Esprit - 5 pics

[Esprit87]

Thought I'd share some recent pics of the Esprit. The location was a parking deck (vey much in vogue at the moment, it seems ) and a 05.00 wake-up call assured I could have the place for myself for a couple of hours.

Overall I'm very pleased with the results, but I think I need to practice my interior shots. The framing and angle always seem very hard to get right....






And something a little different to finish off the series


/Magnus

[Muncher]

Excellent!

[cliff123]

All very good, but No.1 is just great. Well done. Wish I had the will to get up at 5 to do something similar. Lovely shots. The roof beams in No.1 with the colour of the car works fantastically.

[nomoregravy]

Beautiful photos! Number two especially!

I love the esprit, took my friends out for a spin yesterday, i didnt want to get out!

Matt

[_dobbo_]

Stunning - the colour of the car is really lovely in that light.

Think the panning one is my favourite - was the car pushed for that or driving?

[poah]

what was your lighting set up?

[wolves_wanderer]

Outstanding, I love the interior shot

[trackdemon]

I've been looking forward to your next series of Esprit shots Magnus - you've surpassed yourself! These are wonderful, I just love the simplicity of them...

Questions:

What kit do / did you use?

What did you do for the last shot? - very moody

>> Edited by trackdemon on Tuesday 10th May 18:20

[_dobbo_]

Just been looking at these again and they are (excuse my language) f***ing amazing. The colour of the car just looks superb, and the location makes it stand out so much!

Did you use photoshop at all on these?

[joust]

Stunning - just stunning.

J

[Esprit87]

poah said:

what was your lighting set up?

Only natural light. I used the bottom level of the parking deck which was open "behind the camera" and the amount of light was pretty decent, even close to the inside wall.

/Magnus

[Esprit87]

trackdemon said:

I've been looking forward to your next series of Esprit shots Magnus - you've surpassed yourself! These are wonderful, I just love the simplicity of them...

Thanks Steve! Glad I could live up to the excpectations

trackdemon said:

Questions: What kit do / did you use?

My trusty old Fuji S2 Pro and for this shoot the Tamron 28-75/2,8 and a tripod.

trackdemon said:

What did you do for the last shot? - very moody

I always shoot RAW and use the Adobe Raw Converter in Photoshop CS. For this image the effect was created by playing with the WB temp (50000 in this case), shadow adjustment and saturation. This got me about halfway, the rest is achieved with layers - I made a duplicate layer and set the blending mode to "Linear burn", mainly to enhance the sky - and layer masks to bring back some detail in the darkest parts of the image.


/Magnus

[Esprit87]

_dobbo_ said:

Just been looking at these again and they are (excuse my language) f***ing amazing. The colour of the car just looks superb, and the location makes it stand out so much! Did you use photoshop at all on these?

Yes, there's a bit of post-processing done. In addition to the basics (curves, saturation and unsharp mask) I have darkened the edges to make the images a bit more dramatic and contrasty, it also puts added emphasis on the car.

In the case of your favourite - the panning shot - the Photoshop work is rather more extensive. It's actually a static shot that's reworked to look like the car is moving.


Thank you all for the comments - much appreciated!



/Magnus

[V6GTO]

Excellent pictures of an excellent car.

Martin.

[joust]

Esprit87 said:

I always shoot RAW and use the Adobe Raw Converter in Photoshop CS. For this image the effect was created by playing with the WB temp (50000 in this case), shadow adjustment and saturation. This got me about halfway, the rest is achieved with layers - I made a duplicate layer and set the blending mode to "Linear burn", mainly to enhance the sky - and layer masks to bring back some detail in the darkest parts of the image. /Magnus

Could you put up the "raw - default processed" ones so I can compare and learn what you are doing?

Thanks!

J

[bilko2]

The first one is just mesmerising!
the conflicting angles, the stark contrast in colours, That car!
So perfect in it's simplicity.
Brilliant.

[CCMDoc]

Absolutely outstanding !
Stay well,
Paul

[Tacoboy]

If they were sold as 3'x5' posters, I would really want that first picture hanging on my wall.
Maybe with the the car larger.

[Esprit87]

joust said:

Esprit87 said: I always shoot RAW and use the Adobe Raw Converter in Photoshop CS. For this image the effect was created by playing with the WB temp (50000 in this case), shadow adjustment and saturation. This got me about halfway, the rest is achieved with layers - I made a duplicate layer and set the blending mode to "Linear burn", mainly to enhance the sky - and layer masks to bring back some detail in the darkest parts of the image. /Magnus Could you put up the "raw - default processed" ones so I can compare and learn what you are doing? Thanks! J

Here you go Joust - these are the three main steps for that last image.
Original -> Raw converted -> Finished

Thanks again for the comments guys!

/Magnus

[joust]

Thanks - off to play

J