RichE500's Photo 52, week 3 - Chopped

[Rich E500]

I may well change to a different pic by the end of the week if I can get hold of my mate to take a few pics of his 5 window, but for now I'm going with this one that I took at a hot rod meet in Kelowna, BC. The white balance was set wrong so the pic came out very blue, after playing with it on Photoshop and not getting very far, I opted for the b&w effect instead.

 

[andybod]

i do like that i would have loved to do something along the same lines but as i dont know anybody with a car thats been chopped i thought i may struggle so went for an easier option ,sorry i cant comment technically but as i said i really do like that any more images or details of the car thanks andy

 

[Rich E500]

Heres a link to the rest of the pics I took at the meet, but unfortunately due to having a stag party that day, 1 or 2 beers got the better of me and I forget to change the settings, so they are all a little on the blue side.

http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t183/Bluemini_pics/Canada Cars/?albumview=slideshow

I've since played with some of my faves in PS and got them looking something like

 

[Digitall]

A nice enough shot, although there are some things I would change if it were mine.
First I would crop more from the rear of the car about half way this will make it look like it's done on purpose not just out of frame. Second I would have waited for the people to move as they are quite distracting, then cloned out the cars in the BG and put in a more dramatic sky. I like the B & W conversion with just the reflector left in color.

 

[Rich E500]

Thanks for your advice and I see where your coming from Digitall, I already cropped it down at the rear to get rid of a bloke looking at the tyre on the other side, but now you mention it, it would look better if I took it a bit further. I couldn't avoid the guys at the front though

 

[Rich E500]

Something more like this? (excuse the poor effort around the front wheel)

 

[Tracer]

That is a big improvement - well done!

 

[SarahLee]

The edit is definitely better Rich. . . and I'm very impressed. I'm completely useless at cutting things out in PP.

A really unique and different take on the theme. I want to try to peer into the photo and have a good look around at the front of the car . . . which is a good thing because the photo's drawing me in.