New Rubber
Yesterday I presented a time-lapse video of the tires being changed on my car. Today I show some stills taken from that sequence as I thought there were a few shots that flit by in the video which are worthy of a closer look.
Near side wheels coming off
These shots are taken at Big O Tires in Victoria who kindly agreed to me making a video while waiting for my car to be re-shod. The exposures were deliberately taken at a slower shutter speed to blur the movement in the timelapse a bit to blend the motion together. Thus, many of these shots are not totally sharp, but for some that works well.
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To view the gallery, click on any of the thumbnails below, use the arrows to navigate and escape to return to this page.
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- Far side wheels coming off
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- Near side wheels coming off
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- Near side wheels coming off
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- Off to replace the tires
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- The first one is done
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- Tightening lug nuts
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- Clearing the path for another car to leave
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- Clearing the path for another car to leave
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- Easing a car out next to the tripod
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- Stowing the spare
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- Finishing the first replacement
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- Another wheel is ready
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- Fastening the rear wheels
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- Moving wrench to far side
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- Replacing air valve caps
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- Inspection
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- Cleaning the new rubber
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- One last tighten with a torque wrench
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- The main entrance, new rubber all around.
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- The other car with new rubber, waiting to be picked up
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- The view while paying up
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Canon EOS 5Dmkii, Nikkor-N 24mm/f2.8 lens, ISO100, f2.8, 1/25th second, stills chosen from 1324 images taken for a timelapse video, some cropped differently than shown in the video.
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Ehpem, you are a man who makes lemonade! Love these photos; I would have never thought to make art from unwelcome necessity 🙂
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No one has ever said that before Lynn. The lemon is the unwelcome necessity, not the car, which has been great. I am glad you like these shots. It was a lot of fun to look at each of these oh-so-many shots for nice little gems like these ones. Instructive too, because many of the shots I found are ones I would have taken were I actually choosing when to press the shutter and they were quite boring compared to the ones I ended up choosing. These ones have more motion, implied or evident from blur, and expressions of intelligence on the faces that are often more blank as routine tasks are completed.
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This is probably the most ambitious TL I’ve seen here. Great!!! NYS laws prohibit customers in services areas so I’m wondering if this was shot through a window or in the service area. Also, it’s strange that there are two identical cars there at the same time.
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Hi Ken, and thanks!
I expect the rules here are little more relaxed. I set the camera up about 2 feet inside the bay entrance and then stood outside. When I had to move it I pulled it right out of the entrance to the corner of the door. Inside the bay there were two doors from the customer area and if I had time to scout it out might have chosen one of those for setup.
It is strange, but there are a lot of these cars here. And, they are not quite identical – wheels and tires being a major difference. One is a sport model, the other a base. Subtle differences though.
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