599 GTO and the lineup for your opinion

[Nick.SHI]

So here is my first attempt at Layer Masks in photoshop. Black cars are by far the hardest to shoot, so I couldn't get all of the reflections out, but I thought I did a pretty good job:

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[MLeeK]

1 is a bit dark to me.
2 and 3 are an amazing car, it's beautiful, but they're kind of typical shots you see in a showroom. They've got distractions in the background and stuff.
I like how you tried to capture a different angle in the last, but it just doesn't really work for me. I'd like to see the line down the side of the car.

 

[tirediron]

Did you use a polarizing filter?

 

[ronlane]

1 is a bit dark to me.
2 and 3 are an amazing car, it's beautiful, but they're kind of typical shots you see in a showroom. They've got distractions in the background and stuff.
I like how you tried to capture a different angle in the last, but it just doesn't really work for me. I'd like to see the line down the side of the car.

I have to agree about the typical shots. My solution, MLeek and I will come out there and help drive them to a different location for a photoshoot and we can all take pictures and compare.

Yeah, that's the idea. hehehe

 

[Nick.SHI]

Yeah, before I go for anything universal (as far as composure...if that's even possible anymore...), I need to get my lighting skills solidified.

I used a polarizing filter and layered in the different angles that it filtered out the reflection (which is a TON, the lights in the showroom are basically a grid across the car w/o the filter). I'm not sure if it was the lighting that caused some of the reflections to not get filtered out or the fact that I missed a slight turn when photographing.

 

[tirediron]

I can see where that ceiling would be a huge PIA. If you really want to do this right, make a big scrim and interpose that between the lights and the car.

 

[Nick.SHI]

I can see where that ceiling would be a huge PIA. If you really want to do this right, make a big scrim and interpose that between the lights and the car.

I've been considering, it's just going to be HUGE....any recommendations?

 

[Nick.SHI]

Hope you don't mind, it say's your photo's are OK to edit:

I don't mind at all! What did you do beyond cropping it tighter?

 

[tirediron]

I can see where that ceiling would be a huge PIA. If you really want to do this right, make a big scrim and interpose that between the lights and the car.

I've been considering, it's just going to be HUGE....any recommendations?

I'd go with a bolt of white, rip-stop nylon and a metric s**t-ton of 3/4 PVC sprinkler pipe and fittings.

 

[mjhoward]

Hope you don't mind, it says your photo's are OK to edit:

with a bit more time, I would add some breathing room on the left and right sides of the cars.

EDIT: I ghost edited (deleted) on you!

 

[mjhoward]

Hope you don't mind, it say's your photo's are OK to edit:

I don't mind at all! What did you do beyond cropping it tighter?

Brightened, sharpened, and cloned out some distractions (doors or windows) on the left and right sides. I also added a slight gradient to the floor.

 

[Nick.SHI]

Looks very good, thanks for the ideas.