Corsa Power!

cyKey · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:16

I got tired of all the Corsa hatred so I took mine down to the beach for a play yesterday. We made sand castles, splashed around in puddles and generally had a good laugh. We sat and watched the sunset together when I though it might be a good time to try some bracketed HDR. My Corsa was a bit shy at first but I got her to relax.

You maybe wondering why I posted 2 almost identical shots. Well. Who says you need to bracket the exposure to produce a HDR shot? Thanks to the brilliant DJN @ Chromasia I learnt you can produce stunning photos from 1 single RAW file. Simply drop the exposure by 1.2, then keep one at 0, then boost the other by 1.2. Sometimes you have to vary the settings but as you can see you can get close to the same result. This means that you don't have to lug a tripod around all the time and can apply HDR style effects to non-landscape scenarios, as you will soon see

So all in all I feel it was a good experiment. I'm not 100% sure on the results yet. Whether I've taken the processing too far or not I just can't make up my mind.

Colin_da_Killer · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:22

#1 for the win

Matt · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:22

They do look very cool, though i don't like the wheel facing that direction, it looks a bit funny

cyKey · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:23

Matt said:
They do look very cool, though i don't like the wheel facing that direction, it looks a bit funny

Doh yer you're right. Should be going in the direction of the car. *smacks head*. Ho hum. Just gives me a reason to try it again

Colin_da_Killer · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:33

Matt said:
They do look very cool, though i don't like the wheel facing that direction, it looks a bit funny

Ahhh now look what u done, it looked ok to me before but now that u pointed it out, it really is bugging me thikning what it would look like turned the other way...

Your one of those guys when watching a movie will point out that the audio is out of sync with the video to ruin it for everyone else aren't you?

cyKey · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:36

Haha me too

I'll just ban him from IRC

Matt · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:40

cyKey said:
Haha me too I'll just ban him from IRC

IRC is broken for me at the moment anyway

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:41

1st and the last are the best. The turned wheel ruins them as it looks like its falling off. Might try it only half turned next time

Love the capture in the paint work!

cyKey · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:43

Fstop11 said:
1st and the last are the best. The turned wheel ruins them as it looks like its falling off. Might try it only half turned next time Love the capture in the paint work!

Yer I'm totally kicking myself

Rubbish day today too. Can't believe I never thought about it. I even specifically turned the wheel that way thinking "ok now point the wheels for the shot." Only turned them the wrong way though. *bangs head on desk*. Aside from that I'm guessing the processing is ok?

Sleepyd · 2 Apr 2006 at 16:00

You maybe wondering why I posted 2 almost identical shots. Well. Who says you need to bracket the exposure to produce a HDR shot? Thanks to the brilliant DJN @ Chromasia I learnt you can produce stunning photos from 1 single RAW file. Simply drop the exposure by 1.2, then keep one at 0, then boost the other by 1.2. Sometimes you have to vary the settings but as you can see you can get close to the same result. This means that you don't have to lug a tripod around all the time and can apply HDR style effects to non-landscape scenarios, as you will soon see

This assumes you have Photoshop CS2 or something similar?

cyKey · 2 Apr 2006 at 16:02

Sleepyd said:
This assumes you have Photoshop CS2 or something similar?

Photoshop CS2 always complained about my HDR attempts to I switched to Photomatrix Pro.

Matt · 2 Apr 2006 at 16:31

Could you post the straight from camera photo? (for number 1), as i'd quite like the see how much it's changed

cyKey · 2 Apr 2006 at 17:06

The normally exposed shot.

JonnyGLC · 2 Apr 2006 at 17:36

I'm liking those shots

So how exactly did you get the effect? Was it just the usual method used for Photomatix?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 2 Apr 2006 at 18:12

cyKey said:
Yer I'm totally kicking myself Rubbish day today too. Can't believe I never thought about it. I even specifically turned the wheel that way thinking "ok now point the wheels for the shot." Only turned them the wrong way though. *bangs head on desk*. Aside from that I'm guessing the processing is ok?

Only gripe to call mate. The rest is spot on. I mean from that original you have painted a great piece. I like the sense of your eyes walking upto the car with the slight depth you've added before your subject and the sky is very dramatic.

We all watch Top Gear? When Clarkson is talking about a new car It is video'd in that sorta perspective. I think you've done a great job. The tire would have worked better if it was a thicker type. The whole idea of the turned wheel is to show it turned outwards. Doesnt really work if you can see behind the wheel.

dod · 2 Apr 2006 at 19:13

really nice, must give that a try sometime

cyKey · 2 Apr 2006 at 19:28

Now I need a new location to redo this with the tyre going the right way

A DB9 would be handy too

Shimmyhill · 2 Apr 2006 at 19:36

Really nice effect, shame about the wheel as has been said.

I have a corsa aswell, we could crash them into each other and rid the world of 2 more

tho mine is getting changed as soon as new car is delivered so you had better hurry

cyKey · 2 Apr 2006 at 19:38

Shimmyhill said:
Really nice effect, shame about the wheel as has been said.

I have a corsa aswell, we could crash them into each other and rid the world of 2 more tho mine is getting changed as soon as new car is delivered so you had better hurry

Hmmm. HDR crash photography. Interesting...

binaryknight · 2 Apr 2006 at 19:41

quite stunning wish i was capable of such an attempt only thing i can think of is that the car its self looks a touch over processed but probably just an artifact of hdr type pictures.

really cool shot tho think i might have to try this hdr mlarky!