Hot Rods

Mr Head

I went up to Irwindale to the speedway to see the Moon Eyes Christmas Party and car show, and races. I wanted to play with my camera on manual.

With fairly overcast skies, I liked the light. I did some post processing, simple stuff, no hardcore PhotoShop. Just adjusting the exposure, with the HP photo tool.

A couple of my favorites. I like how it looks like one of those forties glamour shots taken with a soft focus lens.


This one almost looks like a cartoon,



This really looked purple but when I shot it looked blue. I think if I played some more with the color settings on the camera I could have pumped up the purple.



The post processing tool I used came with my scanner/printer, HP Image Zone. I used the "Adaptive Lighting" tool. Before processing the image looked really flat.

black mamba

Nice shots. Shooting cars at shows is never easy...you did a good job.

Tom

Mr Head

Thanks, I took another shot at processing the purple car. Went hotter with the color temp and lowered the saturation.
Came out more purple, but got flatter light, maybe a little more contrast? Tried that, but still not quite what I was after, closer though,

clemensphoto's

Beautiful looking cars and nice very photos. Really like the first car (the overall look)

Skippy

Mr Head wrote:

I went up to Irwindale to the speedway to see the Moon Eyes Christmas Party and car show, and races. I wanted to play with my camera on manual.

With fairly overcast skies, I liked the light. I did some post processing, simple stuff, no hardcore PhotoShop. Just adjusting the exposure, with the HP photo tool.

A couple of my favorites. I like how it looks like one of those forties glamour shots taken with a soft focus lens.


This one almost looks like a cartoon,


This really looked purple but when I shot it looked blue. I think if I played some more with the color settings on the camera I could have pumped up the purple.


The post processing tool I used came with my scanner/printer, HP Image Zone. I used the "Adaptive Lighting" tool. Before processing the image looked really flat.

Nice work Mr Head......question, how the heck do you drive a car like that with it being soooooooo close to the ground

Looks like it clears the ground by about 1 inch, or do my eyes deceive me?

I expect to see Roger Rabbit step out of one of those vehicles

Geezzz they keep their cars in good nik don't they .... Skippy
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Mr Head

Suspensions are on airbags. Add a little air pressure and lift right off the ground. Nice plush ride to boot.

Then slide up the to curb, and drop it onto its belly. Cool as you please.