CLOSED POLL: 2.0 Advanced Competition 82 - MERCEDES (W: mazda787)

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Further explanation of the theme, provided by Nato_777:

Zee Germans are coming! Nato's first match in the current Tournament is Germany Warfare, and he's drawing inspiration from that for us all this week, with the two German luxury juggernauts facing off. Take any BMW or Mercedes around any version of the Nurburgring: multiple cars are allowed, but must all be from either BMW, or Mercedes. He wants to see cars in motion, too!


CARS: Any BMW OR Mercedes-Benz model(s)
LOCATIONS: Any Nurburgring version
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See Above

Please, ensure you read and understand all requirements for this competition. Failure to follow
the rules may result in disqualification. If you have questions, send me a Private Message.

• Do not vote for your own entry.
  [*]Do not try to sway the poll.
  [*]In the event of a tie, a 24 hour poll is created.
  [*]In the event of a second tie or a tie in the final H2H poll, Judge's vote is the deciding factor.
  [*]Please, view each image in it's full size, before voting.
  [*]Poll consists of the Judge's favourite 15 images. For H2H weeks, 8 per poll.

28.06.12

 

[nissanfanatic]

Gonna be a tight poll I'd say!

 

[cphbullet]

was it the pixelation that let me down?

Non-Believer by cphbullet, on Flickr​

 

[mattmflok]

was it the pixelation that let me down?

Non-Believer by cphbullet, on Flickr​

your shots seldom fail, but i think the SLS in this one is slightly out of focus...



mind giving my shot some feedback? over edited, i assume? thanks

 

[jus1029]

your shots seldom fail, but i think the SLS in this one is slightly out of focus...



mind giving my shot some feedback? over edited, i assume? thanks

Yeah. I can see the problem in full size.

 

[Nato_777]

@cphbullet - the shot itself is good but the editing in this case let it down. There is the obvious problem of the artifacting/pixelisation going on at the bottom and you can clearly see where you've tried to combat it with a brush. The overall saturation is too high also - I think because you've tried to turn up as much colour in the sunrise/set as you could. This shot was a tricky one to edit well with the position of the camera and light source, don't give up however, it's just a matter of experimenting and you'll find what works in different situations.

@mattmflok - again a nice shot, it is centered but that works in this instance I feel, however it is a little over edited as evidenced by the distracting blue 'halo' along all the tree line. Once again I feel this shot is also over saturated, contributing to said 'halo'.

Hope that is helpful guys.

 

[cphbullet]

@cphbullet - the shot itself is good but the editing in this case let it down. There is the obvious problem of the artifacting/pixelisation going on at the bottom and you can clearly see where you've tried to combat it with a brush. The overall saturation is too high also - I think because you've tried to turn up as much colour in the sunrise/set as you could. This shot was a tricky one to edit well with the position of the camera and light source, don't give up however, it's just a matter of experimenting and you'll find what works in different situations.

i tried to fix it in the space of 5 minutes i suspected that was my downfall, im glad you liked the picture before i started messing with it though, my editing is slowly improving but i struggled with this one, it didnt help that i used a black car, when i tried to cover the pixelation the car just blended with the road :/. Thanks for the feedback its stuff like this that helps me improve. Im finding that what applies to taking PMC style pictures doesn't necessarily work with editing.

 

[mattmflok]

@mattmflok - again a nice shot, it is centered but that works in this instance I feel, however it is a little over edited as evidenced by the distracting blue 'halo' along all the tree line. Once again I feel this shot is also over saturated, contributing to said 'halo'.

Hope that is helpful guys.

Thanks for the comment Nato 👍