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Coming Soon....A Bright, New Idea from Volkswagen
Coming Soon....A Bright, New Idea from Volkswagen
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Challenge: Automobile Ad (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: 2007 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: Home
Date: Dec 9, 2007
Aperture: F3.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2500
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 9, 2007

It's a HEADLIGHT!!!!


Shot in RAW
Opened in CS2 and set white balance to tungsten
Adjusted exposure and curves. Save

Opened in Elements 3.0
Noise Ninja, adjusted hue saturation, crop to square, save for web. Opened web save, USM at small radius, cloned out flaws and spots on lamp and small glass hanger below VW emblem, dodge/burn on VW symbol.

POST CHALLENGE: A macro shot of a headlight on my Jetta TDI. I thought it was interesting that some did not like the overprocessing, but there was no blurring, etc done on the shot. It was sharpened a bit, and the color was adjusted from a goldish tone to a blue tone. Not much else...

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 60
Avg (all users): 5.1226
Avg (commenters): 5.6429
Avg (participants): 4.9730
Avg (non-participants): 5.1543
Views since voting: 1382
Views during voting: 415
Votes: 212
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)


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12/17/2007 03:07:15 PM
***Note to self***go with clean and shiny, not mysterious and artsy.
Seriously, this is an interesting shot, Peter, one of the more artistic of the group. Sometimes I don't understand the voters here at all.
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12/17/2007 01:57:56 AM
Peter well you and I boh went for the car marque idea and got 'punished' for it. I have to say I like the way you got the emblem so sharp but got the bokeh/blurred effect in the background. It worked for me.
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12/17/2007 12:07:08 AM
It seems to me that in the ads these days, all you see is the brand. This really epitomizes that for me. But what do I know? I'm a girl...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/16/2007 11:52:13 PM
a great abstract feel
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12/14/2007 08:50:55 PM
There seems to be a bit of abberation present, especially around the V and W.
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12/14/2007 07:59:14 PM
I prefer to see at least one third of the car for a ad. This would do though, nice idea. Colors are not bad. I like it :)
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12/13/2007 11:57:41 PM
Interesting shot, but too overprocessed for my taste. Just a 4 from me
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12/13/2007 06:21:35 PM
Nice abstract background here.
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12/13/2007 03:24:12 PM
nice abstract.
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12/12/2007 02:22:35 PM
dmc
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12/12/2007 08:18:20 AM
DOesnt tell me anything about a car, so as an ad it falls down.. Car manufactureres can get away with teaser campaigns as they will eventually show a final product, but here you had one shot to `sell me` the car with your advert..
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12/11/2007 04:56:23 PM
I'm really struggling to understand what this picture is about - I've come back to it a couple of times now, but the only clear thing in it (for me) is the VW badge. Sorry.

p.s. I do quite like the Duotone effect though :- )
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12/11/2007 01:20:30 PM
good abstract with logo. interesting play of light and shadows.
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12/11/2007 01:04:38 PM
Cool looking, I'm not sure it wows me though. Not quite sure why.
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12/11/2007 09:11:30 AM
simple and to the point...and this makes me want to go check the car out somewhere. love the blue...good luck
~~Cher~~
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12/10/2007 10:07:36 PM
Kinda hurts my eyes to look at this. The image is too blurry and not really sure that is really going on here. Good luck
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12/10/2007 09:12:47 AM
This is cool! A great teaser ad......leaves me eagerly awaiting the next one. VERY well done! 7
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12/10/2007 07:01:54 AM
nice unusual shot, but where is the car? when its coming out? hehe
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12/10/2007 05:05:08 AM
very artsy approach, but what is it?
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12/10/2007 01:22:21 AM
Good technical shoot. Not selling me on a particular car, but more on a brand. -5-
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