2012 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT Shoot

[ScubaBrett22]

We did this shoot a while ago I have just been posting some of my shoots to catch people up on my recent project this one was on a 2012 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT in the grass too which I know some don't like. Don't worry my watermark is way smaller now and not as distracting!

 

[MReid]

I have that exact car except for black leather and a black stripe over the top.
You shots look pretty good to me. Thanks for sharing.

 

[12sndsgood]

id adjust the time of day or when you shoot maybe see if you can keep that sky from getting so blown out.

 

[o hey tyler]

Yes, I agree with 12sndsgood. The consistently blown out sky is killing these images. What time of day did you shoot?

 

[rgregory1965]

View attachment 10042I also agree with the blown sky....here is a quick edit on the car....hope you dont mind.

 

[prodigy2k7]

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10042"/>I also agree with the blown sky....here is a quick edit on the car....hope you dont mind.

Looks over processed.

 

[ScubaBrett22]

Yes, I agree with 12sndsgood. The consistently blown out sky is killing these images. What time of day did you shoot?

About 4PM the problem was it was overcast all week and he wanted the shoot asap.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Some lighting may have prevented the extreme loss of detail in the blacks. Or perhaps a LR slider could recover some.

 

[ScubaBrett22]

Some lighting may have prevented the extreme loss of detail in the blacks. Or perhaps a LR slider could recover some.

I shoot all my car shoots in RAW and that is a possibility.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Kewl, an example is pic 1. It appears the grills are either missing or flat black solid plastic or such. Had you put emphasis on that with off camera flash or got greedy with a slider it may bring back the details =)

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Also the background distractions can be eliminated using just enough depth of field to keep the car in focus, but blur out the background.

 

[BlueMeanieTSi]

I like #2, this is how I would process it:

 

[ScubaBrett22]

I like #2, this is how I would process it:

HOW DO YOU DO THIS!! Its amazing. Did you do it in Photoshop?

 

[BlueMeanieTSi]

The car color/bringing back the blacks to bee seen, and the window tinting done in photoshop. I used Perfect effects (which I find easier to do certain things) to apply the glow/clouds/vignette/sharpening. I use the same processes on all my automotive photos just varying opacity for each effect but it's the same workflow.

One thing I always do is apply selective sharpening to the entire car only, then apply an additional sharpening to headlights/emblems/grills/wheels and tires.

Here's the porsche I shot over the weeked I used the same set of processes on (although this is HDR):

 

[ScubaBrett22]

The car color/bringing back the blacks to bee seen, and the window tinting done in photoshop. I used Perfect effects (which I find easier to do certain things) to apply the glow/clouds/vignette/sharpening. I use the same processes on all my automotive photos just varying opacity for each effect but it's the same workflow.

One thing I always do is apply selective sharpening to the entire car only, then apply an additional sharpening to headlights/emblems/grills/wheels and tires.

Here's the porsche I shot over the weeked I used the same set of processes on (although this is HDR):

Do you know of any online photoshop tutorials I could use to help me do this cause I could fix a lot of car pictures and make them look amazing.