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Fantastic photos 👍 I'd forgotten how great your detail shots are, especially with the cars - but the can of Duff and the Hard Rock cafe sign really stand out too.
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Thanks, mate. 👍
Also just realized none of my Vegas shots were posted here. Lots of photos below mainly because I never actually got around to making a thread about the trip.
The Bellagio Fountains dancing to "Your Song" by Elton John. This where a tripod & a wider angle would have come in handy. However, near impossible with the sheer amount of people that stop to watch.
Also just realized none of my Vegas shots were posted here. Lots of photos below mainly because I never actually got around to making a thread about the trip.
The Bellagio Fountains dancing to "Your Song" by Elton John. This where a tripod & a wider angle would have come in handy. However, near impossible with the sheer amount of people that stop to watch.
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Just say no to spot coloring, I say.
But liking a lot of these quite a bit.
This is probably my favorite
But liking a lot of these quite a bit.
This is probably my favorite
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I've looked through these latest shots a few times now and I keep going back to the Maserati. The striking difference between the black of the grille and the overexposed outside is perfect. 👍
Word of criticism on the Aventador shot - perhaps not so steep an angle? Something along the lined of / instead of | ?
Word of criticism on the Aventador shot - perhaps not so steep an angle? Something along the lined of / instead of | ?
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Personally, yes. 👍 The slightly past 90° vertical was too much so you ended up turning your head too far to try to read it.
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These are around a month old, but I thought I'd finally share them after an owner wanted a couple pics from the set. Not one of my best efforts (& hence I cropped many of them), but they seemed to satisfy our local club. That is also my buddy's Elise in the shots as well.
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I don't, even though I should know better. I use a very basic software called Photoscape. Nothing fancy, just free editing software that lets me play with the colors & brightness/darkness basically.
This is the original picture.
http://imageshack.us/f/703/dsc0647j.jpg/
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Oh wow, the contrast is so completely different initially. I'd say you are crushing too many details in the shadows out while smashing some whites around as well. I did two separate crops, and if I was doing something with this for print, I'd probably remove that white water tower in the background. The exposure is quite nice initially, so working with this from a jpeg wasn't bad at all.
Crop1, a bit wider
And a tighter crop, which I felt was nice because it removed the somewhat distracting Best Western logo from the background.
The dodging and burning is a touch rough, but you can see how a nice contrast can be maintained while preserving detail and tone.
Crop1, a bit wider
And a tighter crop, which I felt was nice because it removed the somewhat distracting Best Western logo from the background.
The dodging and burning is a touch rough, but you can see how a nice contrast can be maintained while preserving detail and tone.
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Ok, so I most definitely need to dive deeper into learning about editing. Those look fantastic compared to mine. The blue on the RS just stands out more & everything just looks better without my usual tactic of darkening the shadows to get said colors to "pop".
I have much to learn.
I have much to learn.
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Generally, when editing, I start with color balance, then adjust the exposure/fill light a bit to see what I want in the shadows. Then I change the curve a bit to crush the blacks if needed. After that, burning in areas, generally some shadows and mids if they are too distracting, then dodge some bits that should be more white or could benefit from a touch of contrast, such as the details on the 911 above. After that, some selective sharpening in areas, usually though a high pass filter and layer masking with opacity changes to keep the strength in check.
If there are spots, dirt, or other things that have to be cleaned up, I'll usually do that before all the other processing, as I work in layers for many steps so I can compare what I am doing and recover it later if needed for some reason. I also save the full size PSD files whenever I finish editing, so I can go back for cropping at various print sizes. Which is why I have 600 or gigs of images and related work in my photo folders. From this year.
If there are spots, dirt, or other things that have to be cleaned up, I'll usually do that before all the other processing, as I work in layers for many steps so I can compare what I am doing and recover it later if needed for some reason. I also save the full size PSD files whenever I finish editing, so I can go back for cropping at various print sizes. Which is why I have 600 or gigs of images and related work in my photo folders. From this year.
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In the case of the R8, you're right. I tried experimenting with a way to bring out more detail in the tree & the wheels, but it didn't come out very well, so I went back to what I had. As far as the auto show pics go, I did do that intentionally to bring out the brighter colors more. I did it on a few to minimize the appearance of the other rude guests as well.
I haven't started working on my Boardwalk or Uptown pictures yet, so I'll try to take heed on it.
