GT Photomode 2.0 Competition - Week 86 - closed

[Swiss Legend]

Welcome to...

Week 86​

This week’s theme will be
"Small Countries"
as chosen by Week 84 Winner atlop.

Further explanation of theme:

In the words of atlop:
Use any car from the following countries: Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Korea, Australia (ok Australia is not really a small country but you get the meaning).


Cars: any car from a small country listed above
Tracks: any
Phototravel: No.
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• Winner will select the top 10 for the poll and pick the theme for the following week.
• Post your final entry in red letters. Such as “Final Entry”.
• A preview image may be used, but it may be no bigger than 300*400 pixels by either photo orientation.
• You may have two honorable mentions if a preview image is not used.
• You may change your Final Entry once. If if you do so, please edit your original entry make a new post linking to it.
• Do not use an entry from a previous competition.
• Do not post more than three photos in this thread.
• Only one entry may be submitted.

Photoshop adjustments, and filters list:

• Crop​
• Resize​
• Levels​
• Brightness/Contrast​
• Hue/Saturation​
• Blur filters​
• Noise filters​
• Sharpen filters
  
  

  Photoshop Tools List:​
• Type tool​
• Sharpen tool​
• Burn tool​
• Dodge Tool​
• Blur tool​
• Smudge tool​
• Clone Stamp Tool (for removing watermark)​

[Note:No plug-ins for any of the above adjustments or filters are to be used]​

You can use layers for overlay and layer adjustments, but not to alter the geometry and original subject matter of the picture: like adding stickers and body kits, and objects that are not in the original image.

Deadline for Week 86 is October 16th.​

 

[Bram Turismo]

FINAL ENTRY


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[Swiss Legend]

holy wow Bram! Way to set this one off on the right foot.

 

[speedemon08]

FINAL ENTRY

 

[NTX]

FINAL ENTRY

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[Nicknamealguem]

Final Entry

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Changed Entry

 

[Bram Turismo]

The blur is very weird, the tunnel blur is good but the blur on the road completely takes away all effect. I suggest you blur the tunnel, and the road with a different focus point to fix it, because the angle is very promising 👍

 

[Patrik]

The blur is very weird, the tunnel blur is good but the blur on the road completely takes away all effect. I suggest you blur the tunnel, and the road with a different focus point to fix it, because the angle is very promising 👍

+1 The blur is in the completely wrong direction. Otherwise it looked good!

EDIT: Perhaps it's done on purpose?

 

[Nicknamealguem]

Well, the thing is, I separated the tunnel section from the road section. In the road I was guided by the white road line, and in the tunnel, the natural tunnel and car. I should have ignored the road lines, and go with the car flow, but it just didn’t feel right. I’ll may redo it again, or do another image because it is difficult to work with motion/radial blur in this one. It is a shame, because I worked so hard in the car cleaning (normally I just surface blur the whole car, and in this time did the lens blur in the car by parts. Thanks for the comments 👍

 

[NTX]

You have made a great, great job on the car LDS, very clean indeed!!! Now the blur, you must fix that. And like you have said its hard to work with two different blurs on the same shot. Anyway mate, great effort:tup:

 

[Bram Turismo]

Well, the thing is, I separated the tunnel section from the road section. In the road I was guided by the white road line, and in the tunnel, the natural tunnel and car. I should have ignored the road lines, and go with the car flow, but it just didn’t feel right. I’ll may redo it again, or do another image because it is difficult to work with motion/radial blur in this one. It is a shame, because I worked so hard in the car cleaning (normally I just surface blur the whole car, and in this time did the lens blur in the car by parts. Thanks for the comments 👍

Definitly go with the tunnel guidelines, think that will make it better 👍

As for cleaning, look out for those lens blurs, too large area blurring will make your car look blodgy. With blur filters, I experience most cleaness with this order: surface blur -> smart blur -> lens blur. Afterwards you may need to soften the edges as they tend to get rather sharp with filter blurring 👍


*EDIT*

I know where you made a mistake. When blurring with the four-part method, as I think you did, I think you've forgot to set the blur center to the left for the road, and the center was still focused on the right when you blurred the road. I think that's what happened, I tend to forget to set the center point as well sometimes

 

[Nicknamealguem]

Thanks again for the comments and tips everyone. I tried your method Bram, but I just can’t seem to get along with the Smart Blur. Anyway, I just changed my entry. It is a bit more my style and it doesn’t seem so boring like the other one. What I regret is that the cleaning doesn’t come has good has the other one, but the blur is perfect IMO.

 

[NTX]

Incredible LDS!!!!!👍

 

[Swiss Legend]

I love the new entry LdS! Perfect blur and I really love the horizontal blur the sky has. Haven't seen that before. But theres a little yellow spot in the sky in the lower right quadrant. Looks a paint brush gone awry. Really awesome shot tough.:tup:

 

[alexwrc]

Final Entry

...is here.​

 

[Bram Turismo]

It may happen that I can't remember it but... Haven't you used that Ibiza shot before in a comp Alex?

 

[Muzaffar]

Love the new shot LdS. 👍
Ditto that Bram, I think not only was in a previous comp (in which he won with it) but it was also in his gallery
Meh, I'll never be as good in 2.0 as the rest of you guys.....

 

[Bram Turismo]

Love the new shot LdS. 👍
Ditto that Bram, I think not only was in a previous comp (in which he won with it) but I think it was in his gallery......
Meh, I'll never be as good in 2.0 as the rest of you guys.....

Well, there's nothing wrong with entering a shot from your gallery. But I swear I've that shot in an earlier comp... Oh well...

We're not good either, we've just been practicing, that's what it's all about. You should see my earliest works (back in the days with my other account where I got banned...) those aren't really much special works either...

 

[Nicknamealguem]

You must be kidding pink the floyd. Your early work was amazing.
Anyway, thanks for the comments guys. When I saw this theme my first thought was that amazing alexwrc Image of the Seat.
And I really also think that that shot was used before

 

[Swiss Legend]

That shot probably was before my time. I hope I can get in a shot. Doubt it though.

 

[Patrik]

Nice work! But shouldn't you read the rules about preview size one more time? You should also include something like "Final Entry" with perhaps, red letters?

It's no big deal. Just wanted to let you know.

 

[alexwrc]

I wasn't sure at all guys, but if you remember it it's time to change.

Final Entry

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[franz]

Why is there a relationship between yellow and small countries?

 

[Swiss Legend]

Gonna break the cycle here.

FINALENTRY

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competition will close 20 hours from this post​

 

[Bram Turismo]

Schweet!

 

[Swiss Legend]

Thanks man!

Competition closed​