CLOSED: POLL: CCCL Competition: Week 74 - WINNER: zambuca

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Further explanation of the theme, as described by rpanico14:

"Kyto Shoren-in is one of my favourite locations; strong light, realism and character.
The 599 is the definition of an Italian Gran Tourer; a naturally aspirated V12, FR layout and
designed by Pininfarina.
Capture the calm before the storm. The time spent waiting and anticipating the next drive.

P.s. I'd really like you to produce a shot that shows off GT5 at its best, so my preference will
be towards originality and realisim."


CAR: Ferrari 599
LOCATION: Kyoto Shoren-In


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You didn't miss the poll by much, there are just a few entries that I preferred. The composition of your shot is very good. I think the main issue is that it's under-exposed, and then with the vignetting it makes the shot look darker again.

The lighting in relatively strong at Kyoto so if anything a slightly over-exposed shot really helps to highlight this, if you compare your photo to the ones that made the poll I think you can see the difference in exposure quite clearly. Apart from that, maybe using a lower f-number as this can help to highlight the car and lift it from the environment.

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Hope you don't mind, but I had a bit of time so I've done a quick re-edit of your shot, as the basics were very good. So here's my take on it:

 
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great poll! so many great pictures this week :)

Here was my cintribution for the contest. Could I have some feedback?


 
Okay.
Guess i'll be waiting for it then. :D

If my opinion counts for much (i know it can't as far as editing goes) the green that the cars painted in is a bit too pale and doesn't contrast enough with the wall and ground and theres perhaps a little too much tilt on the shot. Other than that though great picture, matte alloys?👍
 
Ok a little later than I planned but here's some feedback:


GT HP Nut, aidan8500 and Sinfour The main reasons your entries didn't make it was down to their composition. I appreciate how difficult it is to get right, particularly with photo travel, and trying to make a shot interesting to look at. If you can compose a photo nicely it makes editing so much easier; a poorly composed will always be a poor photo no matter what you do to it.

This probably sounds more simple than it is, but quite simply (;)) your cars don't fit into the photo. It's definitely possible to highlight just one section/detail of the car, but you need to be careful how you choose to do this. In your photos it appears that the car has just been missed off.

If you're not sure on how to compose a photo, the best advice I can give you is just to look at the photos that make the polls. And if needs be, pick your favourite photo and just try to recreate it yourself.

GT HP Nut: My only other criticism is that the sky is too over-exposed. I know in my previous feedback I said some over-exposure can be a good thing, but for your photo the 'halo' effect on the sky is too strong and unbalances the rest of the photo. If you can, I'd start trying to edit your photos, take them with a lower exposure and then you can control the exposure of the photo through an editing program.

aidan8500: I think you've just gone too far with the editing. I'm guessing, but was the original photo taken with the warm filter? If it was, I think you'd be better off taking a photo with no filter and then adding a warm/sepia filter whilst editing. Set the colour balance first so that it looks realistic and then you can add filters after. Apart from that just consider the composition a bit more as with the angle that's on at the moment, it just looks unnatural. With photo-travel shots I always find it works best if I imagine I was actually there taking the photo.

Sinfour: A pretty good effort, but going back to composition once more, your photo more than any other suffers from looking like the car has been cropped out of the photo. I think perhaps this has happened because you wanted to highlight the rear 3/4 quarters of the car whilst still showing lots of the environment. If it was me, I'd focus more on the car and really highlight the design of the car rather than trying to fit everything in.




s:censored:t! How do I criticise your photos! If the poll was 18 instead of 15, you would have all made it. There's nothing really wrong with your photos, just a few things didn't work for me.

mattmflock: I'd like to see the car rotated further round (anti-clockwise), the front wheel sticks out right now, and I think it would really improve the photo to see all of the car. Secondly, at the top of the photo the trees/bushes look bad. Obviously this isn't your fault but they're still there, so I think I'd either crop them off or just not include them in the original photo. Or, you could try blurring them slightly, but admittedly this might not work.

hgrf93: I'm afraid the main reason you didn't make it, was because of cphbullet's entry. The composition of both photos are similar, and I just didn't feel like I could include both into the poll. The sky and the reflections on the car are a just a tad over-exposed and this has meant that some of the detail has been lost. Apart from that, (and this goes for everyone :sly:) could you try and remove the GT-logo and maybe add a simple border. It's a really minor thing, but more than anything its a really quick way of showing the effort you've put into the photo.

