Abstract Commodore

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Abstract Commodore

Postby photomarcs on Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:27 pm

Hey ya'll !

My birthday jsut past so I got myself a new macbook pro and an ipad :D

after which.. I experimented with an abstract lightpainting idea... only to be thrown out of the carpark by coppers !! let me know what you think of the tones specifically..... but overall i think it looks pretty rad. :D

I'm looking forward to the thoughts of mr. adam lee. haha

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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby photomarcs on Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:28 pm

 btw, it's a cop car on the RHS, they came just as I finished this shot. HAHA
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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby bigsarg7 on Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:40 pm

nice, i love the front, i find the green on the side of the car a bit overpowering, but hey i still like it a lot! and why did the cops kick you out of the car park? was it your car or a mates? not like u were gonna steal it...... like there's not enough idiots out there breaking the law, why stop and move u on? ridiculous, would have loved to have seen more! :lol:

I too cant wait to see what adam says!
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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby Wink on Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:50 pm

:lol:

I quite like how you've outlined the car, it's worked well around the bonnet and roof. I think the front and side need more detail.
Is the car painted green? I'm a little confused by the colour on the LHF, so I'm wondering if it's had a custom paint job.

Is the image as shot or is the effect done in post?

I see you met the thorn in the car light painters side... The orange street lights. The buggers are everywhere!
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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby aim54x on Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:31 pm

Looking good there Marcus! Shame about the fuzz!
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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby wendellt on Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:48 pm

your kickn' sweet ass man
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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby photomarcs on Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:49 pm

wendellt wrote:your kickn' sweet ass man
just remember your my protoge


thanks Wendell, of course! :D


aim54x wrote:Looking good there Marcus! Shame about the fuzz!


Haha please elaborate :D


Wink wrote::lol:

I quite like how you've outlined the car, it's worked well around the bonnet and roof. I think the front and side need more detail.
Is the car painted green? I'm a little confused by the colour on the LHF, so I'm wondering if it's had a custom paint job.

Is the image as shot or is the effect done in post?

I see you met the thorn in the car light painters side... The orange street lights. The buggers are everywhere!


I knew this would get your attention haha thanks alot for your critique, much appreciated.

It is a custom paint job, I think it was labelled as a combination of a green metallic with gold flakes, sunburst orange and a burgundy tone with a glossy coat. It's a seriously cool commodore.. makes me turn from ricers to aus muscle haha!

The orange lights on the left is a street light afar, the ones on the left are caused by a cop car coming just as I was finishing this shot, you can see a red light blip in the image from when they started the red blue flashy.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with it considering it's had barely any post production/ photoshop work on it. I only have Lightroom to work with on my Mac so far so I was restricted haha thanks alot for the critique!


bigsarg7 wrote:nice, i love the front, i find the green on the side of the car a bit overpowering, but hey i still like it a lot! and why did the cops kick you out of the car park? was it your car or a mates? not like u were gonna steal it...... like there's not enough idiots out there breaking the law, why stop and move u on? ridiculous, would have loved to have seen more! :lol:

I too cant wait to see what adam says!



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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby aim54x on Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:07 pm

photomarcs wrote:
aim54x wrote:Looking good there Marcus! Shame about the fuzz!


Haha please elaborate :D


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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby surenj on Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:47 pm

How about cloning the green light out? (there is too much noise around it anyways)

To complete the picture I would be tempted to clone in another yellow light in the front.... :wink:

Nice technique btw. What lights did you use?
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Re: Abstract Commodore

Postby paulmac on Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:17 am

Great image, Marcus. It looks almost like liquid at the front.
I'll have to give it a go on my 14 year old Calibra one day... all I need is an iPad to try it though!

I have to say though, you're not trying hard enough: http://fstoppers.com/jesse-rosten-uses-ipad-studio-lighting/
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