Shot in RAW
Opened in CS2 and set white balance to tungsten
Adjusted exposure and curves. Save
Opened in Elements 3.0
Noise Ninja, adjusted hue saturation, crop to square, save for web. Opened web save, USM at small radius, cloned out flaws and spots on lamp and small glass hanger below VW emblem, dodge/burn on VW symbol.
POST CHALLENGE: A macro shot of a headlight on my Jetta TDI. I thought it was interesting that some did not like the overprocessing, but there was no blurring, etc done on the shot. It was sharpened a bit, and the color was adjusted from a goldish tone to a blue tone. Not much else...
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***Note to self***go with clean and shiny, not mysterious and artsy.
Seriously, this is an interesting shot, Peter, one of the more artistic of the group. Sometimes I don't understand the voters here at all.
Peter well you and I boh went for the car marque idea and got 'punished' for it. I have to say I like the way you got the emblem so sharp but got the bokeh/blurred effect in the background. It worked for me.
DOesnt tell me anything about a car, so as an ad it falls down.. Car manufactureres can get away with teaser campaigns as they will eventually show a final product, but here you had one shot to `sell me` the car with your advert..
I'm really struggling to understand what this picture is about - I've come back to it a couple of times now, but the only clear thing in it (for me) is the VW badge. Sorry.
p.s. I do quite like the Duotone effect though :- )
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