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Old 04-11-2008 | 05:57 PM
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Some drift shots, haven't really shot at many events before this was my first. This was back at formula D long beach.




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Awesome pictures! How do you keep the car in focus while the background is blurred? Is that a trick with the camera, or with photoshop?
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Awesome pics!!!

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Awesome pictures! How do you keep the car in focus while the background is blurred? Is that a trick with the camera, or with photoshop?
I'm no expert, but I've taken several pictures like these.. concept is rather simple really, but you have to practice to get it right. You follow the car with your camera while you snap the picture. You have to be careful not to move your camera faster or slower than the moving vehicle...
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Very nice pics Cos!!
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Originally Posted by crg914
Awesome pictures! How do you keep the car in focus while the background is blurred? Is that a trick with the camera, or with photoshop?
Its called panning, like leeboy said you basically follow the car with your camera with a slow shutter speed.
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love the first two
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awesome pics man
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DAMN! Excellent pics. I need to add more action shots.
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is that last picture HDR'ed
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sicko!!!! signal r34 what
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Originally Posted by 350 Rookie
is that last picture HDR'ed
would appear so.
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Looks good. I'm guessing the burned edges is just for effect right?

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The pics look great. I like how you made the focus centered on the car.
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Really love your photoshop technique... low key, yet, vivid colors. NICE
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sweet shots
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Thanks for the compliments everyone.

Originally Posted by 350 Rookie
is that last picture HDR'ed
none of them are HDR, its just In lightroom some of the settings I look make it look like it is.


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Looks good. I'm guessing the burned edges is just for effect right?

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Yeah just for effect, it makes the picture pop a little more
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nice shot man ,, let us have more because i love the drift's shot
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Originally Posted by 350 Rookie
is that last picture HDR'ed
not EVERYTHING that looks like that is HDR'd....

i dont think 90% of this forum even understands what HDR photography is.
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everyone just needs to jump off the hdr bandwagon. the hdr thread is a horrible representation of it.

no its not hdr.. true hdr is made up of different exposed shots. you have real shots. not one shot and mess with it like some people here do.

its impossible to have a true hdr motion shot because of the bracketing needed.

the photos are just stylized in photoshopped. thats it.. nothing more nothing less.


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