mcrow5's real life photos - VicDrift Round 1

i have no idea who the owner is haha, its a wedding car. it would look really good on my wall though

maybe another 30x20 inch print is in order. i doubt people would believe me when i said i only used my camera. no flash used at all, barely any light (it was at sunset). go go photoshop!! haha

Would be tricky to flash anyway - all that gleaming metal is likely to end up with yucky hot spots. Much better to use ambient light as you have. Yeah - clearly photoshopped, but I don't have a problem with that - I see it as part of the creative process.

Chris

wasn't much of a photoshop though, the main thing i did was the selective colour. that and some levels and some minor colour adjustments. i went 'WOW' when i saw the colour of the car after the edits.

_MG_6508_FLARE by mcrow5, on Flickr


_MG_6526 by mcrow5, on Flickr

this is what i did on sunday, went up to Shepparton for HSV's DECA motorkhana event. took more than 1000 photos, and i still haven't managed to get through them all yet.


_MG_7380_selective_colour by mcrow5, on Flickr


_MG_7016 by mcrow5, on Flickr


_MG_7205 by mcrow5, on Flickr


_MG_6591 by mcrow5, on Flickr

hey mcrow, wouldve been awesome event.
once you get throught them all hit them(HSV DECA) up and see if anyone wants to buy the pics like we disucssed prior.
Like the Quad racers they will shell out good cash to buy pics of their cars guaranteed, they cant take pics while threy are driving.

find a host site or somethign, watermark your pics on there for show, then sell them the tweaked versions all polished up

CA CHING!!!!

it was awesome! apart from the rain. it did give me a chance to test Canon's claim of the L lens' being water proof. they are! haha, well at least rain proof, and my 550d survived as well which is good. seeing as it has no weather sealing at all.

ive got most of the photos sorted into their own folder (ie each folder has one car in it, but all the photos of that car). will have to watermark them all tonight and make a set on flickr. will chuck an email to the editor of the hsv magazine and get a mention in there so people know to look.

more photos



_MG_7183 by mcrow5, on Flickr


_MG_7060 by mcrow5, on Flickr


_MG_7213 by mcrow5, on Flickr


_MG_7494 by mcrow5, on Flickr

random moon photo. not to bad for a handheld effort i reckon. cbf'd getting the tripod out. taken with my new 100-400mm lens = heavy and shaky. 10 points to the person who can guess how i overcame the problem.


_MG_7762_small by mcrow5, on Flickr

_MG_7703 by mcrow5, on Flickr

Great lighthouse shot.
And my answer for the luna question is that you used ISO1600, f5.6.
This gave a 1/200th sec exposure which isn't too bad for 400mm.

Chris (OD)

mcrow5 wrote:random moon photo. not to bad for a handheld effort i reckon. cbf'd getting the tripod out. taken with my new 100-400mm lens = heavy and shaky. 10 points to the person who can guess how i overcame the problem.

Lay on the ground on your back?

put it on its back and used the remote pic taker extension??

thanks OD, and its cheating to read the EXIF data on flickr haha!!

and Dazza got it right. 10 points to you

another angle of the lighthouse


_MG_7725 by mcrow5, on Flickr

FUC% YEAH!!!! just got offered to be one of two official photographers at one of hsv's 25th bday events so pumped right now!!! my first event being an official photographer

Nice work mate!
Take some good ones, and you never know where you might end up and how much $$$ may be involved!

Chris (OD)

i hope i do take good photos

ill have my new body by then too, a brand new 7d need more memory cards, and yet another battery too.

New body? What the? I didn't think you'd had the camera for all that long!

its got too much noise at higher ISO's and long exposures, its annoying me. i cant get the shots i want with my current body.

me being bored on a saturday night. wasn't really that motivated and only got a couple of half decent ones tonight. posting up two this week as i was very lazy last week.


Beruang Mar Ferris Wheel by mcrow5, on Flickr



City of Lights by mcrow5, on Flickr



and another one, did a quick edit of it, now i cant decide which one i like better, original, or the filtered one.


Flinders Street Station by mcrow5, on Flickr


Flinders Street Station - experiment by mcrow5, on Flickr

another one edited this morning, thinking about getting it printed at 30" x 20" and framing it.


Southbank Waterfront by mcrow5, on Flickr


and yes i know its basically the same as one of my other shots, but this one has less noise

hey dood

awesome news for the HSV thing, looks like you might be setting off on your way to being a cashed up photographer.
You have the love for it man, along with the talent for it.
I hope you get a nice casual paced career out of it Mcrow, top stuff.
Like i said prev sporting clubs pay big dollars for pics of their events or more so the people in them do coz they are competing/driving or whatever.
Hit em with Pro prices buddy!
remember me when your rich wont ya haha

TEEROY 34 wrote:remember me when your rich wont ya haha

ill give you loads of shi^ in fm15 lol!!!!!

Haven't been in here for a while.



But had a look just now and boy, mcrow - you're coming up with some great shots in the real world now!



Congrats on getting official photographer status at the HSV gig as well.



Top stuff man, well done.

Love that Southbank waterfront shot. I reckon if you very slightly cropped it to get rid of the corner of the building on the left it would look better (or you could just paint sky over the top of it). Either way.

Chris

thanks guys!! i love that southbank shot so much its in a 30"x 20" frame on my wall

and a new toy is coming on saturday WOOO!! the price has come down a couple of hundred bucks since i last checked. so with my tax return in the bank now, its time to spend it