Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500

Dream car for me still - in black too....mmmmmm, so 1980s :)

Interior/details shots don't do anything for me; flash is too bare, too direct and it's all a bit too much 'one-light' and stark for my liking. Some diffusion, especially on the gloss surfaces, would help bring these as important as the exterior shots.

The difference between 12 and 13 is massive; flash on 12 just lifts the interior and helps bring it out against the ambient..... in 13 the lighting is flat and it just looks like a head-on shot took with a telephoto.

I like the lighting on 10, but feel that front bumper is just hiding too much of the front wheel; moving round a little bit more would, for me, work better compositionally. I don't like the crop as it is but could quite easily see that space being used by a designer to lay text over in a magazine context.

4-9 just don't have it for me I'm afraid; light is not controlled and there are too many large areas of reflection that don't look intentional in the same way pumping some OCF into the shot would. The background isn't to my taste either; something that shouts 1980s (skyscrapers? glass?) would be worth a crack.

I get a bit fed up seeing rig shots these days, especially when they're used on totally uninspiring cars, but I like these; don't know whether it's the lighting or just the fact that this reminds me so much of posters I had on my wall :)
 
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Number three is simply stunning (y)

Not that I'm biased or anything being a blue oval devotee - love the old school Fords ;)
 
awesome shots:) number 10 and 12 outstanding,

seeing these brings back lots of good memorys for me, thanks for sharing.
 
I am a lifelong RS500 fan, member of the RSOC and proud owner of a Ford RS, not a 500 but I am working on it.

In my opinion only one of these captures the essence of the car and that is number 12. The car looks evil in that shot! Lurking in the shadows ready to pounce.

Number 4 needs to be nearer to the car and lower as does 6

Number 7 has a Lamp post growing out of the mirror.

The rig shots make the car look bent?

10 is oversharpened has a blown glare on the OS and the front of the car looks distorted.

The rest would be perfect in Autotrader or E bay as advertisement shots. There is no attention to detail, the spoilers, the grilles, the wheels all the items that make the 500 unique.

Number 12 sets the bar and unfortunately the others dont measure up.

Sorry.
 
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Lovely shots and I lusted for the jelly mould shape but my Dad talked me into a Sapphire RS, as thought being young I would get pulled to often by the boys in blue. Fantastic cars and my Dad now owns mine with 44k genuine miles on the clock.
 
3, 11 and 12 for me, very nice!
 
Great subject. Try and find a better location though!!! Good photography!
 
Really nice car, i have driven an RS turbo Escort but never one of those, i did know someone who had one that was a monster for drifting.

Shots are ok, not fantastic in my eyes, they lack POP and are a bit too general.

Rig shots are ok, try mixing up the angles, i notice all your rig shots are the same. Get low and high, maybe down some coutry lanes on a sunny day.

12 is the best shot for me, says all it needs to on the shot.
 
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