Poking it's nose out of the darkness.... New shot added post #10

OutLore · 21 Jan 2012

Lit with 2 speedlights in softboxes, one left and one right. Would like to get the lighting more even, but it was pretty windy and keeping them upright was an issue :LOL:

Audi A4 S-Line Black Edition Avant by OutLore, on Flickr

Shine On · 21 Jan 2012

Looks good, I like it. Could do with just a little more space at the bottom of the frame though I think.

OutLore · 21 Jan 2012

Shine On said:
Looks good, I like it. Could do with just a little more space at the bottom of the frame though I think.

Thanks

I cropped it pretty tight, for some reason it looked a little odd to me with more space :thinking:

JulesP · 21 Jan 2012

I like that - works well for me. The only thing I can see that is a little distracting is there are two tiny orange reflections in the bottom right of the bumper. Apart from that - great!

MCFastybloke · 21 Jan 2012

my eye was drawn to the lack of number plate

Bluekwack · 21 Jan 2012

MCFastybloke said:
my eye was drawn to the lack of number plate

you got there before me

Micky_st · 21 Jan 2012

Very effective image and i really like it.
As said above it could do with a little bit more space around the car. Not much more just a little.

OutLore · 21 Jan 2012

MCFastybloke said:
my eye was drawn to the lack of number plate

Bluekwack said:
you got there before me

I agree that it's a very bright part of what is otherwise a dark picture, and ideally i would have a full black panel across the front. Unfortunately my PS skills aren't good enough to create one

I know this will probably start an argument about the point of removing plates etc etc - I've had a car cloned previously and I don't want to make it any easier for it to happen again!!

OutLore · 21 Jan 2012

JulesP said:
I like that - works well for me. The only thing I can see that is a little distracting is there are two tiny orange reflections in the bottom right of the bumper. Apart from that - great!

Micky_st said:
Very effective image and i really like it.
As said above it could do with a little bit more space around the car. Not much more just a little.

Thanks - I'll upload another version with a bit more space. Regarding the reflections, I actually thought I had cloned them out :bonk:

OutLore · 29 Oct 2012

Finally got to upload a new version (which was re-shot) of this with a little more room around the car, and the lighting changed to make it more even.

2011 UK Audi A4 B8 S-Line Black Edition Avant by OutLore, on Flickr