Wow us with your XK8/R photos
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fixer upper
Im new to jaguars, got this for my son from my boss for an unbelievable price. me and my son have been learning together how to work on it. it had 79k miles when we got it. after new plugs and all the other work we have done she runs great with no codes. As of now all I have left to do a valve cover gasket job. Im planning on getting a paint job soon as well. Ive been really impressed by the car so far.
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I was amazed. It's in great shape. I looked up the PO, and he lived in a high dollar house, so I'll bet it was an occasional use car, not in winter. I got her at a great price. Figured if she was bad, I could flip her here in Florida and put money in my pocket. Instead, I'm selling my 73 Mustang.
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Im new to jaguars, got this for my son from my boss for an unbelievable price. me and my son have been learning together how to work on it. it had 79k miles when we got it. after new plugs and all the other work we have done she runs great with no codes. As of now all I have left to do a valve cover gasket job. Im planning on getting a paint job soon as well. Ive been really impressed by the car so far.
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Fortunately, it is easy to make the blocker disappear and put the focus of the image on your beautiful Jag.
For more than a decade I've used a wonderful free PC image app called "Irfanview" to post process my pics.
it's easy to crop, sharpen, and change the brightness/contrast/saturation, as well as small/large rotation to make images level.
I do these because my phone tends to record images too bright and flat.
Cropping is probably the best way to make the subject of your photo the focus and stand out more.
Anymore I tend to shoot a bit wide, then crop in to exactly the frame I want to show.
Below is a touched version of your original picture at the bottom.
I used" crop [select box+ctrl-y] to remove the blocker & some of the messy road & contrail and +sat +contrast [shift-g] to make the shadows & blue sky just a tiny bit more dramatic.
I didn't use: -brightness [shift-g] or fine-rotation [ctrl-u] or sharpen [shift-s] as the brightness was great and sharpening turned your trees into icicles.
If you go overboard with saturation & contrast, you'll need to start posting to an Instragram account.
Also, after an experience in court where everyone's internet presence was being searched (fortunately we triumphed because we were/are squeaky clean), I routinely blackout/randomize my number plate because google is doing text recognition of online photos ( https://www.google.com/search?q=4049...&tbm=isch&sa=X finds images of our nonprofit's WWII half-track "4049386" and that number isn't contained in the photo metadata.).
Your original photo
lightly touched with Irfanview
Last edited by sanchius; 03-18-2022 at 11:02 AM.
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Chrome wheels cleaning
I do have Atlas chrome wheels ans the best and easiest way to keep them clean is to use Ceramic coating on them. My 2006 Victory Edition is stored for the winter in Quebec.
When it clean it from the storage I applied Ceramic coating on all chrome parts. It take a bit of time but after I am good for a full summer of light clean and dry.
When it clean it from the storage I applied Ceramic coating on all chrome parts. It take a bit of time but after I am good for a full summer of light clean and dry.
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Mr. Torq,
Congratulations on you new BUY! I can't wait to see your new Coupe...Tell me more about it and shoot all of us a Photo of the new Babe ASAP!! When do you plan to go get it? Let us know all about it.....What color is it? Is it an "R"? I'll leave you with a Photo of my Coupe to take with you on your trip!
Billy Clyde @ Cinco Ranch
2005 Jaguar XKR Coupe - Onyx/Ivory 20" BBS "Montreal" Wheels
Congratulations on you new BUY! I can't wait to see your new Coupe...Tell me more about it and shoot all of us a Photo of the new Babe ASAP!! When do you plan to go get it? Let us know all about it.....What color is it? Is it an "R"? I'll leave you with a Photo of my Coupe to take with you on your trip!
Billy Clyde @ Cinco Ranch
2005 Jaguar XKR Coupe - Onyx/Ivory 20" BBS "Montreal" Wheels
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