ceiling_fan's photos - New ones

[ShaolinMasta]

Stunning pictures

 

[ceiling_fan]

Thanks very much everybody!

If anything, I have but one question remaining: How in the world do you make your wide-angle panorama shots?

I have tried so many times now, but for the life of me I can't work out the issues I am having. The panoramas I try to make usually consist of 15-20 images, using the "Merge" option within Photoshop. But it seems like Photoshop just doesn't seem to manage to line them up because of the image distortion based on the wide angle one is shooting with. You have any tips or tricks?

I'm honestly not very good at these, but here's what I do:

The way I do it is this: 2-4 photos in GT5 at about 25mm

In Photoshop (I'm using CS5 on Mac OS X)

File → Automate → Photomerge...

Layout = Auto

Select all images you want to merge together, and check Blend Images Together, Vignette Removal and (this is important) Geometric Distortion Correction.

Hit OK and PS will do all the merging and blending.

I then edit the image (sometimes the corners are rounded off so I either can crop the image into a rectangle or use the clone stamp tool to paint in the missing edges.)

Then I have the image and can do the regular editing.

HOWEVER, sometimes Photoshop glitches and closes the window during the auto-blend. After some hardcore googling, I found a solution to this, which is just a slightly longer way of doing everything above. No reason to use this method if the first one works.

File → Scripts → Load Files into Stack…
Then use Edit → Auto-Align Layers.

I have to use some trial and error on the checkboxes to get the panorama to look good Anywho, I used this method on a new image which I am very proud of!

And I took a couple more images from that race.





And the long-coming V12 Vantage update...









Also finally knocked out the other requests that I hadn't got to yet.

How about the 300sl at cote d'azur. Be-oo-ti-ful

as for request..how about a Ibiza on Madrid?

This was a tricky one...







And the GT Fairlady Z







And a couple of randoms!





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8500th post, yeehaw!

 

[obsessive rules]

I can die happy. Just before I have "alone time" with the 300sl

 

[SVX]

Beautiful update, that 2CV one is superb. 👍

The Aston Martin shots a fantastic too. 👍

 

[Jamoru]

Incredible! Already favorited most of them on Flickr.

 

[AerodyManiac]

Terrific Super GT and 300 SL photos! My favourite is 2nd, 8th and 9th 👍

 

[Skython]

That Aston Martin is just amazing, more amazing than the wicked SL part of the set! As always, beautiful work, C_F! 👍 The Seat Ibiza turned out excellently too!

 

[Horde_R35]

Outstanding pics .

 

[Jacob]

Yabba-dabba-freakin'-doo. You keep outdoing yourself David, stunning update. My faves are the 300SL and S/GT shots.

 

[FosterG]

Great great work on the 300 series.

 

[JDMKING13]

The first Fairlady picture is not fair at all man. 👍

 

[Bram Turismo]

It worked like a charm now CF! 👍

I think the Photomerge option in CS2 was just dodgy. I upgraded to CS5 and did a quick panorama of 14 shots. All of them aligned perfectly. It was necessary to crop the corners by quite a lot, but it still looked pretty good! 👍

CS5 actually used some time to create the panorama while CS2 created one instantly, probably the fact that CS2 never went through an aligning process.

 

[DarkR]

This is madness...pure madness

 

[obsessive rules]

This is madness...pure madness

No... This is Sparta. Pure Sparta.

 

[rev91]

beautiful shots!! loves the aston and the superGT picture

 

[ceiling_fan]

Thanks everyone! Ready for a 44-pic update?!

Veyron










LFA















ZR1 RM







MX-5

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Maserati







Aventador









Randoms























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[Jacob]

What can I say...

 

[ShaolinMasta]

WOOOOOOW !!!!!!!!! Ultra awesome !
Love your red Lexus and this shot

 

[NBDESIGNZ]

Great update!
Faves?
....Yes, all of them!!!

 

[Nato_777]

Utterly fantastic work!

Those standards all belong in the Clean 'Em Up thread. 👍

 

[Tracksmith]

Despite the huge quantity, every picture is quality.

 

[20832]

Absolutly stunning work as usual!
I cannot quote any picture because too many are just too good.

 

[AerodyManiac]

woahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoah

Beautiful LFA and MX-5 👍

 

[obsessive rules]

https://www.gtplanet.net/ferrari-f1-cars-featured-in-new-expert-gt5-seasonal-events/

The picture on this page is yours! Well done mate!

 

[sejtur]

Amazing work c_F!

 

[Eric Demory]

Bringing these cars to pure realism seems to be your top priority.

 

[ceiling_fan]

Thanks guys. I should have a new update soon...

 

[nanabu]

i know its easy to ask for an update but ,.. i do it anyway


update please ?

 

[Horde_R35]

^ +1 its about time .

 

[ceiling_fan]

i know its easy to ask for an update but ,.. i do it anyway


update please ?

^ +1 its about time .

Alright, I have a LOT of pics since my last update, so I'm only going to post 1/3 or so.


































Posted on Yahoo Autos blog!
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/better-real-miura-flickr-photo-day-232835084.html

































































Whew!

There are a LOT more on my Flickr page, if you feel inclined to look at them