Alright everyone, before you go any further, make sure you've read this, as it does change every month to reflect the contest as they have changed from last month:

November Monthly Member Contest Rules (http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21994)

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, I would like to introduce to everyone the November Monthly Evo X Member Contest! This month's theme is the Best Evo X HDR Photo. This photo must include the McDonalds Arches in it! We want you to go out and take the absolute best HDR photo with the McDonalds Arches in it, then post it up along with the other required photo.

This month's contest has specific requirements for the HDR photo, you must include the McDonalds arches! Make sure you've read the rules in the above link! Again, read the rules outlined in the above link! There will be absolutely no street racing photo's entered. If one is entered, the entry will be disqualified, and the member will recieve an infraction.

I want to reiterate that you want to go out, be creative, and have some fun with your X! There is going to be some fierce competition for this months contest, you will need to go above and beyond to come out on top!

Entry deadline is November 25th, 2009

After that date, we will hold a public vote and determine the winner!

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac156/TRUSTcompany9000EvoX/CPE.jpg

Now on to the good stuff, the goodies for the winning entry! The winner of this months contest will recieve:

-~CP-E Triple Gauge Pod~-


http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac156/TRUSTcompany9000EvoX/CPEGaugePod.jpg


And:
-~EvoXForums.com T-Shirt and Decal~-

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac156/TRUSTcompany9000EvoX/XForumsShirt.jpg

I would like to give a special thanks to CP-E for donating the gauge pod, it was incredibly thoughtful and really shows how much they value the community.

Come one, come all, enter your X! We'd love to see as many entries as possible! Those of you that have thought about any sort of gauge cluster solutions, here is your chance to solve this by winning CP-E's excellent gauge pod!

Entry deadline is November 25, 2009!

hmmm, i now have to figure out how to take hdr pics on my dslr

Damn, I've been into my manual B&W film camera lately, so that's not going to work out for this, lol. I'll have to mess around w/ my P&S & look up some tutorials.

Under Expose, Regular Exposure, Over Expose and Blend!

(I think) lol

Seems interesting, now...why on earth do you want the mcdonalds arches in the picture?

Lol. I didn't even know about the "m" for this contest.

Hrmm......just what I have been wanting.......

This is awesome, cant wait to see what people will come up with.

Cool.

Just as a heads up, you have "October Contest" in the post.

I may have to do this, though I don't really want the pod...

I may have to do this, though I don't really want the pod...

same lol...if i can find some nice places to get some shots down i'll enter.

i am planning on getting the pillar pod...i feel like this blocks too much of the road but i can't really judge as i never saw it in person.

fun contest but the link is no bueno

Damn this is a decent prize!

fun contest but the link is no bueno

indeed.... me linky no worky... :confused2:

And by HDR you mean High deff. resolution? ahah sorry for the rookie question.. I am not the photo guy...

Can the picture have another car in it? or does it have to be just of our Evo X

Just as a heads up, you have "October Contest" in the post.

fun contest but the link is no bueno

indeed.... me linky no worky... :confused2:

You three are on crack, I don't know what you're talking about :shades:

And by HDR you mean High deff. resolution? ahah sorry for the rookie question.. I am not the photo guy... High Dynamic Range. Essentially you take 3+ bracketed shots of a subject and then combine them all together in photoshop or other programs.

Can the picture have another car in it? or does it have to be just of our Evo X

It can have another car in it as well, that's fine. However, you must have your X in the picture.

High Dynamic Range. Essentially you take 3+ bracketed shots of a subject and them combine then all together in photoshop or other programs.



It can have another car in it as well, that's fine. However, you must have your X in the picture.


can i find an X and park next to it and take pix? Will that count?

can i find an X and park next to it and take pix? Will that count?

2. The Evo X entered must be owned by you! You cannot enter one that doesn't belong to you, not a friend's, not a dog's, only yours!

:(

:(

:pokeowned:

:P

Its okay...i dont have an Evo either!:duh:

can some one tell me what in the hell is HDR?... thank you in advance

I think there are very few people who know how to do HDR, I sold cameras for three years and barely know what it is. But I will definately give this a try.

You essentially take 3 (or more pictures) with 3 different exposures...

I normally go +2 0 and -2, all with a tripod so the camera won't move...

Then use a program to merge them together...

http://www.visualphotoguide.com/taking-high-dynamic-range-hdr-photos/

That's a pretty good guide as to do it, the new photoshop can make them too without that program...

just remember..... doing an HDR merge is 10X easier if you shoot all your shots from a tripod with a remote.... The everything matches up pixel for pixel....

damn sounds like this contest is not for the camera challenged people!

Nah, you're going to need a little more than a point/shoot camera for this...

Though it's possible...

I like the challenge, I just don't know if I want the prize...

I'm sure it works for someone, that just wasn't where I was planning on having my gauges...

I cant wait to see some of the entries for this contest, they should be good. But why McD's in the shot?

trust had a crave for macdees while deciding the nov contest!!!

