Bentley Continental Flying Spur Explore #479 November 8th 2009

If you'd crop it like this it focusses more on the car than on the empty street below.

Crop done

Bentley Continental Flying Spur Explore #479 November 8th 2009 by Robin Kiewiet.

This is probably my best London-shot.

The four door Continental Flying Spur saloon was first displayed at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. The Flying Spur utilises the most of the technical underpinnings of the Bentley Continental GT, and was introduced to European and North American markets in the summer of 2005. Together, the Bentley Continental GT and Flying Spur have boosted Bentley's annual production from around 1,000 units in 2003, to 9,200 units in 2006.

One notable aspect of the Continental Flying Spur is its grille. Made to look like traditional chromed brass mesh, it is a metal-covered plastic-core. This was fitted as a safety feature; it is designed to break apart upon impact with a pedestrian.

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Ziggy Marlissa says:

First i want to know why this is your best London shot. I really must say that there is nothing special or London'ish about the shot.
Ofcourse, it has a cool vibe in it but it doesn't make me want to really look at the photo again, it's just one of those urban car shots in my opinion.
However, if you'd crop this image it might become a bit more interesting.

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Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Robin Kiewiet says:

In large-size it's better. You can see the father walking with his daughter that he just picked up from school in uniform. There is a typical London cab with in the background the typical London appartments what make this picture for me the best 'London picture', and that's what I ment, the picture says something about 'London'. I didn't ment my personal best of the London shots.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

LeonVermaas says:

Lekker LDN sfeertje!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

AnshoBijlmakers.nl says:

Ben het niet zozeer met ziggy eens (overigens wel met de crop). pakt goed uit zo!
De sfeer is heerlijk, het is inderdaad erg typisch londen.
de kleuren zijn fantastisch, en de bentley valt gelijk in het oog!
of je nou autoliefhebber bent of niet.
op groot formaat vind ik de scherpte overigens totaal niet om over naar huis te schrijven. gelukkig weet flickr qua verkleining daar altijd wel raad mee.

mooie foto overall. niet je beste naar mijn mening, maar dat hoeft ook helemaal niet :)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Christiaan Ploeger says:

Typical london photo! Very nice. The combination of london's vw golf and the taxi cab shows that clearly. Very nice!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Robin Kiewiet says:

Thanks Leon, Ansho en Christiaan. Ansho, al m'n London foto's waren ook nog van mei 2009, en dus nog met de 18-105. ISO 200 1/20 F5.6, is deze foto. Dit was ook een moment waar ik geen tijd had m'n ISO omhoog te boosten.
Nu heb ik gelukkig de 17-50 2.8 en 50 1.8.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Marga M. says:

klaar voor de start....
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

The Fat Bloke says:

This photo scores 5 / 10 from the Score My Car Photos group.

Nothing wrong. Nothing special.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

CraigSnedeker says:

This photo scores 5 / 10 from the Score My Car Photos group.
It's a good, clear image, but has that "simply point and shoot" feel to it. Maybe if you centered the street in the center (I don't know if there is road to your left though) and used a lower angle, it would improve it a little. But I like it :)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Nicky Hofland says:

The score by The Fat Bloke is not valid.
In case you have less than 5 scores and there are more than 5 photos posted after yours, please post your photo in the Score Me! thread, so the admin/moderators can provide you with the missing score(s).

Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

tin.pony says:

This photo scores 6 / 10 from the Score My Car Photos group.

Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Nicky Hofland says:

The score by tin.pony is not valid.
In case you have less than 5 scores and there are more than 5 photos posted after yours, please post your photo in the Score Me! thread, so the admin/moderators can provide you with the missing score(s).

Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Karthik Mohan says:

I agree with craigsnedeker. It has a flat feel to it. a change of perspective could've improved the shot. but the image is crisp and clear.try getting an image of the object in a more dynamic position, for eg : change in background with more focus on the vehicle, or capturing the vehicle in motion, or highlighting a particular aspect of the vehicle more.
This photo scores 5 / 10 from the Score My Car Photos group.

Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

DUKEDLF says:

This photo scores 6 / 10 from the Score My Car Photos group.

It's a clear image with nice scene, but like stated above, perhaps a change of perspective or focal point would make it better.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

tin.pony says:

This photo scores 6 / 10 from the Score My Car Photos group.

I see nothing but vertical lines here, the windows the columns the lamp posts the people etcc even the lines on the car grilles
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

e3lipse says:

Title and what you're trying to depict doesn't match up.
There's a apparent tilt that I feel wouldn't work out in a very urban built up area. It kinds of makes people think the area is collasping.

"You can see the father walking with his daughter that he just picked up from school in uniform"

If you're trying to show that the father just picked her up from school, how would you know? It could be a father simply bringing his daughter out. I might be wrong if that's her school uniform, but there's no clear motive. Also how can you depict them when the father has clearly been blocked by the street lamp?

Also there's yet another London Taxi behind on the right side of the Bentley

I don't think you want this photo to be used for an oral exam?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Remko de Waal says:

What a complaints over here :( I think it's actually a quit good shoot, only i think the post processing could be a little bit better/more. Little bit more contrast and less brightness will improve this image a lot! The surroundings are very interesting, the girl with her father etc.

Good luck :)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Robin Kiewiet says:

Everybody is whining about the same thing. Not a good composition, not a good contrast. It starts to annoy me a bit that everybody has to repeat each other. Or maybe it's just bad luck that there's nobody who can see and feel the same thing as I do. It's all about taste.

And e3lipse, I'm from The Netherlands, we don't know things like uniforms, for me and for more people from here, this is a very clear picture of what London is. That means: cabs, school-uniforms (at this picture), Bentley's by the dozin, different architecture style. For me this picture has more feeling than for the most of you.

But I'm proud with the result of this picture and I'm certainly wasn't or are not changing my mind about the compositions.

With this comment I'm not offending anybody, and please don't feel like that. But what I wanted to say with the text, this picture has for me a special kind of feeling and remembering to my first visit in London.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Jurriaan Vogel says:

Zit niet echt een bepaald aspect aan die je zo 1-2-3 uit de foto kan pikken, die de foto speciaal maakt. Het is hier denk ik meer de manier waarop het sfeertje zo goed is vastgelegd. De Bent valt natuurlijk meteen op, maar ook bijvoorbeeld de London Cab ernaast, de straat-sfeer, of de kleuren in de foto. Dat is denk ik het sterke punt aan deze foto ;-)

Nice job Robin!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

e3lipse says:

I'm not asking you to change the composition, but your title doesn't match your composition, and now you know how it is to be critically commented on. So when it is done on someone else, they will feel the same way. Period.

I'm not saything this is junk,it's generally a nice photo, you could use another title if you wanted so we can paint a clearer scene,
London Street , A typical London Day (Sounds too cliche)
You get my point?

Right now the title is : Bentley CFS and you go on to tell us about a school girl and her dad and a London Cab.

Of course we wouldn't know the story well enough if you don't even show us the way.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Robin Kiewiet says:

Come on, are you really being that serious about a title. Read what I told you, again. You can find it back like 3 times what I'm trying to say with this picture. And now it looks like I'm trying to tell everybody about that little girl walking there?

I'm a automotive photographer, so the subject is this Bentley. In this typical London surrounding. Nothing wrong with that, right?

No offence, but... this is going nowhere. This has nothing to do with this picture or being commented critically. End of discussion.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Dazz*A says:

This photo scores 5 / 10 from the Score My Car Photos group.

Nice contrast between the silver taxi and the purple screen, looks like they are prepairing for a good old traffic light sprint!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

e3lipse says:

Robin, hope you're not offended, it's alright that you're not getting what I'm saying and neither am I too.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

XxJust.althanixX says:

Nice pic
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Goldeneye911 says:

This photo scores 7/ 10 from the Score My Car Photos group.

Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Carlos Landaverde Studio says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fashion Motion, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 3 days ago. ( permalink )

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Bentley Continental Flying Spur Explore #479 November 8th 2009

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