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Dec 18, 2022 14:13:37   #
terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains
 
Fantastic! That's some real Photoshop skill!

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Dec 18, 2022 14:35:27   #
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gvarner wrote:
Is there a lens/F stop combo for taking classic car pics outdoors to blur all those busy backgrounds? Not every venue has room to maneuver but those with lots of experience may have some good suggestions. I know that stopped down is a place to start but then your distance to subject and distance of subject from the background all play into it. Or do you just do trial and error to see what works best? I’ve processed in post to blur the background and even converted the background to B&W but that’s all so artificial.
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Its really a question of what youre gonna do with your finished product. Magazines, instagram, or refrigerator magnets. With fridge magnets, f/8 to f/16 is really great.
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Dec 18, 2022 15:26:44   #
... meanwhile somewhere in Norway Loc: none
 
terryMc wrote:
You can do anything Photoshop if you know how!! LOL!

These are spectacular! Love the Mopars, some of my favorite cars ever. If only they had been built better to last longer...

You have inspired me to start looking through all those old car show pics and see if what I can do...


Look at free download photo sites if you need backgrounds... Lots of editing possibilities...

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Dec 18, 2022 17:33:54   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
Love that shot

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Dec 21, 2022 14:42:41   #
terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains
 
... meanwhile somewhere in Norway wrote:
You can do anything in Photoshop.

At times I take reusable discarded car show images from my archives and create composites. Reflections from other cars will limit what car image can be used for that porpose, but with a polarize filter your chances increase. I will add a few examples of cars that I have transformed into a fantasy background setting.

These are all car show images repurposed, and have been edited into something more valuable to the owners as prints. Half shot in the USA and half in Norway... Canon 200mm F2.0L lens for most.
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When you mask these cars, do you select the shadow from the original image to import into the composite, or do you always create the shadow after the fact?

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Dec 21, 2022 15:12:34   #
... meanwhile somewhere in Norway Loc: none
 
terryMc wrote:
When you mask these cars, do you select the shadow from the original image to import into the composite, or do you always create the shadow after the fact?


It depends on the surface. At the very least you can use that original shadow as a template. Sometimes it is pavement with pavement and other times if it is a 200mm side shot, Shadow is not as critical...

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Dec 21, 2022 17:52:06   #
terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains
 
... meanwhile somewhere in Norway wrote:
It depends on the surface. At the very least you can use that original shadow as a template. Sometimes it is pavement with pavement and other times if it is a 200mm side shot, Shadow is not as critical...


Thank you. I often have difficulty separating the car from the shadow, especially around the tires and wheel wells.

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