ImaRobots Photothread | Aventador

[ImaRobot]

Is the black Mercedes a replica of the black edition version?

To be honest, im not really sure. I just threw the Brabus kit on it.

Some great shots in your latest updates. My favourtie would have to be the R8 LMS tunnel shot. Can never seem to get a tunnel shot to work in Forza but you have done very well 👍

Thanks man.
It took a long time to get that actual shot down. Finding the right settings was the worst. If the exposure was to high the car would look fake and plastic.

 

[BryCivicSi]

My opinion, you could do a lot better than either of the bottom two. The black one is close but the wide angle bothers me cause the car is so distorted yet it doesn't do anything but distract me from the rest of the image. I do like seeing the mountains in the background though. Any way to get just the car and the mountains in one shot? Have the white snow contrast the black car....

 

[ImaRobot]

My opinion, you could do a lot better than either of the bottom two. The black one is close but the wide angle bothers me cause the car is so distorted yet it doesn't do anything but distract me from the rest of the image. I do like seeing the mountains in the background though. Any way to get just the car and the mountains in one shot? Have the white snow contrast the black car....

I was trying, but the guard rails on that track or so giant haha. Yeah thats why i havnt submitted yet because i wanted to try to get something better.

 

[FosterG]

Agree on the tunnel shot, nice and the second to last MB shot is a winner.

 

[ImaRobot]

Agree on the tunnel shot, nice and the second to last MB shot is a winner.

Thanks Ripenrun. Glad you like them.

Well i reshot my E63 and actually got some shots i liked. I uploaded them and realized i totally forgot to add vignette -.- So now i cant even enter them.

Here they are anyways though.

I entered this one only because it was the only one that had vignette :/

 

[ImaRobot]

Im starting to figure out some settings to use to try to fix the difference in brightness/dullness when transfered from my game to the forza website.
Once i get it down then i should produce some quality work.

I tried doing what you said bry, about editing your t.v settings to match your monitor, but the game was just getting to dark. It didnt look right on other games as well. So now i just bump all the settings in photomode evenly. Ill add about +10-15 for brightness/contrast/exposure/color and adjust accordingly afterwords. It seems to be working out fine to, just trying to find that perfect setting.

I like to call this one "GT5 vs Forza." Before you guys get crazy, its just a joke

 

[BryCivicSi]

Those two pit area shots are tight. Nice discovery for a shoot. Love the JDM ITR front end over the USDM. And gotta love 240z shots. Beater look is nice.

 

[ImaRobot]

Those two pit area shots are tight. Nice discovery for a shoot. Love the JDM ITR front end over the USDM. And gotta love 240z shots. Beater look is nice.

Yeah i always thought it was offlimits because i never had a race that required me to pit. I decided to check some out, i think the best one is the NRing GP pit. Thats where the teg was shot. I havnt tried them all out yet but im gonna try today.
JDM front>>>>>>>>USDM front. I wish they had some sort of Mugen kit for it though, all the kits are over the top for most JDM cars.

I love my little beater! that thing hauls, but its only a drift car. I can take off in third gear from a dead stop and stay in that gear the whole track haha

 

[Leicht]

The merc pictures are awesome btw especially the black colour, it looks evil. I wish you would use that for PMC...and as Bry said, I really like the last picture of the integra in the pit

 

[RetroGiant]

Great shots! Your shots are always very bold and really separate from everyone else. Developing a signature style is really tough and you have done that for yourself. Keep up the good work!

 

[ImaRobot]

The merc pictures are awesome btw especially the black colour, it looks evil. I wish you would use that for PMC...and as Bry said, I really like the last picture of the integra in the pit

I liked the black Merc as well. Compared to what im used to, plus the other entries in the contest, it seemed a bit dull. Total spur of the moment thing with the integra. I dont know why I never thought about it before. Thanks

Great shots! Your shots are always very bold and really separate from everyone else. Developing a signature style is really tough and you have done that for yourself. Keep up the good work!

Thanks man! I really appreciate the compliment.

I kinda went on a shooting spree last night. So sorry in advance if its alot haha

Ill start off with the Integra TypeR. Me and bry had a race that ended up being super close, but couldnt get to many shots off of it because Laguna Seca is so bright! I didnt even get any shots with both of us.

I didnt mean to copy you bry, its just that the sun @ Laguna makes for some really good shots.

Cut the corner a little to much

On to Pagani

I notice that i only saved the rear shots from the Pagani set. I couldnt help it
though haha. I just love those rear ends

 

[BryCivicSi]

That first shot is sick! What program do you use to edit? Can you create custom gradients ie make a rectangle and fill it to go from blue to transparent? You can basically make your own blue sky and make it look semi real. It'd give some contrast to the white border around the photograph. The last teg shot is nice too. I didn't realize I cut the corner on the corkscrew that bad on the first lap. And cause you were so close behind me, you probably couldn't see that I cut it.
I am trying for an epic vertical shot at the corkscrew but that reflection of the sun is killing me.

