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Some of you may or may not have seen my photos in the Reandom Cellphone Picture thread. Well, as my pictures were basically neither random or taken on a cellphone they didn't really fit, but I got a lot of good comments and feedback and was encouraged to make my own thread. So, here we go. Long story short, I'm an expat in Hong Kong who was blown away by the car scene here. A couple of years ago I bought a digital camera and just started snapping the things I came across on the roads. This became a bit of a hobby and now you can often find me out and about with my trusty camera. Ok, less talk and onto the pics. btw, I really appreciate your comments, advice, etc. So, don't be shy! (I've recently added a watermark to my photos. If it is frowned on to have a link to another website let me know and I will take it off.) These are the most recent from the last couple of weeks that I didn't put in the cellphone thread. I will put up some of he better older spots later and I'll annotate the pics with some info, but right now I have to rush to work:                                                         
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 03:14 |
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I absolutely love the picture of the 964; you wouldn't happen to have that in high res, would you? Great photos and I'm genuinely jealous that you get to see so many of these great cars on a day to day basis.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 03:19 |
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Always love your photos man keep sharing them with us please.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 03:29 |
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There are some pretty nice photos here, seeing as you are a photography guy I'll offer some critique:JuanChai posted:The horizon is horizontal, angles add no benefit to these photos. A low shot at logo level on the 2nd would have been fantastic for a sense of height. quote:quote:quote:Thanks for sharing, please don't mind my comments too much.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 03:47 |
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Awesome shots JuanChai! Can I ask what camera you are using to take those pictures?
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 03:51 |
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giundy posted:There are some pretty nice photos here, seeing as you are a photography guy I'll offer some critique: I think he just chills up on a footbridge and watches cars go beneath him, so I think that might have something to do with the weird angle of some of them?
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 03:54 |
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Here's some more Asian car porn for you.
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quote:This picture of the white RX8 is fantastic. Any chance of a higher rez? 
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 05:02 |
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Beautiful pics! Can't wait to see what else you have in store for us. Keep them coming!
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 05:51 |
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I've raved before and I'll rave again: wonderful shots, fantastic variety. I can't imagine anywhere OTHER than Hong Kong exhibiting both the quantity and the quality of exotics you capture. Well done, sir.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 06:15 |
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yaffle posted:Here's some more Asian car porn for you. Before anyone else does it... 
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 07:24 |
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yohhoo posted:Awesome shots JuanChai! Can I ask what camera you are using to take those pictures? I agree, the pics are great, but I really wish people would stop asking this. Buying camera X will not transform you into a good photographer. It's practice, practice, practice and THEN you start worrying about blowing bills on camera bodies, lenses, filters, etc.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 08:30 |
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yaffle posted:Here's some more Asian car porn for you. Hah! Your photo? They are the only form of transport used on a small island called Lamma Island. The 'roads' are too narrow to support anything else and they get driven at silly speeds. I have been nearly killed by them a couple of times. I actually took a photo of one with some trick wheels and HKS Power's stickers on my last visit. Z3n posted:This picture of the white RX8 is fantastic. Any chance of a higher rez? Yes, I will give you a link (it's actually silver though). sigtrap posted:I agree, the pics are great, but I really wish people would stop asking this. My friend told me about a very apt chart that logged skill vs perception of skill vs cost in photography. My camera is a Canon G11, btw. dk2m posted:I absolutely love the picture of the 964; you wouldn't happen to have that in high res, would you? Yes, I do have one. I will link you to it later. giundy posted:There are some pretty nice photos here, seeing as you are a photography guy I'll offer some critique: Thanks so much for taking time to give me some feedback. I do appreciate it and I will keep it in mind when snapping in the future. A problem I face is that 75% of my shots are taken of moving cars and with next to know time to set up the shot. Ironically almost all the really good stuff I have seen has been shot this way. The more I learn the more these techniques will become natural I hope. Thanks for all the positive comments people. I really appreciate every single one! let me know what you want to see and I will post them up from my collection; supercars, modified stuff, classics, etc.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 09:24 |
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i pick the t5r
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 11:43 |
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JuanChai posted:Hah! Your photo? They are the only form of transport used on a small island called Lamma Island. The 'roads' are too narrow to support anything else and they get driven at silly speeds. I have been nearly killed by them a couple of times. I actually took a photo of one with some trick wheels and HKS Power's stickers on my last visit. Yeah that's mine, I lived on Lamma for 10 years, if you keep your eyes open you can spot Chow Yun Fat's brother driving one of those things (he's from Lamma)
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 11:46 |
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This thread should've used the "sex" thread tag. Just saying.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 12:14 |
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JuanChai posted:I have this car in this colour. Could I grab a hi-res of this please? I also love looking at these pictures.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 12:29 |
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Awesome pics. I always enjoy seeing what you have to post. Are there many motorcycles? Any pics?
