Bram Turismo's Gallery - Tournament Round 1 before/after -
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That's why I love images, the feature is never used to be more realistic, but to add more vibrant colours and, as you mentioned, attitude to an image. That's why I love it, there's so much chaos in the image, and there are so much vibrant colours in HDR images 👍
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- TheSwissLegend
I think it does add a little more realism. I know you already know this, but I have to stick for HDR to some degree. 
The whole point of HDR is to capture a picture that is more true to what you actually saw. For instance...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b342/ericschmeric/HDR.jpg
Now there is a fine line between the shot looking realistic and just plain silly . I also really love that Top Gear does it too.
The whole point of HDR is to capture a picture that is more true to what you actually saw. For instance... http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b342/ericschmeric/HDR.jpg
Now there is a fine line between the shot looking realistic and just plain silly . I also really love that Top Gear does it too.
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- GTP_jgda9rsv2
you've totally ruined it. it seems that some of the reflections are a bit out of perspective. the back is too dark, and the front is almost too bright to match the rest of the car. if the skies were that dark, and you're using a 1/100th shutter speed for example,
shouldn't the skies somehow reflect on the front windows too ? i could be wrong, but it's just what i see. one thing i do like about it is the dirty looks on the doorline and near the airvent of the car. makes it look dirty. just wish the skies were a little bit less noisy and a bit brighter. to be honest, you should have just kept the original, or blurred the sky a little bit to kill the noise levels, or did a black and white conversion. then maybe the hdr could of worked out better.
shouldn't the skies somehow reflect on the front windows too ? i could be wrong, but it's just what i see. one thing i do like about it is the dirty looks on the doorline and near the airvent of the car. makes it look dirty. just wish the skies were a little bit less noisy and a bit brighter. to be honest, you should have just kept the original, or blurred the sky a little bit to kill the noise levels, or did a black and white conversion. then maybe the hdr could of worked out better.
magburner
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That looks awesome man! The HDR effects look great, especially on the road. The car looks a little more blurred that in the first shot (which I loved!), but the overall effect is superb! 👍
Great stuff, keep 'em coming!
Great stuff, keep 'em coming!
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- DjSkyline701, GTP_DjSkyline701
DUde.... STUNNING hdr effect, I look like the packaging art of a game, but to me the lighting still makes it look realistic somewhat. And noise make it look better IMO. AWESOME update to an update.
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- bramturismo
The Chaparall was my original entry for the first round of the Tournament, but got replaced by the 905. The Supra was something for the H2H comp, but I couldn't enter it, hence why it got into this collection. The Elise is a slightly modified version of the Elise that I entered the H2H comp with. The Clio is something you've all seen before, and the 905 is being butt-kicked by Tangled Web. In the background there is the Nissan Cube that is a good while old now.
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This update is perfect.. The 2J shot is awesome.. The car looks like a plane The blur on this one fits to the car perfectly.. The MK3 is awesome.. The saturation, the lighting and the reflections make the whole shot better than it actually is.. The scenery is also well done.. Then to the Elise.. There's not much to say, just that it's a really really well done shot from you, Bram Turismo 👍.. I've already seen this Clio and this shot is aweome! Last but not least the 905.. The car itself is very sharp and clean, while the background (especially the road) is blurred, which gives the whole thing even more speed and action.. All in all, this is a perfect update, including extraordinary cars.. Extreme high quality overall.. Keep up the good work! 
The blur on this one fits to the car perfectly.. The MK3 is awesome.. The saturation, the lighting and the reflections make the whole shot better than it actually is.. The scenery is also well done.. Then to the Elise.. There's not much to say, just that it's a really really well done shot from you, Bram Turismo 👍.. I've already seen this Clio and this shot is aweome! Last but not least the 905.. The car itself is very sharp and clean, while the background (especially the road) is blurred, which gives the whole thing even more speed and action.. All in all, this is a perfect update, including extraordinary cars.. Extreme high quality overall.. Keep up the good work! 
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- ntx1982
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Lets start with the panel display, gorgeous!!!!!!
The Supra, thank god you can´t enter this week, a very strong picture indeed. Great quality on the car btw, very clean and shiny.