The reason for the McDonald's Arches in the contest is that we wanted you guys to have taken the pictures this month, as opposed to using something you just had on file. In order to ensure that happened, we had to have some sort of catch. So we decided that there should be something (the arches) that needed to be in the pictures. It needed to be something off the wall, fun, as well as something everyone would be able to get done. :)

The reason for the McDonald's Arches in the contest is that we wanted you guys to have taken the pictures this month, as opposed to using something you just had on file. In order to ensure that happened, we had to have some sort of catch. So we decided that there should be something (the arches) that needed to be in the pictures. It needed to be something off the wall, fun, as well as something everyone would be able to get done. :)


clever clever :) it would be fun but im not feeling the gauge pod.... and i dont wanna be the guy who wins it and turns around to sell it on the forum... haha

very interesting

I am confused

1. Username
2. Name
3. Your HDR photo will be placed first.
4. Your image with username included will be shown second (*****First picture you post is the picture with your username in it, then the other!*****)

Which goes first, the HDR with the mikky d arches, then username pic, or username pic then HDR photo with mikky d arches.

Ack TRUSTfail. First your HDR image, then username image. I'll correct that for clarity lol

Thanks :thumbup:

I too saw this just didn't want to call him out ;)

I don't mind when someone lets me know I made a mistake :)

Ack TRUSTfail. First your HDR image, then username image. I'll correct that for clarity lol

didnt think i'd live to see a TRUSTfail :clap: lol
damn that hospital!

didnt think i'd live to see a TRUSTfail :clap: lol
damn that hospital!

Lol you aren't kidding :shades:

hahaha nice

this constest lokks like fun cant wait to see an exotically located mackers!

What's to stop someone from hiring a professional photographer to do this?

How do I make an HDR photo with my camera?
http://www.print-digital.info/digital-files/disposable-camera.jpg

^ that, i cant do this contest eaither, i have crappy camera

can we use help from a coworker..

Absolutely :)

oh yeah.. hope fully I can get those cf wraps by then.. what is the due date on this

Entry deadline is November 25th, 2009

ok.. my boss is not back from Africa intill the 16 .. so that gives me about a week to get this done..

Let me know when you go, I wouldn't mind coming along :)

sure.. he has this thing about photography.. so I am sure he'll do something crazy

Im going to try and get mine done this Sunday. Damn the McDs arch. Someone that lives in Vegas should win this for sure with all those surrounding lights

Just gotta keep things interesting :shades:

Could one statisfy the requirements of the mcdonalds arches by putting a happy meal in thier picture? :rock:

Could one statisfy the requirements of the mcdonalds arches by putting a happy meal in thier picture? :rock:

OMG DO IT

this would be sweet.. not a bad idea

im sure as long as you have the golden arches, all is good!

Good god I don't like going near McDonalds and now I have to have one soiling the purity of my Evo by having it in the same picture!! Blashemy!!! But I really like that guage pod...

WTF? Sorry trust but think I'll keep my money for buying a camara that does some crazy sh*t. Thats just more mods I can buy. My camara does fine for family and NORMAL car pictures. lol what a joke. Sorry Just think Contest should be for everyone. Not just people that have some crazy ass camara.

Most point and shoot cameras today have overrides to their Auto settings. I'll bet if you read the manual you will see you can do it. That being said, I'm not sure I'm photoshop savy enough to do this. But I may just give it a try.

Exactly how close do you have to be to the golden arches???

WTF? Sorry trust but think I'll keep my money for buying a camara that does some crazy sh*t. Thats just more mods I can buy. My camara does fine for family and NORMAL car pictures. lol what a joke. Sorry Just think Contest should be for everyone. Not just people that have some crazy ass camara.

You dont need a "Crazy ass camera" your standard point and shoot could suffice, and there are programs out there that pretty much make the HDR image for you once you upload the pictures.

If all else fails :googlesign:

WTF? Sorry trust but think I'll keep my money for buying a camara that does some crazy sh*t. Thats just more mods I can buy. My camara does fine for family and NORMAL car pictures. lol what a joke. Sorry Just think Contest should be for everyone. Not just people that have some crazy ass camara.

I am not mandating you participate, by any means. This is a free giveaway, and every month will have a certain set of guidelines followed. Just like last month was only for MR's, this month you need to know (or find out how to) produce a certain kind of photograph.

You can take a contest like this one of two ways:

1. You don't know how to do it, and don't want to participate. That's cool, but I'd rather see people enter.

2. You know or will learn how to do it, and will participate. Either you gain some experience doing a photo like this, or you learn a new skill. Again, either way, it's excellent to see the results.

But regardless of which route you go, this is **FREE** giveaway. There is no entry fee to the forums nor is there one to participate in the contest. With that said any restrictions that I place on a given months contest won't be lifted. I try to make every month different, fair, as well as try to hit or target a different group of people that can participate. Some months, anyone can. Others, there may be limitations. It's all based around a few things:

1. What the item is that is being sponsored for the given months contest.

2. What the sponsoring vendor want to see in that months contest, as they are providing items worth several hundred, if not thousands of dollars.

3. What have been the contest guidelines in months past.

4. Is there a certain restriction on who could use said item? I don't want someone to turn around and sell what they win, but would much rather see them use the item with their car. Just like last month's contest, it would have just been silly to give an SST Clutch Pack to a GSR owner, all he would do is turn around and sell it.

If there is a month that you are not able to participate, sit back, relax, enjoy the entries from those that are participating and wait for the next month.

