Fender Bender

invisible · Jan 20, 2012

Fishpaste said:
To me, the only niggle is that the tree gets lost in the clouds, losing some of its impact.

That's the reason why I like the colour version better than this one.

Demers18 said:
I love this shot... THIS is the type of shot I want in my man cave. I was actually looking at something similar to buy.

Thank you! I replied to your PM earlier today.

Cheers, guys!

dancer · Jan 21, 2012

A little more then a fender bender but a hell of a great shot. I like it!

invisible · Jan 22, 2012

dancer said:
A little more then a fender bender but a hell of a great shot. I like it!

Thanks very much! We found this car right across where the hamlet of Bender used to be, hence the title of the photo

Fishpaste · Jan 23, 2012

That's the reason why I like the colour version better than this one.

Is this far from where you live? Is it possible to make a re-shoot? If the clouds were more cooperative, you would have a striking B/W shot that I would have no problems with hanging on my wall

(wall real-estate is at a premium in my apartment).

jamesbjenkins · Jan 23, 2012

Love the color version as well! What did you do to make the colors pop without creating artifacts? Great processing job!

Fishkon · Jan 24, 2012

Beautiful, both pictures tell two very different stories.

invisible · Jan 24, 2012

Fishpaste said:
Is this far from where you live? Is it possible to make a re-shoot? If the clouds were more cooperative, you would have a striking B/W shot that I would have no problems with hanging on my wall (wall real-estate is at a premium in my apartment).

Haha, thanks for the kind words. This is a couple of hours from here, but that would not be a problem. Thing is, the car might be gone a couple months ago I wanted to shoot it with the aurora borealis behind it but couldn't find it (granted, it was in the dark but I had a flashlight). I'll definitely try to look for it again in the spring though.

jamesbjenkins said:
Love the color version as well! What did you do to make the colors pop without creating artifacts? Great processing job!

Thanks much! I edited the colour version almost two years ago and don't remember what I did. I processed the image with the NIK Software suite, so I must've increased the saturation with either Viveza or Colour Efex Pro. Sorry I can't be of more help, it's been a while...