Lexus RC-F

Took a quick couple of shots of this at work last week K30 F50mm and 2 bare flashes one left side of car and one front of car. Processed in Lightroom.

Nice! I'd love to rig that!

You should blur the number plate so that it cannot be read! Otherwise a nice photo of a c**p car.

I tend to blur out any details that might identify a person who just happens to be in the image. Either slightly blur the person's face or the registration number of a private vehicle. However, I note that "Geograph" are not keen on any blurring or cloning. This is in their FAQ list:

"Some submitters do blur out legible vehicle registration plates. Opinions vary as to whether this is necessary or desirable but it is not a reason for rejection if subtly done."

When a car is the central focus of a photograph, the decision is not so clear.

Thanks Gareth your bug shots are superb, might have to have a look into that.

Why on earth would anyone blur a number plate? What possible use is it to man or beast, especially as everyone and his or her dog can read it as you are going along the road? I've never understood this number plate blurring business and have never bothered.

K.

Like it or not, it is called identity theft, and as a person who has had a family member whose identity was stolen, I know the trouble they went through to be cleared of a criminal charge.

There is a reason number plates are on public display; they are not personal and private information. Don't tell me every street shot has to blur out the number plates and faces! This has echoes of the silly furore last year about copyright for public buildings.

It is a personal decision, but I blur out anything that might identify a person at a particular location, at a particular time. I know that it is none of my business, but I would not want a wife to see her husband photographed with another woman at a time when he said he was elsewhere. Nor a business manager be able to identify an employee's car parked outside a stadium when the employee had phoned in sick. OK, why should I protect anyone who is up to no good? Dunno, but I just think that way. Maybe because there have been times in the past when I have been a bit devious

Martin