Something a bit different - for me anyway!

[Hacker]

A guy in my village is a coachbuilder and has spent most of life making horseboxes but he has now branched out into converting buses and minibuses He asked me to photograph a couple of projects that he has completed for website use, unfortunately I could only shoot them at about 4.30pm yesterday afternoon so the weather was murky and very dull.

All were shot with the Sigma 10-20mm due to the narrow width and I was using small apertures on a lot of them to get the starburst effects from the spotlights which meant exposures of up to 20s.

The first one is of a bus he has converted for a charity in Harlow, I was really impressed with the workmanship and the quality of the build:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/CoachBuildQuality031Web.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/CoachBuildQuality040Web.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/CoachBuildQuality034Web.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/CoachBuildQuality027Web.jpg

The second project was a minibus that he converted for Coventry Council, this was a much tighter workspace and it was a struggle to show it off at its best...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/CoachBuildQuality052Web.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/CoachBuildQuality063Web.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/CoachBuildQuality062Web.jpg

[dougdarter]

I agree about the workmanship - both the coachbuilders, and yours.

Nice series. Given the brief, it's difficult to see how they could be improved.

[markgray]

Love the first set, very nice

[ShawWellPete]

Love the shots. I need to take some better indoor shots to advertise a villa and I reckon I'll have to invest in that Sigma lens...