LOL man you guys get to defensive. I know the avarage guy not NERD (j/k) does not know how to do this thats all im saying... I was not mad or upset what I posted just my .02 you know, so calm down guys it will be okay.

Serioulsy, its free stuff, put the effort in to do the contest or dont, don't complain because the contest is not something that you can easilly win, Trust is throwing out diversified ideas, how boring would it be if it was predictable what the contest would be, and Easy for EVERYONE? Everyone would enter, and everyone would vote for themselves.

LOL again man you guys get to defensive. wow. acting like MR owners lol sorry could not help it!!! Okay back on topic go get them guys im sitting on side lines for this one!!!

Whitewind, or anyone else, you really don't need a fancy camera. It's just a post processing method.

If you, or anyone else, wants to enter without an HDR processed image, I'm willing to do the processing for you. Ideally you want a bracketed shot (low exposure - normal - high exposure), but I can easily whip up a pseudo-HDR for you from a single decent photo.

No need to feel excluded from something that is relatively simple.

im trying to get this girl i met on evom who lives near me and has a WW X to join the forum and enter. she'll probably win, shes pretty cute.

Actually, Trust, you can put that into the first post if you think it might help any potential entrants.

I can PP to HDR from a bracketed series (preferred) or a single shot (if necessary). I'm willing to help out! I love photo stuff.

I hate HDR
but I'll do this anyway. I don't even want the prize. I already have the shot in mind. Should be good.

Whitewind, or anyone else, you really don't need a fancy camera. It's just a post processing method.

If you, or anyone else, wants to enter without an HDR processed image, I'm willing to do the processing for you. Ideally you want a bracketed shot (low exposure - normal - high exposure), but I can easily whip up a pseudo-HDR for you from a single decent photo.

No need to feel excluded from something that is relatively simple.

Thanks man for offer but the item is something I really don't want would not be right to enter just win you know. Thanks though man.

Can't wait to see some pics!

Who wants to buy me a camera? :)

Has anyone taken any photos?

Im going to try and get mine taken on Sunday after the autox

Has anyone taken any photos?
I'm not submitting any until the deadline.
I don't want the competition to know what they have to beat

I'm not submitting any until the deadline.
I don't want the competition to know what they have to beat

You holdouts kill me!

I hate HDR
but I'll do this anyway. I don't even want the prize. I already have the shot in mind. Should be good.

If thats the case why enter? I think hdr can have some interesting results and I could try it, but I'm waiting on my AMI pillar pod so I wont enter. Let someone interested in the prize enter and potenitialy win.

If thats the case why enter? I think hdr can have some interesting results and I could try it, but I'm waiting on my AMI pillar pod so I wont enter. Let someone interested in the prize enter and potenitialy win.
If I win then I'll just ship it to someone who wants it and charge shipping fees.

if you win and really dont want it you could just let Trust know and he could give it to second place winner...so then you could at least still be qualified to participate in future ones...cause you can only win once every 12 months i think.

does anyone have an example pic of an HDR so I at least have an idea what im gettin into here

^ give this a look & read: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/12/how-to-hdr-phot/

here is one of the best side by side examples of HDR I have seen,
since this is all new to me i find it kind of fascinating.


http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/images/HDR.jpg

read joey's post, can't believe there are anymore auto-x's this year. the last one here was october 18th, i went to a lapping day on october 31st. i dont know how im gonna survive til february/march.

I've never tried HDR before.. I'll have to give it a go this weekend.

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/40-really-stunning-hdr-car-photos-resources-and-tutorials/

I dislike them all.

This one is excellent:

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/subaru-hdr-3-by-exxx2005.jpg

damn that looks sweet.. too bad is an sty

STI or not that is badass

This one is excellent:

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/subaru-hdr-3-by-exxx2005.jpg

Is that a real HDR or the photoshop effect? I mean, he could have had a fast shutter time or multiple cameras, but damn, that would be hard to pull off.

Absolutely unreal, though.

Is that a real HDR or the photoshop effect? I mean, he could have had a fast shutter time or multiple cameras, but damn, that would be hard to pull off.

Absolutely unreal, though.

it's HDR. Some cameras have bracketing features where the camera takes 3 exposures at once.

This one is excellent:

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/subaru-hdr-3-by-exxx2005.jpg

That's real?!?! It's so detailed that it looks like a drawing! WOWZERS!

So I just want to sure and play devil's advocate here... let's say I enter and win, but REALLY do not want the prize. Can the prize be given to #2 and I can enter in December's contest?

I couldn't find anywhere in the rules that addressed this specifically... I'd like to try out this as my first contest on evoXforums, but I don't want that gauge pod.

So I just want to sure and play devil's advocate here... let's say I enter and win, but REALLY do not want the prize. Can the prize be given to #2 and I can enter in December's contest?

I couldn't find anywhere in the rules that addressed this specifically... I'd like to try out this as my first contest on evoXforums, but I don't want that gauge pod.

Take the pictures of your car and post them in a separate thread (stay away from mcdonalds)... That's what I'm going to do if I get good shots.

So I just want to sure and play devil's advocate here... let's say I enter and win, but REALLY do not want the prize. Can the prize be given to #2 and I can enter in December's contest?

