Had some time to kill this morning between errands, so drove around looking for a place to take some pics of my ride. Drove into an empty parking lot and saw this big puddle and thought it would be perfect. I kinda like how this came out. Masked the car and reflection and put some gaussian blur around the edges to make it stand out even more. Hope it does well in a small challenge.
Post-challenge: Thanks for all the comments and scores. I wish I would have had more time to spend on the edit ... I knew that some voters would spot that the wall seen through the windshield wasn't blurred, but thought most would just speed right through and not notice. Not sure what caused the halo around the roof; maybe it was too much feathering on the selection, since the line looked pretty close after I masked it. (PSE5, so all masks by hand).
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Nice DOF. The sun's a little harsh, some parts of the car seem OOF where it doesn't make sense for them to be, and quite frankly, the front right tire almost looks like it's flat, vs. being in deeper water.
One for the front page... if not, an honorable mention definitely for my taste. Good post work, I really like it. Next time, soften the wall in the back window too ;) also tire on front got into reflection too much ;)
Curious as to what has caused that effect with the front tyre.
Still it says the picture has been validated so i guess its just a bizarre camera effect.
Interesting shot. I like the reflection and the smooth ground to reflect.I am not sure about the severe blurring of the background. It gives the car a strange ghosting effect around the edges.
This is a wonderfull shot. This looks like what Audi would want in thier advertising. No background, simple beauty. Just the car! I really think this answeres the challenge, correctly. and i am not saying this because I have an Audi, (1990) because I have always loved Chevys! this is just the perfect ad shot! I would give this one a 10!
returning 4 comment:I like the natural "mirror" you used. very nice photo and I hope to see this at the top..just a nit pick but I think I wouldve desat'ed the red building just to take that small distraction out of the equasion (sp?) good luck
~~Cher~~
I think that because you added the blur it makes the car look funny. FYI you're Bg is OOF but when looking through the windshield you can see the wall that is supposed to be blurry.
In many ways a very nice shot. Love the composition and the reflection is superb. The blurring of the background does help to draw the attention into the car but perhaps could have been graduated slight different as there is a bit of a halo around the vehicle which is slightly distracting and makes it appear almost as if you have over sharpened the shot
I like most of this image......it's pleasing, but the halo around the top of the car is disconcerting. Very clean on the car and the reflection, though. Great DOF
Nice reflection! This sort of blurred DOF is difficult to do well, so really think carefully about whether you need it, and try to achieve it in the original shot, rather than processing. It will look much better.
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