CLOSED: 2.0 Advanced Competition: Week 12

[SlipZtrEm]

Further explanation of the theme, in the words of by our Week 10 Winner sejtur:

I enjoyed driving my Takata NSX very much and I think everybody will. Any SuperGT car
will do. Only on real, Japanese tracks. There have to be at least 2 cars in the photo,
preferably side by side or really close to eachother in any way.

CARS: SuperGT vehicles only (and more than one in the shot!)
LOCATIONS: Japanese World Circuit tracks only (Suzuka, Fuji, etc)
PHOTO TRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: see above

• It is recommended you host your image on ImageShack, Photobucket, or Flickr.
• Not sure how to post a thumbnail or preview image? Read this sticky!

• No full-size images posted in thread; your entry will be ignored.
  [*]One entry per user. It must be your own work, and never previously used in a comp.
  [*]Mark your FINAL ENTRY clearly, with red text.
  [*]You may change your entry once. Do it clearly; edit out your previous entry, and
  either post the new one in a new reply, or in place of the original.
  [*]When submitting, use either a thumbnail or a preview image, linked to the full-sizer.
  [*]Preview images can not exceed 500 pixels in either direction.
  [*]A preview image must be representative of the full-size image. Do not add effects to it.
  [*]Winner gets to choose the following week's theme, as well as the Top 20. Every fourth
  week, the poll will be H2H style: entries must choose a "team", and the best from each
  poll faces off in a final 48 hour poll.
  [*]Winners cannot enter in their own theme!
  

What you may not do to a photo:

• Alter the geometry of the car. No stickers, or body modifications not available in game.
• Add shapes or objects from outside of GT5, signatures excepted.
• Remove items from shot (scenery, other cars).
• Use more than 1 image (HDR, photo-stitching, multi-exposure).

What you may do to a photo:

• Crop and/or resize an image.
• Adjust the level or curve values.
• Alter the colour tone of the image (gradient maps, photo filters, colour balance, etc).
• Adjust brightness, contrast, exposure, shadow/highlights.
• Enhance shadows or highlights (dodge and burn tools in Photoshop, for example).
• Add noise and/or diffuse glow.
• Add a post-game tilt-shift blur, or apply a motion blur to a stationary Photo Travel shot.
• Make use of Layer Blend Modes.
• Use a Sharpening filter and/or tool.
• Scale or enlarge rims.
• Remove or modify license plates.
• Remove the GT watermark.
• Add a personal signature.
• Clean up or fix jaggies, texture pixelation, or colour separation.
• Add a vignette effect.

20.02.11
(@ 1700 GMT)

 

[ZEROX]

Uhoh!
This is awesome.
I better get going for this.

 

[happycorey]

I think I might just splurge on the SuperGT car I really want the most for thiss

 

[SlipZtrEm]

And before someone asks - just to be absolutely sure, I already PM'd Sej to find out about JGTC cars, since it's just down to a name, but wanted to be completely positive one way or the other

 

[Vonie]

Also I assume the ISF Racing Concept is out?

 

[Revolution.]

I always considered the ISF Concept to be more DTM.

Edit: Slip, did you forget to put Sej's photo from last week into the Header?

 

[s12ken]

Umm... can I do my "New Thing"* during PMCs? hehehe Just asking

* Just visit my gallery to see what I mean

 

[Fezz_ST]

I had the Perfect shot for this..............on the Nurburgring

 

[Boffin]

I'm guessing Stealth models are ok for this?

 

[bmxmitch]

Here it is. Rainy Suzuka. As usual...


FINAL ENTRY


Suzuka Circuit von bmxmitch auf Flickr

full size:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/5444839358_30c0aa0d5c_b.jpg​

 

[Stiggy]

final entry

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[s12ken]

Here's my FINAL ENTRY


click on the image for it's full size ​

 

[gtuned]

Here's my FINAL ENTRY


click on the image for it's full size ​

Woah... how did you get the realistic fish eye ?

 

[Pebb]

He got the effect, by stitching some shots together.

 

[gtuned]

I thought we couldn't do that though ?

 

[[Nor]MclarenF1]

FINAL ENTRY


Fuji Speedway F_1_edit by haakondh, on Flickr

Love this weeks theme.
And yes, I do have a soft spot for the ARTA NSX.​

 

[sejtur]

Sorry S12ken, it's a good shot but it's not allowed to use more than 1 photo. You'll have to replace it with a picture that consists of only 1 image. Wonderful technique though! 👍

I already PMed SlipZ back but I'll say it here for those hesitating:
JGTC = SuperGT so both are allowed, be it from the 300 or 500 classes. I'll allow the stealth versions too.

bmxmitch, that first car in your shot, the blue one, that isn't a SuperGT car if I'm correct..? Only SuperGT cars allowed.

 

[Vonie]

Final Entry

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[gtuned]

Entry changed cause Mog has to be a bastard and 10-up my entries constantly

 

[nanabu]

Final Entry

And I feel good about this one.​

/Competition !

 

[happycorey]

The Acura NSX RM is kinda iffy. It makes it a Honda race car but whether it is a legit JGTC car I'm not sure

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Well, all the RM's are roughly based off real cars... the Acura's inspiration isn't SuperGT/JGTC though, but rather the old Le Mans NSX racer (the one from GT1/GT2).

Doh, knew I was too sleepy yesterday; fixing the header now!

 

[s12ken]

Promptly Changed my final entry.. sorry bout that

 

[Fezz_ST]

Hmm might take a while to find a decent enough online race to get a worthy replay, the search continues, some nice entries so far though

 

[sems4arsenal]

Final Entry

And I feel good about this one.​

Dang What a Picture

 

[happycorey]

Hmm might take a while to find a decent enough online race to get a worthy replay, the search continues, some nice entries so far though

Or you could go to practice and do a race?

 

[Forgetful]

Final Entry

And I feel good about this one.​

Great shot, but I can't help but think that the film grain and colouring looks out of place on a picture full of cars from the digital photography age, in my humble opinion.

 

[gtuned]

Great shot, but I can't help but think that the film grain and colouring looks out of place on a picture full of cars from the digital photography age, in my humble opinion.

Well the grain is viewable on any camera, even on my D5000 at an iso setting of lo.1. And to get a shot like that, i think you'd have to set the Iso pretty high, cause it'd be a far zoom length, therefor the iris is closed, giving a slower shutter speed and less light. The coloring is selective but i think it can add different moods and enhances it a bit.

 

[Forgetful]

Well the grain is viewable on any camera, even on my D5000 at an iso setting of lo.1. And to get a shot like that, i think you'd have to set the Iso pretty high, cause it'd be a far zoom length, therefor the iris is closed, giving a slower shutter speed and less light. The coloring is selective but i think it can add different moods and enhances it a bit.

^^Knows more about cameras than I do.

Still would consider voting for it. Great shot, and good luck. 👍

 

[bmxmitch]

Well, all the RM's are roughly based off real cars... the Acura's inspiration isn't SuperGT/JGTC though, but rather the old Le Mans NSX racer (the one from GT1/GT2).

Doh, knew I was too sleepy yesterday; fixing the header now!

thats what I wanted to ask too! If the NSX RM isn´t allowed, I´m going to change the Entry!
No problem at all. Just let me know