I couldn't find anywhere in the rules that addressed this specifically... I'd like to try out this as my first contest on evoXforums, but I don't want that gauge pod.


Lol

I don't mind when someone lets me know I made a mistake :)

3. There will be absolutely no image/photo manipulation allowed except for enhancing image color, contrast, tone and levels, etc. You will be allowed to create parts of the video with an editor, however the actual burnout scenes and any pictures of the Evo X are not to be manipulated.


Check out this months rules again you got a little bleed over.

Wow that pictures is F'ing cool. Still look like painting to me but pimp!

Check out this months rules again you got a little bleed over.

You're crazy, there's nothing of the sort there :shades:

^ yeah looks good but thinking that its not a real pic!

Yeah I don't even know what HDR picture even looks like time to google. lol.

If anyone needs help with figuring stuff out, try this link:

How To: HDR Photo (http://tinyurl.com/y95wk98)

If you want to do HDR you need a tripod.
If you have a SLR and always shoot in Auto or P mode, then :dancebanana:

IM NOT ENTERING!!! Just kind of asking here

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/4081205158_fdb2a5f74b_m.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4080445873_80af264585_m.jpg

Top being newer one bottom just normal picture. Is this kind of what HDR is?

Send me the original. I'll show you.

Here you go.

Here you go.


Here's a quick (read: not hand adjusted) idea of what can be done. I went with extremes, just to give an example. It is a very poor quality original image, so keep that in mind. HDR should bring out detail, not catch artifacts ;) Also, this is pseudo-HDR, the actual stuff turns out better. If you send the actual original (full size, good quality), it can actually be substantially better. I usually don't like extremes, but with this image, I just wanted to show what can be done.

Original:
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8875&stc=1&d=1257536625

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8876&stc=1&d=1257536625
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8877&stc=1&d=1257536625

Here's a gallery of some good HDRs from MrDecibel on EvoM.

http://mrdecibel.com/galleries/Cars/Evo%20X%20-%20HDR/

wow those are some sick pics!

That's crazy! Right now I'm mobile got go mine but what program did you do that with?

That's crazy! Right now I'm mobile got go mine but what program did you do that with?

I use Photomatix Pro, but I'm pretty sure Photoshop can do it these days.

wow those are some sick pics!

MrDecibel has some AWESOME shots in that gallery, way better than I could pull off.

it's HDR. Some cameras have bracketing features where the camera takes 3 exposures at once.

Alright, I knew it had to be something like that. It looked too good to be photoshopped.

For all of you who dont want to spend a lot of time editing and what not, Photomatix Pro has preset modifications to your HDR, and it is free, If you dont want to spend the time learning what gamma and shadow concentration or the likes mean, use this program, it will do the work for you.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/55/l_1d873253cb0642b193c36560ace9e06e.jpg

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/73/l_aecb02595ec04e36a3c9af92167e401b.jpg

So now im getting somewhere I think. lol

Yeah, but it doesnt look like you took a 3 picture series at different exposures,
What camera are you using?

Kodak Easyshare 14 Mega pixels. I'll real the book on it firgure this out when I get chance little man been cranky today lol. But downloaded that Program and its pretty neat.

How are you taking the pictures Whitewind? Does your camera have an "Auto Exposure Bracketing" mode/option?

This should be interesting!

Sorry been busy hell I don't know I'll have to read up on it see what it has. I know it has manual setting just does not tell you what one does what. No biggy I'll figure something out im not entering this month and don't have MC'ds arch here and not driven 200-300 miles to find one. Thats about how many miles my car gets a year lol. Thanks guys!

Who's gonna put down the first entry?

what would anyone think if i get my "friend" to take a pic in front of mcD's with his totally badass multicolored 86 corolla with $5 airtabs on it, my lowly little MR cowering behind it? thats funny that his camera is worth a lot more than his car.

lets see it!
we need some photo's

if only i could get his interior in the pic, his seats aren't fully bolted down. riding in it is almost fun, watching that tach go sky high and the speedometer barely move. i let him do most of the work on my car since im so fucking lazy and he absolutely loves it.

I say go for it.

Here is an example one I did when doing shots of my car yesterday.

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8937&stc=1&d=1257807158

that looks good man

Pimp only one problem.....Where your CAR!!! lol j/k

Its in the others, Ill post some more tonight but I wont have an offical entry until I decide which one to go with.

Cant wait to see. Im not going to be entering. I dont have the capability to do one

Cool I'll check later tonight.

i took some tonight with the ricemobile and just my car. but not happy with the horrific car wash i did just before. also not sure what picture i want to enter. have some other ideas.....

Here are a few more Ive done so far (Not my entry just examples)

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8955&stc=1&d=1257834860

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8956&stc=1&d=1257834860

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8957&stc=1&d=1257834860

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8958&stc=1&d=1257834920

Cool man!!!

Here are a few more Ive done so far (Not my entry just examples)


looks good...i like the way the car came out in the first one.

and its not like those could even be your entries cause none of them have the McDonalds arches lol

Here are a few more Ive done so far (Not my entry just examples)


That's just not right, you actually live where the season's change. I live in South Florida where we only get two seasons, Effing hot and plain hot. Those colors are amazing.