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 12:30 |
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Are there even any tracks on the Island? Aside from a few twisty roads in the hills [most of which are crowded by buses in my limited experience] where do people drive these things?
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 14:27 |
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JuanChai posted:Yes, I will give you a link (it's actually silver though). My eyes may be broken but I still love the picture!  Thanks, looking forward to it...desperately need a new background and that's perfect Edit: Oh yes, motorcycles would be awesome. Z3n fucked around with this message at Apr 23, 2010 around 18:57 |
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Awesome pictures! Seconding the request for motorcycles. The weirder the better! Do you have a flickr account?
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 16:10 |
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Phat_Albert posted:Awesome pictures! Seconding the request for motorcycles. The weirder the better! Do the police ride anything cool? Because their riding gear looks awesome: JuanChai posted:
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 16:13 |
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How are you processing some of these? Preset actions or just making it up as you go along?
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| # ? Apr 23, 2010 17:47 |
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tobu posted:I have this car in this colour. Could I grab a hi-res of this please? Yes, sure! I will put it on the 'to do' list. Nice car btw. yaffle posted:Yeah that's mine, I lived on Lamma for 10 years, if you keep your eyes open you can spot Chow Yun Fat's brother driving one of those things (he's from Lamma) Really? I did not know that. I will keep an eye out for him! A5H posted:How are you processing some of these? Almost always the latter. Phat_Albert posted:Awesome pictures! Seconding the request for motorcycles. The weirder the better! I do like bikes but I am a dummy as far as knowing anything about them. I will do my best to get some pics and post the ones I have in my gallery. I don't have a Flickr account. Tai-Pan posted:Are there even any tracks on the Island? Aside from a few twisty roads in the hills [most of which are crowded by buses in my limited experience] where do people drive these things? Quite a good number of cars owned by enthusiasts get used with intent at Zhuhai International Circuit over the border in China but it is sadly true that many of the supercars are purely status symbols. Not unlike anywhere else really. kimbo305 posted:Do the police ride anything cool? Because their riding gear looks awesome: They recently updated all their bikes. I believe they're big Hondas but I'm not sure. I will snap some pics.
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JuanChai posted:Yes, sure! I will put it on the 'to do' list. Nice car btw. Thanks. The picture will tide me over until my lazy mechanics have finished with mine. It needed some work after I put it in a ditch. It is getting it's timing belt done, a new radiator, oil cooler, battery, some factory xenon headlights fitted, a new front bar and maybe a front mounted inter-cooler to replace the factory one. Plus a load of small things that I broke and cannot be bothered listing. They've had it a week and I haven't even seen a quote yet.
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JuanChai posted:JuanChai posted:JuanChai posted:JuanChai posted:
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ExecuDork posted:This is a great picture, you've managed to make a minivan look exotic and exciting! My boss just bought one of these, it's quite thoroughly a boring, safety-first family-mobile. You, sir, are a wizard with your camera. assuming you're in the US, it isn't so much the photo as it's the fact that it's an entirely different car. The policeman is standing on a little island between lanes too, either waiting to cross or just checking things out. Didn't notice the GTI really before, but now that you point it out, I love how those reflections... reflect!
