Drifting 2nd Attempt....

[Amfamora]

Had another day @ the Drifts..... Comments and Criticism welcome :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/Amfamora/Drifting%20New/_MG_0102.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/Amfamora/Drifting%20New/_MG_0073.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/Amfamora/Drifting%20New/_MG_0052.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/Amfamora/Drifting%20New/_MG_0093.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/Amfamora/Drifting%20New/_MG_0109.jpg

[belongus3]

Hmmm they seem well focused , a little sharpness woulden't hurt...keep it up :)

[Amfamora]

Will do :) Slowly gettin a bit more proficent at Photochop and the lenses I have are well yeah not exactly top of the line hehe.

Might be time for some upgrades soon *ca ching*

[kris142]

I like number 2, different timing and angle then people usually tend to get, I like it.

[blindz24]

# 2 is my fav, nice shots. What lens did you use for the set ?

- T.

[Amfamora]

Sigma 70 - 300mm APO DG for most of them.... but pretty sure #2 was the 50mm 1.8 :)

[blindz24]

Good to know :D

[SouthBayPhoto]

I like them and really like #3, but you seemed to have either missed the focus on all of these or you left them totally soft/unsharpened from the camera. Try and unsharp mask on them in Photoshop and that will help you out. If you have a later version of Photoshop, then try their smart version of the Unsharp Mask and that should get you right in the ballpark to make these images really pop. Or later on tonight I can try and come back and download your shots and reupload them after doing some sharpening on them for you...just let me know. :) I'll just let you know what I did so you can follow along at home. :)

[blindz24]

I like them and really like #3, but you seemed to have either missed the focus on all of these or you left them totally soft/unsharpened from the camera. Try and unsharp mask on them in Photoshop and that will help you out. If you have a later version of Photoshop, then try their smart version of the Unsharp Mask and that should get you right in the ballpark to make these images really pop. Or later on tonight I can try and come back and download your shots and reupload them after doing some sharpening on them for you...just let me know. :) I'll just let you know what I did so you can follow along at home. :)

I'd like to know how to do this actually.

- T.

[jciotti]

I'll second that, they comp is wonderful but the images are lacking a crispness to them. It may very well not be your fault though. Try that mask and see how they look.

[Octowl]

last ones my favorite! kouki 240?

[SouthBayPhoto]

I'll be happy to do it, repost and then tell everyone the steps I took to do it, but I just want to make sure it's okay with Amfamora first...I just always like to make sure it's totally cool with the OP first before I do something like that; out of courtesy for them. :)

[Amfamora]

Well funny thing is I did use unsharp mask on them and Nix Sharpener... I think its more them being hosted on photobucket which is making the quality suffer..... they originals on my computer look alot better.

But feel free to mess around with them, always willing to see what others can do and learn :)

[Amfamora]

http://beamophotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Drifting-Photography/MG0142/834437944_giR4W-XL.jpg

http://beamophotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Drifting-Photography/MG0218/834438096_uMdnH-XL.jpg

http://beamophotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Drifting-Photography/MG0109/834437948_TyUZm-XL.jpg

http://beamophotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Drifting-Photography/MG0102/834485564_vojcc-XL.jpg

http://beamophotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Drifting-Photography/MG0166/834438011_JoQro-XL.jpg


This is hosted on smugmug not photobucket :) Seems alot better!

[CircuitR]

Those look a lot better than the ones you had on photobucket. I switched to flickr.
Nice shots. I look forward to seeing more.

[SouthBayPhoto]

I agree...your second set of shots look much better. Okay, I also redid them really quick. For those of you that asked, I just opened them really quick in Photoshop CS4, clicked on FILTER-->SHARPEN-->SMART SHARPEN and then used 57% for the amount and 0.7 px for the radius and left it on LENS BLUR and also left MORE ACCURATE checked on. Again, I didn't have the original files to work with, so I just worked over his files he had posted here. I always think it's better to work with the original files and sharpen those. But anyway, you get the jest of the idea. :) I hope that helps those who wanted it. :)

Have a great day!
Mat G.

http://www.southbayphoto.com/fm/_MG_0052.jpg

http://www.southbayphoto.com/fm/_MG_0073.jpg

http://www.southbayphoto.com/fm/_MG_0093.jpg

http://www.southbayphoto.com/fm/_MG_0102.jpg

http://www.southbayphoto.com/fm/_MG_0109.jpg

[blindz24]

^ Thats very good info to know, thank you very much :)

- T.