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[sirdaft1]

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[Ickdeep]

Originally Posted by sirdaft1

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What and How do you create the sun flare? I've been trying within Lightroom and just cant get it to look right.

[jmg]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

What and How do you create the sun flare? I've been trying within Lightroom and just cant get it to look right.

You can do this with a radial filter, but it doesn't always look quite right. It works best in pHotoshop.

[jmg]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

What and How do you create the sun flare? I've been trying within Lightroom and just cant get it to look right.

Here's the video that I learned form, but you can use a radial gradient instead of a soft brush for scalability.

[jlo0109]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

What and How do you create the sun flare? I've been trying within Lightroom and just cant get it to look right.

You can do this under Lightroom under Basic Edit

[jlo0109]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

Sent it over; subject (BMW M3 Rolling photo RAW)

Hey there. I like the rolling shot a lot as well. May I take a stab at this as well?

[Ickdeep]

Originally Posted by jlo0109

Hey there. I like the rolling shot a lot as well. May I take a stab at this as well?

Of course, PM me your email.

[jlo0109]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

Of course, PM me your email.

Hey there. Thanks for sharing the shot with me. Here's my quick edit and some recommendation.

I can see this photo was taken at 18mm with f/13 and ISO200 at 1/80 shutter. My humble guess is that it was getting dark quickly and you dropped your shutter speed to compensate the losing light. My future recommendation would be to mess with your aperture instead of your shutter, especially if you're not shooting still. Depending on the camera that you have, most of photos began getting blurry without using a tripot after 1/80. Since you are shooting in RAW, you can always boost the exposure afterwards. In this case, you're shooting with a wide-angle lens, with f/13 or f/9 you really won't see that much of a difference (IMO) and the extra f/stops will definitely give you better result without the risk of a blurred image; you can also work around this by messing with your ISO but this requires you to understand the type of sensor your camera has and what is the max. allowed before grain appears in your photo. Here's my humble edie:

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[Ickdeep]

Originally Posted by jlo0109

Hey there. Thanks for sharing the shot with me. Here's my quick edit and some recommendation.

I can see this photo was taken at 18mm with f/13 and ISO200 at 1/80 shutter. My humble guess is that it was getting dark quickly and you dropped your shutter speed to compensate the losing light. My future recommendation would be to mess with your aperture instead of your shutter, especially if you're not shooting still. Depending on the camera that you have, most of photos began getting blurry without using a tripot after 1/80. Since you are shooting in RAW, you can always boost the exposure afterwards. In this case, you're shooting with a wide-angle lens, with f/13 or f/9 you really won't see that much of a difference (IMO) and the extra f/stops will definitely give you better result without the risk of a blurred image; you can also work around this by messing with your ISO but this requires you to understand the type of sensor your camera has and what is the max. allowed before grain appears in your photo. Here's my humble edie:

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Looks soo sweet.

I was shooting with my Canon t3i. I know super old but haven't had the funds to upgrade. I will say that this shot was very blurry to begin with. Thanks for the recommendations!

[Banana Hammock]

Here was a quick and simple composite photo that I did for a friends car.

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before1 by Bruce Han, on Flickr

before2 by Bruce Han, on Flickr

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Edited by Bruce Han, on Flickr

[capt_slow]

I only started post-processing my photos recently:

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[Ickdeep]

Editing some recent rollers.

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[jmg]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

Editing some recent rollers.

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Very nice! It would be very easy to paint out those poles!

[Ickdeep]

Originally Posted by jmg

Very nice! It would be very easy to paint out those poles!

What program do you use for that? I havn't really learned how to do that yet

[FMLYSDN]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

What program do you use for that? I havn't really learned how to do that yet

Photoshop. YouTube some tutorials. Very easy to do

[NTMR_M3]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

Editing some recent rollers.

Originally Posted by jmg

Very nice! It would be very easy to paint out those poles!

Photoshop Clone tool and Stamp healing tool are some of your best friends.
I generally always clean up anything that is distracting. i.e. the poles, the major reflections on the car, and anything that looks like its protruding from the car.
I hope you dont mind that i stole your photo to edit, say the word and I will take them down.

fKEgzUi by Shawn Rankin, on Flickr

Q60edit by Shawn Rankin, on Flickr

[NTMR_M3]

Also, whats up jmg! SHAWNoftheREX from over on NASIOC, making my way over to the M3 world. Waiting on the arrival of my Imola f80 ZCP. Recognized your screen name right away lol

[jmg]

Originally Posted by NTMR_M3

Also, whats up jmg! SHAWNoftheREX from over on NASIOC, making my way over to the M3 world. Waiting on the arrival of my Imola f80 ZCP. Recognized your screen name right away lol

Welcome!! Nice pickup! Is it on the boat yet?

[NTMR_M3]

Originally Posted by jmg

Welcome!! Nice pickup! Is it on the boat yet?

Yes sir! Should be landing in Southern CA today actually

[jmg]

Originally Posted by NTMR_M3

Yes sir! Should be landing in Southern CA today actually

I still remember my first time sitting in my virgin M3! Those first 1200 miles are going to be hard!

[thasuperdude]

Originally Posted by NTMR_M3

Also, whats up jmg! SHAWNoftheREX from over on NASIOC, making my way over to the M3 world. Waiting on the arrival of my Imola f80 ZCP. Recognized your screen name right away lol

A few of us made it over her from NASIOC. We all grow up sooner of later

[NTMR_M3]

Originally Posted by jmg

I still remember my first time sitting in my virgin M3! Those first 1200 miles are going to be hard!

I am NOT looking forward to it. Its not a DD either as we have a GLE63S grocery getter, so the miles are going to be slow to go up.

Originally Posted by thasuperdude

A few of us made it over her from NASIOC. We all grow up sooner of later

Yeah, i hear you. It is becoming a shit show over there. Nothing but hatred and 45 degree wheels. I still have the WRX as well, but RARELY post over there anymore.