Limo...

[scr7b]

Looking for some critique here... I took this photo as a possible marketing shot for the limo company, and wasn't all that impressed with it... until...

Until I had the idea to layer the rear light in PS and desaturate everything else. The colour in the background was a bit distracting, so I think desaturating it was the way to go... What do you think?

Canon 20D, 85mm f/1.8, 1/2000 @ f/1.8

[sixshot]

Ummmm, in my opinion the red light is too red for the rest fo the shot. Can we see the original to compare.

[buginajar]

Bring the saturation down a little on the red light, but not too much. It's too bright I think. Maybe more of a red/maroon, but not too maroon. Just my .02 cents.

[scr7b]

Ok, I see what you mean, it's a bit luminous... I did crank up the saturation on the light, to make it look like it was on.

How does this one look?

[skyphix]

I like it. I actually liked the first one a lot and thought you'd be crazy for lowering the saturation, but now that I see the 2nd one I like it better.

[buginajar]

Much better. I like it alot. A nice simple one-line text tagline on the centered on the right aligned to teh center of the taillight in a white script or serif font and you have a very classy ad!

Great work.

And is that Lincoln insignia broken off on the bottom left?

[scr7b]

Much better. I like it alot. A nice simple one-line text tagline on the centered on the right aligned to teh center of the taillight in a white script or serif font and you have a very classy ad!

Great work.

Thanks for the kind words, I'm quite pleased with it myself now.

And is that Lincoln insignia broken off on the bottom left?

Yes, what a shame too... kind of spoils the image. I suppose it could be filled in quite easily in Photoshop. I'll have a look at that next...

[Skip Souza]

"Come in, out of the rain"

Cool shot. Like it a lot.

[Vetteography]

I like the second shot a lot... but you shoul dPS in the broken peice of the emblem on the taillight... it caught my eye right away.

[scr7b]

I like the second shot a lot... but you shoul dPS in the broken peice of the emblem on the taillight... it caught my eye right away.

Ok, 3rd version... broken emblem fixed... (we couldn't have a marketing shot with a bit broken off the car...!!)

[felix21685]

wow very cool looks like the original if you hadnt seen the broken piece first.
very cool..it would be funny if you could bend the broken piece a little to the left.
meaning put a buldge to the left like this ( so it would match 100% to the original emblem..
but i dont think people will notice that havent seen the original shot

[skyphix]

perfection! That bugged me too, but it was such a good shot I forgot to mention it :D

[Michaelmjc]

Good shot, the second one is definately better, it was much too bright.

[sixshot]

Way to go. Now the red is not so bright it has come out really well. And nice work on the emblem.

[scr7b]

Ok, I know I'm going too far with a 4th version, but this will be the last I promise! ;)

I the previous emblem fix was only on the 800*533 px version, so I went back to the original PSD, fixed that, and re-sized down again. I'm a lot happier with this version.

I also included a 100% crop of the fixed emblem... I'm always impressed with the capabilities of photoshop!

[jporter12]

I'm impressed with how well the rain droplets show up on on the emblem in the 100% crop!