first try with HDR and Cars

[cyruz]

hey C&C welcome as always. my 1st HDR try. i know the background isn't the most interesting the column placement sucks in the 2snd shot, but how do you guys like the technique? over or under done?

http://jgemdoc.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p83109585-4.jpg

http://jgemdoc.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p223138645-4.jpg

[kandyredcoi]

how'd u get the info to show on the bottom of your border for each pic???

[cyruz]

its a lightroom plug in called mogrify. i have it set up to put in the lens as well, but when i merged the exposures, the lens and shutter speeds got all messed up. the 1st pic is 4 exposures and the 2nd is 8 exposures, but you cant tell from the exif on here now.

[kandyredcoi]

^yea gotcha, i jsut wondered if it was a pre-programmed thing or if you had to put in each value yourself

anyway cool shots!

[cyruz]

once you put in what you want on the 1st export it saves it form there. takes a few times to get the boarders how you want it but the text is cake.

[Foxbody]

I like both of them personally as I'm not a huge fan of overdone HDR and I think these too are about perfect amounts, atleast for my taste. Good Job.

[deletedpenguin]

Sick car, and while I love HDR - I don't really like the oversaturated HDR images. If you were to make sure everything was tone mapped correctly and scale back the saturation a bit, I think they'd come out really nicely.

[PhotosGuy]

The contrast looks OK, but there are way too many light reflections in it to make me happy with them.

[sponserv]

Why isn't anyone asking how he got the floor to a covered parking garage wet?

[Evil_Edge]

^^^hmmmm, good question! Maybe they just finished sparaying down the pavement? Either way I love the pics. I actually don't mind refeltions to much to tell you the truth, really shows off the deep shine in the paint, but that is just me.

[cyruz]

it had just finished raining for about 3-4 days straight in ny. this was from a local weekly bmw meet. you can see the water marks on the door and all the **** that got kicked up on the back of the wheel wells. i so hate the rain, its the evil nemesis of the clean car.

[sponserv]

Thanks. I was just making idle chatter. I love the shots

[michael.luczkow]

I think you hit the nail RIGHT on the head. These look great! Usually HDR makes me puke because it's so overdone, but these are JUST right. Cheers.

[michael.luczkow]

maybe rinse the car a little better though.

[cyruz]

the car is getting the zaino polish/glaze/seal treatment with the orbital polisher this weekend, so hopefully ill get some good shots in soon.

[PhotosGuy]

so hopefully ill get some good shots in soon. Get it outside. See the "Tips" in my Sig.

[CaptainTonus]

Really nice post processing on these, I just wish you didn't shoot the car in front of parking pillars.

[Pana]

I like the gritty shopping car but the light reflections and license plate is an eye soar.

[cyruz]

ill fine tune it, im still a noob. only been shooting since november.