Shpuntik's LeMans Blue E93 Photoshoot

Dmitriy@AUTOcouture · 12-10-2009, 04:22 PM

After months of work and countless trips to Bergen County NJ, I am finally done with the E93.

Major, MAJOR, thanks go out to the following people:

Sal @ AutoCouture Motoring - The main inspiration behind the car and the reason why I drive it today. Thank you for everything broski.

Guys if you are in the tristate area, GO TO HIM!!!!!!!

Matt (itsbrokeagain) - Thanks for being so patient with me being extremely anal and dropping this thing like its hot.

Sagar Rawal (vgame64) - Guys, his shots are simply amazing and he's an awesome guy to boot. Thank you again and again.

I would go on and on with personal messages but you guys will kill me so without the following people, none of this would be possible:

Frank @ M Force Designs, JBSpeed, Alex (HyperM3), Marc "The man, the legend" MDS82, Nick@JleviSW, Tom Kovach @ The Art of Tint, Jamie Fizzle, KC from KC Exhausts, Terry @ Burger Motors, and Jason & Evan @ Tischer BMW.

The car:

'09 LeMans Blue/Saddle Brown/Glacier Silver E93.

European Delivery 8/21/2009

Modifications:

LeMans Blue painted grilles with matte black slots
LeMans Blue painted reflectors
BBS CH's
KW Variant 1's
Rogue Engineering 15mm Spacers
LUX H8
JB3 1.4
DiMisa 4.0 Polished Tips
Escort 9500iX Hardwire
Rear Fog Switch
AutoCouture Motoring custom Titanium extended lug nuts.
20% Llumar Tint all around
OEM Rear Fog Switch

Camera Used:

Canon EOS 50D w/ Canon 16-35mm F2.8L II Lens with a B+W Kaisemann Circular Polarizer

Shoot Location:

Natirar Estate Peapack, NJ

ENJOY!!

EDIT - Some more pics:

bluespeed117 · 12-10-2009, 04:22 PM

i love blue bimmers.

Masheen · 12-10-2009, 04:24 PM

Oh my..that baby is HOT

MassBimmer · 12-10-2009, 04:27 PM

Very nice

daniyo · 12-10-2009, 04:30 PM

Man, the lighting makes the car look so vivid!

I love LMB's ability to color shift in different situations, I've had people call my car black, dark blue, and "ocean blue" before. Your photos are a great examples of how versatile LMB can be.

Sal@AUTOcouture · 12-10-2009, 04:32 PM

Car of the month

vgame64 · 12-10-2009, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DLeeriOus

Man, the lighting makes the car look so vivid!

I love LMB's ability to color shift in different situations, I've had people call my car black, dark blue, and "ocean blue" before. Your photos are a great examples of how versatile LMB can be.

+1

Awesome car!

mds82 · 12-10-2009, 04:35 PM

Looks awesome !!!!

glad to see you finally got those pictures posted! I like how all the pics came out, they look very cool!!!

not to be critical, lol, but the 2nd pic of the wheel is blurry...

Love the 1 shot of the LUX H8's of course!

MTV · 12-10-2009, 04:35 PM

Wow love that color!!

Bart@AUTOcouture · 12-10-2009, 04:35 PM

Looks great man, pics came out awesome

vgame64 · 12-10-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mds82

Looks awesome !!!!

glad to see you finally got those pictures posted! I like how all the pics came out, they look very cool!!!

not to be critical, lol, but the 2nd pic of the wheel is blurry...

Love the 1 shot of the LUX H8's of course!

I know I know, it was cold as heck outside and my hands kept shaking!!!

I need a lens with IS (or a gorillapod)

Dmitriy@AUTOcouture · 12-10-2009, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluespeed117

i love blue bimmers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masheen

Oh my..that baby is HOT

Quote:

Originally Posted by MassBimmer

Very nice

Quote:

Originally Posted by DLeeriOus

Man, the lighting makes the car look so vivid!

I love LMB's ability to color shift in different situations, I've had people call my car black, dark blue, and "ocean blue" before. Your photos are a great examples of how versatile LMB can be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vgame64

+1

Awesome car!