EDIT:
And that third Pagani shot is beautiful. I am a big fan of symmetry in photographs and that works really well for me. The dash lit up looks great!

 

[ImaRobot]

I use Lightroom 3.3 for editing, and Photoshop CS5 just to add a border haha. I dunno if i can make gradients in Lightroom but i know i can do that in PS. I didnt even notice the border until you mentioned it arggghhh.

I cut the corner worse then you. I went airborne you didnt haha. I was just so focused on trying to follow/pass you so we can get close as can be in hopes of some good shots. I think if we had more passing then we could have gotten some better pics. Most of the time i was behind you.

That track is so hard to work with. I found plenty of good angles, but the exposure would be so crap and i couldnt seem to get around it.

 

[BryCivicSi]

We'll have to do this again at another track. Being the better driver though, I would think you're stuck in the ITR. The Si seem so much nicer but I still barely win. lol

 

[ImaRobot]

We'll have to do this again at another track. Being the better driver though, I would think you're stuck in the ITR. The Si seem so much nicer but I still barely win. lol

I dont mind using the ITR i just need to work on it. I love the way it looks but it handles so crappy, i was oversteering like crazy. Im thinking i just need to fix my spring rates and Diff then it should handle alright. Its amazing how different the Si i tuned is compared to the ITR, makes the teg feel inferior haha.

 

[ImaRobot]

Decided to shoot the Hyundai Veloster. I was very pleased with how they came out and i left them unedited because i feel the settings used was good enough.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Excellent shots, ImaRobot. Like RG said, you've really cemented your own look for shots, which is a challenging thing to do in itself, but it's even better that it looks so good!

Keep 'em coming 👍

 

[ImaRobot]

Thanks alot man. From time to time i tend to think my photos can be a little to bright and vibrant, but im glad to see the positive comments about it.

 

[BryCivicSi]

I think I need retina surgery. Those colors are making my eyes bleed! (in a good way)

 

[chromatic9]

Love the two Honda pit shots. Gallery is really coming on now.

 

[StoneyNUFC]

My favourite from your latest shots. Lovely composition

Agree'd with Chromatic9. Gallery is coming along great 👍

 

[ImaRobot]

I think I need retina surgery. Those colors are making my eyes bleed! (in a good way)

I got sad at first haha. Thanks

Love the two Honda pit shots. Gallery is really coming on now.

My favourite from your latest shots. Lovely composition

Agree'd with Chromatic9. Gallery is coming along great 👍

Im glad to hear you guys say that, because i was also thinking that its coming along arlight now. I seem to have found the perfect settings to use together with my tv and im pretty happy with the results lately.

Here are some new shots

The 3rd shot of the quattro is edited slightly.


and here's my PMC 11 entry.

For the most part the shots are unedited. Im trying to get out of the habit of editing all my photos, im still going to edit some but try to even it out.

 

[BryCivicSi]

Challenger pic is AMAZING! And I see you tried the trick with the sky. Nice. I tend to make that layer slightly transparent to soften the blue and help it blend a little more evenly. But looks great regardless.

 

[ImaRobot]

Challenger pic is AMAZING! And I see you tried the trick with the sky. Nice. I tend to make that layer slightly transparent to soften the blue and help it blend a little more evenly. But looks great regardless.

Thanks!

You have no idea how many different cars i went through till i found one that i felt i can shoot haha. I was trying to make it look somewhat aged, lets hope it worked. I did try out what you told me the other day, i just couldnt find a blue i was happy with. I kept switching back and forth and finally just decided on that one. I did lower the transparency, i dont think by much though. I just need to work on that a bit more next time.

 

[StoneyNUFC]

Agree'd with Bry. Fantastic entry. Great sense of action seeing him attacking the apex.

Audi shots are nice aswell, Third i feel could do with abit more zoom 👍

 

[ImaRobot]

Agree'd with Bry. Fantastic entry. Great sense of action seeing him attacking the apex.

Audi shots are nice aswell, Third i feel could do with abit more zoom 👍

Thanks alot man, i was really pleased with that entry as well. Took me for ever to get it though haha.
Thanks for checking them out

 

[ImaRobot]

Late night update

RUF Rt 12s

Only got the RUF on the straights because it didnt do so well the rest of the race

And i had to get another shot of the Challenger aswell.

Edit: just noticed i forgot to put the outline border. Im to lazy to fix them haha

 

[ImaRobot]

Popping these out a little fast haha.

 

[RetroGiant]

Last handful of updates have been spot on! Skies look incredible and that color gives it a great contrast. Keep up the great work!

 

[ImaRobot]

Thanks man, I'll try!