I like both of your Tournament shots, but I think the Chaparral suits the theme better, the blur in there is quite extreme!!
The Elise and Clio...no words needed, just looking and enjoying!!
Nuno
The Supra, thank god you can´t enter this week, a very strong picture indeed. Great quality on the car btw, very clean and shiny.
I like both of your Tournament shots, but I think the Chaparral suits the theme better, the blur in there is quite extreme!!
The Elise and Clio...no words needed, just looking and enjoying!!
Nuno
boiltheocean
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Extremely awesome Bram, love the panel aswell. How do you get it all to line up like that?
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Bram=great:tup:
good job buddy. Great panel. You know I don't need to say a word about those shots.
good job buddy. Great panel. You know I don't need to say a word about those shots.
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- balang_479
You work is stunning, probably the best on this site for me personally...
In the Supra shot, what is that effect that you used on the buildings called to make it softer?
Also you seem to make every surface perfect, whether it be textured or smooth, insane... love your work
In the Supra shot, what is that effect that you used on the buildings called to make it softer?
Also you seem to make every surface perfect, whether it be textured or smooth, insane... love your work
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- bramturismo
I use the slice tool to seperate all parts in order to be able to link to every image. Afterwards I just make a very long sentence with all the url and img codes in it, no spaces between anything and they should line up 👍
I selected an area around the car, feathered it by quite much, and copied the background and everything which was not selected on its own layer. In that shot I applied a gaussian blur and a diffuse glow filter. Afterwards I use the eraser tool to smoothen out the blur that is too much near the center 👍
Thanks for all the comments guys 👍
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Wow...all I can say. Your pictures have an unexplainable quality that makes them seem alive. I'll never be able to do that.
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Great!!! I like your panel, very reflective and shiny.
The 2J picture is awesome, great sense on it, I even prefer it to your actual entry (that is also very good).
The mk2 is very shiny and I like the reflection of the houses on it. The Elise, I prefer the other version of it, it had more punch to it, and we all know the Clio
Overall, great, great, GREAT!!! 👍
The 2J picture is awesome, great sense on it, I even prefer it to your actual entry (that is also very good).
The mk2 is very shiny and I like the reflection of the houses on it. The Elise, I prefer the other version of it, it had more punch to it, and we all know the Clio
Overall, great, great, GREAT!!! 👍
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I tried to focus more on natural lighting and angles this time. I kept it simple without any cleaning other than the smudge tool for fixing some errors
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Schhweeeett! Love the layout you've put the pictures in too.
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- Lisboa
Great. Very smooth, very white
I like how they have turn out, they look awesome and very clean 👍
I like how they have turn out, they look awesome and very clean 👍
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Wow Bram, these are gorgeous photos! They go to show that you really do have a good eye for photos and lighting, aswell as being very talented with your editing.
The middle photo is breathtaking, it's such an awesome sight to see that massive panoramic blur with a perfectly focused car in the middle 👍
The middle photo is breathtaking, it's such an awesome sight to see that massive panoramic blur with a perfectly focused car in the middle 👍
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- TheSwissLegend
Nice job Bram! Very pro panel you made. The shots have great composition and even better lighting. 👍
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- bramturismo
Thanks guys! 👍
My main objective with these ones were to get a better grip of the levels as I easily lose control of exposure levels. Also, I want to get better at manual dodging to give the cars themselves more depth so they don't appear like flat objects 👍
My main objective with these ones were to get a better grip of the levels as I easily lose control of exposure levels. Also, I want to get better at manual dodging to give the cars themselves more depth so they don't appear like flat objects 👍
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- TheSwissLegend
I'd say you did indeed accomplish that objective. i often find myself in the same boat as you with those issues.
boiltheocean
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Very nice update man! Are you using colour balancing in some of these?
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Hey Bram Turismo what year is the Honda because I have got to do a tune for gt3_racer05 for a Honda Integra Type R that looks like this.The one I'm doing is a 95'.And also they look good but there is something to them on the Back bumper on the shots on the bottom and the shots that you can see the windscreen wipers kinda look jaggiy.
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That car is a 1995 model.
