Automobile 101

**CvsN** · 10th May 2013, 10:10 AM

Here is the results of shooting at the settings mentioned.

_MG_9319 by CvsN2013, on Flickr

_MG_0752 by CvsN2013, on Flickr

_MG_9292 by CvsN2013, on Flickr

You can see that in the first two f7.1 is just not enough when you look at the rear wheels they have a bit of distortion. Time to get to the track and try this out on racecars!

~Kev

**arith** · 19th May 2013, 03:59 PM

I thought this was pretty amazing.

**arith** · 20th May 2013, 10:59 AM

To much background or not too much?

**Donald** · 20th May 2013, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by arith

I thought this was pretty amazing.

Good grief. Does that thing actually go?

**Donald** · 20th May 2013, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by arith

To much background or not too much?

Maybe blurring the background? It does detract, I think.

**arith** · 20th May 2013, 01:04 PM

Thanks Donald, don't know if the motorbike goes, I've never seen anything like it.

**arith** · 20th May 2013, 03:31 PM

I reckon I need special equipment

Noticed the wiper and sat nav, back to the drawing board.

**arith** · 21st May 2013, 12:32 AM

Different method until I discover a better way to extract background noise. Is it too busy?

**arith** · 21st May 2013, 08:32 AM

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**arith** · 23rd May 2013, 10:19 AM

**Dave Humphries** · 23rd May 2013, 09:36 PM

Hi Steve,

Since your Bugatti #124 in post 409, I prefer the latest one; BF5827, although I'd have preferred a slither of gap on the left to separate the tyre from the edge of frame.

The mini (F8RNY) comes across as too much the 'model/miniature' for me.

In any shot with red in the background (actually all the rest), it just attracts the viewer's attention away from the subject, so whether colour replacement might work is debatable.

Very challenging location, I find grass fields bad enough!

Cheers,

**arith** · 23rd May 2013, 11:22 PM

I tried a different method in BF 5827, using only the mask option in Topaz Detail3 sharpened the car but then using the smart tool in Helicon filter selectively blurred the background. These seem to be easier to use than Remask3 where everything looks ok until right at the end full size.

Sometimes ReMask3 is really good but only in very special circumstances where there is a clear difference in colour, but if there is a similarity even only in a small part it is murder.

As for wheels next to corners, yes. It didn't start out like that but I didn't allow enough room for perspective correction, and have had to make compromises. Not too much with BF 5827 but a lot with the MG.

The motorbike was similar, just way too much distortion to hide so either I showed it with lens artefacts or cropped on an ellipse, the red was supposed to give it a devil look but suppose it doesn't work. I think the ellipse could be feathered as well.

Cheers Dave.