"Lovely Classic Blue Mini in Xinyi District, Taipei
There’s all sorts of Minis out on the roads of Taiwan, but not all of them catch your eye. Every now and then however, you see a Mini that stops your heart.
I was walking through the streets of Taipei City’s Xinyi district the other day when I came across one such Mini.
Featuring nice wide 12″ wheels the only flaw on the front was a missing indicator/parker light.
I love the look of the wide flares perfectly sized up to fit the tires. Also the shiny (what I think are) Superlite wheels looked awesome.
Inside you didn’t have an entirely original interior, but the owner has kept it nice and black which perfectly complimented the car. I love a good solid black interior on an old classic (stupid sunlight! It was a typically overly bright Taipei summer day and I didn’t realise how bad the glare was in the following photo till I got home);
Bucket seats, an original looking gearstick and instrument cluster. The only modifications I could see were a CD player installation and tacky metallic foot pedals.
Given the overall excellent condition of the car, I guess the footpads were forgivable.
Man, if only all Minis looked this good. Hats off to the owner for maintaining an excellent example of a Mini car.
August 5th, 2011 at 3:09 am ausGeoff(Quote)
Hey Oz…
It was a typically overly bright Taipei summer day and I didn’t realise how bad the glare was in the following photo till I got home)
You need to get yourself a circular polarising filter (and possibly an adapter ring) for your camera. It’ll stop virtually all refections like this from windows and water and any similar highly-reflective surfaces.
August 5th, 2011 at 12:15 pm ozsoapbox(Quote)
Sounds interesting… unfortunately though I shoot on a Nokia N8 camera phone. I did a quick search for a circular polarising filter and didn’t see anything pop up.
Don’t think they make them for the camera phones (at least not the N8)
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August 5th, 2011 at 2:19 pm yi(Quote)
+1 for N8!
August 5th, 2011 at 9:55 pm ausGeoff(Quote)
Easy and effective trick in this case Oz…
Polaroid sunglasses? OK then.
Just hold one of the lenses as close as possible (as in touching) the lens surround. Rotate very slowly until the reflections off the glass disappear — you’ll seem ‘em go in the N8′s LCD screen. I’m not familiar with the N8′s camera settings, but if you can, you might need to boost its auto ISO up a bit — manually — to compensate for the lower incoming light level.
August 6th, 2011 at 12:14 pm ozsoapbox(Quote)
@yi
Yeah but -1 for glare affected photos!
@ausgeoff
Sounds interesting, I’ve usually got sunglasses on when I’m out and about in the sun so I’ll definitely give it a try the next time I have glare problems.