroad.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2011&stc=1" attachmentid="2011" alt="" id="vbattach_2011" class="previewthumb"><img src="http://www.hummer4x4offroad.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2012&stc=1" attachmentid="2012" alt="" id="vbattach_2012" class="previewthumb">
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Looks like it was a great time. Thanks for all the pictures!