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Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Aperture: f4
ISO: 400
Shutter: ???
Date Uploaded: May 30, 2008

Viewed: 273
Comments: 6
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 I'm selling my truck, so this is one of the shots taken from the ground. This one didn't make into the add since it's more artsy.

Here's my steps:

1. First, I wanted to get the exposures right. Since I shot in RAW, I exposed seperately for the sky and truck. Then combined them in photoshop.
2. Cloned me out as best as possible.
3. I wanted to get a fisheye effect to draw attention to the tire/bumper. In photoshop, I used Edit/Transform/Distort to get this effect.
4. Used a Curves layer to punch up the contrast.
5. Used a Hue/Saturate layer to: Red -20 Blues +30.
6. Added more contrast to the lines. I did this by:
Duplicate Layer, Filter/Stylize/Find Edges, Levels a bit to define the edges, then Blasted the contrast to +30.

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 06/05/2008 10:31:41 PM
Who says artsy doesn't sell?? I'd post it.. nice boost from the original.
 05/31/2008 07:15:54 PM
BRILLIANT !! .. you've really lifted this excellent shot into the realms of totally excellent .. love the process .. :)
 05/31/2008 05:21:40 PM
Originally posted by TCGuru:
I love the way you "beefed it up" from that photo to this. Good choices in line change. A good job cloning yourself out of the bumper but I can still see the blue of your shirt there and I can see you down near the curve where the chrome meets the black :)


Thanks.

I did notice the reflection down near the curve. I just didn't want to mess with that, but I should've done something.

I'll post my steps for everyone to see also.
 05/31/2008 11:37:05 AM
I love the way you "beefed it up" from that photo to this. Good choices in line change. A good job cloning yourself out of the bumper but I can still see the blue of your shirt there and I can see you down near the curve where the chrome meets the black :)
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 05/31/2008 11:27:15 AM
Love it. Nothing I can say to improve it, except possibly to clone out the houses reflected in the bumper. The tree reflections are cool. I really like how you changed the shape of the front end to make it more macho.
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 05/31/2008 01:10:54 AM
Interesting transformation. I understand the curves, contrast etc, but I don't understand the change in truck shape. Oh, you cloned out your reflection in the bumper as well. Great job.
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