Black Beauty

[colin C]

Not the horse, but the cat ........... a black Jaguar.

[tesarver]

Re: Black Beauty

Beautiful looking car, beautifully photographed. Colin

Tom

[djguk47]

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Absolutely magic

[Hereford_EOS]

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Nice but I prefer Mrs C's mini

[Montana 5]

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I do like this Picture

Doug.

[Les McLean]

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Gosh, this is different, but darned good, love the lighting.

Is it a model or a real'un Colin?

[pelliott1954]

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Lovely Picture of a Lovely Car.

Regards Paul

[Guesty]

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Lovely lighting Colin. Have you tried the picture in another format rather than the standard 3x2. How about 16x9?

[colin C]

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How about 16x9?

I did try a letterbox crop to get rid of the empty space, but it looked rather odd. It seemed to need the space to work.

I have tried so many things with this shot, mainly to keep the lines simple. The reflectors were used just to give an impression of the wheels, rather than clearly define them. I also shot without the reflectors, but a car without wheels looked very odd.

I am quite happy with the compromises I have made. It doesn't look as good here as the original and I may tinker a bit with the dash to get the final shot.

It is in a Camera Club competition next week so I'll let you know how it does.

[Guesty]

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Good look Colin! It is a lovely shot.

[tesarver]

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Good luck Colin

[Malcolm]

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great shot colin
M

[djguk47]

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Good luck with this one Colin.
BUT
we all know judges and how they understand or appreciate 4/5's of nothing....

[DeeGee]

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definitely a master class on how to 'use' light.

[Muscat]

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Very nice Colin, it looks so simple but is so difficult to achieve