..and, I'm sure, very satisfying. Jack
--- On Sat, 11/15/08, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Paul comes clean: the Challenger pic > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 7:14 AM > On Nov 15, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Now, Paul, don't you feel more free? > No. I feel the same:-) > > > > Pretty involved Photoshopping. > > All in a day's work, and lots of fun. > Paul > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > --- On Sat, 11/15/08, PN Stenquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> From: PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Paul comes clean: the Challenger pic > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > >> Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 5:56 AM > >> Here's the original: > >> > >> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8231624&size=lg > >> > >> > >> I didn't attempt to shoot any pans at the race > track. > >> Couldn't. The guard rail was too high to shoot > with a > >> lens long enough to make a smooth pan work. More > >> importantly, the car made only four or five > passes, and I > >> had to concentrate on getting good burnout and > launch photos > >> -- which I did. But I did ask one of the guys to > park the > >> car on the track an look straight ahead as though > he were > >> driving. I forgot to tell him to roll up the > window:-)). > >> Doh. > >> > >> At home on the computer I gave the car a new > window with a > >> semi-transparent layer of tone. Then I spun the > wheels with > >> the radial blur tool. Finally, I selected the car > and the > >> shadow with the anchor point tool, inverted the > selection, > >> and blurred the background. Afterward, I gave a > gentle blur > >> tool tug on the front and rear to give it a bit > more of an > >> active, less perfect feel. > >> > >> Many of the pans you see in magazines that > aren't part > >> of race coverage are "shot" this way. > Fun with > >> PhotoShop. > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