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Tai-Pan posted:Are there even any tracks on the Island? Aside from a few twisty roads in the hills [most of which are crowded by buses in my limited experience] where do people drive these things? JuanChai posted:Quite a good number of cars owned by enthusiasts get used with intent at Zhuhai International Circuit over the border in China but it is sadly true that many of the supercars are purely status symbols. Not unlike anywhere else really. This was my question too. Seems like a terrible place to have anything but a motorcycle. Guess that's why they're all kitted out and flawless
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ExecuDork posted:This is a great picture, you've managed to make a minivan look exotic and exciting! My boss just bought one of these, it's quite thoroughly a boring, safety-first family-mobile. You, sir, are a wizard with your camera. Thanks for the comments! You made my day. Linedance posted:assuming you're in the US, it isn't so much the photo as it's the fact that it's an entirely different car. You're absolutely right. The red car is the obligatory taxi. Here are the hi-res shots of the RX-8 and the Skyline and the 964... http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/...920x1392_03.jpg http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/...920x1392_02.jpg http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/...920x1392_01.jpg Wasn't actively looking around for cars but I took these last night and today. One of a couple of Scags. Any idea why the second one has a black roof? Is that a glass roof?   Nice Type-R that was unfortunately half obscured by a pedestrian  Maser GT  Fun little Mini Cabriolet  Matte Fairlady with a dodgy front end that I saw a couple of days ago  996 Turbo. Droolworthy wheels.  Mansory Bentley Flying Spur - I see this around all the time and while I hated it at first it has grown on me a lot  JuanChai fucked around with this message at Apr 25, 2010 around 16:20 |
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Linedance posted:assuming you're in the US, it isn't so much the photo as it's the fact that it's an entirely different car. Looking again, I can see the bit of curb the cop is standing on, but at first glance that picture looks like he's standing in the middle of a traffic lane. And that GTI picture is still just awesome. JuanChai posted:Mansory Bentley Flying Spur - I see this around all the time and while I hated it at first it has grown on me a lot 
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| # ? Apr 25, 2010 18:38 |
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If I remember right, that Bentley belongs to some guy who does all his cars up in that colour scheme.
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| # ? Apr 25, 2010 19:07 |
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Yeah the orange/black color scheme is from something called the RRR group based in UAE (not sure if it is Dubai or Abu Dhabi or somewhere else). There is a whole thread dedicated to the RRR group cars over at Supercars Dubai and they offer this explanation: Supercars Dubai posted:It's a Group for shk Rashid Ben Humid Al Nuaimi ( Ajman Muncipality Dirictor ) which contain his super cars and his friend'd car also .. most of the cars r SUPER and alot of them coloured in orange/black ..
