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The Ultimate Driving Machine
The Ultimate Driving Machine
Rob O


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Challenge: Low Key II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: My garage in Chandler, AZ
Date: Feb 27, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30sec
Galleries: Transportation
Date Uploaded: Feb 27, 2007

 Hope this qualifies as 'low key' ... my first ever attempt at this technique.

Shot using only the car's interior lights. CirPol used to minimize reflections and cut harsh light a bit. Very minor editing in PS CS3 after RAW conversion.

Statistics
Place: 118 out of 359
Avg (all users): 5.5131
Avg (commenters): 5.2500
Avg (participants): 5.3375
Avg (non-participants): 5.6396
Views since voting: 881
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 191
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 03/07/2007 04:30:15 PM
As the others have said, I didn't find the subject interesting enough, and scored it a bit low for that (4), as well as the distraction I felt in seeing the stereo controls right under the wheel (I might have cropped it a bit tighter; my monitor resolution means I need to move the page to see all of portrait images, and those controls jumped at me when I saw the image). Nicely lit, though, and definitely low-key to my untrained eyes.
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 03/07/2007 12:46:09 PM
Originally posted by admajic:
Looks like the reflections from the red interior may have a hand in this. [...] No colour cast.


You contradict yourself here.

If you run your eyedropper over the image and look at the color info, you can see that it's a bit heavy on the red.

A nicely lit, low key image but lacks a dynamic aspect to really give it impact.
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 03/07/2007 02:21:00 AM
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Looks low key to me. White balance is goofed up (never saw a bmw logo with pink in it) and the composition is very poor. Think rule of thirds. Shot of a steering wheel is unlikely to win you any ribbons on dpc unless there is a steering wheel challenge some day. Good luck.


Maybe you should get your monitor calibrated. Looks like the reflections from the red interior may have a hand in this.
Oh yeah! I gave this a 7 and the colours look fine to me. No colour cast.

Message edited by author 2007-03-07 02:21:41.
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 03/07/2007 12:35:20 AM
Looks low key to me. White balance is goofed up (never saw a bmw logo with pink in it) and the composition is very poor. Think rule of thirds. Shot of a steering wheel is unlikely to win you any ribbons on dpc unless there is a steering wheel challenge some day. Good luck.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/06/2007 06:36:43 PM
Here again... I don't see this as a low key picture... its so perfect... just love it the way it is... love the BMW also...
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 03/02/2007 08:03:10 PM
Wow, your car. Good job.
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 03/02/2007 03:05:10 PM
Nice, looks like an ad!
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 03/01/2007 04:16:22 AM
I can't resist an M/// :)...
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 02/28/2007 04:56:23 PM
Nice! I want one ;)
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