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Mat Fitzsimmons
12th of March 2006 (Sun), 07:54
My new baby, a 2 day old Mazda RX-8 Revelation (a limited edition Australian model).

Both are HDR images from photoshop CS2.
#1 is 7 images covering around 6 stops, #2 is 8 images covering around 7 stops.

Both taken with a 20D and 10-22 @ 12mm (#1) and 13mm (#2). f8 used for both.

#1

http://www.psychogoat.com/linked/RX8_hdr_1.jpg


#2

http://www.psychogoat.com/linked/RX8_hdr_2.jpg
PhotosGuy
12th of March 2006 (Sun), 07:58
My new baby, a 2 day old... It's time to take it outside, Mat. C'mon, you know you'll have to sooner or later? ;)
Mat Fitzsimmons
12th of March 2006 (Sun), 07:59
Heh, funny you should say that .. shortly after I took these pics I took it for a drive and it got rained on.
-sigh-

:)
bcascio
12th of March 2006 (Sun), 08:07
Spectacular Car Spectacular shots
Hedoniste
12th of March 2006 (Sun), 08:46
Nice shots! I like RX-8.
Mat Fitzsimmons
13th of March 2006 (Mon), 20:58
Thanks guys :)
kaitanium
14th of March 2006 (Tue), 00:27
looking pretty pleasant to me =)
_andrew
14th of March 2006 (Tue), 00:32
very nice - I bet you are pleased with that purchase! Nice, Crisp shots too!
tjburns
14th of March 2006 (Tue), 01:18
enjoy the car. i enjoyed the pics
Doom1701e
14th of March 2006 (Tue), 01:34
Nice shots, nice car! :) I had an RX-7 back in the day, nice little car.
J Tavendale
14th of March 2006 (Tue), 07:04
Very nice Mat. My boss was looking at getting one, but they couldn't get an auto for 3 months!
The22oz
16th of March 2006 (Thu), 16:20
Very nice Mat. My boss was looking at getting one, but they couldn't get an auto for 3 months!

They should only come manual haha. Its the only way you can REALLY enjoy the car. Nice cars ether way, still I my heart belongs to the Rx-7s ...
dsmgirl
16th of March 2006 (Thu), 16:28
RX-8's are fun to drive; I got to autocross one at a Mazda event near me last year. It looks like they make nice subjects for photos too. I like the pics, but I think they'd look better outside -you'll have to post some more. http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/grinser/grinning-smiley-006.gif
Nidz
16th of March 2006 (Thu), 16:48
Nice one. I dunno if it's the monitor i'm on right now but the second pic seems a little dark.

Nice pics though.
J T
16th of March 2006 (Thu), 16:52
My new baby, a 2 day old Mazda RX-8 Revelation (a limited edition Australian model).

Both are HDR images from photoshop CS2.
#1 is 7 images covering around 6 stops, #2 is 8 images covering around 7 stops.

Both taken with a 20D and 10-22 @ 12mm (#1) and 13mm (#2). f8 used for both.

Beautiful car. Can you please explain this process? Thanks. :-)
Mat Fitzsimmons
25th of March 2006 (Sat), 09:11
Thanks guys :)

The HDR process was just using Photoshop CS2's "merge to HDR" function.
This article explains it quite well:
http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/hdr.shtml

The photos I used in the merge process were each about 1 stop apart in exposure (by changing only the shutter speed).


Nice one. I dunno if it's the monitor i'm on right now but the second pic seems a little dark.
It possibly is a bit dark, I edited those pics on a monitor that wasn't calibrated and might well have been a bit too bright.
J T
26th of March 2006 (Sun), 14:23
Thanks for the link, Mat. It all makes sense now. :D
Mat Fitzsimmons
27th of March 2006 (Mon), 04:30
No worries :)
It seems to work well, and it's -really- easy to use.