The Realistic Photo Thread (READ OP BEFORE POSTING)

[Amac500]

Have you all met my McLaren? (all unedited)

 

[WeeblBull]

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Insanely good set, especially #3 and #4.

 

[Ariesps]

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[B.O.B]

No offence and thanx to nice-steering wheel/sticky-tire guy for the continued support, but weird colour shifts/b&w background to coloured car /full on b&w are not natural and imo not realistic.

I've just recently checked out the art thread and I can see why some come through here first/filter before unloading on that thread
Some nice stuff over there.

 

[WeeblBull]

A few random shots from last night. I'm taking more pictures than I am driving these days!

 

[Duarte Brites]

My attempt:

 

[Terje]

Seeing everyone's pictures make me so inspired and amazed but at the same time you guys make me wanna cry because of how far off my skill level is compared to everyone Will I ever reach everyone's current abilities with no prior education in editing photos in any way

Don't worry, just get inspired and practice.

This is one of my first photos from GT5...:


...and this is one of my last from GT6:


I'd say thats an improvement.

Sorry for the OT, guys. I'll remove it if you don't like it.

 

[Terje]

This is just beautiful!
Is it edited?

 

[Amac500]

Shelby Cobra Coupe at Goodwood
100% unedited


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There you go folks, that's my first REAL set so I apologize if there were too many pictures, because I get self conscience about that kind of thing. Hope you enjoyed, all 100% unedited!​

 

[MoMo PeeZero]

 

[Duarte Brites]

Some more:

 

[albeee]

I got a bit carried away with the Merc, sorry lol. I do like that car. Some levels adjustment in Lightroom (and a couple of B&W filters in some of the shots).

 

[RacingManiac]

 

[sebmugi]

 

[loggers05]

Awesome work!

 

[emula]

 

[X30 Driv3r]

 

[Taiga]

Great shots everyone!







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[X30 Driv3r]

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[WeeblBull]

This is just beautiful!
Is it edited?

Thanks! It is more edited than most of my others. Started off by tweaking brightness, contrast and saturation, then duplicated the layer, applied garraud blur and used it as a filter to give it the glowy look. I don't tend to go that far normally but still felt it looked realistic.

 

[baggist74]

Love this Vette!

 

[gtuned]

 

[LJ12]

I got a bit carried away with the Merc, sorry lol. I do like that car. Some levels adjustment in Lightroom (and a couple of B&W filters in some of the shots).

How do you get your pictures looking so realistic and great? I`ve tried to take some photos, but i`m not very impressed by them... Even if I edit them, they just don`t look realistic at all...Can you give me some tips?

 

[sebmugi]

 

[X30 Driv3r]

 

[Duarte Brites]

 

[albeee]

How do you get your pictures looking so realistic and great? I`ve tried to take some photos, but i`m not very impressed by them... Even if I edit them, they just don`t look realistic at all...Can you give me some tips?

Generally, I get better results when the car is in motion and keep the shutter pretty slow (1/60-1/250). I like using courses that have variable time/weather; just like photographing cars in real life, you want a soft light, so 50% weather or early morning/early evening. I pick the first view and "walk" around the car, zooming in and out until I find an angle that hides/shows details I want.

As for small details, I like a lot of reflection, narrow courses like Goodwood and city courses are good for this. Sometimes GT will show details where there shouldn't be-you will see tire treads inside the wheelarch and undersides of cars even when it's completely dark. Sometimes the car doesn't cast a shadow on the ground, or certain edges are jagged. Also look out for colors, especially black rubber/plastic trim. Often it will be grayed out to show definition, but it just looks too rendered.

Sorry if I went on and on, I narrowed some of it down to these over lots of trial-and-error.

 

[zzz_pt]

Unedited







hope it's realistic enough to be in this thread​

 

[LJ12]

Generally, I get better results when the car is in motion and keep the shutter pretty slow (1/60-1/250). I like using courses that have variable time/weather; just like photographing cars in real life, you want a soft light, so 50% weather or early morning/early evening. I pick the first view and "walk" around the car, zooming in and out until I find an angle that hides/shows details I want.

As for small details, I like a lot of reflection, narrow courses like Goodwood and city courses are good for this. Sometimes GT will show details where there shouldn't be-you will see tire treads inside the wheelarch and undersides of cars even when it's completely dark. Sometimes the car doesn't cast a shadow on the ground, or certain edges are jagged. Also look out for colors, especially black rubber/plastic trim. Often it will be grayed out to show definition, but it just looks too rendered.

Sorry if I went on and on, I narrowed some of it down to these over lots of trial-and-error.

Thanks for the advices! I`ll try your suggestion tomorrow, and see if I get some better pictures! And I have nothing against you went on about the C63. I love the C63, so keep`em up!

 

[zzz_pt]

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