[POLL] Un-Edited Competition - Week 98 - CLOSED

[SVX]

Week 98

Chosen by week 96 winner Skython

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"Drifting muscle in America"


Cars: Any American muscle car (front engined V8).

Track: Laguna Seca, Infineon, New York, Seattle, El Captain, Grand Canyon.

Photo Travel: No.

Poll Size: --

Explanation: In the words of week 96 winner, Skython: "Take any American Muscle car to any track located in America (That includes El Capitan) and show me a shot of it drifting."

• Have confidence in your own entry, don't vote for yourself;
• Don't sway the poll.
  

 

[Skython]

I got here so quickly that there isn't a poll!!!

 

[Cedar]

Where's the poll, SVX?

 

[SVX]

Give me some time, geez...

 

[Skython]

There it is... About time.

 

[Cedar]

Give me some time, geez...

 

[Odnomre]

uhm... I know mine was a bit small, but you forgot it sorry!

 

[Cedar]

uhm... I know mine was a bit small, but you forgot it sorry!

He didn't forget it. Yours did not follow the rules.

 

[Odnomre]

wha? mine didn't follow the rules? wth are you talking about? Croooow said that it was posted correctly after I edited the size a few times

 

[Cedar]

wha? mine didn't follow the rules? wth are you talking about? Croooow said that it was posted correctly after I edited the size a few times

Oh I see. You could've just posted it with a longest dimension of 400 pixels so people could see it. But you're right.

SVX, did you see his entry?

 

[Odnomre]

Oh I see. You could've just posted it with a longest dimension of 400 pixels so people could see it. But you're right.

SVX, did you see his entry?

sorry for my burst earlier. I went through a lot to just get it the right size. and to explain why I didn't use 400 pixels: I went to Photobucket, went to edit the copy of my picture so it would appear smaller on this site. I clicked dimensions 400x300, but when I posted it again, Croooow said it was still too big. seeing I didn't want to risk having to edit it yet again, I went with a much smaller size.

 

[Skython]

Your post was a burst?

 

[Odnomre]

Your post was a burst?

I try to behave on boards with people who share the same interests as me. so yeah, that was a burst for me

 

[Skython]

I see, that makes sense.

(And yes, I am making pointless posts so I can get closer to 3000 posts)

 

[SVX]

Ooops! I'm so sorry! I thought you were the same person who posted the Mustang.

 

[Odnomre]

what Mustang do you mean? the GT from '05 was mine

 

[SVX]

D'oh!

I'm meant, I thought you were the same person who posted the Camaro I-ROC.

 

[Eric Demory]

I seem to have broken the tie between Lucas and Smallhorses, by voting for Lucas' entry. Sorry Smallhorses.

 

[Smallhorses]

No worries Eric! I agree with you, I voted for Lucas' entry too.
I'm staggered I even made 4 votes in my first attempt as I've always shunned photomode as a waste of space aside from keeping my enduro & race reports look pretty!

 

[GrumpEone]

No worries Eric! I agree with you, I voted for Lucas' entry too.
I'm staggered I even made 4 votes in my first attempt as I've always shunned photomode as a waste of space aside from keeping my enduro & race reports look pretty!

Photomode comps are a decent art competition, much better quality entries in the past though.

You got my vote due to strict adherence to the theme. The first shot lacks the look and feel of a drift, but the composition is pretty good. The second shot is the best, because, well let's just say I'm biased. The next two are 'Vettes which I threw-out immediately because they are performance sports cars, not muscle cars, even though the theme chooser allowed them. The IROC looked too much like a E-brake slide, rather than a drift; sliding the rear with power. The GT350 is too dark and doesn't grab my attention much. Lastly, the Mustang as well is too dark, lacks contrast and composition.

If it wasn't for the word Muscle in the Theme my vote would have, hands down, gone for Lucas' shot, even if I could vote for my own shot.

 

[Smallhorses]

*Edit* Oh no! I've just realised it's another late-night and long winded post from me! You guys know not expect anything less, right?!!! If Smallhorses is anything less than verbose, please let me know!

