Paul, Nice shot and better photoshop job. I wonder if the boss would have appreciated more blur and less sharpness. I like the feel of the blurred photos, but it is a point of view. The second picture he could hang on the wall and show off his car! Regards, Bob S.
PS - Scott, if you want a rolling sofa, try a Mercury Marque. On 8/21/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > The CEO of the agency I'm working for owns a 1955 Chrysler 300C -- a > > perfect 300C. Last Saturday at the Dream Cruise I was hanging out in > > a parking lot and watching the cars drive by when I spotted the big > > guy's 300C coming down Woodward. I attempted a pan, but the car was > > moving very slowly, and I couldn't get a shutter speed slower than > > 1/30th in the hazy sunlight. (Should have had an ND filter mounted.) > > Anyway, I got a halfway decent pic but without any sense of speed and > > way too much detail in the background. What's worse, the hood was > > burned out and blending into a white car in another lane. So I > > PhotoShopped it. Here are the original and the retouched version for > > comparison. I made him a print. He loves it. Since I'm a day-to-day > > contract worker, love is a good thing. ISO 100, f22 @1/30th DA > > 17-45/4 at 24mm. > > > > > > Original: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333097&size=lg > > > > Retouched: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104&size=lg > > > > Paul > > > > > That's a pretty car, Paul. And a nice photo, too. The 'shop job looks > good. > > The new cars are probably better engineered, more reliable, and more > efficient, but the old ones have character. With all the new-fangled > crap they pour into them these days I still just want one thing: a > rolling sofa. I don't want to feel the road anymore. At all. My > Grandfather had a 1968 Electra until the mid-90s. I have yet to ride in > anything newer that feels half as comfy. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
