Lamborghini Aventador

dandaluzphotography · Jul 16, 2012

Hi Guys,

I was at a car show and had a chance to shoot this car with no one around. I hope I got it right. It's 7 exposures processed in Photomatix and then finished off in CS5.

Danny

SCraig · Jul 16, 2012

Wow! That is an amazing machine.

dandaluzphotography · Jul 16, 2012

400K Amazing!

davisphotos · Jul 16, 2012

Nice car. Kind of looks like it was just draw in MS paint with the line tool, though. Those red lines are really harsh.

Jaemie · Jul 16, 2012

dafuq?!!

Is that air deodorizer spraying out of the front grille?

dandaluzphotography · Jul 16, 2012

Jaemie said:
dafuq?!!

Is that air deodorizer spraying out of the front grille?

LOL. The owner of the car had some device put in that emits a blue smoke to mimic a bull breathing heavily, like he's pissed and ready to charge. Most Lamborghinis are name for famous Spanish bulls, so this is why he did that. It was pretty cool and I got lucky that it happened right in the middle of my shots.

molested_cow · Jul 16, 2012

I have to say the chrome/line combination is really weird.
Yeah what's with the puff in front?

The monitor I am using now is crap so I won't judge the photo now.

Jaemie · Jul 16, 2012

dandaluzphotography said:
...emits a blue smoke to mimic a bull breathing heavily, like he's pissed and ready to charge.

Wahahaha!

dandaluzphotography · Jul 16, 2012

Jaemie said:
dandaluzphotography said:

...emits a blue smoke to mimic a bull breathing heavily, like he's pissed and ready to charge.

Click to expand...

Wahahaha!

lol

vipgraphx · Jul 17, 2012

I think you have stepped up your game big time with this image and processing.!!! When I first saw this I thought you added the smoke and the red lines.

Lets take a look at your processing :

Ok One thing I would try to work on is the reds. They are a bit bright and you have lost a some detail in the left lower part of the car my guess from photomatix processing. I think that should have some type of indention but it looks flat. The other thing is the yellow car right behind it and trees is drawing attention away from the car itself. I would duplicate layer and make adjustments for reds. Then flatten. Duplicate layer and make adjustments for yellows and mask create a mask and fill it black and mask the trees and car in. This would push the car more to the front.

Here is the results of said edit...

9pt0yf by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

Note; image will be posted for a few days and then i will delete as I used my flickr to post it.

Cheers and hope this helps some.

dandaluzphotography · Jul 17, 2012

vipgraphx said:
I think you have stepped up your game big time with this image and processing.!!! When I first saw this I thought you added the smoke and the red lines.

Lets take a look at your processing :

Ok One thing I would try to work on is the reds. They are a bit bright and you have lost a some detail in the left lower part of the car my guess from photomatix processing. I think that should have some type of indention but it looks flat. The other thing is the yellow car right behind it and trees is drawing attention away from the car itself. I would duplicate layer and make adjustments for reds. Then flatten. Duplicate layer and make adjustments for yellows and mask create a mask and fill it black and mask the trees and car in. This would push the car more to the front.

Here is the results of said edit...

9pt0yf by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

Note; image will be posted for a few days and then i will delete as I used my flickr to post it.

Cheers and hope this helps some.

Thanks for that, Vip. That's a good idea to mute those colors in the background. It does make the car come out a bit more. One thing I wouldn't do is go so far down on the reds. I admit, they're definitely a bit strong, but I wouldn't go as far. I think the reds add a nice contrast to the chrome decals so that's why I wouldn't tone them down as much.

Thanks again!

Danny

vipgraphx · Jul 17, 2012

was it that bright red in person? If so WOW

dandaluzphotography · Jul 17, 2012

vipgraphx said:
was it that bright red in person? If so WOW

It's actually almost a neon orange and it was pretty bright. When the doors where open I got a good look at the paint. I think the HDR process brought that out even more. That's why I agree about toning it down, but not so much. It was what it was, I guess.

Danny

vipgraphx · Jul 18, 2012

well its cool to see a car like that. I wonder what people think when they see it driving down the road.

I wonder how many reports of UFO's have been reported late at night......

dandaluzphotography · Jul 18, 2012

vipgraphx said:
well its cool to see a car like that. I wonder what people think when they see it driving down the road.

I wonder how many reports of UFO's have been reported late at night......

The dude is definitely a "look-at-me" kind of guy, but he was a cool guy.