599 - in RAW

[dcw@pr]

So, i thought I'd give this RAW thing a try out, i've heard it's a bit good. Tomorrow morning we're setting off to Milan for a feature, but I thought I would try out the camera here first for fun, even though most of these pictures will not be published.

















I shot RAW + JPEG, and edited all of them from the RAWs. To be honest, I didn't do anything that I could not have done from the JPEGs. However, I will be shooting the feature in RAW, to see how it goes. For one thing there is not so much time pressure on magazine shoots, as far as the editing goes. I would be interested if anyone could tell me how I could have used the capabilites of RAW to improve the shots above (honest question...)

And what a car!

Edited by dcw@pr on Wednesday 2nd April 14:20

[DanH]

fabulous pics mate. Especially the last one where the composition and light is brilliant.

How were you getting such tight depth of field on the top shots? Post processing or lens?

Edited by DanH on Saturday 9th February 21:26

[rhubarb]

Flippin heck, that last one is fabulous

[dcw@pr]

DanH said:

fabulous pics mate. Especially the last one where the composition and light is brilliant.

How were you getting such tight depth of field on the top shots? Post processing or lens?

Edited by DanH on Saturday 9th February 21:26

thanks - last one did come out as a bit of a cracker, it was rather unexpected

dof is down to macro lens, and wideish aperture (c.3.2 iirc)

[john185k]

Fantastic shots. Only thing is in number 7 the drivers sun visor is down, but apart from that, fatastic...

[dcw@pr]

john185k said:

Fantastic shots. Only thing is in number 7 the drivers sun visor is down, but apart from that, fatastic...

well spotted. this is my least favourite pic of the series, came very close to being left out. It's a shame since I think front on is that car's best angle.

[_dobbo_]

Shit hot.

[jagdpanther]

Last shot is lovely

[slartibartfast]

fantastic shots, what sort of time we're they taken? was it late in the afternoon not long before the sun went down?

also how did you get the dull shadow shots with the engine covers? had the clouds come overor had you moved the car out of direc sunlight?


Thanks

Paul

[baz7175]

Final pic is simply stunning, great work!

[Scoobydougie]

It's been said before, but it's worth repeating, the last ones a cracker!

[dcw@pr]

slartibartfast said:

fantastic shots, what sort of time we're they taken? was it late in the afternoon not long before the sun went down?

also how did you get the dull shadow shots with the engine covers? had the clouds come overor had you moved the car out of direc sunlight?


Thanks

Paul

thanks for the compliments everyone.

external pics were taken in about 30 mins before sunset, I was running around like a madman, I really could have done with someone to move the car for me!

detail shots were taken in the morning (about 10am), and were done in the shade. If you look at one bank of cylinders you will see it is blue (reflected from the shade), and the opposite bank is yellow (reflected from the sunlight). It was unintentional, but I think it works well.

[Jenx (V6GTO)]

Those are all wrong...blue Ferrari? I think not! Didn't get that right "first time in camera" did you Dave?

Good job you did the gig in RAW...you can change it

Martin.

PS - all joking aside mate, they're pretty damned good

Edited by Jenx (V6GTO) on Sunday 10th February 19:16

[flat-planedCrank]

Really great shots

Loving all the detail pics


Number 6 really works for me, imo its the cars' best angle



Cheers.

[AlSharpton]

Any chance of the last one in 1024 x 768 without the text?

[DanH]

dcw@pr" Target="_blank">class="forumQuoter">dcw@pr said:

john185k said:

Fantastic shots. Only thing is in number 7 the drivers sun visor is down, but apart from that, fatastic...

well spotted. this is my least favourite pic of the series, came very close to being left out. It's a shame since I think front on is that car's best angle.

Probably a personal thing, but I generally don't like being able to see so far under a sports car - to me it makes the ride height look high and gives the car a much less sporting stance.

Edited by DanH on Sunday 10th February 19:08

[dcw@pr]

DanH said:

Probably a personal thing, but I generally don't like being able to see so far under a sports car - to me it makes the ride height look high and gives the car a much less sporting stance.

yes I think I agree, also the light shining into the radiator etc is not terribly flattering. As I said - not my favourite pic.

[slartibartfast]

dcw@pr" Target="_blank">class="forumQuoter">dcw@pr said:

external pics were taken in about 30 mins before sunset, I was running around like a madman, I really could have done with someone to move the car for me!

detail shots were taken in the morning (about 10am), and were done in the shade. If you look at one bank of cylinders you will see it is blue (reflected from the shade), and the opposite bank is yellow (reflected from the sunlight). It was unintentional, but I think it works well.

excellent, i guessed right, i was reading about the best times to photograph certain objects and they we're talking about the golden hour, one in the morning and one in the evening both about 1hour before sunrise/set.

ya learn somethin new everyday.

Paul

[dcw@pr]

AlSharpton said:

Any chance of the last one in 1024 x 768 without the text?

not at the moment I'm afraid. We will be starting a wallpaper section of the website soon, I'll post here when we have it done (should be shortly after this article is done, give it a month). sorry!

[AlSharpton]

dcw@pr" Target="_blank">class="forumQuoter">dcw@pr said:

AlSharpton said:

Any chance of the last one in 1024 x 768 without the text?

not at the moment I'm afraid. We will be starting a wallpaper section of the website soon, I'll post here when we have it done (should be shortly after this article is done, give it a month). sorry!