Ok, how about some feed back on non-MINI photos

good topics for Speednut
People
Landscapes

 

You can be seen in the chrome around the light. Plus, I would edit out the edges of the lens hood or whatever it is in the top corners. Other than that, its great photo. Maybe ad a little more contrast.

 

 

Getting the Pixels Right
http://bythom.com/rightpixels.htm

This is a helpful quick read with great tips...

 

Excellent, the Black Pearl is back!


I'm bringing the following posts into this thread for discussion as this is a better location for further discussion IMHO.

I have to agree with MotorOn here as the focus is soft. PGT, did you intentionally soften it in post or perhaps forget to sharpen it after shrinking it to a web posting size? FWIW, I'd be impressed if Ms. Speednut could pull off the same photo too.


I'm going to be a bit critical here Motor as these Mini's look as though they're parked on the track. You need a much slower shutter speed to drag the cars through the frame.

For example (all shot at 1/160 sec.)
a little suspension compression mid turn always looks nice...


(I did the post processing on a new laptop which color calibration leaves much to be desired, sorry about the over saturation)


This was the Ferrari Challenge event that I sent you a email last week inviting you to join Jim and me. See what you missed? They were beating the heck out of these F430s.



I love the post work on this wonderful photo. Levels adjust layer highlights pulled back excessively?

I'm working on my future blackmail collection of my 14 month old.

 

I love the eyes in the last one, I wish they were just a tad lighter so I could see more of the brown. I've been doing mainly portraits lately if you take a look HERE, you can get a better sampling.

 

That was the result after lightening them up. She has her mother's very dark brown Asian eyes. That's how they look unless there is direct sun illuminating them.

You've have a wonderful collection of portraits at that link. I still like the one you posted the best though. It's a great capture of one of those calm moments you really appreciate with the babies. I'd still be interested in knowing how you processed that image...

 

That mean your genes didn't win?

I can't seem to find which folder I hid my .psd of that in, so vague memory and looking at it I know I played with the levels, sharpening (high pass filter method), used a diffuse glow layer, small amount of Gaussian blur with some *gasp* destructive editing and I erased selective areas (facial features selectively).

Here is a link to the original She was one week at the time, so many of the photos of that time frame were those calm sleepy moments

And a teaser photo (shortly fter it arrived, playing with possible angles and mounting locations), spent more time @ filmtools.com, and I've got plans to combine this and gripper for some even further off car shots.

 

 

focal length: 55mm
f-stop: f/22
exposure time: 1/15s

 

Maximizing the parallax effect

One of the better explanations I've seen of it,no I just need to get out there and practice it more.

 

It's so disappointing when you get a good clean panning photo and you've clipped off the car's rear end. Just keep shooting...


Thanks for the parallax article MotorOn; a very nice overview.

 

 

MotorOn, the moto racing photos are much better; I like! What event did you take these at? Will you be around in NorCal long enough to see the US MotoGP at Laguna Seca in July?

 

Was out the other night, taking a look at some of the static photo lines.....






(Was an attempt to bring out the spider scratches all over to continue the spirit of Dave's RX7 detailing thread, some days I curse the black paint, shhhh!)


Built in fish-eye! Neat trick when I fool the AE settings, but next time close the garage door

 

Very awesome picture. It looks very old school. Very Classic

 

 

I miss CS3 (only one more month....)

 

Just an AutoWeek article, Picture Perfect that speednut already posted on.

 

 

I tried a new location this afternoon, a new gated subdivision in Granite Dells. There haven't been any homes built on the difficult lots, so I have about a half mile of street to use without worrying about traffic or bitchy homeowners. The challenge is picking a favorite spot, so was hoping to get input. Please check out my Flickr set and tell me what you think!

This is my favorite.

 

THose are great scenery shots, Kurt! Swiftyland! Granite Dells looks very interesting. I like that kind of landscape, woodsy and rocky. Your colors on your flickr set are very nice, good lighting.

 

Thanks Sharon... long time no see!