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTV

Wow love that color!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mds82

Looks awesome !!!!

glad to see you finally got those pictures posted! I like how all the pics came out, they look very cool!!!

not to be critical, lol, but the 2nd pic of the wheel is blurry...

Love the 1 shot of the LUX H8's of course!

Thanks bro! It was like 33 degrees outside, Sagar was trying his best to take the best pics he could and not shiver haha

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurboBmaNN

Looks great man, pics came out awesome

Thanks man! Really looking forward to meeting you finally.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AutoCouture

Car of the month

I hate you, I hate you, I don't even know you and I hate ya guts!

JaysBlueE92 · 12-10-2009, 04:46 PM

very nice ride

mds82 · 12-10-2009, 05:06 PM

http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/...p5-5p6_is_c16/

i got that lens, its awesome!!!!!!

you almost never need to change it. it is $$$ though

vgame64 · 12-10-2009, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mds82

http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/...p5-5p6_is_c16/

i got that lens, its awesome!!!!!!

you almost never need to change it. it is $$$ though

Nice lens...but my 16-35 already has a much wider aperture of 2.8 so the IS wouldn't help. A bit higher ISO would've helped but I try too hard to stay under 400.

If I didn't have a full frame as my new main camera (unlike the 50d used here), I'd probably get this lens ...amazon has it for $580 which is pretty cheap compared to the L glass I am used to going broke for.

Addicted2Boost · 12-10-2009, 05:18 PM

beautiful ride!

CPI · 12-10-2009, 05:20 PM

Nice pics and nice ride!

Hedges · 12-10-2009, 05:23 PM

Sweeeet! Look at those cannons in the back!

JayeJaymes · 12-10-2009, 05:31 PM

verry clean! love the pics

Craig@SupremePower · 12-10-2009, 05:42 PM

looks great man...

RON1X · 12-10-2009, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AutoCouture

Car of the month

+1, very clean bimmer! love those ch's

SV Concepts III · 12-10-2009, 06:27 PM

DAMN that is one hot car, I like the tips

12-10-2009, 04:22 PM	#1
Dmitriy@AUTOcouture Major 219 Rep 1,133 Posts Drives: carefully Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NYC iTrader: (3)	Dmitriy@AUTOcouture's LeMans Blue E93 Photoshoot After months of work and countless trips to Bergen County NJ, I am finally done with the E93. Major, MAJOR, thanks go out to the following people: Sal @ AutoCouture Motoring - The main inspiration behind the car and the reason why I drive it today. Thank you for everything broski. Guys if you are in the tristate area, GO TO HIM!!!!!!! Matt (itsbrokeagain) - Thanks for being so patient with me being extremely anal and dropping this thing like its hot. Sagar Rawal (vgame64) - Guys, his shots are simply amazing and he's an awesome guy to boot. Thank you again and again. I would go on and on with personal messages but you guys will kill me so without the following people, none of this would be possible: Frank @ M Force Designs, JBSpeed, Alex (HyperM3), Marc "The man, the legend" MDS82, Nick@JleviSW, Tom Kovach @ The Art of Tint, Jamie Fizzle, KC from KC Exhausts, Terry @ Burger Motors, and Jason & Evan @ Tischer BMW. The car: '09 LeMans Blue/Saddle Brown/Glacier Silver E93. European Delivery 8/21/2009 Modifications: LeMans Blue painted grilles with matte black slots LeMans Blue painted reflectors BBS CH's KW Variant 1's Rogue Engineering 15mm Spacers LUX H8 JB3 1.4 DiMisa 4.0 Polished Tips Escort 9500iX Hardwire Rear Fog Switch AutoCouture Motoring custom Titanium extended lug nuts. 20% Llumar Tint all around OEM Rear Fog Switch Camera Used: Canon EOS 50D w/ Canon 16-35mm F2.8L II Lens with a B+W Kaisemann Circular Polarizer Shoot Location: Natirar Estate Peapack, NJ ENJOY!! EDIT - Some more pics: Last edited by Dmitriy@AUTOcouture; 04-23-2010 at 08:48 AM..
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