Boxster's don't photograph well

[Timco]

[78F350]

Woody, you might as well have said, "Post your favorite Boxster picture."
Looking over the posts and some of the better pictures here, I really think that lighting and reflection add a lot. These curves really show off in a low angle light.

Here are two that I think are bad.

From the CL add I bought my first Box from:


This angle makes her butt look fat and lighting is flat:
bad angle

These two I like the angle on the car, and the lighting.

Low angle of the lighting shows off the curves:
sunrise3

Carrying the reflected colors:
sunrise-Vister2

*I am no expert in photography, but I did take the 'photo-101' class once. :dance:

[Pdwight]

[thstone]

Black seems to photograph pretty well!

[Pominoz]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

Am I the only one that thinks Boxster's don't look as good in pictures as they do in person? They seem out of proportion in photos. Especially with a hardtop or 03/04 top. In person though, they look so damn sexy even with the hardtop or 03/04 top! I catch myself just starting like a deer in headlights at my boxster all the time. I know I'm bias, but the 986 is a great looking car.

Black is best on the 986 IMHO.

[imari]

IMHO

[Jim Rockford]

I would tend to agree with this.

I also think they photograph considerably better with the top up. The doors aren't very deep and this gets accentuated with the longish overhangs of the 986 and the smaller side air inlets. With the top up it seems to somehow help mask some of the weaker points of the design. Of course for a vehicle that was designed probably 20 years ago now I'd say it does pretty well. Abbreviated overhangs didn't come along until far after, so it's obviously understandable. Further to this however, because of the strong family resemblance of Porsches, in my experience those less initiated seem to have no idea what model year a 986 is and assume it's only a few years old.

On the 987 they stubbied the car up by squaring off the front end and I think that makes a big difference in the visual balance of the car. Then on the 981 they took the opportunity to address the back end by adding some heft to it which sorts out the design even further.

I've found that there's certain angles that work better when photographing the car, and crouching down to take the photo can also work sometimes.

[GaryMulcahey]

Photographers take bad photographs, not the subjects of the photographer.

G

[truegearhead]

Originally Posted by Luv2Box

Everything looks ten pounds heavier in photographs but I think Boxsters look great except for the front shots down low then they kinda look like frogs.

Excellent taste in livery