Awesome shot!

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Nice shot... except for the Mustang part.

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Very cool! Did you use a camera mount of some sort or were you sitting in back?

Here is a similar shot I took by holding the camera out the window of my 04 GTO:

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It was on a tripod in the backseat, attached to a cable release.

I've been looking for a suitable mount for outside the car. So far found nothing I'd trust with a DSLR.

TitzPics, both shots!



Last5oh: what do you do: "sandbag" or
prop your 'pod? How to keep it stable?

BR, mD

The Mustang's rear seats are a 50-50 split fold-down. I wedged a leg between the folded backrests and drive like I had 'hard-boiled eggs' under the gas pedal.

On the X5 (60-40 split) I will definitely need a LOT of sandbags/weight, my camera and lens weighs about 4 lbs. The good thing with the X5 is that it has a MUCH BETTER ride.

For those wanting to try this, settings were:

1/10 sec at f8.0 ISO 200. Lens was 17mm. You can go from there.

Thanks for the tips, Last5oh!

I see vid/still cam mounts on m'cycles regularly, but have not seen a heavy
DSLR attached; I too would be nervous about it tumbling down the highway.
Cool pics!
GL, mD

The only thing that i've been intrigued by was a headrest camera mount, I haven't seen anything that looks substantial for holding the SLR up at night. Hell, I got a mini tripod to try and take some long-shutter night shots and it doesn't stand a chance against my JV nikon.

I went to upload one of my latest and I haven't dumped my SD card in a month. Yikes. My current thing is to have someone rest the lens on the front edge of the sunroof, and hope to god that it isn't 20º out (like last time.) Time for a spring drive...

There is this Fat Gecko camera mount I was shown:

Fat Gecko Camera Mount - Extreme Suction Cup Mount - Delkin Devices

The salesman said it can take a small DSLR...ha! BUT if the suction cups can support a DSLR how do you know it won't pull the paint off!!???

Notice how the company website aviods publishing detailed specs?