Tell you what I'll trade you... You can come Wyoming where one day its nice 60 outside next day wake up 0 with 2 foot snow and then you got to shovel all morning to get out your house.

But yeah I miss the tree changing. When I lived in Texas we had a season so yeah man being hot all time does suck sometimes.

Tell you what I'll trade you... You can come Wyoming where one day its nice 60 outside next day wake up 0 with 2 foot snow and then you got to shovel all morning to get out your house.

But yeah I miss the tree changing. When I lived in Texas we had a season so yeah man being hot all time does suck sometimes.

I'll take the trade because I am so tired of sweating all the time. It's 82 degrees today and if not for Ida making it so windy it would be a muggy 82 degrees. It's two weeks from thanksgiving and I'm sweating. there's just something wrong there. Last month I went to NC/SC/Tenn area and it was a steady 50-60 degres and I was walking around in a t-shirt. That would be perfect weather for me. Plus the air was so crisp and clean... Now I'm back in a city that was built on a SWAMP!! :duh:

Understand all way. Yeah I'll be moving to Ky next year we hope I'll be looking forward to a season. I mean it snows here till May starts up again first of Sep. Sorry back on topic. Where some GD Evo with MC'ds pictures!!

Understand all way. Yeah I'll be moving to Ky next year we hope I'll be looking forward to a season. I mean it snows here till May starts up again first of Sep. Sorry back on topic. Where some GD Evo with MC'ds pictures!!

I didn't get to go to Kentuky but I did see the Cumberland mountains from the Foothills Parkway. I love that area. *sigh* but yes, back on topic because I loved that last series of pics. The colors were simply amazing!!

looks good...i like the way the car came out in the first one.

and its not like those could even be your entries cause none of them have the McDonalds arches lol

All the ones with the car in them have the arches, its like a cver on a Playboy you have to hunt to find the bunny.

That's just not right, you actually live where the season's change. I live in South Florida where we only get two seasons, Effing hot and plain hot. Those colors are amazing.

I just got back from Miami and I hear ya, I love my cold crisp 50-60 degree days here plus the car runs like a raped ape. However when I was on south beach I did notice a good number of the hotties there were topless. Not something I get to see here ever so its a trade off.

Understand all way. Yeah I'll be moving to Ky next year we hope I'll be looking forward to a season. I mean it snows here till May starts up again first of Sep. Sorry back on topic. Where some GD Evo with MC'ds pictures!!

There are McD's pics lol you just have to look.

Bah haha,

Nice use of the McD fries. Well done sir.

Bah haha,

Nice use of the McD fries. Well done sir.

is that what that is?
I had no clue what the little red shit was!
hahahah fries

ok, i was wondering what the red spot was too.

With some practice anyone can do these HDR photos. I've been at it for two days and was able to produce this picture.

Now I am just waiting for a good day to take some shots with the evo. We'll see how things turn out. I plan to have the pictures up by this Monday.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8920/barnn.jpg

Man nice place. Lol.

That's just not right, you actually live where the season's change. I live in South Florida where we only get two seasons, Effing hot and plain hot. Those colors are amazing.

yea well in Calgary we've already gone to brown... no color at all.

^bwahahahaha

edit: to post 141 not one above this...

With some practice anyone can do these HDR photos. I've been at it for two days and was able to produce this picture.

Now I am just waiting for a good day to take some shots with the evo. We'll see how things turn out. I plan to have the pictures up by this Monday.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8920/barnn.jpg

Fuckin creepy.... is this where you keep the children that get in the van?

Seriously though I love the Photomatix program that does these and I am thinking about buying it. It is so easy to combine and manipulate the HDRs its fing beautiful. Plus you can batch process to get an idea of what ones to use. The program is $100 and can be put on multiple computers in the same studio. So I figure we are studio EvoX and if people want to chip in Ill get a copy.

PM me if your interested :thumbup: or if you already have the program and would like to have someone to share the licenseing fee with.

I just got back from Miami and I hear ya, I love my cold crisp 50-60 degree days here plus the car runs like a raped ape. However when I was on south beach I did notice a good number of the hotties there were topless. Not something I get to see here ever so its a trade off.


Yeah, but I'm married. So all I can really do is run to the end of my chain and bark.

Yeah, but I'm married. So all I can really do is run to the end of my chain and bark.

Lol that's hilarious.

But on any note, let's see some entries!

Fuckin creepy.... is this where you keep the children that get in the van?

Seriously though I love the Photomatix program that does these and I am thinking about buying it. It is so easy to combine and manipulate the HDRs its fing beautiful. Plus you can batch process to get an idea of what ones to use. The program is $100 and can be put on multiple computers in the same studio. So I figure we are studio EvoX and if people want to chip in Ill get a copy.

PM me if your interested :thumbup: or if you already have the program and would like to have someone to share the licenseing fee with.


What they mean by studio is a location specific copyright, if you pass this around the internet to us, you are committing copyright infringement.

No entries yet? C'mon people!

No entries yet? C'mon people!

Ive got mine but you know how it goes, the first person to drop an entry gets hosed because the people who vote get usd to it and even if it is better it will be some what faded by the time the others arrive.

Fuckin creepy.... is this where you keep the children that get in the van?


LMAO!

