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Postby rxw on Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:15 pm

Hi all, new to the forum but I thought I’d post up some pics I took a while ago of a car parked in the street.

D90, 18-200mm VR

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Postby aim54x on Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:46 pm

Interesting colour in these, late arvo shots? Great to see someone posting pics nice and early. BTW: add a location to your profile (suburb, state)
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Postby rxw on Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:07 pm

You are correct it was late arvo when these shots were taken... Close to the beach in Inverloch :)
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Postby zafra52 on Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:13 pm

Great shots!
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Postby biggerry on Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:28 pm

That there is a car :wink:

3 very nice and diverse shots, good to see 3 different images rather than 3 same same ones...
Composition wise I like them, each has its merits and can hold its own without excessive PP. The PP is a bit much for my liking, the green filter (or whatever it is) is a bit off putting. In nutshell I reckon backing off the strength of the PP by about 50% and they would be to my taste.

The vignetting in image 2 could be imporved by not applying it all corners of the image, don't be afraid to apply vignetting to only two or three corners. In this case I would leave the sky as it is since thats the first thing my brain went to rather than the car.

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Re: STi

Postby surenj on Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:14 pm

Welcome to the forum.

You have dealt with the highlights quite nicely!

I quite like your PP but as Gerry has mentioned, a slightly toned down version may be more appealing.
Can you tell us what you did to get this toning? Color channels? BTW: Nice ride. I hear the GTR is also primo.
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Postby rxw on Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:49 pm

Thanks for all comments, next time i'll go a little easy on the PP... :wink:

I've got the basic pre-sets saved in lightroom that i used on these photos... if you would like a copy just shoot me a PM with your email and i'd be more than happy to send them to you. :)
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