What did you do to your Rover today?

[glbft1]

oh yeah the 109 will be there the classic is for the wife and kids

[LR Max]

I drove my 109 to work.

I know it sounds stupid, but its the little things that make this labor of love worth it.

[smukai]

Spent two full days in the Rover. Drove across town to ref a hockey game and then stopped to watch the Bruins v Avs game at the Pepsi Center (I still have the coolest truck in that parking lot....) before heading home.

Sunday, the family and friends piled in to drive to the Denver Stock Show, then south for dim sum before returning home.

A good weekend in our Rover!

[rbbailey]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhcmbailey/5376675691/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhcmbailey/5377276308/

Beginning a restoration of the front half of the truck.

[Tim Smith]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhcmbailey/5376675691/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhcmbailey/5377276308/

Beginning a restoration of the front half of the truck.

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Beautiful camera work there! Don't tell me they are all from an Iphone 4, are they?
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[siii8873]

Iphone 4 and land rovers don't belong in the same conversation.

[Cutter]

Hmm, I use one as my speedo and to add more noise to the racket. Beautiful photos, I'm guessing it is more than a hobby...

[siii8873]

Just kidding They are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

[stonefox]

Iphone 4 and land rovers don't belong in the same conversation.

How else are you supposed to reach AAA.

[rbbailey]

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Beautiful camera work there! Don't tell me they are all from an Iphone 4, are they?
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Ha, ha! Thanks.

No, not an iPhone... but I did use an iPhone to light the scene. It was virtually black in there except for the light from the screen of the phone, which I used to 'paint' the areas of the truck that I wanted to show up on the camera -- which was a Nikon D200 on a tripod, shooting 20 second frames.

I then took the 4 or 5 images and layered them together in Photoshop, did a little bit here, a little bit there, and I have a much better photo than just a snap-shot with a blinding flash.

[mrdoiron]

Ha, ha! Thanks.

No, not an iPhone... but I did use an iPhone to light the scene. It was virtually black in there except for the light from the screen of the phone, which I used to 'paint' the areas of the truck that I wanted to show up on the camera -- which was a Nikon D200 on a tripod, shooting 20 second frames.

I then took the 4 or 5 images and layered them together in Photoshop, did a little bit here, a little bit there, and I have a much better photo than just a snap-shot with a blinding flash.

Interesting effect... so tripod stationary, only thing varying is the iPhone light then ? Was the phone help stationary also, or was that hand held ?

[rbbailey]

Interesting effect... so tripod stationary, only thing varying is the iPhone light then ? Was the phone help stationary also, or was that hand held ?

By hand. The camera won't see anything that isn't light, so as you move the phone around, you only have to keep it moving, even, and turned away from the camera.

Imagine each of the photos on top of one another, one with the wheel lit up, one with the bulkhead, one with the bumper and headlights. Then take each of those layers and tell the computer to only show the pixels of each layer that are brighter than the pixels below it, and so on, and that is the result.

Here are some more, also done in my garage with just an iPhone for light: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhcmbai...7625001107528/

As far as the Rover is concerned. I'm doing a restoration of the front end, maybe even an engine swap. It has run really well for the past two years, but it's time to restore the things that are going bad, so something bad doesn't happen, and so I won't be into much more $$$$$$$ down the road!

[LaneRover]

By hand. The camera won't see anything that isn't light, so as you move the phone around, you only have to keep it moving, even, and turned away from the camera.

Imagine each of the photos on top of one another, one with the wheel lit up, one with the bulkhead, one with the bumper and headlights. Then take each of those layers and tell the computer to only show the pixels of each layer that are brighter than the pixels below it, and so on, and that is the result.

Here are some more, also done in my garage with just an iPhone for light: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhcmbai...7625001107528/

As far as the Rover is concerned. I'm doing a restoration of the front end, maybe even an engine swap. It has run really well for the past two years, but it's time to restore the things that are going bad, so something bad doesn't happen, and so I won't be into much more $$$$$$$ down the road!

Very nice stuff. You need to do some still work for BMW or Land Rover and charge them 20G's for a days work!

[Tim Smith]

Ha, ha! Thanks.

No, not an iPhone... but I did use an iPhone to light the scene. It was virtually black in there except for the light from the screen of the phone, which I used to 'paint' the areas of the truck that I wanted to show up on the camera -- which was a Nikon D200 on a tripod, shooting 20 second frames.

I then took the 4 or 5 images and layered them together in Photoshop, did a little bit here, a little bit there, and I have a much better photo than just a snap-shot with a blinding flash.

What a cool effect. I saw the mention of the iphone on your pages and thought they were in fact taken by one. Very ingenious and the end result is quite nice. Thanks for sharing.

[mrdoiron]

What a cool effect. I saw the mention of the iphone on your pages and thought they were in fact taken by one. Very ingenious and the end result is quite nice. Thanks for sharing.

For sure nice results that way... only problem is Photoshop costs... aren't they close to $1000 alone, then of course a decent digital SLR required on top...?

mike