Another photomatix example.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g153/toffe777/Carbonfront.jpg

I took some shots the other night but was still not familiar with how to get the photo's until I did some research. I created the pic above after using bracketing mode on my camera then loading those three shots into photomatix.

I need to get some day shots at Mcdonalds. My night shots didn't turn out so well.

Anyway thought I'd post up an example of what I'v been able to produce.

More to follow.

Kris

nice

thought about having this coffee girl pose with my car since she likes it so much, but i dont think the wife would like that too much. my ricer friend who took high res pics of my car in front of mcd's says he'll email them to me tomorrow...

I wanna get some done. Just not going to happen.If McDs wasnt in the pic then I would do it

I wanna get some done. Just not going to happen.If McDs wasnt in the pic then I would do it

Get a fry bo to put in the pic, all you need are the arches.

You have the arches in your sig lol. I never noticed that

I tried to attach the large zip file for the full size entry which is 22MB but for some reason it wouldn't load.
So here is the much much smaller low quality version.

I took this picture from a tri pod in the middle of the night with only one street light shining down. ISO 100 F-14 long exposures with minimal movement for perfect small detail.

I am truly amazed at what you can do with the depth on these.

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9197&stc=1&d=1258770958

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9196&stc=1&d=1258770958

That's freakin' excellent. Very good way to be creative with the arches, I had to look for a minute to find 'em :)

Alright people, the cherry has been popped! Post 'em up!

Damn I have to beat that? Ill try, Question hollywood, whats up with the front of your car, what did you do?

Damn I have to beat that? Ill try, Question hollywood, whats up with the front of your car, what did you do?

Cut out all the plastic and put in quality stainless mesh... Its not for everyone.

Nice pic dude.

These HDR's make me cry.

A good HDR is barely surreal.

These HDR's make me cry.

A good HDR is barely surreal.


Yeah and mine started off that way but I believe to win this contest some serious tone mapping is needed.

you pic is off the hook Hollywood!

Here are a few others I did;

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9198&stc=1&d=1258793508

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9199&stc=1&d=1258793560

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9200&stc=1&d=1258793606

Im next!!!!

i reminding my friend over and over again to email me the photos, i guess i know what pictures i have to use if i even get them in time. he must be pissed i wont go to the big rice drive "NW toy run '09", im afraid ill get stabbed, or just some stupid kid will key my car or hit it on the road out of their jealousy.

Yeah and mine started off that way but I believe to win this contest some serious tone mapping is needed.

I don't think so. If I have time I'll do a HDR.

Lookin sexy Hollywood

Nice

That second one of the three you just posted, Hollywood, is sweet. The X is almost invisible and when you find it, it boggles the mind.

Thanks :)
Now lets see my competition

i picked up tires from my "friend" who took the high res pics of my car and he said he email me. now he says he needs a better laptop. i doubt ill get em in in time, even though they were taken a week ago or so.

Here's my entry. I decided not to go too crazy with the highlights and shadows. This is the kind of HDR that I like, sometimes HDR can get too crazy. :dancebanana:

Nohan13

Noah

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9208&d=1258850600

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9209&d=1258851189

^^^looks good. but in my opinion that just looks like a quality photo and not HDR. I think HDRs should like cartoonish. Looks good though

Well look at that... I now have 2 new wallpapers thanks to Hollywood and Nohan :)

^^^looks good. but in my opinion that just looks like a quality photo and not HDR. I think HDRs should like cartoonish. Looks good though

This coming from the guy who has replaced half his car with carbon fiber. :D

I like the crisp quality. I know what you're saying about being cartoonish, and it is a cool effect, but can be over done imo.

Well look at that... I now have 2 new wallpapers thanks to Hollywood and Nohan :)

Thanks for the complement. I can imagine someone checking it out and going, "Oh, that's a cool picture. Wait, what the hell? Why does it have McDonald's arches on the windshield?"

Well it looks like Idaho is representing but what about the rest of you?
Awesome pis Noah :) what program did you use to combine all the shots?

i thought it was funny the joke the guys at TC Motorsports say whenever they hear someone say idaho; "i-daho, no you's a ho!"

^I've seen that shirt & I sometimes make fun of the name myself

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9212&d=1258855698

Well it looks like Idaho is representing but what about the rest of you?
Awesome pis Noah :) what program did you use to combine all the shots?

Thanks, I used photoshop. The car and foreground were edited separately from the sky and background buildings.

You guys know the contest says your pics needs to have Mcdonalds Golden Arches in it right?

Kris

You guys know the contest says your pics needs to have Mcdonalds Golden Arches in it right?

Kris

They do just like every Playboy has a bunny hidden in the cover.

You guys know the contest says your pics needs to have Mcdonalds Golden Arches in it right?

Kris

Look a little closer, you'll find it in mine and Hollywood's. They are pretty well hidden though. You must not have been very good at Where's Waldo. :confused2:

Look a little closer, you'll find it in mine and Hollywood's. They are pretty well hidden though. You must not have been very good at Where's Waldo. :confused2:

My sig has the arches to, and I did that a long time ago.

I must be blind....


Don't get me wrong nice pics!

Kris

I tried to attach the large zip file for the full size entry which is 22MB but for some reason it wouldn't load.
So here is the much much smaller low quality version.

