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Went to a cruise night down in my hometown this week and had the opportunity to shoot some cars. The weather co-operated with some nice cloud cover and I was happy with some of the results.





f/8
15 mm
ISO 100
4 exposures




f/4.5
12 mm
ISO 100
3 exposures

And, my favorite from the night and one HDR that I'm quite happy with....

Cobra




f/11
10 mm
ISO 100
6 exposures


It's a ton of a fun and they make great HDR subjects. I will definately be going back and taking a bunch more shots in the future.

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I love them. I think cars make great subjects for the more "funky/neonish" HDR look.

May I ask what program(s) you used to edit your shots, and if possible, the editing you did?

Best,
-Sean.

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HDR merge in Photomatix... It's stated in his signature

Cheers,
HNV

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ooooohhh... aaahhhhh... Shelbys ... love 'em

a friend of mine and his father made a kit Cobra many years ago with a Chevy engine... it's a hell of a ride... and great fun

... the photos look good too

Yup, HDR merge in photomatix, then depending on the image, I bring it into GIMP and use different exposures of the source RAW files as layer masks to repair elements in the photos like ghosting, or chromatic aberration.

I plan on writing up a more detailed workflow for how they are created someday for anyone that's interested.

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Hardware: Nikon D80, Sigma 10-20mm, Nikon 18-55 mm VR, 55-200 mm VR, 105mm f/2.8D Micro, 35mm f/1.8G, SB-600, Manfrotto/Bogen 190CXPRO3 + 468MGRC2
Software: Aperture, Photomatix, GIMP

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why don't you merge the raw files directly? they contain more dynamic range than a jpeg file!

Cheers,
HNV

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I do merge the RAW files directly in photomatix and then create the HDR and save it as 16 bit TIFF. Then bring it into GIMP with an unprocessed RAW for more fine tuning, save it as a TIFF again, then compress as a JPEG for online posting.


Here's a car I shot last night. Only one I've gotten to process thus far, there will be a few more from the night I'll post this weekend.

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Software: Aperture, Photomatix, GIMP

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wow i really like the first one...

was the shots hand held???

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Canon 40D 17-85mm IS USM + 55-250mm IS + 50mm 1.8 + 580EX II Speedlite + Canon S5 IS + Lowepro 100AW

Nope, they were done with a tripod.

Here's another one from last week

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Software: Aperture, Photomatix, GIMP

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That is awesome! Did you do any more post processing on it other than HDR?

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hmmmppp can't wait...hehe

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Canon 40D 17-85mm IS USM + 55-250mm IS + 50mm 1.8 + 580EX II Speedlite + Canon S5 IS + Lowepro 100AW

Yep! Seconded

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HURRY!!!!



patti

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Haha, whoa, I didn't realise there was a demand for it. This week I'll get cracking on making a tutorial.

Here's my newest HDR car shot, and I love this one. One of my favorites so far.

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Hardware: Nikon D80, Sigma 10-20mm, Nikon 18-55 mm VR, 55-200 mm VR, 105mm f/2.8D Micro, 35mm f/1.8G, SB-600, Manfrotto/Bogen 190CXPRO3 + 468MGRC2
Software: Aperture, Photomatix, GIMP

My Flickr Page

OMG omg

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Gear:CZ85mm F/1.4 Planar, CZ24-70mm F/2.8 T* ssm, Sony 70-200mm G F/2.8 ssm, Sony 50mm F/2.8 macro, Nikkor 35-70mm