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- Dead_Poetic
- Jamal is Legend
Same as last time, just click the one per match that you like the most, and when you are done selecting one for each match, click vote...Good luck to all and may the best photographs prevail!
Photomode Tournament Round 2 2.0 Poll----20 minutes left!!! Someone Break the tie!!!
- Thread starter Dead_Poetic
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Ok, I voted for:
1. Moglet - I liked the colors and the clarity better.
2. D_P - Cuz I cant vote for myself ^.^ - and it was a great shot.
3. Krame - a tough angle to capture well, but well done. Slip'z STi still has acura symbols on the wheels, as well.
4. Franz - Vonnie's shot is very grainy for some reason; I liked the reflections on the Micra, conversely.
One point - Krame and Slip had basically the same ideas for both shots (still to motion, at fish market, black cars... etc.) - I thought that was funny.
1. Moglet - I liked the colors and the clarity better.
2. D_P - Cuz I cant vote for myself ^.^ - and it was a great shot.
3. Krame - a tough angle to capture well, but well done. Slip'z STi still has acura symbols on the wheels, as well.
4. Franz - Vonnie's shot is very grainy for some reason; I liked the reflections on the Micra, conversely.
One point - Krame and Slip had basically the same ideas for both shots (still to motion, at fish market, black cars... etc.) - I thought that was funny.
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- cod_father_204
Yep, Franz's shot is simply amazing. Excellent work Franz.
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- GTNic84
- Nic84
Nice Photoshop work Franz! Really well done. Nice and crisp and smooth, I can appreciate that kind of work. And Slip, yours is fantastic. The wheels look excellent, and the color tone is great as well. Definetely a notch above Krames I think. Sorry Krame. And DP, I really like the Beamer and the color tones.👍
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- GTP_Franz
Glad you guys love my entry
you know 440, I am trying to smooth out the reflection like you
I particularly like Moglet's and Slipz's entry
Moglet - very simple and the lighting angle is really spot on
Slipz - His wheel blur skills just fantastic and good choice on the rims
Krame has great skills, but the bright background light is kinda distracting (only part of the background is the bright light), specially with black car. Slipz's background are just lines, so his black WRX stands out, also those lines enhance the sense of speed
you know 440, I am trying to smooth out the reflection like you
I particularly like Moglet's and Slipz's entry
Moglet - very simple and the lighting angle is really spot on
Slipz - His wheel blur skills just fantastic and good choice on the rims
Krame has great skills, but the bright background light is kinda distracting (only part of the background is the bright light), specially with black car. Slipz's background are just lines, so his black WRX stands out, also those lines enhance the sense of speed
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- Toronto
- NewAesthetic
- SlipZtrEm
I'm going to do exactly what I did last round:
Match 1 - Moglet sets the tone for the round; it's going to be a quality event. It's brave to enter such a simple shot, but it works so well. The foreground is smooth and clean, the blur is executed without a hitch, and as Franz pointed out, the lighting is just spot on. I've noticed Moglet doesn't often use extreme hues (I myself am guilty of from time to time), and it's reminded me how nice a simple, clean, proper-coloured shot can look. Realism needs to make a comeback (I've even noticed it looking back in my own gallery!). TVR's entry does benefit from full-view as he said, but the car is strangely out of focus (maybe its your blur technique, TVR?), also, the wheelwell's jagginess jars with the rest of the picture. I liked your last entry better.
Match 2 - Yes, DMan's preview is abso-freakin'-lutely awesome. But viewing it full size I'm met with some mixed things. There is a bit of a dark glow around the car (noticeable in the preview too), something that happens when you happen to have a pixel or two of the actual car on the backround layer before the radial blurring. Also, the car could benefit from some cleanup, because of the extreme closeness of the shot. Though, if you would've backed off from the subject, we'd miss out on the wonderful action. Also, there's a lot of really nice reflections to work with there, and the grain of the road is very nice. D_P's entry edges it though, for me. The colour and action give it a wonderful "chase" feeling, and it's so clean. Look at that windshield reflection! The only criticism I can level at it is that the license plate should've had the text removed; after that, you could easily fool people into thinking it's a real shot.
