Self Preservation Society, a photo from Denbighshire, Wales

Photographer's Note

Just a bit of fun today. I was in Llandudno (pronounced something like, Clandidno), North Wales, just down the coast from Rhyl (pronounced Rhyl, ha, ha), photographing a load of rubbish on the Pier when I heard all this noise coming from the shore. Anyway, on walking back down the pier I came across what seemed liked hundreds, okay, a hundred or so Mini’s. They were holding some Rally. I found some info on it on the web but have decided not to bore you with it however, anybody who has seen The Italian Job can listen to a trailer of the song Self preservation society song 12. Another view of the cars is in the workshop.

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snunney (130967) 2007-01-20 4:44

Hello Mark,
Certainly, the first thing that came to mind when I saw this was Michael Caine and The Italian Job. Very good pov you have selected here and a nice long perspective. Nice colours and excellent definition.

SampraS (619) 2007-01-20 5:09 [Comment]

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peter1892 (1681) 2007-01-20 5:41

Great - definitely an Italian Job moment. The tilt angle is good too, adds some extra dynamics to the image.

Just don't watch the remake! ;)

bantonbuju (51815) 2007-01-20 6:48

terrific!
love it all the way, and i am glad you chose the "colourful" version for the main post...
man, these car-freaks are everywhere...
tilt is very ok! here, i think, underlining that "freaky" parade...
good one, j

(ps. tend to agree woth your today's critique)

cobbydale (1958) 2007-01-20 7:00

Nice one Mark. Well worth a detour from your analysis of the rubbish on the pier (which I assume we can expect to see in due course?).

I like the angle you chose here and the POV, looks very professional.
cheers, Leon.

ndb1958 (9289) 2007-01-20 7:09

Nice job, Mark. I like your colourful shoot of all these mini's in a row. A nice and funny parade. I like the tilt. Have a nice weekend. Nino

leo61 (0) 2007-01-20 7:12

Hi Mark!
Good shot of this Mini parade.Good POV and perspective.The tilt works well here.
Regards,Leo

Paolo (41258) 2007-01-20 8:37

Hi Mark, amazing tilted image with a funny subject wit all that Minis! excellent quality and brillaint POV and composition.
thanks, ciao

ben4321 (9875) 2007-01-20 8:58

The tilt works well here Mark, and I like how the line of minis is framed by the converging diagonals of the road markings and fence.
I'm guessing that the cars were parked in line and not moving when you took this (if not they need to pay attention to their stopping distances!). It might have been interesting to see how this would have looked with the cars moving, maybe blurred ever so slightly with a slow shutter speed to give an impression of movement.
I like this though, especially how the Union Jack mini is the first one we see. An obvious choice perhaps, but it works well.
Good work.

Cheers,
Ben

pastadog (13111) 2007-01-20 14:29

Hi Mark, the red Mini with the Union Jack is the star here IMHO, you caught it from a perfect angle, in perfect light, in perfect sharpness and it stands out superbly; good choice of lines on both sides to frame the shot, regards, Daniel

tigra (2968) 2007-01-20 21:28

Hello Mark
Excellent POV and composition.
You've chosen an interesting angle for this capture!
Perfectly done!
If you crop the bottom, the image can look a bit different;)
And the altered image is also very nice.
Katia

delnaja (2056) 2007-01-21 5:52

this photo makes me smile Mark... I love those cars and used to drive one.
Great diagonal with the tilt and I love the last Mini, so english ; )
br
Fred

tcht (7565) 2007-01-21 12:17

Hi Mark
great capture of these beautiful machines tiny but 'efficient' ;) The line you've got is good and there's nice bit of lighting on the Union Jack. well seen & taken.
Cheers
CheukHin

m_s_s (1691) 2007-01-21 14:38

Hello Mark,
excellent shot, nicely composed. great mini colors as well. nice work.
regards

kajspice (4542) 2007-01-23 5:30

the streets...they are so clean!!! I miss clean streets!

Altough I like the tilt, I think you could have worked with it a little more to give the impression of an endless line of minis. That red one would have looked great in the bottom corner. You need not have eliminated its bottom either...

I think these small changes might have balanced the picture up a little bit on the top end as well, as the roadside does not look very neat and in proportion to the left side of the picture...

nels (2623) 2007-05-25 16:44

hi mark,, great idea to post the shot with a tilt , very colourful picture,, so much work must have gone into restoring all these mini`s
is this one to be called the "welsh job" doesnot quite have the same ring to it tfs

adrian

kri54 (1515) 2007-07-02 1:38