Old Lambo shot

[Winso]

I've not really been taking many photos recently, just refining photoshop techniques etc a bit. About 2 hours ago I started messing with this old shot from back in 2010 just to see what I could get out of a fairly unspectacular RAW image. Quite pleased with how it turned out.

From the top it goes RAW original, jpeg conversion, final pic.




Untitled by Chris Winsor AutoMotive, on Flickr

[DubFan]

Nice work.

What were your original edited shots like from back in 2010 as a comparison of your editing?

[thatwillis]

Thats really nice. I Would love to know how you got that if its not too long winded for you to explain. 

[Winso]

Thanks guys!

DubFan - the first time round I only really processed the shots that were artificially lit, I think this is the only one without flash.


Untitled by Chris Winsor AutoMotive, on Flickr

The base image I used for the edit I did a couple of days ago was actually one that was meant to be artificially lit but the flash didn't fire!


thatwillis - I can't totally remember but I think the final image had about 15 - 20 adjustment layers to it! I think the key is doing lots of small local adjustments rather than big ones on the whole image. The masking is a pain in the ass but its worth it. All main adjustments were either done in curves or levels, theres a saturation one in there somewhere, a low opacity multipy blending layer, colour balance and then also a screen blending layer at the end for the glow. The car and the background were edited separately until the last stages too. Sorry, that's probably not a whole lot of use!