New Photoshoot: The Parking Lot.

Point N Shoot · 02-25-2010, 07:17 AM

Mark, Nice photos as usual..

M2 · 02-25-2010, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by enigma135

Nicely done!

Want someone to shoot my car sometime....anyone in the DC area wanna help out when the weather gets better??

Sure, I will, sound like fun. I have a Canon Rebel EOS XS. Just send me a PM when the weather gets better.

Also, the pic's in this thread are cool. The contrasting smeared sky remind me of "Ta Da"

and 1 · 02-25-2010, 09:02 PM

great shots man...really makes me wanna buy a dslr, but then i wouldn't have any mod money!

i saw you said you were getting sick of the red stripe on the wheels. why do you say that?

adrean8j · 02-25-2010, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by radiantm3

They all are actually.

Sweet Photos man...what type of settings/Camera did you use?

meg180 · 02-25-2010, 09:19 PM

Great Job! The car looks amazing!

radiantm3 · 02-25-2010, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by and 1

great shots man...really makes me wanna buy a dslr, but then i wouldn't have any mod money!

i saw you said you were getting sick of the red stripe on the wheels. why do you say that?

I just think it would look cleaner without the stripe. But it doesn't bother me enough to paint it.

radiantm3 · 02-25-2010, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by adrean8j

Sweet Photos man...what type of settings/Camera did you use?

I have a Canon 5D. People don't realize how important post processing is to have really great images.

HDR also gets a bad wrap because people don't know how to use it properly. That over-saturated look in a lot of HDR images is just a look. It doesn't define HDR. HDR is a process of merging multiple exposures to create images that are normally impossible for a camera to capture.

Here's how it works and my process for these photos:

Black cars on a bright day is a nightmare. Getting nice blue skies + details in a black car are almost impossible in one shot.

Here's what happens when I expose for the car:

Car looks good, but the sky is pretty light.

Here's when I expose for the sky (not the greatest job though):

The details in the sky is better, but now the car is way under exposed.

Here's a 3rd exposure

This is is overly exposed to capture some of the finer details in the car.

So I take these 3 images (taken on a tripod so they align perfectly) and create an HDR in Photomatix:

The goal in Photomatix is NOT to create a final image. You want to create an image with great exposure all around. As you can see I bumped up the saturation a bit, but it's not extremely over-saturated like a lot of HDRs. Once merged and tonal mapped, Photomatix spits out a 16-bit tiff file for me to edit in Photoshop (shown above).

And the final step is all the post work. I have a lot of sensor dust showing up (need to get my camera serviced) so I remove those. I also clone out things in the image that I feel detract from the image. Then I use various actions from Totally Rad Actions (http://totallyradactions.com/) to create the look I'm going for. These actions are extremely powerful if you know photoshop well. And as seen in the original post, I end up with this:

So with that said, it doesn't take an expensive camera to achieve results like this. It's really about knowing how to use all the tools.

Sal@AUTOcouture · 02-26-2010, 12:39 AM

nice pics

Alex@Alpine · 02-26-2010, 04:10 AM

Very nice

enigma135 · 02-26-2010, 10:07 AM

[quote=M2;6800036]Sure, I will, sound like fun. I have a Canon Rebel EOS XS. Just send me a PM when the weather gets better.

Thanks, I'll definitely take you up on that!

Hind · 02-26-2010, 10:28 AM

very nice work!

adrean8j · 02-26-2010, 10:44 AM

I was more interested in your shooting settings (ISO and the like).

radiantm3 · 02-26-2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by adrean8j

I was more interested in your shooting settings (ISO and the like).

ISO 100, F22.

That last post wasn't completely directed towards you. It's just that whenever anyone posts decent photos, a lot of people ask, "what camera?" as if the camera does all the work. Just wanted to share my process as most photographers like keeping everything to themselves.

ichiban · 02-26-2010, 12:45 PM

sweet, i was gonna ask about the pp. How'd you keep the noise level from photomatix down?

Jason · 02-26-2010, 01:18 PM

STUNNING photos!

ruffstik · 02-26-2010, 04:43 PM

: drool:

Dangerlucas · 02-26-2010, 04:53 PM

Damn you're car is always so nice and clean. Want to detail my car and take some photos?

We should get together sometime for a shoot though, maybe once I have all my iCarbon parts on and my car detailed.

radiantm3 · 02-26-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Dangerlucas

Damn you're car is always so nice and clean. Want to detail my car and take some photos?

We should get together sometime for a shoot though, maybe once I have all my iCarbon parts on and my car detailed.

A quick wash and wax is enough for photos (that's all I do). I'd love to shoot your car sometime. Just let me know when.

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