Thanks for your feedback & constructive criticism GrumpEone!
I know you're an accomplished drifter and photomodist, so it's definitely helpful to get some tips and I thrive off knowing where I'm wrong to help me improve. 👍
I too liked crooooooow's Charger picture for the "General Lee" memories it evokes, however, and not that I'm a drifter in any way, it did seem to lack countersteer, captured the action in too-quick a motion given the way the tyre-treads are visible, and somehow the colour just seemed a little washed out in the rest of the picture even though it enhances the Charger orange. I may be a little biased since I've stood and watched a race at Laguna Seca from about that vantage point, not to mention many others as it's a beautiful circuit to walk around, but the sky and dirt colours just don't appear that way in real life.
I was so torn between yours & Lucas' pictures, and while I agree with the "Muscle" car ethos and the sports-car 'Vette descriptions, I ultimately voted with Lucas as the colour matching of his car versus the background seemed almost perfect, and that fits with more with my view of blending in with a gorgeous place like Yosemite (which I'm also spoiled enough to have visited and explored ), than your own Lime Green Plymouth did (and don't get me wrong, I love that car! Currently campaigning one in crooooooow's Muscle Car series) even though given the effortless, non-skippy drift cloud that your Superbird achieved seemed so much better than many of the, admittedly GT4 graphics-limited, smoke-puffs that many of the other shots seemed to produce, and given what had gone before my entry, and my own drifting ineptitude, why I chose to take my own shot through the smoke, rather than away from it.
I can definitely see why, given the surroundings, that you chose to give emphasis to the scenery as well as the car and to accentuate the length of the drift, which, I suppose, in drifting circles, also counts as added bonus, but I also, as an almost exclusively stock-car purist, couldn't help but notice the additional clash of the ARTA green wheels with the Lime Green body with the Yosemite green lushness! And that's what set me against it. Sorry. I'm a scientist by heart and by trade, and art isn't something that comes easy to me but sometimes, and I know it's possibly the scientist in me that's distracted by the details, but the details make the difference.
I'd make a horrible art critic.
That said, now that I've finally accepted my horror that B-spec is an actual necessity of GT5, given the emergence of B-spec seasonals and a necessity to achieve all of the trophies & completion of the game, and not just an optional feature as in GT4, that I'll never actually purchase a PS3, and I'm putting my original unwrapped day1-purchased GT5 NTSC Collector's Edition up for sale, I'm up for all and every event that keeps GT4 the most fun, so expect more (albeit, slightly less than average) photos from me!!!

 

[Lucas]

Thanks for the votes everyone, I'm glad you liked the image. The competition is not over, though.

I'm actually impressed at Smallhorses' review of my entry. Never thought there was so much to say about a picture like mine.

In case you care, I picked this picture because this particular Corvette is one of my favorite cars in the game, with a color scheme that imitates that of the Mustang from the movie Bullitt. Also, since I have done a lot of laps in this track, especially while drifting, I knew there where some very good corners to drift in. My favorites, of course, are the ones depicted in my entry.

That said, now that I've finally accepted my horror that B-spec is an actual necessity of GT5, given the emergence of B-spec seasonals and a necessity to achieve all of the trophies & completion of the game, and not just an optional feature as in GT4, that I'll never actually purchase a PS3, and I'm putting my original unwrapped day1-purchased GT5 NTSC Collector's Edition up for sale

Funny that you mention that. I'm sort of a completionist, just like you appear to be, and the B-Spec events of GT5 were really a turn-off for me, so I don't GT5 anymore (I barely played it, however, since I can't connect my PS3 to the Internet, which means no DLC, leaving me with a very unfinished game).

 

[GrumpEone]

...Thanks for your feedback & constructive criticism GrumpEone!
I know you're an accomplished drifter and photomodist, so it's definitely helpful to get some tips and I thrive off knowing where I'm wrong to help me improve. 👍...

Thanks for the compliments. Also one thing to note, your shot is zoomed in too much in my opinion, very little other than the car to view, most of the better shots show a good combination of background with motion blur. I try to follow the rule of thirds loosely in most of my shots, because generally it is more pleasing to the eye.

