Brock's Shots - a few recent photos

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OMG I put a gallery up! :crazy:



Let's start some old favourites shall we :)



Most of these are cleaned up according to PMC rules, except the Supra which has had the jagged boot line fixed and the SLR that was given the 2.0 treatment.



I hope you enjoy them :)





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Very nice SLR Shot :)

I dont get what's going on with the Holden, looks awkward

as for the rest of the cropped portrait photos, nice but try to use some variety

Also, Im not certain on this, but i think you put in too much black when you edt the photos.. Maybe you can try lens blurring the background instead.:)
 
Very nice SLR Shot :)

I dont get what's going on with the Holden, looks awkward

as for the rest of the cropped portrait photos, nice but try to use some variety

Also, Im not certain on this, but i think you put in too much black when you edt the photos.. Maybe you can try lens blurring the background instead.:)

Thanks for the comments 👍

These are just a collection of a few of my old photos including some from past Photomode Competitions, hence the similarity in styles amongst some of them, particularly the Photo Travel shots. I will be posting plenty more to come.
 
Are you doing multiple cars in the M3 CSL & RGT? or did you snap the camera like that?
 
Wow :eek:,Brock,you never seize to amaze me.All of your photos are mind blowing.I wish i could really do good clean-ups as you or even have mastered photoshopping like you.All the photos looks awesome whichever way you look at it.You've got to be one of the best photoshoppers here in GTP (beside Franz,Alexwrc,Tangled Web,Beerzgood,Setjur,[empty space] UnoMoto and some others who i can't remember)
 
I think Brock does not do much in terms of edited shots, only resize and a bit of improving the lighting from the look of things.
 
Wow, youve got a really nice gallery! The pic of the supra in the first post is my favourite. The lighting in the picture is really good, makes the blue stand out really nicely.
 
Wow :eek:,Brock,you never seize to amaze me.All of your photos are mind blowing.I wish i could really do good clean-ups as you or even have mastered photoshopping like you.All the photos looks awesome whichever way you look at it.You've got to be one of the best photoshoppers here in GTP (beside Franz,Alexwrc,Tangled Web,Beerzgood,Setjur,[empty space] UnoMoto and some others who i can't remember)
I really would not consider myself anywhere near as good as those masters you have mentioned in terms of Photoshopping, but thanks for the compliment! :)
I did dabble with PS for a while about a year or so ago, mostly with what I learnt from pixeljunkynz's turotials. I just don't have the time to dedicate several hours to photos these days.

Wow, youve got a really nice gallery! The pic of the supra in the first post is my favourite. The lighting in the picture is really good, makes the blue stand out really nicely.
I try to get the best out of the lighting in GT4, as TVR&Ferrari_Fan says I mostly just make changes to the brightness & contrast. The obvious exceptions are the first SLR, The Corvette, the NSX-R and the purple Dodge which was done for the old Kenny's Muscle Car comp.

that looks exactly like the Aussie Cop car, good job
Yep, a good old VY SS Highway Patrol there :D That one took me days to get that done. I found a real photo of one and then based my shot on it, deep-etching the livery, colour correcting it and applying it to the game shot. It came up all right, but never again! :crazy:
 
I really would not consider myself anywhere near as good as those masters you have mentioned in terms of Photoshopping, but thanks for the compliment! :)
I did dabble with PS for a while about a year or so ago, mostly with what I learnt from pixeljunkynz's turotials. I just don't have the time to dedicate several hours to photos these days.


I try to get the best out of the lighting in GT4, as TVR&Ferrari_Fan says I mostly just make changes to the brightness & contrast. The obvious exceptions are the first SLR, The Corvette, the NSX-R and the purple Dodge which was done for the old Kenny's Muscle Car comp.


Yep, a good old VY SS Highway Patrol there :D That one took me days to get that done. I found a real photo of one and then based my shot on it, deep-etching the livery, colour correcting it and applying it to the game shot. It came up all right, but never again! :crazy:
Just to let mnm_bmx know, when I started editing my shots I took some feedback from some of the old gallery owners, who may not be around here anymore. However after I took feedback I started reading the guide as Brock pointed out, which was mainly the main thing I used to improve.

