White P4/5?

Nope. This is a real photo snapped car to car by Pininfarina.

 

Napolis,
I admire your car.
Will it be shown anytime soon in Boston or NYC?

 

Will advise.

Best

 

I say that something's up with that photo. If the shutter speed were slow enough to blur the background as much as it is, I don't see any way that the wheels wouldn't be blurred as well. Conversely, if the shutter speed were fast enough to freeze the rotating wheels to the degree of sharpness in the photo (which would require something on the order of 1/1000 of a sec.), the background would have been sharp also.

Also, the shadows of the front spoiler is blurred. In a panning shot such as this, the shadow would be moving at the same speed as the car, and so would also show as sharp (or at least would not have any motion blur).

 

I will say again the SHUTTER speed had NOTING to do with the background blur, the F-STOP did

 

Can't be. If it was f-stop, then it would be an out of focus situation, in which case the road near the car would be in focus (sharp), which it is not.

 

Who gives a damn whether this pic is photoshopped or not? The car was in primer, being road tested, AP in passenger seat... and the top of the door was prepainted prior to final assembly.

All of the above is confirmed by the man who stroked the check to make it happen... what more do you need to know?

Cool pic whether all the magic was performed by the photog (which I agree with) or a photochopper.

 

It was an interesting theoretical photography discussion, that's all. Excuuuuse me!

 

Not true, the lower the F-stop the larger the aperture and therefore the smaller the focal point. The focal point in this picture is clearly center mass of the car therefore everything outside of center mass is blurry with blur increasing the further things are away.

 

Next time I see the photographer I will ask him.

Best 2 All!

 

Please do, I am guessing
Shutter 1000 to 1200
F-stop 3.2 to 2.5

 

+1. i think what is throwing everybody off is that both the car and the photographer were moving. probably at the same speed. this explains the unusual look of this pick. probably a very fast shutter speed to stop those wheels and a fast lens, with just a touch of movement, to get the backround bokeh. as atari says.

 

This was one of the first lectures I remember getting from Peter Gibbons, who was head of the camera department at CBS Cinema Center. He had a pet peeve about stage coach wheels seeming to turn backwards on the screen.