ORS | SEASON 6 | SuperGT300 Championship

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WOW spin amazing pic.

And yeh mic, I was telling spin I was ganna do a sneaky touch up in PS with the first pic but remebered the comp rules! hahaha
 
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...Also you mentioned about the first pic, the lines. I figure you're referring to the way that the image has swirls in the dark sky. It's like that in a lot of things, images can't do a smooth transition from 'nearly dark' to 'nearer dark' to full dark. It's like the palette is limited there....
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Hey yeah this is something that is limited due to hardware...seeing how I have put some effort into studying Histrograms, colour gamut and light exposure etc, I might aswell do my best to explain this problem:
'In digital photography you have what is called a 'dynamic range'...it is a measurement of light that any given Camera can capture...this is displayed on a scale known as a 'histogram'. Basically the reason why you get this problem is as you pointed out; a lack of smooth transition in tonal range, because the distribution of light tones is heavily favoured to the right with the scale looking like--->(Dark--->Light):
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To help reduce the effects of this, pro's shoot in RAW format and use a technique called 'exposing to the right (ETTR)'. This is a clever way to maximise your Camera's image sensing capabilities and allow you to have greater tonal gradation in shadows.
Because there is a limited tonal range in shadows, the transition between tones can be as you said 'abrupt'. It doesn't look very good....now this is where HDRI comes in...
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That's a very basic description but I hope it helps!
How did I go Spin? :D
R*
 
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Spinner is right. It has to do with the file compression. As these are digital photos created by a fake sensor (camera) the end result during the compression cause it to be pixelated. Best if you want that effect is to shot it normal and add in the camera vigenetting through Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom.
 
This will be a hard week a winner as the entries are all so good.
heres some other shots to concider, hope ther match up.

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I had some fun with these three but this weeks

COMP ENTRY

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I slightly jumped looking at your comp entry ev as it looks 3d like, and it's coming at me and it's PISSED
 
And don't forget to tune in at the same time next week students, for Episode 2 of Digital Photography 101, when Uncle Spin will cover Chromatic Aberation and Pincushioning, and Prof Chan will talk about CCD Cooling and the Pixel Noise.

Two lectures you don't want to miss! :dopey:
And remember your Assignments are due in no later than next Saturday at Midnight.

Good luck students. 👍 :sly:
 
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/\ lol ! Also Uncle Cacti is available for spreadsheet tutorial , any time of the day or night !
 
Amazing photos from everyone, they all look great 👍 hope my poor skills don't offend anyone's eyes too much :lol:.

I remember an old F1 season review book(1987 I think) with the same kind off lap charts that Cactass does and I loved them. Cactass yours are even better, they're interactive:D. Great work:tup:.

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Amazing photos from everyone, they all look great 👍 hope my poor skills don't offend anyone's eyes too much :lol:.

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Hi jtv, just checking that this is a comp entry??

I see it has the pylon in shot so I figure it is, I got it in my folder ready to be added into the 'votings' post later tonight.

Oh and welcome to the ORS series.
 
Oh right, yes it is. Knew I forgot something :dunce: and Thankyou
 
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Photo Comp - Indy Road


Theme: The Pylon
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Okay a lot of good entries this week. You can tell a lot of thought has gone into the shots. We even moved into a whole new area where we discussed the nature of image tonal qualities under various lighting conditions/ compression thingy.

Anyway . . entries are below. To vote simply send me a PM, click on my user name and a menu will 'pop down' PM = private message. Or you can just mention your choice in a post.

Remember that all drivers listed in the ORS series are allowed/invited to vote. Those with entries can still vote, gentlemen's agreement. In that you don't vote for yourself.

Entries:

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Hey gents, I cant make tonight's race. Hope u can get a wildcard to replace me.
See you next week.
Cheers.
 
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This weeks winner is:

Spinner!!

Some stats, a graph:

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The votes and their positions shown here don't relate to the order in which the pictures were shown in the 'vote card'. It just shows vote amounts from least to most.

To explain further, we had more votes this week than in the previous weeks, and Spinner's picture got over 50% of the votes.

So Spinner, really well done and you'll get to choose a theme for next weeks comp.

Thanks.
 