ZEROX: I don't think I should give you any feedback as you're good enough already! :lol: As it happens cphbullet has summed up what I would say. More so, the angle on the photo. For me it was just too much and it means that some of the environment has been lost, which on your photo, looked fantastic.



Hope this helps!​
 
Thank you for feedback rpanico :) I'm totally noob when it comes to camera use, at home and in game. I found this forum 2 months ago, so I have just started taking photos. And I love taking photos! So this feedback helps me a lot anf hopefully I can do better in teh future. Thanks :)

Oh an btw, I'm editing the picture in PhotoScape. For me its good, but I guess Photoshop is the top notch program to use?
 
No problem :) To be honest I was the same as you (joined up around GT5's release) and most things about (GT5) photography I've learnt through GTPlanet. Entering the competitions is by far the easiest way to improve.

I use CS5 Photoshop. Although I've heard GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ is very good and its free.
 
I voted for the Black Knight Style 599, just for the paint makes it uni9ue and for the editing, the best from the poll ! :drool:

PS - Rpanico , we have the same taste on this car/location :drool:👍:cheers:
 
No problem :) To be honest I was the same as you (joined up around GT5's release) and most things about (GT5) photography I've learnt through GTPlanet. Entering the competitions is by far the easiest way to improve.

I use CS5 Photoshop. Although I've heard GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ is very good and its free.
Is CS5 the only program you use?
 
If my opinion counts for much (i know it can't as far as editing goes) the green that the cars painted in is a bit too pale and doesn't contrast enough with the wall and ground and theres perhaps a little too much tilt on the shot. Other than that though great picture, matte alloys?👍

Yes it do count. I need it from every member perspective. :)
Thanks cph. :D

ZEROX: I don't think I should give you any feedback as you're good enough already! :lol: As it happens cphbullet has summed up what I would say. More so, the angle on the photo. For me it was just too much and it means that some of the environment has been lost, which on your photo, looked fantastic.



Hope this helps!​

There's ton of better photogoer out there than mine. :p
I see, i thought you might like the extreme angle. :lol:
Thanks rpanico. Now i know what i should and shouldn't do when you're judging. :D
 
I voted for the Black Knight Style 599, just for the paint makes it uni9ue and for the editing, the best from the poll ! :drool:

PS - Rpanico , we have the same taste on this car/location :drool:👍:cheers:

That would be mine :sly: thanks for the vote! :cheers:
 
I voted for the Black Knight Style 599, just for the paint makes it uni9ue and for the editing, the best from the poll ! :drool:

PS - Rpanico , we have the same taste on this car/location :drool:👍:cheers:

Glad you liked the theme, and I've pinched Lankay's idea with the blacked out rear lights for my 2.0 comp entry :sly:

Is CS5 the only program you use?

Yeah, I've got used to where all the tools are now and it does everything I need for editing GT5 photos.

There's ton of better photogoer out there than mine. :p
I see, i thought you might like the extreme angle. :lol:
Thanks rpanico. Now i know what i should and shouldn't do when you're judging. :D

Well it doesn't happen very often so I wouldn't worry! :lol:
 
Poll is closed and the winner is...



zambuca

Congratulations! 👍
 
Well done Kaspar:tup: and thanks to the guys who voted for my entry, it always means a lot when i get a vote in a 2.0 poll.
 
Congrats zambuca! I was pretty confident with my entry this week, but you had an epic shot!

Thanks to the 9 people that voted for me :cheers: woo 2nd!
 
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