'08 Honda Accord

mercphoto

First time doing any serious interior shots. In the RAW converter I did a white balance adjustment and black point and a touch on exposure. In Photoshop I did a smart sharpen and a mild curves (but I'm wondering if I over-did that). On images that you could see through the window I did a lens blur on what is seen out the window. C&C much appreciated.

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Hary

I like the tone of colors, but I'd go deeper into the car on the first and last photo as the "door closing" part is distracting. Last one a bit underexposed or is it just the small jpg athat seems that way ?
Good job on the light is it all natural or a mix with flash?

mercphoto

Hary wrote:

I like the tone of colors, but I'd go deeper into the car on the first and last photo as the "door closing" part is distracting. Last one a bit underexposed or is it just the small jpg athat seems that way ?
Good job on the light is it all natural or a mix with flash?

Thanks. Mixed flash (580EX, -2/3 FEC, diffuser) and natural light. I almost wish I had gone to -1 FEC. I agree with the door jambs.

Skippy

mercphoto wrote:

First time doing any serious interior shots. In the RAW converter I did a white balance adjustment and black point and a touch on exposure. In Photoshop I did a smart sharpen and a mild curves (but I'm wondering if I over-did that). On images that you could see through the window I did a lens blur on what is seen out the window. C&C much appreciated.

Hi there mercphoto, I'd like to see larger images myself.

I think the first shot is the pick of the bunch.
Shows lots of detail inside the car, and hardly any darkened places.

Actually the first shot and the last shot show the most detail.

Hard to judge with such small images.
Thanks for sharing ... Skippy
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mercphoto

Skippy wrote:

Hi there mercphoto, I'd like to see larger images myself.

I've modifed my post to show medium instead of small. Thanks for the rest of your comments!

Hary

forgot to mention that in the 3rd one I'd like to see a better alignment and maybe slightly wider (I don't know why although I know what you were going for and I'd probably shoot the same way).
Still loving the leather color - I could actually get a car like that

mercphoto

Hary wrote:

forgot to mention that in the 3rd one I'd like to see a better alignment and maybe slightly wider (I don't know why although I know what you were going for and I'd probably shoot the same way).

I had the same idea last night as the sun was going down. I took another shot at it, but I really need a bit more light to pull it off, and need to straighten the horizon. Here was the result:



Glad you like the color of the leather. I did a curves adjustment that really made that interior pop, but sometimes you wonder if you went a bit too far.

Hary

mercphoto wrote:

I had the same idea last night as the sun was going down. I took another shot at it, but I really need a bit more light to pull it off, and need to straighten the horizon. Here was the result:



Glad you like the color of the leather. I did a curves adjustment that really made that interior pop, but sometimes you wonder if you went a bit too far.

hehe when i saw this one i was like: "how did the rotation make it darker????"

As far as the interior I don't think you went too far black would have killed the look. I think the colors are superb like from a pro catalog.

thanks !

ough and by the way i have a luxurious car saloon just next to where I work (Ferrari etc) do you think they would mind if i asked to take some shots especially if I'd give them to them later?