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Awesome day, great cruise and had fun taking shots of all your cars.

Here's 2 for now, got a whole album to go through in the next couple of days.

Link will be up on my Facebook page: http://facebook.com/atjldesign. Cheers!

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Matt, that photo of the two N1s from the rear left is amazing! Don't think I'll ever get sick of the R32s body lines.

Thanks Mark! Definitely a classic in terms of proportions and styling. You can't mistake it for anything else!

I think it was your VS2 that I spotted as well? It was very nice!

John Keogh Has posted up all the shots he has of the Skylines.

http://www.keoghsvision.com.au/sau-on-the-putty-13122015-1.html



They all look pretty good. Should have a shot of everyone, if not he has a fair few that are a tad blurry ( like mine ) that you have to message him for.

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John said he has two shots of my R32 which I'll look at later tonight.

* Usually he picks a really good backdrop.

* The only criticism is that doesn't pan the shots to enable the concept of velocity. His shutter speed is high and thus, the rims look stationary too.

* But in spite of that, they can be great keepsakes.

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John Keogh Has posted up all the shots he has of the Skylines.

http://www.keoghsvision.com.au/sau-on-the-putty-13122015-1.html

They all look pretty good. Should have a shot of everyone, if not he has a fair few that are a tad blurry ( like mine ) that you have to message him for.

Thanks James! Couldn't miss those guys hanging out at the corner there, so was wondering when those pics would turn up.

Fantastic work from John K! :D

John said he has two shots of my R32 which I'll look at later tonight.

* Usually he picks a really good backdrop.

* The only criticism is that doesn't pan the shots to enable the concept of velocity. His shutter speed is high and thus, the rims look stationary too.

* But in spite of that, they can be great keepsakes.

Yeah I agree with this assessment. But it seems that he, as a photog, has his method, has it down pat and doesn't try and mess with it (well, during a shoot, anyway). So I understand that.

I noticed he started doing the multi-car panoramas, which are pretty interesting and would look great in large format.

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Unfortunately or rather Fortunate in this

My car looks like it is actually moving quickly, Mainly due to the fact of the Shocking Body Roll haha

He didn't put mine on his website as it's not a clear shot etc.

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Unfortunately or rather Fortunate in this

My car looks like it is actually moving quickly, Mainly due to the fact of the Shocking Body Roll haha

He didn't put mine on his website as it's not a clear shot etc.

Gangsta lean, lol

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I went Through Galston Gorge on the way there ( i live near Newcastle ) My go pro decided to work in the Gorge, You can hear the front Tyres Scrubbing on the inner guards in the video
( even though the Microphone was behind my rear number plate )

I think a suspension upgrade is in order :woot:

Emailed John about my photo's and my mates in the Ralliart .
he has 3 photos of each, and $5 per photo. All look awesome, Great value in my opinion.

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Thanks Mark! Definitely a classic in terms of proportions and styling. You can't mistake it for anything else!

I think it was your VS2 that I spotted as well? It was very nice!

Yes the white VS2 is mine, thanks! I love the car and it was great to have it out on such a good run.

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Ok guys. So, photos can be found on my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/godspeedphoto/ - please share and tag!

Now for some photos at the meetup at McGraths Hill McDonald's:

Cheeky drive-by

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Vertex

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At the meetup

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Loved this classic

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Itasha

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Three 33s

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Michael's BCNR33

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Kosta's BNR32

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Hardware

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Brake

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Those N1 twins again

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At the Truck Stop / half-way point:

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The road ahead...

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REAP3R - an amazing vehicle

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SAU

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Nestled.

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Spotted

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Meeting Ned Kelly.

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Stag

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II F4T

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Evangelion

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All-sorts.

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LMGT1

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Weapon.

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By the numbers.

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At the back end.

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Tucked away.

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Track regular.

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R32 Lineup.

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Social.

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Super clean V.spec II

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CE28s.

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On point.

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Guns and Ganadors.

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Happy trio.

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That doesn't look like yours

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Mates

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And finally, refuelling time (again?) for the E85 boys! :P

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I love this shot!Right place - right time!

And thank you Brett for briefing us at lunch about your car and HKS V-Cam!

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