Match 3 - Krame, great minds do think alike! Oddly enough, that wasn't going to be my entry until the 11th hour. My original entry was to be a near-copy of my recent Celica shot, only with the STI subbing in. But, the reflections don't work as well on the flanks of the Scoob as they do on the Celica, so I abandoned it for the lines of the fish market. I really like Krame's, I actually find the back light works as a contrast (though, yes, it can be a bit distracting, like Franz said). The wheel blur looks good, I can never work with those rims, and the reflections are gorgeous (particularly the side mirror's, just wow). That said, the blur in the shadow is the wrong angle, and the front end could theoretically use some cleanup, but I don't think there's anything you can really do about it, it's mostly down to the game. Either way, I would not be disappointed in the least to lose to such a picture 👍
Match 4 - Vonie's is clear and simple. There's a tiny bit of colour banding in the flanks of the car, but only if you really look. A little bit of blurring there could've solved it. It's hard to enter an entry that doesn't focus on the car as much, but I really like it because it's such an airy, adventurey shot. Franz shows why he's an innovator though; a lightly-edited, stationary photo travel shot that is just very, very well done. The reflections and cleanup are magazine-quality, even the background! I'm also happy because the Micra is a very rare photomode subject. I love the little thing. The only thing I can say about the shot, and even then it's nit-picking, is that the headlights look... artificial. Just like what I said about Krame's entry though; it's not in any way the persons' fault, it's just an aspect of the game we can't change. Some cars have very real-looking headlights, some don't. And others still only look real from some angles.
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Thanks for the critiques guys, I agreed with everyone that our match would be very close, though I'm surprised at Match 2 as well. Personally, this is what I like about the tourneys; for some reason, we all help each other with tips and compliments more so than other comps. I chose those rims because current WRX have seven-spokers, and for some reason those look good on nearly anything. I also figured black was different; but the Prodrive doesn't come in it, and since I originally wanted to ape my Celica shot, I had to chose black. I'm happy I didn't use it though, I was worried I'd get less votes based on originality. I spent a lot of time getting rid of those damned dots that show up post-blurring. I don't mind missing most of last week's comps to work on this
Match 1 - Moglet sets the tone for the round; it's going to be a quality event. It's brave to enter such a simple shot, but it works so well. The foreground is smooth and clean, the blur is executed without a hitch, and as Franz pointed out, the lighting is just spot on. I've noticed Moglet doesn't often use extreme hues (I myself am guilty of from time to time), and it's reminded me how nice a simple, clean, proper-coloured shot can look. Realism needs to make a comeback (I've even noticed it looking back in my own gallery!). TVR's entry does benefit from full-view as he said, but the car is strangely out of focus (maybe its your blur technique, TVR?), also, the wheelwell's jagginess jars with the rest of the picture. I liked your last entry better.
Match 2 - Yes, DMan's preview is abso-freakin'-lutely awesome. But viewing it full size I'm met with some mixed things. There is a bit of a dark glow around the car (noticeable in the preview too), something that happens when you happen to have a pixel or two of the actual car on the backround layer before the radial blurring. Also, the car could benefit from some cleanup, because of the extreme closeness of the shot. Though, if you would've backed off from the subject, we'd miss out on the wonderful action. Also, there's a lot of really nice reflections to work with there, and the grain of the road is very nice. D_P's entry edges it though, for me. The colour and action give it a wonderful "chase" feeling, and it's so clean. Look at that windshield reflection! The only criticism I can level at it is that the license plate should've had the text removed; after that, you could easily fool people into thinking it's a real shot.
Match 3 - Krame, great minds do think alike! Oddly enough, that wasn't going to be my entry until the 11th hour. My original entry was to be a near-copy of my recent Celica shot, only with the STI subbing in. But, the reflections don't work as well on the flanks of the Scoob as they do on the Celica, so I abandoned it for the lines of the fish market. I really like Krame's, I actually find the back light works as a contrast (though, yes, it can be a bit distracting, like Franz said). The wheel blur looks good, I can never work with those rims, and the reflections are gorgeous (particularly the side mirror's, just wow). That said, the blur in the shadow is the wrong angle, and the front end could theoretically use some cleanup, but I don't think there's anything you can really do about it, it's mostly down to the game. Either way, I would not be disappointed in the least to lose to such a picture 👍
Match 4 - Vonie's is clear and simple. There's a tiny bit of colour banding in the flanks of the car, but only if you really look. A little bit of blurring there could've solved it. It's hard to enter an entry that doesn't focus on the car as much, but I really like it because it's such an airy, adventurey shot. Franz shows why he's an innovator though; a lightly-edited, stationary photo travel shot that is just very, very well done. The reflections and cleanup are magazine-quality, even the background! I'm also happy because the Micra is a very rare photomode subject. I love the little thing. The only thing I can say about the shot, and even then it's nit-picking, is that the headlights look... artificial. Just like what I said about Krame's entry though; it's not in any way the persons' fault, it's just an aspect of the game we can't change. Some cars have very real-looking headlights, some don't. And others still only look real from some angles.
