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does anybody know how to take a pic of their car and make it look like this
http://www.competitiongrafix.com/
i heard it has something to do w/ a mount at really slow speeds
http://www.competitiongrafix.com/
i heard it has something to do w/ a mount at really slow speeds
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11-19-2005, 10:40 PM
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it's possible the car was just moving slowly and the photographer panned with the vehicle to get the car steady and the blur of the wheels and background. I don't think the first picture posted was done as a steady car manipulated in ps because if you were to radial blur the wheels the brakes would also blur, unless the person was crazy with selecting around the brake. Sharif had some cool pictures like this taken of his car, though i'm pretty sure his pictures utilized a mount on the car.
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Originally Posted by eon
does anybody know how to take a pic of their car and make it look like this
http://www.competitiongrafix.com/
i heard it has something to do w/ a mount at really slow speeds
http://www.competitiongrafix.com/
i heard it has something to do w/ a mount at really slow speeds
11-19-2005, 11:55 PM
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THIS is what you want to know...
From a photography major-
Yes, that kind of picture is entirely possible without Photoshop. It is called a pan, and used extensively with car, bicycle, and athletic advertisement. There are two ways to do it:
1. Mount the camera on the car body using a special mount. You can tell when this method is used because you won't see the whole car; the part of the car with the mount on it will, of course, be out of the frame. The photo in the original poster's link was done this way. Car advertisements on TV rely on this method heavily as well.
2. Take the photo from another moving body that is carefully synchronized with the photographed car. This results in slightly less than perfect images, because there is bound to be some camera movement when the camera is not connected to the car being photographed. However, you can photograph the car in it's entirety. The picture of the blue Skyline(?) was made this way.
Along with using these two methods, you'd want to use a wide-angle lens. Using a wide lens will prevent noticeable camera shake up to a certain point. If you've ever used a wide lens, you know that even though you may be shakey, the image in the viewfinder doesn't move that much- as compared to a telephoto lens, where the slightest shake can blur the entire frame. Not to mention, a wide lens will allow you to capture as much of the car as possible.
Both ways can benefit from post-processing in Photoshop though. And while it is possible to completely recreate this effect in Photoshop, it lacks the authenticity and "feel" of this illusion of speed. Coming from one who's trained to notice this, it is easy to tell when the angles and types of blurs don't match up to how they should.
If you're seriously thinking about taking that kind of picture of your car, and want it to look professional, I suggest you buy a mount.
Chris
Yes, that kind of picture is entirely possible without Photoshop. It is called a pan, and used extensively with car, bicycle, and athletic advertisement. There are two ways to do it:
1. Mount the camera on the car body using a special mount. You can tell when this method is used because you won't see the whole car; the part of the car with the mount on it will, of course, be out of the frame. The photo in the original poster's link was done this way. Car advertisements on TV rely on this method heavily as well.
2. Take the photo from another moving body that is carefully synchronized with the photographed car. This results in slightly less than perfect images, because there is bound to be some camera movement when the camera is not connected to the car being photographed. However, you can photograph the car in it's entirety. The picture of the blue Skyline(?) was made this way.
Along with using these two methods, you'd want to use a wide-angle lens. Using a wide lens will prevent noticeable camera shake up to a certain point. If you've ever used a wide lens, you know that even though you may be shakey, the image in the viewfinder doesn't move that much- as compared to a telephoto lens, where the slightest shake can blur the entire frame. Not to mention, a wide lens will allow you to capture as much of the car as possible.
Both ways can benefit from post-processing in Photoshop though. And while it is possible to completely recreate this effect in Photoshop, it lacks the authenticity and "feel" of this illusion of speed. Coming from one who's trained to notice this, it is easy to tell when the angles and types of blurs don't match up to how they should.
If you're seriously thinking about taking that kind of picture of your car, and want it to look professional, I suggest you buy a mount.
Chris
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