But while we are still on the subject of that guide I started reading it a good 2-3 weeks after I setup in September 2005.
 
Wow :eek:,Brock,you never seize to amaze me.All of your photos are mind blowing.I wish i could really do good clean-ups as you or even have mastered photoshopping like you.All the photos looks awesome whichever way you look at it.You've got to be one of the best photoshoppers here in GTP (beside Franz,Alexwrc,Tangled Web,Beerzgood,Setjur,[empty space] UnoMoto and some others who i can't remember)

thanks ... but, i hardly belong on that list.
 
Finally a gallery from you, Brock! 👍

I always love your work, great to see some of these shots again.
The SLR's hood with the red/blue reflections is already a classic in it's own right. :cheers:

Very nice mod on the police car too, great skills. :)

Hope you bring some new material soon, I'll be checking for sure.
 
Nice Cop car, just the "Police" on the bonnet is suppose to be backwards so it reads Police in the driver's mirror, correct?

You can simply write the word then flip it horizontally and place it on the car.

Also, Since you took that photo( zero editing, the one with the M3 CSL and RGT), mind telling me how you did it?

Also, the SLR inspired me to do the same thing.. But except it's going to be a static photo of My R/C Xmods Supra.. :) I'm almost done :)
 
Im just taking a tour here and I think you have an amazing stuff in this page. The Viper PMC, vertical's partial cars, innovative angles ans the Holden chop are trully good 👍

Salu2.alexwrc
 
Thank you for the kind words everyone :)

Finally a gallery from you, Brock! 👍

I always love your work, great to see some of these shots again.
The SLR's hood with the red/blue reflections is already a classic in it's own right. :cheers:

Very nice mod on the police car too, great skills. :)

Hope you bring some new material soon, I'll be checking for sure.
Yep Beerzy that SLR bonnet with the reflections is one of my favourites, I had a feeling it would be a winner when I found that angle by chance. It took me quite a while to position the car just right for the final shot though, about seven replays worth iirc, but it was worth it.


Nice Cop car, just the "Police" on the bonnet is suppose to be backwards so it reads Police in the driver's mirror, correct?
Not in this part of the world :) Here's the original i based my chop on: http://www.inthejob.com/nswcooperbb213_best.jpg

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Also, Since you took that photo( zero editing, the one with the M3 CSL and RGT), mind telling me how you did it?
Just a matter of matching the car speeds and then finding spot to focus on that doesn't leave the other car a blur. Only brightness & contrast used on that image.

Im just taking a tour here and I think you have an amazing stuff in this page. The Viper PMC, vertical's partial cars, innovative angles ans the Holden chop are trully good 👍

Salu2.alexwrc
Thanks alex, as you can see I had a bit of a run of taking tightly cropped long distance shots in photo travel, it can work wonders with the right combination of car and background lighting :)

I'll try to add a few more updates soon, I've been going through the back pages of my imageshack images and have dug up a few more that aren't too bad. Unfortunately I lost a lot of old photos when my old hdd died about 18 months ago :( I don't have as much time as I'd like to take new shots, but I do have a few extras from some recent comps that I'll put up sooner or later.
 
Quite simply one of the best PMC guys on GTP has finally got himself a gallery! 👍 Some stunning work in this gallery. I especially love the magazine cover and the T-shirt they both look great. Sometimes I wish that the magazine competition would come back...I never had a chance to have ago... Great work 👍

Check out my gallery if you have time.
 
I forgot to ask before, where did you take that shot? The SLR I mean.
 
I just love the tight angle and the action of the forth shot.
 
I forgot to ask before, where did you take that shot? The SLR I mean.

Both SLR shots were at the Las Vegas drag strip. It's one of my favourite locations for photo mode, such a lovely range of lighting and reflections. Just a pity it doesn't have a photodrive for it.

:mad: :cool: :) :sly: :boggled: :D :odd: :drool:
 
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