So we're dismissing 787B photos even if they are aesthetically greater?
No. Aesthetics and reputation of a car should be separate to the critical analysis of a photo. The amount of times someone would come into the photography forums and vote in the polls of the (now seemingly extinct) automotive photography competition, opting for a photo for featuring something like an F40 or SLR over a Suzuki swift, just because "the F40 is a better car" irked us all so much, usually because the photo of the Swift was better in every way. Its not a "go out and shoot the best car you can" competition, its a 2.0 competition - seeing how well one can utilise composition, design and photoshop skills. This is partly the reason why I use standard cars. You have to get down and dirty with the tools to make something look half decent (if I ever win one of these, take a guess at what my theme is going to be
). I think people should vote for the artistry of the photo, not the car. Indeed, some 787B shots in here are amazing; the use of lighting in the first is amazing, and the example above my Cosmo shot has some great tones, a sense of speed and overall brilliantly framed.
I mean sure, take the pedigree of the car into account when voting, but it shouldn't be the deciding factor.
I have to go somewhat along with what Captain Roh says. VVV
Aesthetically greater? I dont know about you but these competitions in my opinion are never voted for on technical merit. Just personal opinion and the possible bit of favouritism.
In my opinion you can have too much of a good thing as well. People are obviously bored of looking at photos of the 787. Myself being one of them.
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That Cosmo pic is brilliant in every way. Tone, colour, contrast, composition, the car looks premium for goodness sake! The technical and artistic skill in that picture is nothing short of astounding. He deserves more votes. Way more 👍
Thanks! I was tempted to upload the original shot as well...its really rather different.
May I ask why, or it just due to it being the buy far most used vehicle?
I think perhaps. One thing I tend to do with these (probably based on my real life photography) is to try to go different. For instance, with last week's drift comp, I could have happily pulled out one of the numerous premium JDM drift cars I have built and snapped that instead, but I saw the Bellet in my garage, with its fog lights and black bonnet and thought "now....THAT'd be awesome" and I was pretty sure seeing as it is lost in the sea of unused standard cars that no one else would rock up to the party in the same dress.
So in this comp, I had a look at what rotarys there were. You have the RX8, RX7 and 787B. All of which are available premium (therefore an easy target for this comp). Then I thought about the FC variant and realised even that was premium. It basically got me locked on the Cosmo, but I thought that would be used quite a bit too, so I painted mine a faded Japanesesque baby green...just to be different.
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On a side note, I think it is nigh on pointless to enter a photo of a standard car in here which hasn't been cleaned up in some form or another. I am happy to give out pointers (but of course if you want to learn from the master, ask Bram Turismo), but this is a 2.0 comp where that sort of stuff is needed. This could be because in the old GT4 comp days, you had the unedited comp (obvious), a PMC comp for just adjusting curves/colours/etc and 2.0 was where the car cleaning happened. I think this is where jus1029 falls short. The thumbnail doesn't look too bad but when you click the bigger shot, you see all the jaggies on the car, so there is room for improvement there.
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Thought you meant the car seeing as you mentioned it. If the shots are better, go right ahead. Hell, I voted for one...
