This one was only $3K CAD. They are quite easy to find on e-bay in the U.S. but are fairly rare up here in Canada. I had to have this one shipped out from Ontario.

In regards to the depth of field trickery, I am not sure, as this is the photo the previous owner took and sent me before I bought it.

Awesome for riding around the driveway!

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E53 '04 x5 3.0 6-speed manual

Nice TINY Bimmer!

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LOL - Hey - he better gear up ... Now THIS girl knows how to prepare for the ride

Rack it, it's a classic.

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2003 3.0i White/Black 5 speed Manual.
Options: PP, SP, DSP, NAV, XENON.
Mods: Aluminum Running Boards, 4.6 Body Kit, 20" Style 132 Wheels, Eisenmann Sport Exhaust with Oval tips, Aluminum pedals, Xenonmatch Fogs, M3 Steering Wheel.

Can I have a sip of that HATERADE you're chuggin?

He used a long lens...at least 85mm, and an f-stop like 2.8

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No, it's definately a photoshop edit. You can see the hard break in the focus just above the front wheel on the road. The DOF transition from a lens would be more gradual.

Sorry Parker for sidetracking your thread.

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I will also apologize for sidetracking the thread. Beautiful /5 though! Reminds me of an R50/5 in pearl white, many years ago.

If it is a photoshop edit, and the hard break in the focus is the angled line above the front wheel, then why does the same line carry on behind the fork, where the cables are? Seems like a lot of trouble. I thought the line on the road was a natural shadow line, and that it was done without photoshop. I defer, however, to those who are better photographers than I am (and that includes most photographers).

Jeff

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Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue

To complete this thread jacking...

1) Shadow line is sharp yet the shadows just above this line is very soft. Jeff, I see your point about the shadow line continuing behind the forks. The mask for applying the blurring filter was probably above the hard shadow line.

2) Halo effect around headlight (and the top of the bike in general) caused by applying a filter in photoshop.

3) Here is where the layers didn't line up. You can see a jog in the shadow line and gradient. This is the most telling indicator.

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