!930 Ford Model A Deluxe

[TJMcG111]

 

[cgw114 140]

Too bad about the background...

 

[Jeff1545 45]

A very nice shot ...

 

[greybeard31 4]

I cleaned up the background with Topaz. Send me a message and I'll send it to you.

 

[TJMcG111]

I cleaned up the background with Topaz. Send me a message and I'll send it to you.

I did that on purpose...

 

[smoke665]

Normally I like your stuff, but IMO the background doesn't work, it detracts from the beautiful car.

 

[TJMcG111]

Normally I like your stuff, but IMO the background doesn't work, it detracts from the beautiful car.

Yeah, that was an experiment. Probably not my finest moment...

 

[greybeard31 4]

I did that on purpose...

Sorry, my bad

 

[TJMcG111]

Sorry, my bad

Not a problem, it wasn't a good choice for a background. I've been just experimenting, looking for ways to make the car show cars more presentable.

 

[Boss1815109 21]

I've been just experimenting, looking for ways to make the car show cars more presentable.

Car shows are events, and they need to be shot as events. Lean into the people and their reactions to the cars. Trying to take hero shots of cars at a show will make a person crazy. I used to talk to owners and see if I could set up a private shoot for a print or digital images for their social media. That worked quite a few times, mostly with antique and classic cars, supercars not so much.

 

[TJMcG111]

Car shows are events, and they need to be shot as events. Lean into the people and their reactions to the cars. Trying to take hero shots of cars at a show will make a person crazy. I used to talk to owners and see if I could set up a private shoot for a print or digital images for their social media. That worked quite a few times, mostly with antique and classic cars, supercars not so much.

Sounds like you have some experience. Here is my problem: I can't always get the best angle, and sometimes I just have to take what I can get. It's not like I am the event's official photographer, so I set up in a spot that's open. Here, for instance, I get a good view of the cars as they enter the field, but I also have to "lean into" the portapotties, the whatever-kind-of-trucks-that-is, and anything else that might be there. I am there to document the cars for my collection, and the occasional social media post, and that's why I change the backgrounds. Editing programs now have AI "distraction removal," and I think that's primarily because people don't want to see toilets in a picture of a neat car. I have some shots of the cars and their owners, or interested onlookers, and they make interesting material, but my primary interest is the cars.

 

[smoke665]

@TJMcG rather than going to the event, go to where the entrants are staying. Back a couple years ago we were in Pigeon Forge the same time as the fall car show. We had numerous contestants staying in the same campground. All I had to do was walk around and ask them to stage their cars for photos, in return for me sending them a free image of their car.

 

[Boss1815109 21]

Sounds like you have some experience. Here is my problem: I can't always get the best angle, and sometimes I just have to take what I can get. It's not like I am the event's official photographer, so I set up in a spot that's open. Here, for instance, I get a good view of the cars as they enter the field, but I also have to "lean into" the portapotties, the whatever-kind-of-trucks-that-is, and anything else that might be there. I am there to document the cars for my collection, and the occasional social media post, and that's why I change the backgrounds. Editing programs now have AI "distraction removal," and I think that's primarily because people don't want to see toilets in a picture of a neat car. I have some shots of the cars and their owners, or interested onlookers, and they make interesting material, but my primary interest is the cars.

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I definitely feel your pain, shows can be a nightmare and very frustrating. The 37 here is something you can work with. If it were mine I would probably try to get the background to drop back instead of replacing it. Get the car and background on separate layers, hit the background with some gaussian blur, desaturate it a bit, and move the white balance toward blue, that will make the car stand out. Mask the background and brush out the edits from the foreground so it looks more natural. The truck and toilets are still there but less noticeable.