Manufacturers Competition wk11 - Chrysler Poll (Winner: 440 CHARGER)

[Appie]

that viper looks really nice

 

[EVO Lancer]

That's the part that's kind of iffy:



Obviously my example of using multiple cars is too extreme, but using infinite focal points is a huge advantage. Especially as 440 pointed out, they're a bit bigger in the final image. I'm not saying it's wrong, I just wanted to work up some discussion about it

Its an interesting topic and using multiple focal points would be helpful in the final pic, especially in getting the perfect blur on the wheels.

 

[speedy_2]

So wait...In reality he used 3 photos for one entry? Is this acceptable? Although I have made a duplicate of a layer I already had and used layer adjustments, I would think placing a different pic on top of that would not be allowed. Just my opinion.

 

[440 CHARGER]

I thought it had been done before and discussed before, so that's why I thought I would try that method. I could have done a radial blur on the wheels and it probably would have looked farily similar to what I have now. Sure, cutting and pasting the blurred wheels in is definetley going to look better, but would it look so much better as to give a huge advantage? It's probably not going to make that huge of a difference. I think radial blurring the background or motion blurring the background is just as big of an advantage as cutting and pasting blurred wheels, sooo.... And I would also like to say that those wheels look and are blurred the way GT4 took them, so... I could do the same type of method on the background, so it's all in how far you guys want to allow us to take the Photoshoping from now on. Discuss.....

 

[SlipZtrEm]

It very well could've been discussed before; I didn't make my way into the 2.0 Comp until Week 10. This is exactly why I brought it up 440, for discussion, since I don't think a whole lot of people have looked at it. And like you said, it's just as much of an advantage as Photoshop's blur filters, but it's just a matter of drawing a clear line for future reference. We can say it's "just a little bit" and leave it unclear, and eventually someone will top that by "just a little bit". I feel like getting it out of the way now .

It has no bearing on this week's poll. I thought I should mention that too.

 

[EVO Lancer]

I reckon that so long as its not over-the-top and something that could not possibly be achieved with one pic in photoshop it should be Ok. I wouldn't encourage it, yet I wouldn't disallow it either.

 

[440 CHARGER]

I reckon that so long as its not over-the-top and something that could not possibly be achieved with one pic in photoshop it should be Ok. I wouldn't encourage it, yet I wouldn't disallow it either.

I agree. There is nothing in my shot that is there that GT4 did'nt put there. I think that the blurred background alters the picture much more than cutting and pasting blurred wheels. But it does'nt matter to me if we allow it or not, because I don't even like using the blurred background. I may do it again, but not on a regular basis. I just did it this week to prove my point that on any given theme, if someone submits a shot with alot of motion blurred applied to it, it will win.