Corvettes from the Bloomington Gold Show... C&C Please...

[PMatthes]

This show was absolutely incredible... more Corvettes than I could've imagined... Here are a few that I've processed... more to come...

C&C Please...

1.) Blue 1958 Corvette
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2621248686_b66525e289_b.jpg

2.) 2008 Corvette Pace Car Edition
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2622724459_7c4141a597_b.jpg

3.) 1958 and 1957 Corvettes (Respectively)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2628597949_2b55476b41_b.jpg

[Cougar548]

Those are great pictures! They look a tad dark to me though. Are you using a calibrated monitor?

[Chet]

Love those early 60's vettes, wish I could had made it this year. I took a ride in that 2008 pace car at a dealer in Milwaukee the other day, sweet ride indeed.

Thanks for sharing!

[sapearl]

Actually they look pretty good on my calibrated monitor. If they were a little brighter, the highlights and white paint would blow out. Very nice shots..... great cars.

Those are great pictures! They look a tad dark to me though. Are you using a calibrated monitor?

[Irreverent]

If they were a little brighter, the highlights and white paint would blow out.

Um, no they wouldn't. Histograms don't lie. If you look at the histograms for the images, they are pretty heavily under-exposed. Here's how far I managed to push them without clipping any highlights.

[Irreverent]

Nice shots, btw

[kendickson]

like number 2 - good caputre - very detailed

[Irreverent]

Couldn't help but think that #3 was crying out for something like this

[Irreverent]

And maybe something moodier for #1. These are just me playing really, cos you have some great colours in the originals, and it's a shame to kill them. Just having some fun with monochrome ;)

[sapearl]

Very true - as an evaluation of the entire scene, histograms don't lie .... but they can certainly mislead. The histogram is always a valuable guideline and good starting point for determining what you want to do with an image. But if one blindly trusts it, that can lead to some difficulties.

My main work is weddings and social events. Many of my images involve a white bridal gown against a dark larger background, or dark suits/tuxedos against dim backgrounds with light colored faces. A histogram will "judge" the general value of these scenes. But in everyone of these I will need to go in and either dodge and burn, or create exposure adjustment layers to achieve the desired pleasing results.

Canon ETTL with and without flash does a fairly decent job once you understand it's foibles and peculiarities, and it does generate some decent histogram data. But that data is not the end all/be all of every image. The histogram never lies, but it can consider factors that are not your main image goal :D.

Btw - nice B/w interpretation. I prefer the second one better. IMHO it has a very nice tonal rendering and contrast range, which suits the subject better than a sepia representation. But that's just my opinion ;)- Stu

Um, no they wouldn't. Histograms don't lie. If you look at the histograms for the images, they are pretty heavily under-exposed. Here's how far I managed to push them without clipping any highlights.

[PMatthes]

And maybe something moodier for #1. These are just me playing really, cos you have some great colours in the originals, and it's a shame to kill them. Just having some fun with monochrome ;)

Nice conversions, Irreverent...I really like them in B&W/Sepia as well...thanks for the idea! #1 looks really great with your conversion!

...And thanks, everyone, for the comments! Appreciate it!

[PMatthes]

Actually they look pretty good on my calibrated monitor. If they were a little brighter, the highlights and white paint would blow out. Very nice shots..... great cars.

Thank you! With cars this purrty, it's easy to get some nice shots!