CLOSED: 2.0 Advanced Competition 037

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This week's theme in detail, brought to you by this week's winner, Yui-san:

"First off, thanks to everyone who voted for me, and GTRacer98 for the great theme! It feels great to get my first win!

Now, the theme: The world's favorite spy is not only licensed to kill, but also licensed to drive some very nice cars. So this week, it's your turn to be Bond! Pick any car that James Bond has driven and take a shot! Be creative! But remember to keep that Bond "feel" in mind."



CARS: Any car featured in a Bond movie (you can use similar cars, e.g. DB9 as DBS)
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See above (Cars)


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Please, ensure you read and understand all requirements for this competition. Failure to follow the rules may result in disqualification. If you have questions, start a convo with me.
This Thread will answer many possible questions you may have.

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    it makes poll creation much easier!
  • One entry per user. It must be your own work, and never previously used in a comp.
  • Do not ask other users to choose your entry.
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  • Winner gets to choose the following week's theme, as well as the Top 20. Every fourth
    week, the poll will be H2H style: entries must choose a "team", leading to two 10-picture,
    4-day polls. The winners from each faces off in a final 48 hour poll.
  • Winners cannot enter in their own theme!
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    It's recommended to save the original image (preferably in-game) until week's ends.
Failure to follow these rules will result in ignored entries and/or disqualification!

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What you may not do to a photo:
  • Alter the geometry of the car. No stickers, or body modifications not available in game.
  • Add shapes or objects from outside of GT5, signatures excepted.
  • Tying into the above: signatures only, no image titles or other typographic elements.
  • Add lens flares or "artistic" filters to image.
  • Remove items from shot (scenery, other cars).
  • Use more than 1 image (HDR, photo-stitching, multi-exposure).
  • "Creative cropping". The main "image" must be four-sided, with 90-degree, upright corners.
  • Selective car colour changing: masking different parts to create racing stripes or similar.

What you may do to a photo:
  • Crop and/or resize an image.
  • Adjust the level or curve values.
  • Alter the colour tone of the image (gradient maps, photo filters, colour balance, etc).
  • Car body colour change (all stickers/design features must remain, see "Remove Items" rule).
  • Adjust brightness, contrast, exposure, shadow/highlights.
  • Enhance shadows or highlights (dodge and burn tools in Photoshop, for example).
  • Add noise and/or diffuse glow.
  • Add a post-game tilt-shift blur, or apply a motion blur to a stationary Photomode shot.
  • Make use of Layer Blend Modes.
  • Use a Sharpening filter and/or tool.
  • Remove or modify license plates - it must be hand-drawn, no importing real ones.
  • Remove the GT watermark.
  • Add a personal signature.
  • Clean up or fix jaggies, texture pixelation, or colour separation.
  • Add a vignette effect.
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08.26.14
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I knew Aston Martins would flock the polls, so I went for the 2CV. Sorry, Alex. :P
 
Just to be clear - is it a car that Bond himself has actually driven or just any that have featured in a Bond film, i.e. driven by others such as girlfriends or villains?
 
In the film For Your Eyes Only, it was owned and driven by the Bond girl, but after a rollover, Roger Moore commandeered it while being chased by two Peugeots.

 
@jus1029 👍 My post wasn't directed at your entry, I just want clarification before I select my vehicle. ;)
 
Whoops! :dunce:

I think it makes sense when a car is driven by Bond.
 
I know, it's just that
CARS: Any car featured in a Bond movie (you can use similar cars, e.g. DB9 as DBS)
could possibly be interpreted as a broadening of the vehicle set. ;)
 
Just to be clear - is it a car that Bond himself has actually driven or just any that have featured in a Bond film, i.e. driven by others such as girlfriends or villains?

Preferably one that he has driven himself. Doesn't have to be one issued by Q branch, as long as he has driven it. I'll also accept cars he's ridden in though (eg. 2000GT in You Only Live Twice).

And if anyone is having trouble choosing a car, feel free to refer to this.

Oh and @jus1029, awesome entry! 👍
 
Thanks - the 2000GT was what I was thinking of. 👍 I've just taken a shoot with a different car though. ;)
 
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"For Your Eyes Only"


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Aw 🤬 lol, after my Citreon idea was used I was like, "wait a second, nobody will think of the bronze Lotus!". So I bought it and got it all painted and took a couple bad shots and see that somebody thought of it too :lol: Man this comp is just not ment to be for me!

Anyways, although there weren't any of Bond's signature Aston's, I'm willing to bet that For Your Eyes Only may have had the best cars of a Bond movie. :cheers:
 
I thought of the bronze Lotus too, however I took some shots of the white Lotus instead - just have to edit.
Seems everyone's scared of the Aston's to begin with. :lol:
 
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The World Is Not Enough
Oh good God, what do I have to do!? :lol: After the bronze Lotus was also took, I was like alright, let's see what we got, and I looked at an article that charted the evolution of Bond cars and I decided on the Z8! I shot it last night and started my edit, and then I finished it just now and I'm come to post and my dang Z8 is taken too! Oh well, I can't bare too go through it again so I'm using my Z8 :dunce:
 
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Oh good God, what do I have to do!? :lol: After the bronze Lotus was also took, I was like alright, let's see what we got, and I looked at an article that charted the evolution of Bond cars and I decided on the Z8! I shot it last night and started my edit, and then I finished it just now and I'm come to post and my dang Z8 is taken too! Oh well, I can bare too go through it again so I'm using my Z8 :dunce:

Should've gone with the 2000gt haha!!
 
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