Specialized's Gallery - UPDATED - 17/03/05

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FaLLeNAn9eL
nice shots man! how on earth did u get it to fly so high :eek:

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Well this car actually has a vicious turbo on it, i came down the straight pretty quickly started braking and downchanged. The wheels then decided to take the car on a course of its own leaving to sit and watch my poor McLaren launch itself into the sky.

Thanks for the feedback guys! Keep it coming

Spec....
 
I like the colour tints, they make the pictures look less ordinary. 👍

My favourites are #6, #9 and #13, the last one being the best of them all. :) You seem to have had some (h)airy business on the 9th shot! :dopey:
 
great pics, Specialized... I like many of them, not going to go into detail as to which, since I've just checked all 4 pages. More commendable is the fact that they're not Photoshopped... but that doesn't mean you shouldn't venture into that one 👍
 
Diego440
More commendable is the fact that they're not Photoshopped... but that doesn't mean you shouldn't venture into that one 👍
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Only 1,3 & 6 touched with a small amount of photoshop. Comments as usual are always welcome!

Thanks for looking

Spec......
 
hmmm... someone has been bored!

Great work, Spec. I didn't know the Nike guy's suit was for the cold as well. That car isn't really my favourite, but you've given it some nice touches.
 
im loving number 6 its very nice:tup: i think 5 & 7 would be equally sexy if u put sometime into photoshopping it :) number 3's front end needs to be smudged alittle but thats really no big deal and u can see the lines in the sky on number 1. other than that very sweet pics man, i think im gunna use number 6 as my wallpaper :D
 
FaLLeNAn9eL
im loving number 6 its very nice:tup: i think 5 & 7 would be equally sexy if u put sometime into photoshopping it :) number 3's front end needs to be smudged alittle but thats really no big deal and u can see the lines in the sky on number 1. other than that very sweet pics man, i think im gunna use number 6 as my wallpaper :D
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Thanks man! im proud to have my shot grace your desktop background!! As for the lines in number 1, i have no idea where they came from, damm things! I might give 5 & 7 a photoshop once over if i get the time. Actually, what the hell im gonna do it now!
 
The sixth one is really a masterpiece, but somehow the #4 appeals to me, probably because of the background. It also has a very warm feeling, which is somewhat unusual in a snowy surrounding.

Quality definitely beats quantity in your gallery. :)👍
 
I see your trying out the gradient. Thats exactly what I'm learning to do.

You know lemme give you a tip, constructive critisism....although it aint really criticising:

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1st. Take a picture with a nice balance between dark and light.
Then decrease saturation with half in the Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation section.
Then make sure the light areas are light and the dark areas are dark by using a BIT of "levels" adjustment. I notice that you should drag the white triangle more to the left than you should drag black to the right. Maybe you should already add +10 contrast. Make sure you dont overdo it...yet though, see final result on how to judge this;)

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2nd. Create a new Layer from Copy. This is just the same layer wich you can adjust with opacity.

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3rd. Now take a bit of gradient.
-Change the opacity of the gradient to about 10% first.
-Then if you look on top you need to have the star shaped...shape. It's called Diamond Gradient if you hover over it for a sec.
-And click the bar with the grey white squares and change it into [your selected gradient color] > going into transparent.
-Now drag a layer of gradient from the top right corner to the bottom left corner and vica versa.
-Now go to the layer screen on the right and change the opacity of the layer so that the gradient doesn't stand out and make it ugly.

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4th. Now go ahead and increase only the contrast with +35 and if you havent previously gone overboard with levels in step 1 you should end up with the gradient only visible in the medium colored areas. The highlights remained white and the shadows remained dark.
You can still adjust the Layer Opacity.
If the light and dark areas are still affected by the gradient too much you should go to "levels" again and drag the white and the black triangle a bit towards eachother. Or much maybe...depends.

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This took long to type but really I just made 5 versions of one picture in my gallery in 10 minutes just now;)
Feel free to take a look:)
And this is the result I got with your picture. I used all the numbers I described here so I explained it pretty accurate and adjusted it along the editing of this pic.
It's subtle but contrast and gradient opacity can change that if you want:)
 
My first look at the gallery, very nice my friend.

Ill need a more in depth look into all the pictures, but from first glance, and from the last update with the nike mobile. Very nice pics Spec.
 
Well here is my first total photoshopped update. Im pretty happy with how the shots have come out, especially the first. Im still learning photoshop but im getting there!

Also i must say thanks to,

Greycap for helping me sort out my sig in the photos, the newer version is much better!

Diego440 for the hints and tips with photoshop itself! Its much appreciated

Suzuki

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Spec....
 
oooo. i like the update man. the fourth and fifth are the best. kinda a neat car to take photos of. it looks rediculous
 
nice update man 👍 my favorites are #1,3,4 and 5. u really captured the feeling of speed beautifully. the colors on #5 give it a very artistic touch, very nice 👍👍
 
Nice pics. 👍 The lst three shots really stand out for me. I love the simplicity of the third one and the feeling of speed of the fourth shot. Come stop by my gallery sometime and dont forget to leave a comment.
 
very clean update i like the first i think its the best one in the update and the last. love the reflection of the sun in both of these pics nice work:tup:
 

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