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Scapegoat · 05-16-2010, 06:50 PM

i hate to use the term HDR b/c i don't know what i'm doing... at all

but i was messing around with the g/f's phone and realized that i took 11 pics of the mustang from the same spot while messing w/ the ap. and iso.

here are three pics that i've gotten together after letting photoshop "merge to hdr" and messing with the toning curve.

215ek · 05-16-2010, 07:01 PM

last one looks awesome, but i know nothing about photography
but wheels in the 2nd look best imo

Scapegoat · 05-16-2010, 07:04 PM

i think the last one looks most like what people expect to see from an HDR type shot, but there is nothing else going on in the background to make it stand out more as "hdr" the car also looks like it had been pasted into the scene.

the first one was be attempting to get as "natural" a shot as i could with the color... i failed. the car is too blue grey in all of the pics, potentially due to the grey sky as it had been on friday after the quick rain storm.

TalonTsi97 · 05-16-2010, 07:10 PM

Never liked those wheels, but #2 makes the whole car look good from my perspective.

JDMTyler3326 · 05-16-2010, 08:29 PM

I think number 2 looks the best.

Scapegoat · 05-16-2010, 09:01 PM

found the car's color hidden in modifying color levels

still working on it, hope to get it a little closer

Scapegoat · 05-16-2010, 09:14 PM

thanks for dealing with the updates haha... still figure out photoshop...

i think this does it for the color, the one above is too purple

gonna futs around with the toning curve to see what else i can do

boostedfury · 05-16-2010, 10:10 PM

that last pic looks sick Ken..now try to bring out the wheels a tad more and you are set!

cupofnoodles · 05-16-2010, 10:56 PM

yeah the last one looks pretty good!

Scapegoat · 05-16-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by boostedfury

that last pic looks sick Ken..now try to bring out the wheels a tad more and you are set!

i agree, the shadows in the wheel wells are too dark. i'll give this all another attempt tomorrow after the car is washed and i get some tire shine on those ****ers

97TurboDSM · 05-17-2010, 08:44 AM

none of them are "HDR" but a couple of them look pretty good for a phone

Scapegoat · 05-17-2010, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 97TurboDSM

none of them are "HDR" but a couple of them look pretty good for a phone

lol, they were taken with a SLR, or dslr or whatever... which goes to show how much i suck at this so far

i'd like to get proficient with the camera, so this is my first attempt at messing around w/ the iso/aperture to get decent color of the car. I'll take more today after the wash and wax if it doesn't rain. I'll grab the required over exposed image and under exposed image to get some of those crazy stupid "hdr" highlights... be nice to grab a shot during dusk when the colors start to change

RWDTurbo149 · 05-17-2010, 03:19 PM

here you go man:

http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/

^^if you read through the tutorial and do what he says your HDR's will come out awesome!! He also shows how to use a masking layer and some of the original shots you took to help bring up the dark area's like your wheels. Either way, thats the only tutorial you'll really need.

btw, are you doing the HDR in photoshop? or are you doing it in photomatix?

05-16-2010, 06:50 PM	#1
Scapegoat TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: stop looking at my gold Member #1208 iTrader: (1)	hdr? mustang i hate to use the term HDR b/c i don't know what i'm doing... at all but i was messing around with the g/f's phone and realized that i took 11 pics of the mustang from the same spot while messing w/ the ap. and iso. here are three pics that i've gotten together after letting photoshop "merge to hdr" and messing with the toning curve.

05-16-2010, 07:10 PM	#4
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05-16-2010, 10:10 PM	#8
boostedfury Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Secane, PA Member #1389 My Ride: 99 Z51 Corvette & 2003 Explorer XLT iTrader: (2)	that last pic looks sick Ken..now try to bring out the wheels a tad more and you are set! __________________ Dante's 2005 SRT 4 New Best: 13.10 @110.84mph-11/21/09 ATCO Best Trap: 115.07 mph-11/6/09 Cecil To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

05-17-2010, 08:44 AM	#11
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05-16-2010, 07:01 PM	#2
215ek Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2008 Member #8604 My Ride: is rubbin, therefore its dubbin iTrader: (0)	last one looks awesome, but i know nothing about photography but wheels in the 2nd look best imo __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

05-16-2010, 07:04 PM	#3
Scapegoat TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: stop looking at my gold Member #1208 iTrader: (1)	i think the last one looks most like what people expect to see from an HDR type shot, but there is nothing else going on in the background to make it stand out more as "hdr" the car also looks like it had been pasted into the scene. the first one was be attempting to get as "natural" a shot as i could with the color... i failed. the car is too blue grey in all of the pics, potentially due to the grey sky as it had been on friday after the quick rain storm.

05-16-2010, 08:29 PM	#5
JDMTyler3326 TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Around Member #9917 My Ride: ^ iTrader: (0)	I think number 2 looks the best.

05-16-2010, 09:01 PM	#6
Scapegoat TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: stop looking at my gold Member #1208 iTrader: (1)	found the car's color hidden in modifying color levels still working on it, hope to get it a little closer

05-16-2010, 09:14 PM	#7
Scapegoat TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: stop looking at my gold Member #1208 iTrader: (1)	thanks for dealing with the updates haha... still figure out photoshop... i think this does it for the color, the one above is too purple gonna futs around with the toning curve to see what else i can do

05-16-2010, 10:56 PM	#9
cupofnoodles Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia Member #14330 My Ride: is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious iTrader: (1)	yeah the last one looks pretty good!

05-17-2010, 03:19 PM	#13
RWDTurbo149 Tri-State Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Quakertown, Pa Member #13830 My Ride: 2007 STI iTrader: (0)	here you go man: http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/ ^^if you read through the tutorial and do what he says your HDR's will come out awesome!! He also shows how to use a masking layer and some of the original shots you took to help bring up the dark area's like your wheels. Either way, thats the only tutorial you'll really need. btw, are you doing the HDR in photoshop? or are you doing it in photomatix?