I'm questioning my continuing entry in this series, I have to drive far beyond what I and the car can handle.

I apologize to the people who get involved in my fight with the car and I trying to get the most out of it but its getting beyond a fun time when the competition.

I'll leave it at that

grats to rusty (prediction) on his victory
 
Good prediction Taital , he got it but Oni was not far behind ! Congrats Rusty on another solid victory. Might want to bottle that Mt Isa water and sell some to us slowpokes down here.

Tait , have a think about the series mate. Ev was struggling in quali tonight but ended up with a decent result through smart driving and perserverance. I don't know what else to say , but of course it would be good to have you around. At least for the after parties !

Pretty happy to have won the photo comp this week , was starting to wonder if I was gonna get one , some great shots been put up each week. I already had a theme thought out since the start of the comp. Glad I get to use it before someone else thought the same way !

This weeks photo comp theme: A Bees d i c k. Make of that what you will ! And thanks all for another great race tonight.
 
Congratulations to rusty and oni on solid drives, league of their own.
Considering the Arta was probably 3rd or 4th quickest here, it was a good result for the team, hopefully the three of us can outscore rusty....i hope.

Also, thanks to Cactass, rota and jasr(i think), who gave way when being lapped, much appreciated fair play.
 
mrtaital
I'm questioning my continuing entry in this series, I have to drive far beyond what I and the car can handle.

I apologize to the people who get involved in my fight with the car and I trying to get the most out of it but its getting beyond a fun time when the competition.

I'll leave it at that

grats to rusty (prediction) on his victory
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Sounds like you just burned out mate.. might need to take a short break from GT. But i think you should just stick with it mate. It sucks when damage happens but thats racing. I'm having to push this little car as hard as i possibly can to get it on Rusty's pace just like everyone. You have the pace i think you just need to reserve a bit in the tank during the race.

Give it a think over mate maybe even skip Tsukuba and rejoin at Laguna and Grand Valley the tracks you enjoy.
 
Come tomorrow it will all be another day and I'll be there next week. Been very frustrated at this car which has proven by very poor results from all 3 cars throughout the series if you put aside the speed we had in round 1
 
Well done Spin on the photo comp win, that was an epic shot 👍

Congrats to Rusty for the win! Oni for doing amazing things with the Red Devil, Pawel for taming the rollerskate and everyone else for just surviving that one - hopefully I got out of the way of everyone as best i could.

Sorry again for holding you up Cac at the start which probably indirectly created the accident at the chicane (won't bore you with the detail of the male/female domestic going on externally right after the start but it was a factor and I probably should have just pulled over :crazy:). A big thumbs up for foxing me into the pits toward the end race - totally fell for that :lol: Moon sorry again for the accidental shunt, my bad.:guilty:

Taits, I'm sure no one here wants you to leave the series, do reconsider (oh you have haha). That is a tough track. I'm struggling way more in this car than I was in the last series. Just keep chipping away at it, good things will come. The other thing i notice in this series is everyone's getting way more 'Ninja' - a great thing as the competitions tighter than ever.*

Rust, your excluded of-course as you're already not of this planet :sly:
 
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I must admit to some soul searching moments after collecting the wall at the chicane during the second or third lap, and as a result causing damage to jtv and at least the car following him. It was the damage i'd caused to others that gets to me the most, and I wanted to rage quit.

It was only the greater disappointment I felt as a result of rage quitting during the V12 series at la Sarthe, that I used as motivation to suck-it-up and keep going. My quitting wasn't going to reverse the damage i'd already caused, nor help my meager points score, and there would be plenty of opportunity to sincerely appologise after the event.

I really just wanted to say that I believe we all have moments of doubt, and that I feel your pain MrT, and hope you find a way to overcome it.

Cactass.
 
You're an inspiration cac. Especially after such moments, some including me(which i had no control over), to keep going and not rage quitting, i salute you.

I was behind spinner at the beginning and tried to keep my distance(i had the upper hand of know one being behind me), to avoid any such "monaco" disaster, it paid off.

In the end it's just a game.
 
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hey guys whts up im looking to start a team in other league with GT300 cars, my team will be driving the RX7 please PM if u want more info or PSN me at XzMiKEzXzCANZEzX
 
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