Mazda RX-8

I was planning on shooting this car tomorrow, but he ended up having something that he forgot about earlier. Since I really wanted to shoot it, we did it with about a half hour's notice. Unfortunately that meant I couldn't borrow the 70-200L from last time. I wanted to take the plates off, but it was below zero with wind chill and wanted to knock the shots out before I got frostbite. By the end of it I couldn't feel my hands and could barely tell I was pushing the shutter.

Anyways, here goes. CC highly encouraged. I believe the images are much sharper this time around.

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I really like #7, sweet angle.

Post more!

Nice shots! I like #1. How did you do the transparent hood effect?

edmyloo wrote in post #11453843
Nice shots! I like #1. How did you do the transparent hood effect?

Thanks guys.


Set up a tripod. Take one shot with the hood up and one shot with it down. Combine the two in Photoshop, use a layermask to only display the engine compartment from the open image. Then set the opacity to however much you think looks good.

JMartel wrote in post #11453853
Thanks guys.


Set up a tripod. Take one shot with the hood up and one shot with it down. Combine the two in Photoshop, use a layermask to only display the engine compartment from the open image. Then set the opacity to however much you think looks good.

Ohh thanks! I've seen it a few times and I've wanted to do it!

You have some nice work here!

edmyloo wrote in post #11453843
Nice shots! I like #1. How did you do the transparent hood effect?

engine bay photoshop blending

PhotosGuy wrote in post #11454397
You have some nice work here!

Thank you. Anything you would want to see done differently? He seemed very pleased with these.

I think I had some other images that had a better feel to them, but they were taken with my manual focus 135mm and they were slightly out of focus, unfortunately. About half of the shots with that were in focus and half were not.

I wish the interior was clean. I just noticed a plastic bag in the back seat in the first image. I also wish I had done a side shot with all 4 doors open. Oh well. I couldn't take the cold any more.

Since it was asked, here's a couple more that I liked. If it's out of line, I'll take them down.

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i really like the first and third one

An excellent set, congratulations, I hadn't seen the engine effect before - thanks for sharing.

Notice the highlights in the side in #s 6-8? Do you see any nice ones in #s 10-11?

PhotosGuy wrote in post #11456033
Notice the highlights in the side in #s 6-8? Do you see any nice ones in #s 10-11?

Oh I know. That's why I didn't post them up originally.

I lucked out in finding that spot. Just when the light is right, the sun goes down behind the mountains. Less direct light and the cars get evenly diffused light.

#13 is great gotta love that wide shot

Always had a soft spot for the old rotary motor too

I really like #2 and #6. Good shots.

these are all pretty boring, #3 has the most potential IMO