Portfolio of CCShaft7- A kind of 2.01 update (Arty Shots) 05/03

[CCShaft7]

I'm thinking the same! They're all great!!

Very kind of you SMFan, thanks 👍

I'll take this small opportunity to give a peek into what I'm working on at the moment, quite heavy edits involved but thats my intention with the next update. Plus a follow up with the DB9 is in store.

Hope you all like the new sig > think I've found the right one so I'm gonna stick with it. 👍

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Back soon.

 

[Primus Ortus]

Great photos as always CCShaft. I like the new sig too. 👍

 

[CCShaft7]

CCShaft7

Thanks immensly Primus 👍 glad you like the sig too

Decided to put the ^ "arty shots" ^ on the back burner for a while and get this follow up DB9 shoot up and online first, a big update (probably the biggest so far) but I surprisingly enjoyed photographing this car and location more than I expected. Enjoy

We have to take a short commercial break here...

...and welcome back.

left my cell phone back at the office

then thought I'd try this "Ensemble" place out.

..end of 👍

 

[NBDESIGNZ]

the 6th shot is perfect

 

[Grand Prix]

Wow, awesome! Love 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 9 the most. The rest are just as good, those are just my favourites. 6 is just epic. I love the foreground hedges with the tree framing the car. Excellent update! 👍

 

[ashes619]

Once again you have shown us a lot of amazing shots.

 

[SMfan]

Love your commercials!

 

[bmxmitch]

beautiful DB9 shots!!!!!👍

also, the signature is perfect

 

[Jacob]

Fantastic shots. And I like your signature.

 

[CCShaft7]

the 6th shot is perfect

Wow, awesome! Love 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 9 the most. The rest are just as good, those are just my favourites. 6 is just epic. I love the foreground hedges with the tree framing the car. Excellent update! 👍

Cheers guys
That tree framed shot is one of my faves too.. tempted to enter it in the CCCL but I shouldn't enter from recommendations (direct or indirect) and I'm quite satisfied with the current one.👍

Once again you have shown us a lot of amazing shots.

Love your commercials!

beautiful DB9 shots!!!!!👍

also, the signature is perfect

Fantastic shots. And I like your signature.

Thank you very much chaps also happy to see the signature going down well.
Working hard on the next update but my as yet unplayed L.A. Noire is tempting me away

 

[Nato_777]

Great set! You nailed some fantastic shots there. I really struggled with that car track combo, but you got the job done! 👍

 

[sems4arsenal]

Nice ride you got there .Honestly though Stunning update loving the sig as well.Which one did you enter in the C.C.C.L

 

[CCShaft7]

Great set! You nailed some fantastic shots there. I really struggled with that car track combo, but you got the job done! 👍

Thanks Nato
I thought I was going to struggle too because I'm not a massive fan of night shoots, the glare of the lights is difficult to control and colour banding can be an issue sometimes... took loads of discarded shots to get the right ones.

Nice ride you got there .Honestly though Stunning update loving the sig as well.Which one did you enter in the C.C.C.L

Cheers sems 👍
Glad you like the latest update, none of which I entered into the CCCL because this weeks is a PM comp, not a 2.0 so these wouldn't qualify. My entry is on the previous page here. Fingers crossed it does ok

 

[zambuca]

That Aston set is gorgeous!!! I'm very impressed that you have so many great photos from that track - I found it very difficult to create a well balanced photo there. The shot with the blue Aston parked under the trees is just pure bliss!

👍👍👍

 

[sar593]

Very good pictures, I find it hard to take pictures at night locations, but you did a great job!

 

[CCShaft7]

That Aston set is gorgeous!!! I'm very impressed that you have so many great photos from that track - I found it very difficult to create a well balanced photo there. The shot with the blue Aston parked under the trees is just pure bliss!

👍👍👍

Very good pictures, I find it hard to take pictures at night locations, but you did a great job!

I'm very appreciative of your comments guys, thank you very much .

I have a little tip to getting your night time shots maybe a little clearer and balanced..... probably not the most original piece of advice but you could try this:

Select the cool filter ( not keen on using filters but this helps ) and push the EV up to +3 to +4 stops. Sounds extreme but if you can avoid any 'banding' in the picture this pulls out more detail and gets rid of the colour cast from the artificial lighting. I just used a little fine tuning after that in post edit..... although my CCCL entry is untouched so this is probably the best example.

 

[V8Loverrr]

Awesome stuff 👍

 

[ceiling_fan]

Excellent work, and great presentation!

 

[CCShaft7]

Awesome stuff 👍

Thanks V8Loverrr Noticed your gallery on here so I'm going to check it out a.s.a.p. 👍

 

[CCShaft7]

Excellent work, and great presentation!

Cheers c_f 👍 Been keeping an eye on your shots esp in the comps, your standard is always very high so that keeps me on my toes .

 

[CCShaft7]

CCShaft7

This latest update is a concept "cousin" of the G37 and I thought I'd give this a whirl to see how well it photographed. Have to say the jury is still out as I think for a "premium" its not up to the standard of some. Decide for yourselves but I hope you still enjoy the viewing ... bear in mind some of these are vivid and on the sharp side but thats just my thing .

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[SMfan]

Nnnnice!!!!!

 

[ashes619]

Nice shots once again. Keep up the great work 👍

 

[CCShaft7]

Nnnnice!!!!!

Nice shots once again. Keep up the great work 👍

Appreciate the comments guys 👍

CCShaft7

Not particularly happy with how my F10 set came out so decided to also compile a Trytych at the end from the some of best shots.

"Tryptychs"

 

[krakozyabr]

Like those Infinity shots! Very interesting of color and location combination! Like the reflections!

 

[zambuca]

Aha! Finally someone who shows a little love for the Infiniti Great shots! And the F10 set is cool! I like the 'aggresive' contrast 👍

 

[F458 Italia]

F1 shots are amazing!

 

[ashes619]

Great shots. You done well with the F1.

 

[Primus Ortus]

Love the Infinity and F1 photos. Your last F1 photo before the tryptychs is my favorite of the F1s. I was trying to do some tryptychs in Gymp the other night and couldn't get it to work right. Time to actually read their tutorial... ugh. (Unless, of course, you have some quick pointers... )

Edit - I read the info on your tryptychs thread, and the tryptychs were done in PS, which I don't have... There seems to be some significant differences in Gimp v. PS that I'll have to wrap my head around.

 

[ceiling_fan]

I'm liking the G37 Coupe Concept, though I remember seeing the grille in my garage and noticing the detail wasn't at premium level. The shots are well done, you are the only person I see on GTP regularly using 1:1 aspect ratio and somehow you pull it off The F10 close ups are looking good too 👍