My Black and White Vipers

[mikesax]

Finally able to get Ron-aka "The Schen"-over to photograph my two Vipers! Great day Sunday with an amazing VOA photographer!! If you ever get the chance call him-FANTASTIK guy, AMAZING work!!


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[FLATOUT]

Nice! A circular polarizing filter would go along way in these shots. Awesome cars Mike!

[Schen]

Nice! A circular polarizing filter would go along way in these shots. Awesome cars Mike!

Thanks for the tip Andy! I'll keep it in mind, I think I have one. Will be doing alot more shoots with these two in the future!

Thanks again Mike for having me over! I've got some goodies for you next time.

--RS

[FLATOUT]

Your work gets better every time I see it. You can use the CPF's to manipulate reflections in glass and body work. Sometimes I'll take 3 or 4 pictures of the same car in the same spot rotating the filter each time and then strip in each body panel back to one clean exposure in photoshop. Major pain, but a skill worth having.


Thanks for the tip Andy! I'll keep it in mind, I think I have one. Will be doing alot more shoots with these two in the future!

Thanks again Mike for having me over! I've got some goodies for you next time.

--RS

[Sybil TF]

Wow! 2? How do you decide on which one to drive?

[mikesax]

It's never too hard-love em both!!

[bluesrt]

wow, those are nice!

[Bruce H.]

Very nice cars Mike, and beautifully photographed Schen. Is they both Trak Pack cars, and will you be tracking either?

[mikesax]

Bruce-black 13 has track pack:white 14 has performance tires so I think package is the same?! Where as I drive them almost daily - I have never tracked them! HOWEVER-I do love your posts and follow your adventures weekly!!

[theviper]

Great Pics!

[Bruce H.]

Now that's unacceptable, Mike. If you bought one with Track Pack that basically commits you to the Track Rat Lifestyle:) I suggest you join your local BMW-CCA chapter and book a HPDE (Hi Performance Driver Education) event where you'll have excellent classroom, skid pad and in-car instruction. It's the most fun you can have in a Viper with your clothes on...and you'll appreciate the car like never before!

Track Attack reports #10 thru 14 coming your way starting next week to help inspire you. There's no way to communicate how incredible this car is on track, and Randy beating just about every iconic supercar in an SRT still doesn't describe it unless you've driven/tracked those as well to give you a frame of reference.


Bruce-black 13 has track pack:white 14 has performance tires so I think package is the same?! Where as I drive them almost daily - I have never tracked them! HOWEVER-I do love your posts and follow your adventures weekly!!

[VYPR BYT]

Nice Mike (Ron too)
Looks like the 2 Mikes both got some garage art of their rides in the same week! lol
Now you need to find some frames.

[Vital velocity]

Your work gets better every time I see it. You can use the CPF's to manipulate reflections in glass and body work. Sometimes I'll take 3 or 4 pictures of the same car in the same spot rotating the filter each time and then strip in each body panel back to one clean exposure in photoshop. Major pain, but a skill worth having.

That will definitely make the picture stand out! Takes some time to do but well worth it. Good shots though! And i agree, your work continues to get better and better.

[Nine Ball]

Great combo of cars, Mike. Definitely try and take one out on a road course. If you like the Viper this much now, you'll love it even more on the track.

Tony

[v10enomous]

Wow... Nice ! Hope to see them in person one day.

[VENOM V]

Damn brother! Two of the nicest color combos I've seen. Great shots, I like the two facing eachother strutting their stuff

[Vprbite]

You have two and I don't have one yet. I am going to sue you declaring a writ of totallyus unfairus, what it's a real legal thing,no need to google it. Really though great photos and some great cars. Bruce is right when he says you will love the track. Trust him, he gets his mail there. Your first time on the track and you are hooked. Especially when you feel what these cars can do. Gen V, even more so than my Gen 3, finding the limits of the car, though at first and for a while, it's the limits of the driver. I can only imagine what it's like to let those loose on a track. Either way, keep enjoying them and let us know when if you do another photo session.

[mikesax]

Well Mr. Vprbite- the TOTALLY FAIRUS thing to do is to let a "select" few Mamba members know that should there be a VOA event out here in the NY area- there would be an "available" GTS to be driven in such an event!! Seeing as I can ONLY drive one at a time-there is an upside to having "2" and being a member of such an "INCREDIBLE CLUB WITH EQUALLY INCREDIBLE MEMBERS"!! TOTALLY FAIRUS-it's a real Viper thing-no need to google it!!!

