Pixel Darkroom Photography

I’ve been planning this one for some time. It took careful planning of the route as follows: four daylight dry runs to check for small bumps in the road that may affect the stability of the car at speeds higher than 210km/h, checking the timing of the stop lights, two Valentine One radar detectors inside the car, a few cones to divert traffic on three intersections where traffic was minimal and flaggers in place at each of the other intersections and two hidden driveways. We had one major intersection blocked 1.5 minutes by a fake police car where I had someone manually trigger red and blue gelled 580′s via Pocket Wizards from inside an ex-RCMP Ford Taurus. Since the run wouldn’t take long, we planned for the best timing when we predicted that the least amount of cars would be present, to minimize the risk of injuries in case anything would go wrong or to have the least amount of witnesses besides the people involved, whom I shall leave unnamed for obvious reasons. Here’s “220 km/h on Day 220.”

Note: Do NOT attempt this! This was done by a professional driver on a closed circuit.

220km/h

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I got home early today and figured since I have some extra time, I’d go a little extra with the setup. I’ve been playing with the camera in the car and wasn’t that excited with all the results. I mean what kind of results can you get when you drive and tweak with the camera in the same time? Well, I wasn’t really tweaking but only trying to get a few rain drop shots. I figured, once I get home I might figure out something else. Since the other car wasn’t there, I figured my wife is out visiting so I took my time and tried something else. Read below for setup info and shot. There I go with Day Twenty.

looking back

Strobist info: two 580 EX II in ETTL mode on two groups. A is in the front with 3/4 CTO gel and B is in the back shooting straight into my rear view mirror (no gel.) Both are zoomed to 105 and the ratio from A to B is 2:1. Shot with 50 mm prime through passenger window (open:) in aperture priority and triggered with ST-E2 with back door window down for IR transmission.
Post production: Lightroom +36 on the fill light. Setup here.