...than your own Lime Green Plymouth did (and don't get me wrong, I love that car! Currently campaigning one in crooooooow's Muscle Car series) even though given the effortless, non-skippy drift cloud that your Superbird achieved seemed so much better than many of the, admittedly GT4 graphics-limited, smoke-puffs that many of the other shots seemed to produce...

The 'smooth-smoke' achieved, is partly due to the track itself provides more visual smoke than most, and gearing the car correctly to be able to have that 'drift-gear' as I call it, to be able to easily under throttle alone, slide the rear-end out and power-over to maintain a smooth controllable drift, with very little whip-back. Also, even though I didn't use it for my shot, if you run the replay in fast-forward mode, a longer smoke trail will remain visible in your shot.

...I also, as an almost exclusively stock-car purist, couldn't help but notice the additional clash of the ARTA green wheels with the Lime Green body with the Yosemite green lushness! And that's what set me against it. Sorry. I'm a scientist by heart and by trade, and art isn't something that comes easy to me but sometimes, and I know it's possibly the scientist in me that's distracted by the details, but the details make the difference.
I'd make a horrible art critic. ...

Funny you mentioned the clash in the wheels, because I was a little worried about that, and if the shot was taken in the shadows, it may have not been so noticeable. You are right, the details do make a difference, which would make you a good art critic.

Believe it or not there is a lot of science to taking good pictures. Photography far more than painted art, delves heavily in a scientific approach, trying to get the right amount of light, camera lens zoom, aperture, focal length, viewing angle, and blur though shutter speed. On top of all of that, you also want to place your subject in the right spot, have good eye-movement throughout the shot, and provide a nice color balance. If any of the above are not done well, it can destroy a shot. Photographers are always tweaking their 'formula' to get that perfect shot.

That said, now that I've finally accepted my horror that B-spec is an actual necessity of GT5, given the emergence of B-spec seasonals and a necessity to achieve all of the trophies & completion of the game, and not just an optional feature as in GT4, that I'll never actually purchase a PS3, and I'm putting my original unwrapped day1-purchased GT5 NTSC Collector's Edition up for sale, I'm up for all and every event that keeps GT4 the most fun, so expect more (albeit, slightly less than average) photos from me!!!

Yeah I'm with you there, I will probably never purchase a PS3, because there are only two games I would want it for, GT5 and Final Fantasy. Plus the limited 'purchase-for-real-money' cars turns me off as well, I remember a time when you bought a video game, you got a whole video game, not half a game, which you can buy the rest of, in pieces, in the future- not pleased with the video gaming trends lately, thanks to social gaming companies like Zynga, for this milking every dime out of the gamer.

I'm sure with your competitive nature, you will be turning out top-notch shots in no time. Just try to take in some of the constructive criticism, too bad there are few of us GT4 photomoders left, I think Lucas, SVX, and myself are the most experienced still entering comps. So the pool of sound photomode advice is kind of limited lately.

 

[thc118]

Lucas got my vote. Along with GrumpEone's, it best captures the spirit of drifting. It's more than just breaking the rear end loose and taking a pic, they tell the story of how we got here and where we're were going. It was easy to imagine that story taking us sideways into the tunnel. There is also more harmony in Lucas's. The Superbird is so crisp and clear that it alienates itself and the viewer from the surroundings. The additional contradiction between the old car and new wheels only accentuates the overall conflict. Even though I wouldn't classify that model Corvette as a muscle car, its story won me over.

 

[Skython]

HEAVY MAN!!! This entire page is a massive case of. Too Long, so I didn't bother reading.

 

[SVX]

Surely you mean tl;dr

 

[Skython]

Yeah, but I don't like acronyms.

 

[GrumpEone]

HEAVY MAN!!! This entire page is a massive case of. Too Long, so I didn't bother reading.

Sorry for my part in, cluttering up this forum, with discussion...

 

[Eric Demory]

Sir Lucas Skywalker has won.

 

[GrumpEone]

congrats Lucas.