New car + HDR experimenting

Post by **marshallh** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:52 pm

Got a 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT base about a month ago. Let me just say that it is just a ton of fun to drive. Gets thumbs ups all the time.

Basically, got off my shift at work on Sunday at 8PM - hop in the Honda with my dad and drive through the night to Peoria, IL. We get about 2hours of sleep on the way. We arrive in Peoria about 9AM in the morning, just in time for the Commerce Bank drive-in to open up. I withdraw $4000 cash (which wipes me out) and drive up to Rockford to meet the owner.

Take it for a test drive. Owner guy says "Take it up to whatever you feel comfortable at, ain't no paddy wagons around here" I take it up to 100MPH, run out of road. After buying the car, I see not one, but TWO Dodge Charger COPS on the same road. Damn!

Oh, and then I drive 7 hours home to work 8hours that day

Fun times.

Here it is currently after a ton of work:

Link to hi-res pic: (my new desktop wallpaper)
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1664/car4goodkf7.jpg

Also took another picture in HDR:

RockNRoll! · Post by **RockNRoll!** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:04 pm

Nice car! Cool pictures too. I like muscle cars and was going to get an '88 camero earlier this year before gas prices exploded.

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:34 am

Oooo that car is nice.

Does HDR in photography terms stand for High Dymanic Range?

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:46 am

Those are some nice HDR photos. What kind of camera do you have? CHDK firmware?

ghosstt · Post by **ghosstt** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:02 am

Very Nice. HDR Camera? Or did you take the high exposure, low exposure, regular, and combine them in photoshop?

Post by **marshallh** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:43 am

Canon Powershot A590. It uses a newer firmware upgrading scheme, which means CHDK won't work on it.

Photomatix is a nice program, but it won't help if your images are bad to begin with. You really have to shoot keeping the final product in mind, and spend a while playing around with the tone mapping settings so that it doesn't look too ridiculous.

Some people like the overexposed, contrasty look. Me included. Some don't.

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:55 am

It doesn't look real.

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:39 am

Valium wrote:It doesn't look real.

Yeah it looks like a game. Pretty cool imo.

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:51 am

Negative_Creep wrote:
Valium wrote:It doesn't look real.
Yeah it looks like a game. Pretty cool imo.

I'd play racing games if the cars looked that good.

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:37 pm

Valium wrote:
Negative_Creep wrote:
Valium wrote:It doesn't look real.
Yeah it looks like a game. Pretty cool imo.
I'd play racing games if the cars looked that good.

Gran Turismo 5?