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Challenge: Automobile Ad II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Louisiana
Date: May 19, 2009
Galleries: Advertisement, Transportation
Date Uploaded: May 19, 2009

 I love any excuse to photograph my car and this is definitely a good excuse. I couldn't decide whether I wanted the top print in the sky and only have the border at the bottom or have borders on both top and bottom. I think I like this way best though. Also, another text issue I toyed with was whether I wanted to add "Ford Motor Company" under bold moves or not. I think having it under it identifies the company and being an ad I figure that would be important. I would rather have the Ford logo in front of the words "BOLD MOVES" but figured that would quickly turn into a DQ.

I chose this photo out of 2 that I really liked but am waiting for the nay-sayer's to tell me that the horizon is not level. I thought it didn't make much difference being that the main subject and focus is the car and the eye should not really wander to a meaningless horizon. I also thought that the horizon matched the angle in the yellow lines in the road nicely. I guess I'll see in the comments.

Taken at 18mm
PP:
shadows/highlights
curves
Dodged the headlights and pony emblem as well as a few bright areas of the car
selective color on the blacks and blues
USM
downsized and save for web



Here's the outtake:

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 68
Avg (all users): 5.9461
Avg (commenters): 6.8889
Avg (participants): 5.8000
Avg (non-participants): 5.9781
Views since voting: 1265
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 167
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 06/01/2009 10:55:20 AM
loved this one! quite clever! not a bad finish either..
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 06/01/2009 09:49:59 AM
I think cloning out that bridge would have been a DQ.

Originally posted by kaiser_chief:
Great overall compostion and a really professional looking submission here. Only one small distraction/improvement. Cloneing out (probably legal under these rules) or a slight position change to remove the structure behind the car on the right would have added to the clean image look.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/31/2009 11:29:05 PM
Great overall compostion and a really professional looking submission here. Only one small distraction/improvement. Cloneing out (probably legal under these rules) or a slight position change to remove the structure behind the car on the right would have added to the clean image look.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2009 11:01:13 AM
now that's a car ad. bold as the tile and text promises. a thought thru photo. well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/28/2009 11:24:49 PM
not the best font choice but super concept here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/28/2009 02:26:13 AM
The saying at the top is great (props if you made it up yourself!), but I think the image would have looked a bit more bold with a less distracting background, particularly on the right. Maybe blur out the background? It might look cool with a gradient blur so it looks like an incredibly shallow depth of field.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/27/2009 04:49:51 PM
Ford! Mustang! Striking Blues! I AM SOLD! Great work! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/27/2009 02:00:40 PM
clever and well done! from one leadfoot to another...Vrroom Vrroom!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2009 09:49:17 PM
nice advert - love the radical crop and the choice of text upper and lower to provide much needed balance - good work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2009 03:32:09 PM
I can't vote....! You should be getting over 6 for this...however, I see some that should be 6.5 - 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2009 01:18:10 PM
love the picture - not quite as keen on the words - 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2009 10:13:01 AM
Beautiful shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2009 08:28:24 AM
"your leadfoots yearning to be free." LOL Love that.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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