[FLATOUT]

Well Mr. Vprbite- the TOTALLY FAIRUS thing to do is to let a "select" few Mamba members know that should there be a VOA event out here in the NY area- there would be an "available" GTS to be driven in such an event!! Seeing as I can ONLY drive one at a time-there is an upside to having "2" and being a member of such an "INCREDIBLE CLUB WITH EQUALLY INCREDIBLE MEMBERS"!! TOTALLY FAIRUS-it's a real Viper thing-no need to google it!!!

I wish you lived closer to me haha. Very nice of you Mike.

[Slithr]

I have to agree beautiful stable and great photography. Looks like a lot of fun.

Devoured #'s 1-9, looking forward to the next in the series.

Time Attack reports #10 thru 14 coming your way starting next week to help inspire you.
Fixed it for you (I think) :fpopcorn:

Maybe one day I can hire Andy to take some shots of my old Gen III relic.

[mikesax]

Andy-my "sanity" in this crazy world are "Vipers" and that "select" group of "Viperholics" who "GET IT"!! Couldn't think of a better day than driving with the "POSITIVE ARMADA"!!

[Vprbite]

A NY event would be pretty cool. Depending on where it was based, wouldn't it allow access to a couple great tracks?

I honestly wasn't thinking I would be in the market for a Gen V for a few years but the more I see these cars I don't know if I can wait. I think it's awesome you have two. I am partial to the white with stripes. I think it looks so good on the Gen V.

I really hope I didn't offend you. I was just trying to show how much I am in admiration of your vehicles. I wasn't insinuating you didn't deserve them or anything like that. Please forgive me if it came across that way. It was certainly not my intention.

[Bruce H.]

Devoured #'s 1-9, looking forward to the next in the series.

Fixed it for you (I think) :fpopcorn:


My reviews have always been titled "Track Attack" actually.

[mikesax]

Mr. Vprbite-sorry I don't know your first name- my "positive sarcasm" obviously didn't come across 100%!! I dig the "totallyus unfairus" comment-your humor DID NOT escape me-sorry mine escaped you!! Look forward to responding to more of your "comments and outlooks" on future topics!! We need more playful sarcasm in this world!!!! Things are WAY TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT for me!!

[V1P3R]

Great pics of some great cars!

Thanks for posting.

[Schen]

I picked out the framed photos last night and I can't wait to see them at Mike's place. I'm really digging the 20x30 I set up! Wait till you guys see this. I'd almost order one for myself if I didn't run out of wall space. Off work today, gonna edit some more pics I guess.

--RS

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[mikesax]

Looking REALLY good Ron!!

[Vprbite]

Mr. Vprbite-sorry I don't know your first name- my "positive sarcasm" obviously didn't come across 100%!! I dig the "totallyus unfairus" comment-your humor DID NOT escape me-sorry mine escaped you!! Look forward to responding to more of your "comments and outlooks" on future topics!! We need more playful sarcasm in this world!!!! Things are WAY TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT for me!!


I was pretty sure you were goofing too but being that I don't really know you I started worrying I sounded like I really thought it unfair or that I was judging you. So I figured I would clear it up. Not in the name of political correctness, but in name of not coming across like a whiney prick.

Glad you liked it. And if I lived closer I would be glad to drive your other Gen V so that you could switch mid drive.

[WhiteSnake]

Mike,
Before you let Vprbite near your Gen 5's send me a pm and I'll fill you in on the "Terror of Tucson". LOL! :)

[Vprbite]

Oh great whitesnake. Just when things are getting all settled and mike and I are learning we are both on the same page, you gotta go and stir things up. First of all, I haven't been convicted of a crime in months. Sure, I was being charged and a few of the witnesses for the prosecution went missing and the case had to be thrown out. But I can't be held accountable for their safety and the odd coincedence that they all went missing at the same time. On an unrelated note my garden looks great. Shouldn't you be complaining about how the kids these days are all punks and they need to bring back quality tv programs like the dick van dyke show?

[mikesax]

Wow-this is great-one comment from WhiteSnake and I realize from his reply that Vprbite is that "long lost" brother my mom told me about!!

[Vprbite]

Yeah Mike, our mother got around a lot it seems. And don't mind whitesnake. He was probably cranky because he was out of worther's originals and his oatmeal wasn't mushy enough for him that morning. Other than those times he is an ok guy. We let him be our president so we must like him at least a little bit.