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| # ? Apr 25, 2010 19:26 |
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JuanChai posted:Fun little Mini Cabriolet
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| # ? Apr 25, 2010 19:44 |
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I don't think the Bentley I took a pic of has anything to do with the UAE guys, but I may be wrong. As I haven't been out today here are a couple of digging in the crates pics for you. I'll title this bunch Rare and Rocking Horse poo poo. Here is a DMC Deloreon of Back to the Future fame complete with authentic licence-plate. I know you can buy re-conditioned ones but apparantly I have heard from other sources that this is all original. It's the only one I have ever seen on the road or anywhere else for that matter. I was surprised by how compact it was and how loud the engine rumbled. Notice how the majority of people here don't even notice the exotic cars on the roads - fools, fools I tell you!  You don't see these everyday. McLaren F1 on the road, unofortunately as they have a central driving position you cannot officially register them here (only RHD can be registered), so there is a high chance the owner would get the car impounded if he couldn't prove he was a dealer and taking it between two businesses. Shame. I can only begin to imagine the special cars we'd have on the road if we could register LHD.  A Ferrari 365 GT/4 in white. I don't have any idea how many of these were produced in white but a GIS only trawls up a scale model. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the only one in existance and it's certainly an immaculate example. It was just sat there in a back street poking out of someone's private garage. Respect to the owner for driving it and keeping it in such good shape.  White Ferrari F40 just sat there at the traffic lights. To say I almost browned my pants is an understatement. So thankful I had my SE cellphone which had a pretty good camera at the time. I originally thought this was the only white F40 in existance but I know Chris Evans has one and I know of a car in Japan. This could be one of those though as it was on T-plates and cannot be registered for the reasons mentioned above. I am pretty sure this car is an ex-Sultan of Brunei car after doing some research a while back. This is personally my favourite car I have seen here.  Although this one is somewhere up there. A blue Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Spyder or 'Daytona' as it has indelibly been tagged. A very reliable source tells me there are only two original RHD Daytona Spyders in this colour existance. I'm not sure if this is authentic or a cut, but I do know that it is a very special car. Just drink it in.  When you thought you couldn't get better than a Daytona Spyder in the world of drop top Ferraris, this. A 250GT California, up until recently this car in this colour was the most expensive car (officially in the world) when Chris Evans paid $8.5M+ for the ex-James Coburg car. I had actually photographed this car driving on the road before by mistake when I was trying to snap a 250GT Competizione but didn't notice until after seeing it again here and revisiting the (terribly blurred) photo.  Hong Kong has a mad passion for Pagani Zondas, the Cinque editions were commissioned here and that infamous picture of the smashed C12 was taken here too, but I had never seen one on the road (but four in showrooms) until this day. Not an understated car as it is, it's extra loud in vitamin C orange. Bonkers car.  I thought these were supposed to be rare but I have seen at least three. This black one with the Balboni stripes was a real head turner. I'm still on the fence about the colour scheme but it certainly gets people talking. Double-bonkers!  While the standard Murcielago may be somewhat common, this 40th Edition one was limited to 50 in number. The Murci has really grown on me in recent times having met me with a lukewarm reception back in the day. It's a real supercar in the traditional sense - low, loud, lairy and uncompromised. Love it!  lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary. The stuff of every boys dreams in the 80's. Prefer it in LP500S guise, but this'll do nicely.  Hope you enjoyed the pics. Much more to come. I will try and sort out some bike pics too. JuanChai fucked around with this message at Apr 26, 2010 around 10:06 |
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JuanChai posted:White Ferrari F40 just sat there at the traffic lights. To say I almost browned my pants is an understatement. So thankful I had my SE cellphone which had a pretty good camera at the time. I originally thought this was the only white F40 in existance but I know Chris Evans has one and I know of a car in Japan. This could be one of those though as it was on T-plates and cannot be registered for the reasons mentioned above. I am pretty sure this car is an ex-Sultan of Brunei car after doing some research a while back. This is personally my favourite car I have seen here. I've never seen a white one before drat  The wheels make it even better!
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Doesn't that F40 belong to that little gay fella that's also a race driver over there or something?
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JuanChai posted:Here is a DMC Deloreon of Back to the Future fame complete with authentic licence-plate. I know you can buy re-conditioned ones but apparantly I have heard from other sources that this is all original. Pretty sure I know of that car - it was an original US spec one that was over here in the UK, and was aftermarket converted to RHD, then shipped over there a few years ago.
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JuanChai posted:Here are the hi-res shots of the RX-8 and the Skyline and the 964... Thanks! Looking forward to any bike pics, too
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| # ? Apr 26, 2010 17:56 |
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These photos are amazing - thanks for posting them. Do you have any DC2 chassis Type R pics kicking around?
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JuanChai posted:
Did you edit out the front plate or did this guy just have a blank front plate? What's the law regarding that over there?
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