[Torqueguru]

Originally Posted by jacs

TG - Mustang? Wow!

Yup!

One more. This one was shot somewhere along the Southern California
Coastline, very close to Big Sur.
Exposure 108
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 20 mm
ISO Speed 1600



Regards,
TG.

[Ashkait Kapoor]

Ah the rains of Meghalaya!

[clevermax]

Awesome shot TG! Wish the light trail from the headlamp also was captured..!

A recent picture of my ride

[Soumyajit9]

My HeartBeat, shot during my one and only Team-BHP B'lore meet.
Editing done using Picasa and GIMP.

[Torqueguru]

Originally Posted by clevermax

Awesome shot TG! Wish the light trail from the headlamp also was captured..!

A recent picture of my ride
Attachment 1139386

Next time

Another one from a cold foggy morning. I was out early for a job when I noticed the fog and the buildings touching each other. Didn't waste much time, quickly went home, drove the car up to an empty parking lot, and shot this one.

Regards,
TG.

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by Torqueguru

Another one from a cold foggy morning. I was out early for a job when I noticed the fog and the buildings touching each other. Didn't waste much time, quickly went home, drove the car up to an empty parking lot, and shot this one.

wow! that's so unreal!!

beautiful!

[unni246]

Originally Posted by Torqueguru

Next time

Another one from a cold foggy morning. I was out early for a job when I noticed the fog and the buildings touching each other. Didn't waste much time, quickly went home, drove the car up to an empty parking lot, and shot this one.
Attachment 1143073
Regards,
TG.

That's a Dream Come true !!
Nice Ride & a Wonderful Click.

[Dodge_Viper]

Originally Posted by Torqueguru

Next time

Another one from a cold foggy morning. I was out early for a job when I noticed the fog and the buildings touching each other. Didn't waste much time, quickly went home, drove the car up to an empty parking lot, and shot this one.

Very well executed! Mind sharing the processing done?

[nilanjanray]

Originally Posted by Torqueguru

Next time

Another one from a cold foggy morning. I was out early for a job when I noticed the fog and the buildings touching each other. Didn't waste much time, quickly went home, drove the car up to an empty parking lot, and shot this one.

Lovely shot. Really like the red-greyscale contrast.

Here's one from last year.

Somewhere near Corbett. On our way through a reserve forest for some grocery shopping (we were staying at a forest rest house)

[Torqueguru]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

wow! that's so unreal!!

beautiful!

Originally Posted by unni246

That's a Dream Come true !!
Nice Ride & a Wonderful Click.

Thanks guys.

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

Lovely shot. Really like the red-greyscale contrast.

Here's one from last year.

Somewhere near Corbett. On our way through a reserve forest for some grocery shopping (we were staying at a forest rest house)

Attachment 1143670

Thanks Nilanjan. Your automobile looks like a prowling animal there Your strong wildlife roots can be seen in that shot.

Originally Posted by Dodge_Viper

Very well executed! Mind sharing the processing done?

Thanks Dodge_Viper! I am including a breakdown of how I made that image.

I started with 2 renders out of lightroom, both from the same shot. One underexposed and one over exposed.


Then I made a mask and using it as an alpha channel, I blended the 2nd image over the first.
This is how the mask looks like.


And this is how the blended image looks like.


Then I cloned away the elements I did not like.


Since some of the car's profile is now affected, I made a selection just for the car and copied only the car from the previous over exposed shot, and pasted it over that.


Now I am close to he final shot, but I was not happy with my colors, so I did a color balance on the image. Also removed some minor elements through cloning.


After that, I cleaned up a bunch of stray reflections which were on the car. Mostly used cloning and stamping.


Then I did a minor perspective correction as I thought the buildings were too tilt.


Finally added a layer for tyre marks on the ground as I thought it looked a little too plain and didnt add to the story of the car.(Mustang in this case is a very well known drift car, hence the decision to go with the tyre marks)
And last but not the least, a slight increase in the brightness of the lights and mustang logo as the finishing touches.


Here is a look at my photoshop layers as well.


I hope that was of help. Sorry if its a little too detailed and tedious. I thought it might demystify the processing a little bit!

Regards,
TG.

[Dodge_Viper]

Originally Posted by Torqueguru

Here is a look at my photoshop layers as well.
I hope that was of help. Sorry if its a little too detailed and tedious. I thought it might demystify the processing a little bit!

Regards,
TG.

Thanks a lot TG. That is indeed a very useful detailed explanation. I am still a noob in processing, hence it will take some bit of experimenting till I get a hang of all those steps . The last image of all the layers would be most helpful.

Again thanks for so much efforts .

[Soumyajit9]

Originally Posted by Torqueguru

Thanks Dodge_Viper! I am including a breakdown of how I made that image.

Absolutely brilliant TG !! That inspires a lot in me to do something similar.
PS has been always a mystery thing for me. It's got so much things that can be used.
As an experiment, I will use some of your tips to create something closer to your image.

[14000rpm]

Autumn colors are coming. Time to start clicking.

[Rehaan]

Nice job TG - and thanks for the breakup!

I had no idea this was your Mustang!! Sweet...

Originally Posted by Torqueguru

Finally added a layer for tyre marks on the ground as I thought it looked a little too plain and didnt add to the story of the car.

What was the image of the tyre marks that you used? More details on this please...

Thanks,
R

@ 14000rpm - Nice click. I feel like selectively colour-correcting only the car part of the image would help a lot.

[Torqueguru]

Originally Posted by Dodge_Viper

Thanks a lot TG. That is indeed a very useful detailed explanation. I am still a noob in processing, hence it will take some bit of experimenting till I get a hang of all those steps . The last image of all the layers would be most helpful.

Again thanks for so much efforts .

You are very welcome!

Originally Posted by Soumyajit9

Absolutely brilliant TG !! That inspires a lot in me to do something similar.
PS has been always a mystery thing for me. It's got so much things that can be used.
As an experiment, I will use some of your tips to create something closer to your image.

Looking forward to seeing your efforts.

Originally Posted by Rehaan

Nice job TG - and thanks for the breakup!

I had no idea this was your Mustang!! Sweet...
What was the image of the tyre marks that you used? More details on this please...

Thanks,
R

Thanks Rehaan. And I am glad you found the breakdown helpful. The tyre image is a shot of drift marks which was set as "overlay" in the blend mode.

Originally Posted by 14000rpm

Autumn colors are coming. Time to start clicking.

Attachment 1144020

The whole image looks a little too vibrant IMO. Also, the manner of cropping where I see a bit of the headlight kinda makes the car look cut off. When you decide to make a close up composition, clearly show off the aspect of the car you want to focus on boldly. And if you include something include it whole, a sense of completion makes an image stronger. Nice stuff though. Fall is an awesome time to shoot!

Another one, this time a close up.

Regards,
TG.