X5 on the rocks - MN style

[pretz 4.8iS]

Nice pics. Do you have 20's? What tires do you have?

[nom3rcy]

What size wallpapers are you guys using? I'll get a higher-res version of that pic up.

The wheels are the factory 20s with Toyo Proxes S/T IIs

They do surprisingly well in the winter, although nowhere near as good as the Blizzaks we have on the 4.6is. I didn't get too crazy on the lake since I didn't have any backup to pull me out if I got stuck, but they were suitable for the easy stuff I was doing.

[Yii]

I would love to get Pic 3 and 4 as wall papers there so pretty! My Res is 1280x800, can u make me a high res wallpaper by any chance?

[c4racer]

Originally Posted by nom3rcy

Yes those are stars, and airplanes

Thank you very much everyone - it was cold but a lot of fun, I'm glad you guys like them I'll have to take some more!

For this shoot I used my Canon 50D and a Tamron 17-50 lens along with a Manfrotto tripod. I tried some effects with my 430exII but didn't have much luck with it. The best lighting was captured in the last pic when a Jeep was driving past on the ice road - got lucky with that one It would have been nice to have a flashlight of some sort to highlight the car better as this paint seemed to absorb all available light lol

For pp I used Lightroom to import and manage the pics with some light processing, and then Photoshop CS4 for any edits and touchups, with the NoiseNinja plugin to help with the noise reduction. I always shoot in RAW, especially in these low light setups as it does make a huge difference.

Wow - so a jeep gave you that lighting affect. I was wondering how the hell you pulled that off. Really nice work btw, and glad the new ride did not end up in the bottom of the lake. "Crack" - Oops - it was thinner than we thought - aaaahhhhh.....

[LightWerkz]

Very amazing pictures.

[Essam Khafagi]

amazing pics!

I would never ever never go on top of a frozen lake with an X
you are so brave to do that!

[admranger]

Nicely done! Lake Minnetonka -- my grandfather had a place on it (off Hwy 7) and also had shoreline across the street on Lake Virginia. Me? I had to settle for Lake Minnewashta as a kid...

Brings back a lot of memories -- mostly involving frostbite...

Now I just shovel sunshine.

[motordavid]

Titz Pics!
Very well done...love the GPS shot.
BR,mD

[nom3rcy]

Originally Posted by Essam Khafagi

amazing pics!

I would never ever never go on top of a frozen lake with an X
you are so brave to do that!

Growing up in Minnesota driving on the ice is a pretty normal thing!

[Essam Khafagi]

Originally Posted by nom3rcy

Growing up in Minnesota driving on the ice is a pretty normal thing!

I never saw ice in my life, so my fear is normal i guess