I took this picture from a tri pod in the middle of the night with only one street light shining down. ISO 100 F-14 long exposures with minimal movement for perfect small detail.

I am truly amazed at what you can do with the depth on these.

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9197&stc=1&d=1258770958

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9196&stc=1&d=1258770958

Can't see the Arches on my iphone. Good job!!!

Kris

^ In Hollywood's, there is a fry box on the ground on the left side of the pic.

For mine, look at the bottom right of the windshield.

**EDIT** You made your post right before mine!

^ In Hollywood's, there is a fry box on the ground on the left side of the pic.

For mine, look at the bottom right of the windshield.

**EDIT** You made your post right before mine!
Yeah no worries. Good stuff!
Kris

You consider that having McDonald's in the picture?

Man up and go shoot in front of the building while all the fatties go in and out wondering wtf you're doing.

You consider that having McDonald's in the picture?

Man up and go shoot in front of the building while all the fatties go in and out wondering wtf you're doing.

:yeahthat:

yeah, i bet when i went all the people in the drivethru where thinking something like "i better not have to put down my big mac and cell phone when i drive off because those fast and furious boys are in the way with theyre stupid wings and farty sounding little cars...."

You consider that having McDonald's in the picture?

Man up and go shoot in front of the building while all the fatties go in and out wondering wtf you're doing.

To Quote the rules

Contest Requirements:
~Each contestant must submit two pictures. The first will be an HDR photo of your X that includes the McDonald's arches in it. The second will be a photo of your X accompanied by a handwritten sign showing your User Name and Date.
~This months contest is open to both GSRs and MRs.


It says you must have the McDonald's arches in it. It doesn't say you have to be at McDonald's. It's just a reference to make sure it is a recent pic taken for the purpose of the contest. Also, I did take some pics at a McDonald's and they were crap!:wallbash:

Fry boxes are fine. I just want to see some nice pics of peoples' x.

If you think there's an issue, take a pic in front of McDonald's and enter the contest.

It says you must have the McDonald's arches in it. It doesn't say you have to be at McDonald's. It's just a reference to make sure it is a recent pic taken for the purpose of the contest.

Nohan nailed it.

I like the crisp quality. I know what you're saying about being cartoonish, and it is a cool effect, but can be over done imo.
It can be over done but if you can find a happy medium then you wil be set. I think that medium is in between yours and Justins

someone should get a large vinyl sticker of the "m" and slap it on the car for this photo shoot..lol

It can be over done but if you can find a happy medium then you wil be set. I think that medium is in between yours and Justins

:yeahthat:

2 days left to get your entries in!

These HDR's make me cry.

A good HDR is barely surreal.

I agree with Fishstix on that. There is a misconception of what HDR images really are.


You consider that having McDonald's in the picture?

Man up and go shoot in front of the building while all the fatties go in and out wondering wtf you're doing.

I agree with Fishstix on that as well, but it doesn't say anywhere in the rules that you have to get the arch "sign" which makes it ambiguous as to where you can take the image. I think it would be more fun if you had to get the McDonalds sign, not just a box of fries in front of the car (that makes it a little more challenging and therefore more fun in my book ).

Either way I went out and took a picture of my car like I understood the contest to be, with the arches of the McDonalds sign on the background. This is just for show since I can't participate on another contest until July 2010 and I won that one :yay:.

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr8/saulbyu/mc_pic.jpg

The lights on that one look really good.

Nice!!!

2 days left to get your entries in!
I left my tripod somewhere and won't get it back until Thursday. Oh well.

im diggin that pic saulbyu!!!

im diggin that pic saulbyu!!!


Thanks. That was a picture taken at midnight in a parking lot with limited light. The temperature was 20 degrees, but it felt like 10 since it was also very windy :eek:

Now that is an HDR! That is one of the best pics I have seen. Great work

Now that is an HDR! That is one of the best pics I have seen. Great work

Thanks Joey. Here's another version without the lights.

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr8/saulbyu/ver_4.jpg

Nice pic...

The lights are better. I think that if that was one of the entries you would have my vote. That was the happy medium I was talking about

rice boy says he sent them to me.

That's freakin' excellent. Very good way to be creative with the arches, I had to look for a minute to find 'em :)

Alright people, the cherry has been popped! Post 'em up!
please tell me where they're at lol. I can't find them either. I see a little fry box and that's about it.

It is the frybox lol

Entry deadline is tomorrow!

Thanks for the complement. I can imagine someone checking it out and going, "Oh, that's a cool picture. Wait, what the hell? Why does it have McDonald's arches on the windshield?"

I had a girl leave me a note on my car on a McDonald's bag,

So it's not out of the realm of possibility...

If she left you a note on a McDonald's bag man you better bring the big rig pick her up. High class right there!

Hey just found them. lol


http://www.shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_dan/mcdonalds.jpg

is that you entry? lol

damn, they sexy, thats a menage-a-cinq

is that you entry? lol
lol, he should just photoshop an evo in there.

It is the frybox lol
ohh haha, that picture was badass, but that's a pretty subtle arch there.

