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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    He has yet to take a shot that couldn't be done with a low end point & shoot from wal-mart.
    well that's true too, but he still is doing a better job than most do when they pic up a DSLR for the first time.

    ^^ Yeah, I drew a frame of a man running on each fan blade. That is him running at idle

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    He has yet to take a shot that couldn't be done with a low end point & shoot from wal-mart.


    Check out this post, great pics right?
    http://community.automotivephoto.net...ead.php?t=2185
    Then read how critical the replies are. The members replying are some of the best automotive photographers in the WORLD...those who shoot the magazine advertisements for automobile manufactures in magazines, etc.
    i love posting my shots on APN!!! i LOVE getting flammed!

    "nice pictures dude" doesnt help you get any better.

    critiques>compliments

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    Quote Originally Posted by swollix
    What do you mean?
    First, use the rule of thirds....you rarely ever want to center your subject.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds
    http://digital-photography-school.co...ule-of-thirds/
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...ds&btnG=Search


    Secondly, you never want things protruding from the roof line of the car in the background...ie. power poles, trees, building columns, etc. Shot #1, 2, & 4 all have a window that are killing the outline of the car. The car in shot #1 and 2 should have been centered between the windows and number #4 would be an excellent shot if the window was either to the left or right of the car, not directly behind it.

    As for the post processing, adjusting the levels like that to look like fake HDR really accentuates the mismatched paint...or makes it look like it is anyways. I'd suggest trying to take a photo like your eyes see's it before ruining the shot with PP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    As for the post processing, adjusting the levels like that to look like fake HDR really accentuates the mismatched paint...or makes it look like it is anyways. I'd suggest trying to take a photo like your eyes see's it before ruining the shot with PP.
    That's photomatix, it's real HDR.

    ^^ Yeah, I drew a frame of a man running on each fan blade. That is him running at idle

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87 Turbo II
    That's photomatix, it's real HDR.
    LOL! yeah...no. Do you even know what High Dynamic Range means?

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    LOL! yeah...no. Do you even know what High Dynamic Range means?
    yes, utilizing overexposed, properly exposed, and underexposed shots to exceed the dynamice range the sensor is able to record at one time. Thye can look realistic or dreamlike, the ones in this thread are not artificial HDRs made by levels and curves. It's a proper multi-exposure HDR.

    ^^ Yeah, I drew a frame of a man running on each fan blade. That is him running at idle

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    very nice shots

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    Paint is not mismatched (you can see in the beginning of the thread) , I am unsure why it always appears that way in HDR photographs...


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    Hrmm interesting, well for the guys that are pretty good with DSLR cameras and stuff throw the man some tips on which things he should/could adjust in certain conditions etc.

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    Ok Speedminded had pretty much hit the nail on the head with what I was saying so just re-read his posts again.

    As for the mismatched paint, it is what the camera sees with the light conditions it is given on a white car. If there is the slightest variances in paint, uneven lighting, or a pearl in the clear or something like that then doing an HDR is going to show it. Normally this is not as noticable in other color cars. At least that is what I think, the car phoogs on here would have a better answer.

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