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Thanks for the critiques guys, I agreed with everyone that our match would be very close, though I'm surprised at Match 2 as well. Personally, this is what I like about the tourneys; for some reason, we all help each other with tips and compliments more so than other comps. I chose those rims because current WRX have seven-spokers, and for some reason those look good on nearly anything. I also figured black was different; but the Prodrive doesn't come in it, and since I originally wanted to ape my Celica shot, I had to chose black. I'm happy I didn't use it though, I was worried I'd get less votes based on originality. I spent a lot of time getting rid of those damned dots that show up post-blurring. I don't mind missing most of last week's comps to work on this
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- Dead_Poetic
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- Moglet85
- Moglet
Thanks for the feedback! You've hit the nail on the head with what you said, you've said exactly what i was aiming for, a clean simple shot with nice lighting.
The reason the lighting looks so nice is because the replay was paused as the car passed between some buildings, so only the front of the car was illuminated and the background remained in the shadows.
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Really great writeup slip. Your shot looks really clean and the blue tone to it really makes the picture. The blur as always is perfect as well as the angle. The wheels really set off your shot though, they are perfectly blurred and look amazing. I still find it funny that we have such similar shots, same location, same car color, blurred, same side of the car shot, it even looks like our cars are even sitting in almost the same spot in the fish market. I agree about my shot being a little distracting cause of the background light, but that was actually what I was going for. The funny thing is I was almost about to give it a really blue tone just like yours. lol. And franz, that shot is amazing, one of the cleanest I've ever seen here. Everything about your shot looks perfect. The only thing that I dont like about it, like slip said, are the headlights. They just dont look as crisp and realistic as everything else. But the shot is still AMAZING.
Edit: I'm Loving how close our match is slip, 1 vote seperating us. This is the kind of match that I like.
Edit: I'm Loving how close our match is slip, 1 vote seperating us. This is the kind of match that I like.
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- Dead_Poetic
- Jamal is Legend
What i dont understand is why Slipztreme didnt actually vote, he took the time to tell everyone what he thought and made a detailed description but he did not vote...why?
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- RetroGiant
- TheRetroGiant
It still amazes me that people vote for the match and not the entires. Them votes could be the deciding factors....but we don't know who they voted for.
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- Dead_Poetic
- Jamal is Legend
i know really man, oh well i guess...
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A lot of them actually vote for the theme AND a picture, so not all votes are lost.
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- Dead_Poetic
- Jamal is Legend
Slip and Krame are tied at 28! someone break the tie!!
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- Dead_Poetic
- Jamal is Legend
damn, if you had been like 15 min earlier, you would have broken the tie between slip and krame, and tied me and dman...im insanely dissapointed funk...haha. jk, but it sucks that i lost...i guess no one viewed dmans shot fullsize...anyways, congrats dman, and ill guess that ill have a tie breaker for slip and krame...ill do a new theme, they will just get the entries to me as soon as possible, and we will have a one day vote...ill pm them both....Theme suggestions anyone?!?!
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That's not cool. I promise you I viewed all of them in full size.
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As did I.
But, well, I was kinda baking on the fact that some people (not all) are lazy and didnt view it full size, cuz the reflections look amazing in preview, but are just mediocre in full size, cuz I had to throw it together in about an hour because I was out of town until a few hours before the deadline... Some people vote for different reasons - some vote on realism, cleanliness, composition, effect, etc... D_P obviously pays more attention to the first 2...
But thanks to all who voted for me. I greatly appreciate it!
Really close competitions, again this week.
Can't wait to see the Slip/Krame tiebreaker turnout - they're both great shots.
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