Driving in Paris

[craig.rohse]

Thats what happends when I get bored

Used a painting and a model car for this one but I am not sure if it worked would love to hear your thoughts.

[biggerry]

classic craig! I was expecting a few holiday snaps...

I think some extra contrast might help here, it feels halfway between a sepia tone image and a BW, not ever doing a sepia image I am not real sure, but I would be interested in a BW version...

All you need now is a little model french girl in the scene

[aim54x]

I like the concept....do you have one with the painting in a bit more focus?

I agree we need a cute french girl!

[sheepie]

Great concept, but agree that the painting is perhaps a little too out of focus. As for the idea of a French girl...

[craig.rohse]

classic craig! I was expecting a few holiday snaps...

I think some extra contrast might help here, it feels halfway between a sepia tone image and a BW, not ever doing a sepia image I am not real sure, but I would be interested in a BW version...

All you need now is a little model french girl in the scene

Well picked up gerry I did use both a black and white conversion mixed with sepia.

I like the french girl thing

I like the concept....do you have one with the painting in a bit more focus?

I agree we need a cute french girl!

will try this one again with the painting more in focus

[surenj]

Nice concept Craig.

How in the world did you get the painting that OOF with f11 ???

Watch that transition between the foreground and background. It appears a tad sudden.

[craig.rohse]

Nice concept Craig.

How in the world did you get the painting that OOF with f11 ???

Watch that transition between the foreground and background. It appears a tad sudden.

I've had to place the car about a meter away from the background to get the right sort of proportion, will get some pictures of the setup while reshooting.

yeah the transition is the hardes one, on this one my photoshop skills are just not that good

[photomarcs]

Thumbs up for the mini french girl!

I like the concept alot, the only critique i have on this would be compose from a lower angle.. looks like you'd be standing on a ladder to take this photo in real life.

besides that... great job! exceptionally great job off film =D

[gstark]

I will try this one again with the painting more in focus

But no cute French girl?

Nice concept, Craig.

[craig.rohse]

Damm this is a hard one, I just can't blend the forground into the painting.

Maybe someone can help me out? I have reached my photoshop limits





I do admit it is nice to have a play

[gstark]

Craig,

Just go to Paris and be done with it. That will also enable you to get that cute French girl into the image.

Seriously, part of the problem is the base upon which the car is mounted; it photographs differently from the background that you're trying to blend into, which of course you know is the source of the problem.

And because of the distance between the car and the painting, you cannot just try to pull the bottom of the painting under the car. Can you perhaps photograph the painting, print that out, and then place the bottom of that under the car, allowing the top of that copy to just flollop down into the gap between the car and the painting, behind the car?

I suspect something along those lines will be the answer to your problems.

[aim54x]

Great work on the 2nd shot. i have to agree with Gary with the car background....if you have another crack i would love to see the results.

[surenj]

Craig, Can you send me full jpgs of

1. Car only with a black background
2. This scene
3. The background only; in focus

I will see what I can do. It will take about an hour or so I think. I will check it out during the weekend.

[biggerry]

I have to say I like the original image better than the later versions, in the second version it is very obvious what is going on, ie model car and painting, it looks very 2D, however the first with the OOF creates that dreamy bokeh that you would only get with a f2 lens or something... the first also really draws the viewer to teh car rather than the background, which imo is secondary. I do prefer the concept of BW though...

[Murray Foote]

I agree. With the background in focus, you just have two levels of unreality instead of just one for the car.

Now what I think would be the ultimate exercise would be to take a photograph of a young nude woman in the passenger seat of a car with the door open as is this one (the first image, not the second) and at the same angle. Either get a sepia coloured woman to start with or convert to sepia and insert her in the car (easiest to use Photoshop). If well enough done for the woman to be convincing in context then the unreality of the car would become ambiguous and it could be quite an arresting image (especially, say, if shown in Saudi Arabia).

[zafra52]

I wondering if introducing a slight speed blur on the car of the first picture would help. The problem with miniature models is that the craftsmanship really needs to be exceptional to pull it through with today’s sharp lenses.
However, and having stated the obvious, I am with gstark; you need badly an excursion to Paris.