I really liked this car until....

zepplinrox · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:10 pm

In daylight and before I walked back to my bag to grab the flash, I really liked it.....

and then under the light with the flash...no so much!

YEAH YEAH YEAH, I know someone will say "No flash needed :roll:

" (h0rde- I promise to try it); but for the rest of guys PLEASE ditch the stinking reflective numbers and stickers! Even those little Valley Forge stickers on the URC cars can kill a shot. Just one guy's opinion- your results will vary! Thanks!

Buildy · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:30 pm

I got NO photos of this car worth posting due to the same issue. The reflective crap is just that,crap. :whistle:

I already told Sprint-momma, Chad Criswell`s car is going to be trouble at night,too.

After all these years you might think the graphics designers would figure out the cars look like you know what on a shingle at night with that stuff on them.

Bicknell55 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:30 pm

They've had a reflective number since at least 2007 so someone must like it, but it isn't any of the photographers.

ChasinRacin · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:20 pm

Not to get off topic here. I love all the photos you guys take and post for our viewing. :clap:

But I have to say it seems this racers head is almost to the top of the roll cage. (he does look tall). I am thinking of the safety issues that could result if he would get upside down. :dontknow:

Did someone say that there are extensions that can be added to the frames to correct this issue? :thinking:

Buildy · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:29 pm

Here is a highly visible car without a speck of reflective junk on it.

zepplinrox · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:33 pm

ChasinRacin wrote:

Not to get off topic here. I love all the photos you guys take and post for our viewing. :clap:

But I have to say it seems this racers head is almost to the top of the roll cage. (he does look tall). I am thinking of the safety issues that could result if he would get upside down. :dontknow:

Did someone say that there are extensions that can be added to the frames to correct this issue? :thinking:

I'm shooting uphill (probably a couple or 3 feet) from the exit of pit road up toward the end of the front strech and going into turn one so this may cause it to look a little distorted.

ChasinRacin · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:55 pm

zepplinrox wrote:

ChasinRacin wrote:

Not to get off topic here. I love all the photos you guys take and post for our viewing. :clap:

But I have to say it seems this racers head is almost to the top of the roll cage. (he does look tall). I am thinking of the safety issues that could result if he would get upside down. :dontknow:

Did someone say that there are extensions that can be added to the frames to correct this issue? :thinking:

I'm shooting uphill (probably a couple or 3 feet) from the exit of pit road up toward the end of the front strech and going into turn one so this may cause it to look a little distorted.

I see what you are saying. Keep up the great photos... :yessss:

Safety is always a concern.. I wasn't trying to start something..

hotrodney · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:53 am

I always liked the way the reflective numbers look when the car goes through the lights, captivating. There was a URC car a couple years ago(Bittner #15) that had reflective lettering that changed colors as it went past the lights, awesome.

Scott Harro · **Joined:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:03 am **Posts:** 1808

i'm thinking that the graphics guys and the race teams are more concerned with the WOW factor as it sits in a display area or as it goes around the track where every fan sees it and aren't thinking about how it looks in a photo on the message boards. not saying right, wrong or indifferent but i'm guessing that's the thought process.

Buildy · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:04 am

Maybe so,but I I were a sponsor I`d want to make sure my car looked good to a million readers of a Magazine or a newspaper, or on the web over what a few thousand at a track might see. :thumbright:

Which photo would more likely make the cut in the Media?

This ?

Or This?

If Cozze`s car had that reflective crap on it,my shot would be just as bad as Brian was able to do with that other car.....

I for one would like to give a big Thanks !!! to all the car owners who don`t put that reflective stuff on your cars. :thumbright:

zepplinrox · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:20 pm

h0rde wrote:

Ok guys, I'll only shoot the reflective cars from now on, so you don't have to worry about it! :laughing7:

I actually think the reflective stuff is pretty cheesy-looking, so I'm not a fan of it even in daylight. Doesn't seem to bother me at night like it does you guys who are slaves to your giant illuminating overlords :poking:

Thanks! I thought you might have missed this post :cheers2:

!

WINGMAN · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:40 pm

Bounce your flash off a cloud......might work :poking:

scott moyer · **Joined:** Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:54 pm **Posts:** 998

There's no better way to get no night pics of your car than to use reflective.
Not to mention any other car that's near you.
Nothing peeves a photographer more than reflective lettering. It's like the car got leprosy.

longtimefan · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:12 am **Posts:** 1267

Then again unless you have a national sponsor who is most likely to patronize the sponsors on a car, the fans at the track who can see the reflective stuff pretty well or someone on the other coast looking at a computer who will likely never enter a state where the sponsor does business.

scott moyer · **Joined:** Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:54 pm **Posts:** 998

Is it just me but I never noticed the reflective lettering on a car on the track,
Actually alot drivers have ask me why don't you shoot my car, simple it looks terrible.
There is a very ez solution to shooting cars with reflective, but it takes a quick adjustment.
But why bother there's plenty of others to shoot.
Thankfully none of the top running 410s use it.

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