Quick Photoshoot HDR

[Cargo8]

First time really taking pictures of the car, and first time really playing around with HDR. I think I got better at both as the shoot / editting progressed. Hope you enjoy the pictures, though. BTW, shots were taken with a Nikon D90 + 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 lens. I apologize in advance for the disgusting filth of my car, this was a super quick shoot, 15 minutes max, and I had to run. Hope you like it, though.

A better photoshoot is to follow with some of my friends.

Let me know what you think! [ps. I know I need a drop and tint.]


















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[Audi05s4]

very nice should of washed it b4 the pictures though

[A4Quattro > all]

very nice should of washed it b4 the pictures though

+1

[cellg8]

nice! 9, 10, 11 are my favorite!

how come you didn't wash your car first?

[Sharkfin]

looks good, a wash and they would have been amazing

[Cargo8]

SORRY haha. It was a spur of the moment, snap some quickies for 10 minutes before having to go. Car will be clean when I get around to a real photoshoot.

[ngng]

I haven't seen sun for....months :P

[akasch]

sweet car and sweet house! btw what program did you use to process the hdr?

[Go_S4]

Love the wheels...

[Cargo8]

sweet car and sweet house! btw what program did you use to process the hdr?

Photomatix Pro. I've heard good things about Photoshop's automated feature, but I'm a photoshop n00b and couldnt figure out how to adjust all the tone mapping. Photomatix is super easy and user friendly

[washyourrhands]

2nd to last is beautiful

[AudiOso]

Considering how unforgiving the media is I would have washed first. Other than that, the colors really pop.

[Addicted2Bass]

The last two are nice.

[KryptoniK]

your car looks bad ass man. love the DTM body so much. please wash your car next time you take some detailed hdr shots ;)

[JOS4AUDI]

very nice your car looks great love the wheels.

[cellg8]

Bump for the nice car & photos!

[Grassmonkey]

BTW, shots were taken with a Nikon D90 + 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 lens.

How are you liking the D90?
I bought the gf one for christams, and I've been taking pictures with it the whole time. Although not of my car otherwise she'll think I bought it soley to take pics of my car, which wouldn't suprise her i bet.

Oh yeah btw nice DTM

[Cargo8]

Thanks! I love the D90, although I think I may have messed up the lens somehow, gotta get it checked out, but having some issues where sometimes it won't focus, i think something wrong with the mount.

[gpxluke]

That beast deserves a car wash...

[S4_Saloon]

Thanks! I love the D90, although I think I may have messed up the lens somehow, gotta get it checked out, but having some issues where sometimes it won't focus, i think something wrong with the mount.

when that happens, just press the lens release button and then snap the lens back in place. I have the same issue w/ my D80. Nice pics btw. What range of exposure did you go for the HDR's? Are they built off of one image or did you take 3, 5, or 7 images?

[EYE4SPEED]

Those wheels are really ugly and don't match the car... wanna sell them to me? I definitely want those, very nice!

[Cargo8]

when that happens, just press the lens release button and then snap the lens back in place. I have the same issue w/ my D80. Nice pics btw. What range of exposure did you go for the HDR's? Are they built off of one image or did you take 3, 5, or 7 images?

really? how annoying is that though? ugh. is there anything we can do about it?
I set exposure bracketing to +-2 in 3 shot brackets. So i just hold it steady as as i can (no tripod) and hold it down for 3 exposures.

[vintagespin]

hdr looks great, especially the last two. as far as composition goes, try following the rule of thirds, it's really more of a law haha. just divide the photo into thirds horizontally and vertically (so two lines going along each axis) and then try to line up major divisions in the photo with the thirds-lines. so the where the car meets the background should be a third of the way into the photo from the left side, not halfway through it

[Cargo8]

yeah i know the rule of thirds, i forgot it at the beginning. as i said, i think i progressed in both shooting and in editting as i went on in each hah

[S4_Saloon]

Here is my first attempt at HDR last year. It really helps to use a tripod as well. As you can see, I didn't license photomatix at that point. How do you like the D90 btw? I have the D80 w/ the same lens you have and I love it. I have been thinking of upgrading to the D90 for the video feature. Do you have any samples of your HD video's?

[D.C. Designs]

a bath,drop and she sexy

[20A4Audi1.8t01]

a bath,drop and she sexy

x2!

[d.p]

very nice should of washed it b4 the pictures though

+ 10

[Cargo8]

How do you like the D90 btw? I have the D80 w/ the same lens you have and I love it. I have been thinking of upgrading to the D90 for the video feature. Do you have any samples of your HD video's?

I love it. I don't use the video feature really that often, it looks insanely good on the camera screen, and pretty good sized on the computer (i shoot in the highest video setting available cuz, why not? haha). I'll go ahead and try to take a sample video sometime, i'll pm you so u can see, or pm me to remind me haha.

[nealRlett]

2nd to last is my favorite. the first 16 seem way too saturated and/or wrong white balance/color temperature. lol a bath helps!

[sakimano]

Here is my first attempt at HDR last year. It really helps to use a tripod as well. As you can see, I didn't license photomatix at that point. How do you like the D90 btw? I have the D80 w/ the same lens you have and I love it. I have been thinking of upgrading to the D90 for the video feature. Do you have any samples of your HD video's?

cool.

silver HDR S4. shot handheld trying to catch sunset after parking the car there. (blurry bumper as a result)

[Cargo8]

Sooo... I washed the car, but didn't have as much time to shoot photos. Didn't have a good spot to shoot where the sun was at at the time. Two were well composed out of five, so here they are.

[Quattro]

i would love to see your car in person! I wanted to powder coat my chs to make them look like the black edition.

your car looks great!

[Cargo8]

^ thanks for the kind words. hope to see you around LA! where abouts do you usually roam?

[dannyj777]

beautiful.
walter at CES has treated you well. those wheels are timeless.

[mikevets68]

Im a noob guys but had a question. I have a Canon SLR Rebel xti and I would like to take HDR pictures. What do I need to do on photoshop to make HDR pictures?

[...Mark...]

I wonder if he washed it yet.

[charliemike]

I have a D90 with the same lens (and a 70-200mm f/2.8) and I had no idea that our camera could do such a good job outdoors. I've just been using it to shoot college hoops.

Man, I need to take some camera classes or something.

[Cargo8]

Im a noob guys but had a question. I have a Canon SLR Rebel xti and I would like to take HDR pictures. What do I need to do on photoshop to make HDR pictures?

Exposure Bracketing (ie. take three photos of the same thing, one at normal exposure one at brightened, one at darkened - the camera should have a setting for this) and then on photoshop "Merge to HDR". Photomatix is also a good program.

@...Mark... hah in fact there are two clean pics just above your post xD

@charliemike oh yeah, the camera is really great. I'm about to get a super-wide-angle lens for it, which I'm really excited for.