Automotive Photography Competition #259

[Timothy (in VA)]

Congratulations to Savageduck for winning Competition #258!

Rules

• The deadline is Sunday, October 31 at 11:59 PM EST
• The photograph can contain any automotive image (containing no adulterous material)
• The proposed picture must be your own and not found on the net.
• The photograph must be attached using the UCP system. Any picture not attached using the UCP system will not be in the voting thread.
• Your image may be up to 800 pixels wide or tall.
• Photograph may contain post-processing editing
• It is preferred that you state enhancements made, but not necessary.
• The photograph must be taken no earlier than four months before start date
• Each photographer cannot vote for himself, they must vote for the others.
• Any users who enter and vote for themselves automatically receive a 2 week penalty from the competition and all votes previously given to his/her photo are removed.
• The entry must contain the following information in the same order :

User name
Subject matter/photo title
Date taken
Camera

Standings 2010

João Guimarães: 6
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Savageduck: 4
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LeonOfTheDead: 3
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RacingManiac: 2 / Sauc3: 2 / Wouter Melissen: 2
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Whiteballz: 1 / Italianspirit: 1 / pat_ernzen: 1 / Henk4: 1 / cmcpokey: 1 / Johnnynumfiv: 1 / Waugh-terfall: 1 / Timothy (in VA): 1

[Savageduck]

Savageduck
1931 Chevrolet 5-Window Sport Coupe
October 24, 2010
Nikon D300s

[aiasib]

Nice pic SavageDuck; feels very crisp. Any post-processing?

[Savageduck]

Originally Posted by aiasib

Nice pic SavageDuck; feels very crisp. Any post-processing?

Thanks.
That was shot RAW with my D300s. Here is the rest of the work flow;
The NEF was processed with ACR/CS5, Camera profile set at "Camera Standard";
Lens distortion profile applied with ACR;
Base luminance noise reduction set in ACR (insurance);
Some recovery, blacks, clarity, & vibrance applied in ACR.
In CS5; resized to 12x8; applied slight "S"curve with Curves adjustment layer.
Applied a pass of "Unsharp mask" @ 140%.
Duplicated layer, resized the canvas in each dimension, black background.
In the top layer in blending modes, added a 10px white outer stroke.
Merged layers, and saved JPEG. Then resized that for UCP posting.

[ScionDriver]

ScionDriver
Split Window
September 16
Canon 7D
Cropped & Minor Adjustments in Photoshop CS4

[henk4]

Henk4
De Tomaso Mangusta, with some sort of problem
Canon 1D
Silverstone, September 2010.
The shot is one from a series, where the door goes from an almost vertical position, down to an almost closed one under braking. Later on the door flew off.

@Savageduck,
Out of curiosity, how much time did you use to construct that picture? I would also love to see the original shot.

[Savageduck]

Originally Posted by henk4

@Savageduck,
Out of curiosity, how much time did you use to construct that picture? I would also love to see the original shot.

About three minutes.
I have my work flow pretty much down. For example, adding the border I have built actions for dealing with various crop sizes. That just takes seconds.
Find the uncropped, unaltered original, converted from RAW without adjustments (I only shoot RAW) 8MB, 4288 × 2848, JPEG, attached, OOPS! we can only attach 1MB JPEGS, so for the full size I will send you a link in a private message.

[Timothy (in VA)]

Timothy (in VA)
Shattered
October 17, 2010
Sony DSC-S500

This was the aftermath from when my car was broken into the other weekend.

[whiteballz]

Great use of a shitty situation dude..

[Savageduck]

Originally Posted by Timothy (in VA)

Timothy (in VA)
Shattered
October 17, 2010
Sony DSC-S500

This was the aftermath from when my car was broken into the other weekend.

Sorry to hear that. Whenever something like that happens there is a lingering sense of violation.

I gather you have filed your claim for the Nikon D3s, $18,000 worth of lenses, iPad, and laptop which were stolen.

...and thanks to all for the votes in #258.

[Timothy (in VA)]

The whole situation really kind of sucked. I should have known better than to park in a mostly-empty parking lot under a freeway in DC, even if it was only two blocks from a police station (on the other hand, that meant I was able to just walk over there to get help).

I am pleased with how the picture came out, though.

[pimento]

A great artist must sometimes suffer for his art.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Art doesn't pay broken windows.

[Kitdy]

Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead

Art doesn't pay broken windows.

Oh, some art does.

[Timothy (in VA)]

Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead

Art doesn't pay broken windows.

That's what insurance is for, thankfully.