Automotive Photography Competition 51

[LongbowX]

Week 51.

Week 50 Results!



It's a 3-way tie this week, so the tie-breaker poll is now up! ^^;

Thank you to everyone who voted. And thank to everyone who entered as well!

-80Y 2C2---4
-TVR&Ferrari_Fan---4
-SPhilli911---4
-Syntax Error---2
-Scaff---1
-LongbowX---1
-homeforsummer---1
-NISM0_SKYLINE---0
-Speedster502---0

Winner: Week 49 - Theme chosen by NISM0_SKYLINE

THEME: In NISM0_SKYLINE's words: "German cars, just any cars from Germany. "

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The rules:

-Each competition's voting will end on a Friday at 5pm GMT. This gives chance for people to engage in religious activities, rest and time with family on Sunday.

-Entries must be in by 5pm on a Wednesday, no exceptions. If your work is not submitted by then then you must wait until the next week.

-All entered photographs
must have been taken between January 2008 and the present day.

-Enteries must be posted as a thumbnail without extending 400pixels on the longest side. Full sized images may be no larger than 900pixels on their longest side.

-You must only submit your own photographs, do not post anyone else's wheter from the internet or if someone you know took the photograph.

-Any watermark you place on your image must be in any corner of the image as long as it does not obstruct the subject of the image.

-Only one photograph per person. You can change your entry only once.

-You must not vote for your own photograph when the Poll is up. Only vote for a photograph taken by another entrant.

-The photograph must be submitted with the following information: Subject, Location, Date and Camera used.

-Levels, Curves, Colour Balance, Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation, cropping, or anything else capable in the development process or with filters and common special lenses are allowed to use in Photoshop or other image editing softwares. Other adjustments and effects are not allowed to be used in your picture.

-No HDRI shots allowed



Entries must be in on the Wednesday at 5pm GMT.
The poll will be up at 5:30pm GMT on this day and will end on a Friday at 5:30pm GMT.

Thank you for taking time to read this and I will hope to get a good number of entries on Wednesday the 14th of October.


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[Pebb]

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BMW M3 E92
Goodwood FOS 09, UK
3rd July 2009
Nikon D90​

 

[homeforsummer]

TT



Croft Circuit, UK
12th July 2009
Nikon D40​

 

[Boffin]

This is a changed entry.

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster

The Classic Throttle Shop, Sydney

02/10/09

Nikon D60​

 

[SPhilli911]

TechArt GTStreet
Manhattan
Summer 2009
Nikon D90​

 

[homeforsummer]

I wish I'd held out and bought the D40x rather than the D40! Just can't match the clarity you get from 10mp rather than 6mp...

 

[Boffin]

I see nothing wrong with your shots.

I have the same MPs as SPhilli911 and his are more clearer than my shots. It just comes down to skill and how stead your grip is. I need much more practice but it will come eventually. I bought the non VR lens kit (which meant I could afford it) but maybe a VR lens wouldn't go astray with me.

I think Scaff is running with 6MP still....

 

[homeforsummer]

Could also be the lens I suppose. And by the point of the Audi photo I was on manual focus only... the AF has died on my 18-55mm lens! And yeah, I don't have VR...

 

[SPhilli911]

The clarity in your shots homeforsummer, are fine. My friend used to have a D40 and his shots looked the same as mine for the most part. I don't think MP matters much unless the photos are huge.

I wish I had known you wanted a D40x, though. I sold it with a ton of accessories for $350 and got a D90. I got ripped off! lol

 

[homeforsummer]

Perhaps it's just my eyes then

 

[Speedster502]

997 Turbo Cabrios
Greenwich, CT
Summer 2009
Nikon D40x​

Lovely photo, but I swear you've entered that shot in this competition before...I don't really know what the rules are regarding that though.

 

[Syntax error]

Audi A4
Oran Park Raceway, NSW, Australia
30/08/2009
Canon 5D​

 

[Scaff]

I think Scaff is running with 6MP still....

I am indeed, and here is mine for the week.

Dirty Boots

BMW 320i M-Sport
12th October 2009
Fuji S2 Pro w 50mm f1.8​

I was stuck for time on this and had no library shot that I was happy with, so on the way back home from work yesterday I took a shot that I had been planning in my mind all day.

Shot at 1600 ISO (1/125 @ f16) to deliberately add in as much grain as I could, I then set to work in PS to try and get the shot I originally had in my mind. Not that of a nice clean brochure shot of a wheel, rather one that had just finished a bit of a B-road blast (and this one had done just that).

I've smoothed the grain without removing it using Noise Ninja, added a blur to the image that I have dark blended, desaturated the image and then cut the BMW and M-Sport logos back in so they are sharper and add a hint of colour back. Finished it with a touch of vignetting to draw the eye in and bit of USM to make sure the grain, noise and blur don't rob the image of too much definition (only used around 40% USM).

I quite like the end result, its a bit more 'artsy' than I normally go for, but it will be interesting to see what everyone else makes of it. No matter what I certainly enjoyed creating it.


Scaff

 

[homeforsummer]

I'm glad I didn't go for the shot of a BMW wheel I had in mind as it would have been very similar...

 

[Scaff]

I'm glad I didn't go for the shot of a BMW wheel I had in mind as it would have been very similar...

Oppps - sorry


Scaff

 

[Speedster502]

Volkswagen Polo
Rockingham Motor Speedway, United Kingdom
30th of May, 2009
Canon EOS 350D​

First off, as some may have noticed I've not been particularly active in this section of the forums recently, I've had a distinct lack of events that I've been to recently (especially motorsports) so at the moment I'm in a situation where I don't have much new material to show. However, that should change soon.

This was a shot taken at my second (proper) motorsport event at Rockingham, I saw this little Polo coming up the entrance slope and thought it looked quite cool, so I got the photo of it, I like how sharp the car appears, the dirt specs on the road as well as the gentle blur leading onto the track in the background.

 

[SPhilli911]

Lovely photo, but I swear you've entered that shot in this competition before...I don't really know what the rules are regarding that though.

Oh, I probably did enter it. I lost track. lol

Who thought it was a good idea not to allow entries to be changed?

 

[LongbowX]

Lovely photo, but I swear you've entered that shot in this competition before...I don't really know what the rules are regarding that though.

Oh, I probably did enter it. I lost track. lol

Who thought it was a good idea not to allow entries to be changed?

I think it has been submitted before. I haven't checked yet, but I am pretty sure. I guess the original rules didn't consider that possibility! So I've altered the rules, so you can change your entry once.

EDIT: It was Auto Competition 30 that you entered it. ^^ Don't blame you for not remembering, that was in April!

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Mercedes E Class

Motor Werks

02.10.09

Canon A630​

 

[Boffin]

I think it has been submitted before. I haven't checked yet, but I am pretty sure. I guess the original rules didn't consider that possibility! So I've altered the rules, so you can change your entry once.

EDIT: It was Auto Competition 30 that you entered it. ^^ Don't blame you for not remembering, that was in April!

Goodee!

I changed mine now. Its in the orgininal post.

 

[SPhilli911]

Cool thanks! Changed my entry above.

 

[Boffin]

Thats a great shot 👍.

 

[LongbowX]

Unfortunately, I'm leaving now - so this contest will close when I come back in about 5 hours or so. So it will close around 10:00 GMT. Thank you. ^^; Feel free to change or submit until then!

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Final Entry



Various Porsches
Porsche Corral, Corner 9
August 30, 2009
Canon Rebel XTi