A Girl and her Chopper!

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A Girl and her Chopper!

Postby Cre8tivepixels on Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:55 pm

Took some images for a client a few weekends ago. Had never done 'chicks n cars/bikes' before....so here goes...

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The "Chop Shop" (name of the workshop, these guys know the American Chopper dudes!

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Postby shakey on Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:30 pm

Like #2...great shot. The colours, composition, angles all work well.

Also like #4, but the asymmetry of the breasts looks odd.
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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:57 pm

shakey wrote:Also like #4, but the asymmetry of the breasts looks odd.


Agreed any ideas on how to fix it? If someone want to have a play with it (pardon the pun) LOL

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Postby NJ on Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:16 pm

ahh does it come much better? girls, cars, they go hand in hand lol
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Postby Onyx on Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:52 pm

I like the lighting on #1. The model is lit up nicely, but if only the steering wheel and unfinished interior were more faded or blacked out to show nothing.

Can't say I'm a fan of the selective colouring in #2, as the coloured bit is the firewall and not the engine - or some other interesting part IMHO.
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:57 pm

Being an avid fan of OCC - where’s the chopper 8)

Dan - IMO the car is more beautiful than the model :shock:
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Postby shakey on Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:43 am

Cre8tivepixels wrote:
Agreed any ideas on how to fix it? If someone want to have a play with it (pardon the pun) LOL

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Very quick PS attempt. LOL

I reckon the lighting in your original shot caused the odd look. Probably needed to be softer and more central...judging from the shadows.
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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:50 am

shakey wrote:
Cre8tivepixels wrote:
Agreed any ideas on how to fix it? If someone want to have a play with it (pardon the pun) LOL

Dan


Very quick PS attempt. LOL

I reckon the lighting in your original shot caused the odd look. Probably needed to be softer and more central...judging from the shadows.
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DUDE how did you do that??

You are spot on about the light, it was all wrong i cocked up on those :(

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Postby Oz_Beachside on Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:05 am

Cre8tivepixels wrote:
shakey wrote:Also like #4, but the asymmetry of the breasts looks odd.


Agreed any ideas on how to fix it? If someone want to have a play with it (pardon the pun) LOL

Dan
hi dan, if you lighting was more frontal, filter>liquify>bloat can be used to balance any differences due to pose.

this has side lighting, so it has less effect.

another option might be to select the left half of the image, edit>transform>free transform (or warp). small adjustments make big impact.
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Postby shakey on Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:30 pm

Cre8tivepixels wrote:DUDE how did you do that??



It was a quick repair job. Nothing flash

Clone tool, soft brush, reduced opacity. Just put the breast shadows in
Then added a touch of noise in with the noise filter to disguise the cloning action a bit.
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