This is not the photo I wanted of this hot rod. The owner of the car was meticulously detailing the engine with a q-tip. Yes, I said a q-tip. I wanted the photo to be about his hand, the q-tip and the details of the car’s engine. But, every time I started to take the photo, he would stop. Finally, I asked him: “Why?” His response was to the point: “Everyone already thinks I am a little crazy, a photo with me detailing my engine with a q-tip would only confirm that.”
The the photo I present today is not the one that I wanted. You will just have to image a hand and a q-tip busy cleaning all the cracks in the engine.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D700, 28-70mm f/2.8 at 50mm, shot at ISO 200, f/13 and 1/125th of a second.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—Set white and black points, added mid-tone contrast, clarity and vibrance, increased saturation of yellow.
Photoshop—used nik Color Efex Pro Tonal Contrast filter to add local contrast to highlights, mid-tones and shadows and then applied sharpening using the high pass filter method in soft light mode.
Hey, don't knock q-tips. They are about the only thing that do the job right. Great shot of the details.
ReplyDeleteA Car Guy
Nice classic hot rod shot Larry. Nothing screams horsepower like
ReplyDeleteChrome Yellow and Chrome. Way too capture the flavor.