Grabs of modified cars

AdvanTech

AdvanTech

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Went out for a nice drive yesterday and checked out a car being dyno'd. I'm new to the cam so I set all the settings to 0 and CC'd in post. Any constructive critisism? Thanks

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The first grab, the sky is completely blown out.

The second grab, the engine is blown out.

Use your zebras and ND filters for correct exposure.


Look good, otherwise, especially the last one.
 
Filmjunkie677 said:
The first grab, the sky is completely blown out.

The second grab, the engine is blown out.

Use your zebras and ND filters for correct exposure.


Look good, otherwise, especially the last one.
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Good ideas. I was shooting with the max shutter speed so I guess I'll shoot with something slower and use the ND filters.

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Filmjunkie677 said:
The first grab, the sky is completely blown out.

The second grab, the engine is blown out.

Use your zebras and ND filters for correct exposure.


Look good, otherwise, especially the last one.
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If you're doing a 'run and gun' shoot, how could you set that shot up so that the engine isn't blown out? I mean NDs will cutdown on the overall light right? so the darkers parts get darker, then you open up your app and back where you started. If you dont have lights to light it right then what are you supposed to do? I would think he did it the right way... since you can't get both highs and lows properly exposed. right?
 
reflex said:
If you're doing a 'run and gun' shoot, how could you set that shot up so that the engine isn't blown out? I mean NDs will cutdown on the overall light right? so the darkers parts get darker, then you open up your app and back where you started. If you dont have lights to light it right then what are you supposed to do? I would think he did it the right way... since you can't get both highs and lows properly exposed. right?
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Right. Maybe could have gotten a little better on the engine shot... but there's no way to keep that sky from blowing out while still keeping the cars' detail.

Could you explain your CC process a bit? Are the whites diffused a little (third photo)?

Also, I saw you said you left all settings at zero, but what about gamma, matrix, detail freq, etc?
 
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I actually think the second grab looks really cool. Very good for just starting with the dvx.

Luke
 
rcbrown23 said:
Right. Maybe could have gotten a little better on the engine shot... but there's no way to keep that sky from blowing out while still keeping the cars' detail.

Could you explain your CC process a bit? Are the whites diffused a little (third photo)?

Also, I saw you said you left all settings at zero, but what about gamma, matrix, detail freq, etc?
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Wow it seems as though I shot that in another life, I can't remember the settings anymore. I think I bumped the contrast so much on the 2nd one that what wasn't originally blown out became that way. I wasn't using the ND filter for the first shot but I try to use it exensively for shots like those more recently.
 
I think the exposure on the cars is fine and thus the sky is where it should be. Maybe I would use a polarizer but not much different.
 
I just shot some footage for a documentary and came up with a kind of rule of thumb for outdoor exposure, tell me if you guys agree: When shooting outdoors, make sure your blue sky is blue, not partially white or all white. In post your image can be lightenend without emphasising noise too much and you get a nice solid sky. As for this post, I think the blown out look kinda works for the second shot, makes it seem hot..
 
organism said:
I just shot some footage for a documentary and came up with a kind of rule of thumb for outdoor exposure, tell me if you guys agree: When shooting outdoors, make sure your blue sky is blue, not partially white or all white. In post your image can be lightenend without emphasising noise too much and you get a nice solid sky. As for this post, I think the blown out look kinda works for the second shot, makes it seem hot..
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If you only have natural lighting to use, then I'm going to have to disagree. If you have lighting, bounce, etc... then you're right. But if you're "on the go" shooting, then I'd say have your main subject in correct exposure (maybe one stop underexposed), and leave ther rest as is. Yes, the sky will be blown out, but your subject will look as should. That's why when shooting outdoors, I'd ALWAYS bring plenty of bounce to compensate... even a mirror bounce at time's.

Sorry for the hijacked thread.
 
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