Had this idea the minute I saw the challenge title; take a shot of a hybrid with the refinery in the background. Only chance I had to take it though was on a bright mid day so it took a bit of editing to minimize the harshness. Even so, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
Editing steps:
RAW Conversion in RSP - Color Temp 7400, Tint -16, Exp. Comp +.31, Fill Light +35, Shadow Cont. 18, Highlight contrast -13, Med. Cont. Curve, Save as TIFF
Edit in PSE4 - levels layer to darken background, cooling filter (LBB) layer for background, Brightness layer for background to darken slightly, contrast layer to increase contrast on car, flatten layers, resize, USM, border, save for web.
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You nailed it, you have the car, the reason you might want the car, I think it’s also ironic that you have shown a “green car” colored green. My first 10.
Very nice. This is right to the point, BAM... in your face ad. Green, I give you green ;) If you don't get a ribbon, you definitely in honorable mention list :)
Great idea. The refinery looks a little off though ... kind of in between being a blurred background and being sharp. Would have liked this better if you had gone one way or the other, and also if the main part of the smoke plume from the stack in the middle was all in the shot. 5
good use of background to get your point across. The lighting and DOF works really well here. I just think that a slightly different angle so we see the front of the car a bit would have just made this a bit better
Ahh, Silver Pine Mica paintjob - the epitome of a hybrid color. Perfect backdrop. Putting this car in front of a few H2's filling up at a gas station would have been hilarious. ;-)
Lovely idea that I could definitely imagine being used to sell this vehicle. Love the sharpness on the car and the gentle bokeh backdrop which gets the 'selling message' across without either losing too much detail or over powering the image
Perhaps could have done with a little bit of a boost to the car colours but still an excellent 8
I hate these cars and all the hype that goes along with these poorly executed white elephants. They're such an awful hypocrisy! That said, this is a stellar example of how the advertising can cloud the real facts and make you buy into the idea and feel good about it. You've done this well. 8
The only green car in the challenge ;) Great concept with the industrial back ground. I also like the almost two tone green and blue color concept of the shoot. I personally prefer a more front, rater then back view of the car. IMHO -8-
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