It's hip to be square!

[Esprit87]

Some square crops for a change....
Also, the processing of the Porsche shot – what do you think? Over the top and crap or arty and cool?










/Magnus

[Andy M]

I like them

They've got a hint of Steve McQueen in film Le Mans about them

[fergusd]

nice

Fd

[cvp]

Re the processing on the Porsche shot, I like it.

Also as has been said, a touch of Steve McQueen Le Mans in the feel of the two portrait images. I think it's the warmth and ricjness of the greys and blacks if you see what I mean.

Cheers

Chris

[le gravy noire]

Great shots mate,

love the hasselblad borders but i would say that....

Matt

[mr noble]

Love them all!

Some exif would be good. (seen as this is a photo (learning) portal too)

G

[badbeachbuggy]

Very nice series

[TonyHetherington]

I like them alot, nice one!

I see what you mean about the Porsche shot - I think it's a bit too washed out on the front end of it, but I can see what you were going for though!

Can I take this a BIT off topic? Well, it's kinda related. When you take a colour photograph and change it to B&W in photoshop - how do you do it? I never seem to get the right tone!

[GetCarter]

First class pics.

[s500]

All great but NO.1 is a corker!

[speedeight]

s500 said:

All great but NO.1 is a corker!

Ditto, I like them all, but 1 is great

[Esprit87]

Cheers guys

I hadn't seen the McQueen/Le Mans connection but I'll take that as a great compliment, thanks!

mr noble said:

Love them all!

Some exif would be good. (seen as this is a photo (learning) portal too)

G

I don't have the originals to hand at the moment, but it's a pretty safe bet that all these were shot at f4, 300mm.


/Magnus

[Esprit87]

TonyHetherington said:

I like them alot, nice one!

I see what you mean about the Porsche shot - I think it's a bit too washed out on the front end of it, but I can see what you were going for though!

Yeah, I wish there was a bit more definition around the headlights and air intakes, the complete lack of details kinda ruins it for me...

TonyHetherington said:

Can I take this a BIT off topic? Well, it's kinda related. When you take a colour photograph and change it to B&W in photoshop - how do you do it? I never seem to get the right tone!

There's a number of ways to do it, but I used an adjustment layer -> channel mixer. By adjusting the R,G and B channels separately you get much better control over the look of the image.

Of course, to finish it off, some dodge and/or burn and contrast adjustment is often useful as well....



/Magnus

[_dobbo_]

Very nice shots as always Magnus.