Pics of my Corvette Pt. 3. Critique!

[uracowman]

For those of you who have seen my first two posts, I followed some more advice and found some places in Austin with minimal background noise. I shot these photos at 5 and it was a bit cloud again today. Here are my four favorites which have been tinkered a bit with in Lightroom. The originals are included in the end. Please comment!

It still feels like the color balancing in the original photos are a bit off. I tried tinkering around with the customizable settings under "picture style" but it still looks a bit off. What do you guys think?


EDIT PHOTOS
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture017.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture029.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture026.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture071.jpg

ORIGINAL PHOTOS
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture017-1.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture029-1.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture026-1.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture071-1.jpg

[skygod44]

You're ALMOST there!

The trick is to put the car nearer to you than it is to the background....while still being a fair distance from you!

Go on....off you go again....see you in Pt.4
;)

[uracowman]

You're ALMOST there!

The trick is to put the car nearer to you than it is to the background....while still being a fair distance from you!

Go on....off you go again....see you in Pt.4
;)
As far as the picture vehicle, what do you think of the picture? I was trying to create as much background separation as possible but that is very hard to find here in Austin. Especially in pic two and three, it looks pretty sharp, but could the slight loss of sharpness be due to the cloudy day?

[skygod44]

As far as the picture vehicle, what do you think of the picture? I was trying to create as much background separation as possible but that is very hard to find here in Austin. Especially in pic two and three, it looks pretty sharp, but could the slight loss of sharpness be due to the cloudy day?

What time of day did you take these? The lighting on the bonnet (hood) looks too intense on my screen, burning out some detail. An evening shoot, or, if you can cope, early morning tend to offer much better saturation as the light is going through more atmosphere, giving it a deeper "feel" (ok, that last part was 100% non-scientific, but you get my point).

The car itself looks great, though. It's just your lighting and positioning.

[uracowman]

What time of day did you take these? The lighting on the bonnet (hood) looks too intense on my screen, burning out some detail. An evening shoot, or, if you can cope, early morning tend to offer much better saturation as the light is going through more atmosphere, giving it a deeper "feel" (ok, that last part was 100% non-scientific, but you get my point).

The car itself looks great, though. It's just your lighting and positioning.
These were taken between 5-630 this evening. If you remember my shots from my part 2 thread, those were taken at dusk, basically it was almost dark. Today was a bit cloudy. If you look at the original 4 photos on the bottom, they still look a bit dark. The first 4 photos were edited a bit with lightroom.

[skygod44]

These were taken between 5-630 this evening. If you remember my shots from my part 2 thread, those were taken at dusk, basically it was almost dark. Today was a bit cloudy. If you look at the original 4 photos on the bottom, they still look a bit dark.

Oh yes. You're right....a bit dark.

Why don't you have a trawl through the transportation images that hit you as sexy, and find out the lighting set-up, etc.

[I have to actually go and teach now, dammit, so catch you later!]

[PhotosGuy]

The CB of the car in the originals is OK. In 1-3, you warmed the whole shot & it's a bit much. #4 with the warm side & "normal" rear looks more natural to me.
You can select an object & only apply changes to the selected area:
Selecting areas in PS. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39994)

Sometimes it seems right to warm the whole image, & some links at the bottom of this thread may help:
Mustang & B-17 + PS (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=91393)

[wkdbrt]

Just out of curiosity is that prehaps one of your lenses standing next to the wheel.

[uracowman]

Just out of curiosity is that prehaps one of your lenses standing next to the wheel.
yea it is lol.
The CB of the car in the originals is OK. In 1-3, you warmed the whole shot & it's a bit much. #4 with the warm side & "normal" rear looks more natural to me.
You can select an object & only apply changes to the selected area:
Selecting areas in PS.

Sometimes it seems right to warm the whole image, & some links at the bottom of this thread may help:
Mustang & B-17 + PS
cb?

[blouieee]

Not too big of a fan of #3 but I like the rest.

[Red73]

Pics 1 & 2: you cut the bottom of the tires off, I like to see where the rubber meets the road.

Pic 3: I like the car, be carefull of the background. You have a light pole, tree and a sign growing out of the top of your car.

Pic 4: The lens can be cloned out, I would put the lens cap on so it doesn't get dirty.

Love the vette.

[uracowman]

Pics 1 & 2: you cut the bottom of the tires off, I like to see where the rubber meets the road.

Pic 3: I like the car, be carefull of the background. You have a light pole, tree and a sign growing out of the top of your car.

Pic 4: The lens can be cloned out, I would put the lens cap on so it doesn't get dirty.

Love the vette.
what are your thoughts on the original images. Do they look a bit dark or off to you?

[vegasboy]

try to find a background and foreground that is not very distracting, the trees and shrubs that you were hiding behind to get that 'candid' shot is kind of distracting... here is one of my shoots of a corvette that has a nice background and not too distracting

Red C6 Z06 rolling black wheels (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=463193)

[Red73]

what are your thoughts on the original images. Do they look a bit dark or off to you?

A little dark and soft, did you use a tripod or was it hand held?

[uracowman]

A little dark and soft, did you use a tripod or was it hand held?
I was using a tripod w/ a 70-200 f2.8. I set my shutter to the point where the (-2,+2) metering thing was right in the middle. The shots were also taken at sunset, but it was a bit cloudy and the place where the pics were taken was heavily shaded by trees.

[disboifan]

hey there fellow H-I'er. imo, the original shows more of the true colors of the car because its actually silver. some of the originals are underexposed so you have to watch out where you meter. the post edited pictures are ok but a bit on the warm side. you're not asking about your composition so i will not comment on that. also nice choice on the wheels...

[Red73]

I played a little with your last one: sharpened, de-saturated, lightened

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/Red73_01/Picture071-2-1.jpg

Original
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/uracowman/canon/Picture071-1.jpg

[RogerAylstock]

Nice C5! ;-) I don't know if anyone has mentioned it but you might try using a polarizing filter to reduce/remove the windshield glare.