Username:Byebye
Name: Kris Hernandez
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9251&stc=1&d=1259106302
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9252&stc=1&d=1259106302
Good luck to all...
Kris

^^^That is a really clean shot. one of the better ones on here

^^^That is a really clean shot. one of the better ones on here
Thanks! I'm going to post up all the pics I took today but in the vanity thread. I think this was the best entry but I suppose some may like the others in the vanity. Unfortunately all but a couple pics have the fry carton in them LOL!!!
Kris

ok so i would've lost anyway. i guess i shouldn't get too mad for missing out

My entries:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4557/evothree.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/i/evothree.jpg/)


http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/127/dsc1188e.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/dsc1188e.jpg/)

Nice job man. Its different so that a plus

That's great. I can't wait to see what people came up with for this contest.

Username:Byebye
Name: Kris Hernandez
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9251&stc=1&d=1259106302

Good luck to all...
Kris

I really like this shot!

Just one thing that wouldn't make it my top choice is that there isn't enought "car" in the picture. The backround view and all is amazing but it would of been killer if you just went back a little more and added in atleast half the rear end and a taillight or something. Other than that i love the pic!

I really like this shot!

Just one thing that wouldn't make it my top choice is that there isn't enought "car" in the picture. The backround view and all is amazing but it would of been killer if you just went back a little more and added in atleast half the rear end and a taillight or something. Other than that i love the pic!
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g153/toffe777/EVO16.jpg
Like that?
Excuse the dirty lense...
Kris

I think that looks better. It shows a little more car.

Actually I just looked again. I like the first one better. I know what the OP was saying about "more car" but the quality of the 1st one looks better. JMO

i like the other angle of that better

I think that looks better. It shows a little more car.

Actually I just looked again. I like the first one better. I know what the OP was saying about "more car" but the quality of the 1st one looks better. JMO

Yeah once you see them both the first one submitted is a better shot. I updated the "official Apex silver" thread with the rest of the pics I took today.

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=302825#post302825

Kris

Just looked through them. They look good

Last day!

Cant wait to see all the entries!

Yes, com'on people I want to see some cool pictures :waiting:

Trust,

Here is the higher quality version of my pic since I could never get the zip file to attach with it in.

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9294&stc=1&d=1259191321

Cool, I'll use that one as your official entry.

I probably won't be voting for anything with a Photomatrix water mark. Photomatrix makes the worst, unrealistic HDR if not done right and so far they all look abnormally over done.

Honestly how many images is everyone using to make their HDR's?

I probably won't be voting for anything with a Photomatrix water mark. Photomatrix makes the worst, unrealistic HDR if not done right and so far they all look abnormally over done.

Honestly how many images is everyone using to make their HDR's?

If I could find my adobe CS2 I wouldn't need the photomatix program. I used bracketing and used three pics I think ranging from -7 to +7.

Kris

I probably won't be voting for anything with a Photomatrix water mark. Photomatrix makes the worst, unrealistic HDR if not done right and so far they all look abnormally over done.

Honestly how many images is everyone using to make their HDR's?

I used 5 photos and I only used Photomatix because its the only program I could find that would accept Canon's RAW image files. The program can do a wide range of tone mapping, without making the image look too cartoonish. Example below if you dont use the tone mapping features to POP the color or give some depth to highlights and shadows it just looks like a high depth photo.

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9298&stc=1&d=1259194330

I used 5 photos and I only used Photomatix because its the only program I could find that would accept Canon's RAW image files. The program can do a wide range of tone mapping, without making the image look too cartoonish. Example below if you dont use the tone mapping features to POP the color or give some depth to highlights and shadows it just looks like a high depth photo.

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9298&stc=1&d=1259194330


I like the crazy one better. I just like crazy-a$$ graffiti and your pic has it. But the colors pop more in the earlier version.

If I could find my adobe CS2 I wouldn't need the photomatix program. I used bracketing and used three pics I think ranging from -7 to +7.

Kris

Oh way to go. Love to see people doing it the "non Photomatrix way". HDR use to be art...now it's a gimmick to make "great looking photos" with people using drag and drop programs...

Example below if you dont use the tone mapping features to POP the color or give some depth to highlights and shadows it just looks like a high depth photo.


But that is the point of HDR to make it an even higher quality photo by brightening shadows and darkening over exposed areas. Not making it all about who used a program more...

Sorry but your photo is way too bright and over done for me to consider it as art and an HDR.

This is not my best work as I forgot to turn automatic focus off and it had issues auto focusing, this is just to show what I belive HDR should be...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/xbox4414/HDR4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/xbox4414/evo_x/HDR3.jpg

But that is the point of HDR to make it an even higher quality photo by brightening shadows and darkening over exposed areas. Not making it all about who used a program more...


I can agree with this. It is interesting to see the various ways people manipulate HDRs. I don't like when it's overly manipulated & you get the little grainy effect though :(

Here are the original 3 photos I used, merged, then messed with the curves & did some sharpening (the final photo I entered is on the bottom). & the sky & background buildings were manipulated separately from the foreground & my X (the lamp post took a while to edit too). This was on a cloudy & cold day too, btw. First time doing HDR! :dancebanana:

overexposed
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9306&d=1259201343

"properly" exposed
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9307&d=1259201368

underexposed
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9308&d=1259201368

final HDR
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9208&d=1258850600