Here's a pic I never thought I would get to take

 

That is amazing. Congrats!

 

Replying to Snowsenses, not NickL...sorry!
Stunning pic!
May I ask how much of it is Photoshop?
These days, the lines between photography and photoart are pretty blurred.
I have seen a mid-ground pic extracted and placed between a foreground and background to create
a "fully doctored" pic. The pic was pretty stunning, but for me its not photography. No offense meant. And
I apologize in advance if your pic is original.

 

It's post-processed in lightroom to bring out the colors & balance the highlights/shadows and such but nothing is added to it, like I actually drove out to Mt St Helens at 2am yesterday to see/take photos of the aurora & had to get a shot of the car while I was at it - car is real, aurora is real, car and aurora were both in those spots at the same time, it's not pieces of multiple pics mashed together. I did edit out a picnic table & the people at it to clean it up a bit though, not above doing that :-) Here are my non-car pics if interested

I've been using Photoshop as a hobby & job since I was like 11 but the idea of replacing a sky, or adding an aurora to a pic without one, etc, is -- people can do that and call it photo-art and that's fine or whatever but for me it's all about capturing what was really there so I can remember it forever, there's no integrity/meaning/specialness to it if you just do Edit > Sky Replacement > Amazing Sunset #10, or tell an AI to add an aurora. I'd do that for work if needed but never for myself

 

The non-car pictures you linked to are absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing. Must have been quite the thrill to be there for it.

 

If any pic looks noticeably post progressed, it's too much. Bruce in Fl TheseAreVeryNice

 

Nice! The colours are quite amazing. The composition is superb. I like that you left the white road line - it gives the picture a sense of scale and "grounds" it.. Most people would have edited it out, but you consciously left it in - well done.

 

snowsenses, absolutely stunning photo! Random but how's the Inspiration Series white interior holding up?

 

It's holding up great. I applied "GYEON Quartz LeatherShield" right after I got it, no issues after 10k miles since then. The dealer did leave an black ink spot on it from a pen when I took it in for an oil change, I got them to cover a white leather touchup kit but that was easy enough to fix.

 

I had a 64 Ford Galaxie XL 500 , buckets, white interior....what a PITA it was to keep clean on a regular use basis...kinda like a black car..you get wiser as U get older.

 

Not as stunning as snowsenses, here's my FY LC500 with my NC Miata lurking in the background.

 

Something about this picture style makes both cars look like small toys. I love it!

 

I thought they were Hot Wheels!

 

 

Curious,mr913 - what exhaust set up are you running?