Thursday Night Cruisin' at the Mansion

LeVeL · June 13th, 2008, 02:30 AM

Went out to the Hebert Candy Mansion today for their weekly get-together. Filled up four memory cards (granted, three of them were 32mb backups images/smilies/cool.gif

). The bright sun ruined a lot of pictures but here are three that I think came out alright. I'll post more as I go through them.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7943/img6301copyab1.jpg

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8611/img6315nd3.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4909/img6395na9.jpg

Comments welcome!

LeVeL · June 13th, 2008, 03:24 PM

Some more:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6033/img6323by6.jpg

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3209/img6378ae8.jpg

Third "batch":

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/985/img6344sm1.jpg

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8426/img6313qv0.jpg

Solberg · June 13th, 2008, 03:52 PM

Very nice!

Please share some more with us images/smilies/smile.gif

LeVeL · June 13th, 2008, 09:49 PM

added some more

Solberg · June 13th, 2008, 10:06 PM

Stop teasing us with the GT500 and post a proper photo of it images/smilies/wicked.gif

Viper007Bond · June 13th, 2008, 10:08 PM

Not a big fan of them being Photoshopped. images/smilies/wacko.gif

BerserkerCatSplat · June 13th, 2008, 10:09 PM

Less selective saturation, please.

LeVeL · June 14th, 2008, 03:38 AM

I kinda have to photoshop them and play with saturation because all of the cars were parked on a bright green lawn and the bright sun made for some really nasty reflections.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solberg

Stop teasing us with the GT500 and post a proper photo of it images/smilies/wicked.gif

Oh, I've got a good one coming, don't worry. Different car though - white GT500

LeVeL · June 16th, 2008, 06:02 PM

Ok, I'm having major problems with this GT500 shot. I cant get rid of the glare on the left-hand side. If I turn the contrast up a lot (and I mean A LOT) then its not noticeable but then I dont like the rest of the shot. Any ideas? I know a lot of you edit your photos so any tips would be appreciated.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4382/img6240copych4.jpg

Speedtouch · June 16th, 2008, 06:44 PM

Maybe if you select that circle, then change the contrast/brightness/other settings on that area only, you might be able to get rid of it...

SileNceR · June 16th, 2008, 10:03 PM

What speedtouch suggested is probably your best bet. Really main thing is to avoid the flare when taking the shot (you can see it in the viewfinder)

jayhawk · June 16th, 2008, 10:07 PM

Were you using a circular polarizer that day?

matt2000 · June 16th, 2008, 10:14 PM

Can't you just up the contrast until it's gone, save it as a JPEG, then reload it and drop the contrast. Or will that not work, I've never tried it, I'm just assuming that JPEG removes hidden stuff.

LeVeL · June 16th, 2008, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedtouch

Maybe if you select that circle, then change the contrast/brightness/other settings on that area only, you might be able to get rid of it...

I've been trying to do that but its a huge pain in the behind images/smilies/sad.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by SileNceR

What speedtouch suggested is probably your best bet. Really main thing is to avoid the flare when taking the shot (you can see it in the viewfinder)

I managed to avoid the glare in pretty much all my other pics from that day. Would a lens hood help?

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayhawk

Were you using a circular polarizer that day?

Nope, nothing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt2000

Can't you just up the contrast until it's gone, save it as a JPEG, then reload it and drop the contrast. Or will that not work, I've never tried it, I'm just assuming that JPEG removes hidden stuff.

Won't work because it will just make everything gray.
Here's a shot with the contract so high that the glare is gone... way too much contrast though imo; what do you all think?

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9094/img6240copy3jo3.jpg

jayhawk · June 16th, 2008, 10:51 PM

You have GOT to get a circular polarizer, it is important to use one on any sunny day, doubly so with digital cameras. I always have either a UV filter or circular polarizer on my lens all the time.

See this thread for more info.

SileNceR · June 17th, 2008, 02:32 AM

The hood would help unless it's reflected glare, which looks to be the case here - it's basically the same as aiming the camera at the sun which is always troublesome insofar as glare goes.

Cold Fussion · June 17th, 2008, 05:58 AM

It looks as though your using f4 on the shots. Your shots are inbetween background and subject speration and a full image. Its quite annoying too be honest. If you've got an f4 zoom lens, try and stand a bit further back to increase the defocused areas.

LeVeL · June 17th, 2008, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cold Fussion

It looks as though your using f4 on the shots. Your shots are inbetween background and subject speration and a full image. Its quite annoying too be honest. If you've got an f4 zoom lens, try and stand a bit further back to increase the defocused areas.

I actually wanted a blurry background. I'll experiment some more this coming thursday

Cold Fussion · June 18th, 2008, 08:39 AM

I know you wanted a blurry background. I'm saying that its in the in between blurry and focus and it makes it quite irritating images/smilies/tongue.gif

.

LeVeL · June 18th, 2008, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cold Fussion

I know you wanted a blurry background. I'm saying that its in the in between blurry and focus and it makes it quite irritating images/smilies/tongue.gif

.

??? Most of it is blurry, some part is in focus...

June 13th, 2008, 02:30 AM	#1
LeVeL Joined: Jun 16th, 2007 Last Online: 08:18 PM Location: MA Age: 20 Posts: 783 Car: VQ30 Rep Power: 16	Thursday Night Cruisin' at the Mansion Went out to the Hebert Candy Mansion today for their weekly get-together. Filled up four memory cards (granted, three of them were 32mb backups ). The bright sun ruined a lot of pictures but here are three that I think came out alright. I'll post more as I go through them. Comments welcome! __________________ Cardinal of Karting . . . flickr . . . . . . . . . . . GetLeVeLed.org + UMass Motorsport . . .

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LeVeL Joined: Jun 16th, 2007 Last Online: 08:18 PM Location: MA Age: 20 Posts: 783 Car: VQ30 Rep Power: 16	Some more: Third "batch": __________________ Cardinal of Karting . . . flickr . . . . . . . . . . . GetLeVeLed.org + UMass Motorsport . . . Last edited by LeVeL; June 13th, 2008 at 09:48 PM.

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June 16th, 2008, 06:02 PM	#9
LeVeL Joined: Jun 16th, 2007 Last Online: 08:18 PM Location: MA Age: 20 Posts: 783 Car: VQ30 Rep Power: 16	Ok, I'm having major problems with this GT500 shot. I cant get rid of the glare on the left-hand side. If I turn the contrast up a lot (and I mean A LOT) then its not noticeable but then I dont like the rest of the shot. Any ideas? I know a lot of you edit your photos so any tips would be appreciated. __________________ Cardinal of Karting . . . flickr . . . . . . . . . . . GetLeVeLed.org + UMass Motorsport . . .

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Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: 09:16 PM Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,614 Rep Power: 29	Maybe if you select that circle, then change the contrast/brightness/other settings on that area only, you might be able to get rid of it... __________________

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Cold Fussion Joined: Dec 18th, 2007 Last Online: 01:12 PM Posts: 208 Rep Power: 4	It looks as though your using f4 on the shots. Your shots are inbetween background and subject speration and a full image. Its quite annoying too be honest. If you've got an f4 zoom lens, try and stand a bit further back to increase the defocused areas.

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Cold Fussion Joined: Dec 18th, 2007 Last Online: 01:12 PM Posts: 208 Rep Power: 4	I know you wanted a blurry background. I'm saying that its in the in between blurry and focus and it makes it quite irritating .