Before & After

[Big C]

Messed around in photoshop with this image today. Obviously I was going for some crazy "pop" and unrealistic background. I have a few more I'm gonna process and try some different ideas, will post a few more later once they are finished.

In retrospect, I wish I would have spent more time composing the image better. I could have placed the car differently and lined things up better. Things to think about on the next shoot.

Comments welcome. Click for full res 1200 wide.

Camera used for first pic: Canon 30d + Sigma 10-20mm. Second pic: Canon 5d + 24-105mm f/4L.

Before (straight off camera, converted from raw to jpg and resized):
http://www.cmpixels.com/images/IMG_6209b.jpg









After:
http://www.cmpixels.com/images/IMG_6209a.jpg






Before (straight off camera, converted from raw to jpg and resized):
http://www.cmpixels.com/images/IMG_6219b.jpg








After:
http://www.cmpixels.com/images/IMG_6219.jpg

[Mafioso]

I like it.. I need to come out with you man with my 40d and my Sigma 17-70.. I need a tripod still though..

[rudsone]

wish i knew how to use cs4 haha

[Mafioso]

its not that hard my man.. easy to learn.. i know a lot and still learn things every day..

[Big C]

I like it.. I need to come out with you man with my 40d and my Sigma 17-70.. I need a tripod still though..

Don't need no stinkin tripod, haha....Only thing I use a tripod for nowadays is strobes :)

wish i knew how to use cs4 haha

I wish I had cs4, I'm still using cs2. Its a lot of trial and error basically. I'm learning as I go.

[reyes1212]

Its so much easier

[Mafioso]

Don't need no stinkin tripod, haha....Only thing I use a tripod for nowadays is strobes :)



I wish I had cs4, I'm still using cs2. Its a lot of trial and error basically. I'm learning as I go.

I just want a tripod for night shots.. I find some really cool things and places at night.. just need the pod man lol

[Big C]

Added another before and after up top

[k20z3coupe]

i like, you made the picture pop, it was kinda drab, but now awsome

[Jason.AZ1]

Very nice teach me I just got photoshop!!

[The President]

sweet pics, maybe it's just me but your front wheel in the first pics looks oblongish..

[jägermeister]

sweet pics, maybe it's just me but your front wheel in the first pics looks oblongish..

the 10-20mm lens will have that distortion effect.

[The President]

the 10-20mm lens will have that distortion effect.

ahh didn't see that. I haven't taken any car pics with my 10-20 yet :(
Still seems like kind of a weird place on the picture for it though. The distortion I usually see is normally on the outter most portions of my pics. Either way though, I love the car and the pics look good. The last is my favorite.

[rudsone]

I wish I had cs4, I'm still using cs2. Its a lot of trial and error basically. I'm learning as I go.

well i recently started using CS and its a little confusing for me still.

cs4 took me 10 to download :sucker:

[terribilitalex]

The after image for the first shot looks great.
Nice job on the processing- increasing the contrast yet keeping it look real

[EG GIRL]

Very nice

[Big C]

the 10-20mm lens will have that distortion effect.

Correct. I have some other shots where the shit gets crazy distorted. There is definately a learning curve with the wide angle. It only really distorts when you are close to the object. I can be about 6 inches from the car and get the entire car in the shot along with a lot of background.

[rudsone]

Correct. I have some other shots where the shit gets crazy distorted. There is definately a learning curve with the wide angle. It only really distorts when you are close to the object. I can be about 6 inches from the car and get the entire car in the shot along with a lot of background.

fish eyes are the shit, i used to film skateboarding with a VX and it was so much fun.

then that shit got stolen at the skatepark :pissed:

[The President]

fish eyes are the shit, i used to film skateboarding with a VX and it was so much fun.

then that shit got stolen at the skatepark :pissed:

the sigma 10-20mm isn't a fisheye.


Question for Big C though, is your 10-20mm have Macro function?
I have the same one for my Sony and it doesn't have Macro (wish it did though)

[Big C]

the sigma 10-20mm isn't a fisheye.


Question for Big C though, is your 10-20mm have Macro function?
I have the same one for my Sony and it doesn't have Macro (wish it did though)

I do not believe so.

[rudsone]

d000000h!

he stated it was a wide lens so i assumed haha.

[Big C]

gay, my pic got errased

It did, please make your own thread if you'd like to show your work. Thanks.

[Rufus]

ddddooooopppppeeeee

http://i35.tinypic.com/vzeruo.jpg

[Rufus]

It did, please make your own thread if you'd like to show your work. Thanks.

Doh, say goodbye to mine then. lol

[SlowLS]

i like the way it came out, i wish i knew how to use photoshop, im still learning

[Big C]

Doh, say goodbye to mine then. lol

At least its one of my pics. I'll put away the ban stick this one time Rufus.

[Rufus]

Phew....

*wipes sweat off brow*

[S!K]

nice. how did you make the bricks reder and other colors come out more? i have photoschop elements 6.0. how would i do that? looks great. really brings out the car alot more

[Big C]

nice. how did you make the bricks reder and other colors come out more? i have photoschop elements 6.0. how would i do that? looks great. really brings out the car alot more

Not sure in Elements, I use regular photoshop. Just play with levels, contrast, selective color, that type of stuff.

[Rufus]

Shadow/highlight will bring the black in the bricks out as well as the concrete/asphalt.

[S!K]

Not sure in Elements, I use regular photoshop. Just play with levels, contrast, selective color, that type of stuff.

Shadow/highlight will bring the black in the bricks out as well as the concrete/asphalt.

ok that guys. Big C i hope you dont get mad if i take your pic so i can practice doing what you did to yours?

[Big C]

ok that guys. Big C i hope you dont get mad if i take your pic so i can practice doing what you did to yours?

I don't mind as long as you don't go posting it around the net.

[S!K]

I don't mind as long as you don't go posting it around the net.

i wont do that

[96accordsir]

wow i wish i knew how to use my ps i just slam cars and put tint and new wheels on them.lol.
thats it im signing up for digital photography courses next semester.

[Nedaaaah]

I wish I had cs4, I'm still using cs2. Its a lot of trial and error basically. I'm learning as I go.

chaaaaa im still on PS 7 lol...good stuff though..how deep were those wheels?

[asianbluesi]

Thats a big difference between the before and after pics. Can't wait to do another photo shoot. :hi::you rock:

[honduh_head]

too bad theres a huge sun spot in the paint... don't take pics in mid day!


other than that....DOPE

[Lilrob]

def. nice job. how long did each pic take you?

[Big C]

too bad theres a huge sun spot in the paint... don't take pics in mid day!


other than that....DOPE

Yeah I know. Mid day sucks ass but I was bored as hell and had the 5d with me to mess around with.

def. nice job. how long did each pic take you?

I dunno, maybe 20-30 mins per pic. Mostly a lot of experimentation.

[aznboi]

clean z chris

[honduh_head]

Yeah I know. Mid day sucks ass but I was bored as hell and had the 5d with me to mess around with.


in the words of this of this famous guy i know... "Wurd"