427 GS Corvette micro-4/3rds

mercphoto · October 2, 2015

Who says you need a big sensor? The mirror is dead.

Shot with an Olympus E-M10 and kit lens with tripod and circular polarizer, edits in Aperture and AsukaBook Maker 2. Exterior shots to come in a week or two. Eventual goal is a 10x10 photo book for the owner. Now I want an Olympus Pro lens, or at least a fast prime.

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015016 by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

2.

013014 by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

3.

011012 by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

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009010 by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

Cygnus Studios · October 2, 2015

A nice series overall, there are a couple of nit picky things if you look deep, but I"m sure the client will love it

Well done!

CCoop · October 2, 2015

I can see this on the slick pages of a magazine! Nice!! And sounds like you're having fun with mirrorless! --Carter

mercphoto · October 2, 2015

Thanks everyone. Yes, I am surprised with this camera what I'm able to pull off. I am itching to get the 45/1.8 lens though now.

And maybe one or two floods and stands. Exterior shots, hopefully, within two weeks.

Thelensspot · October 3, 2015

Very well done, Bill. I'm seeing a slightly greenish tone in #1, but it might be my monitor. Really like the deep shadows and the shot of the instrument panel came out well. Will make a nice brochure when it's done. Is the psychedelic coloring of the radio display in #3 on purpose?

Stumblebum · October 3, 2015

I like #2 for its quirkiness and abstract sort of nature.

black mamba · October 3, 2015

Interesting stuff, Bill. I, too, am eager to see how you progress with the Olympus approach. Exterior shots are anticipated.

Please forgive me for being the gearhead that I am; I've never seen a 7.0 liter 427 CI motor referred to as a " small block " like it is in the last shot. Something wrong with that.

Take care,

Tom

mercphoto · October 3, 2015

Thanks everyone! I think I've since corrected the color cast. And Tom, Chevy calls the LS7 427 engine a small block, and hence so do I.

http://www.corvettemuseum.org/specs/2006/LS7.shtml

moose135 · October 3, 2015

Very nice, Bill, good job on these!

Sam · October 4, 2015

Nice set. You should re-post #1 without the green cast.

Sam

mercphoto · October 4, 2015

013014a by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

Thelensspot · October 4, 2015

Redo...

Sam · October 5, 2015

I hope you don't mind. I removed all of the green.

mercphoto · October 5, 2015

Well, now that you've done it, I see what you were talking about. Let's just say color vision is not my strong point.

I'll try a white balance adjustment using the rim itself to sample on and see what happens. Is that what you did? Thanks!

Looking like 2-3 weeks before I get exterior shots posted. Work schedules are not aligning at the moment. But I need the shots done by end of month so that I can finalize the album design. I have discount codes for Asuka Book that I'm using for this so I do have a bit of a timeline to shoot for.

Sam · October 5, 2015

mercphoto wrote: »

Well, now that you've done it, I see what you were talking about. Let's just say color vision is not my strong point. I'll try a white balance adjustment using the rim itself to sample on and see what happens. Is that what you did? Thanks!

Looking like 2-3 weeks before I get exterior shots posted. Work schedules are not aligning at the moment. But I need the shots done by end of month so that I can finalize the album design. I have discount codes for Asuka Book that I'm using for this so I do have a bit of a timeline to shoot for.

I dealt specifically with the color cast on the wheel. I de-saturated both green and yellow channels. White balance is only the start, and with funky and / or mixed lighting is of limited value.

Sam

mercphoto · October 5, 2015

Thanks Sam! I'll fire up Affinity Photo tonight and replicate myself. To make sure I know what to do, desaturate the green channel in RGB mode. Switch to CYMK mode, desaturate yellow channel. Then back to RGB.

mercphoto · October 5, 2015

Aha! Discovered Aperture will let me desaturate specific color channels easily. Woo hoo! Too bad the tool is going away.

Sam · October 5, 2015

mercphoto wrote: »

Aha! Discovered Aperture will let me desaturate specific color channels easily. Woo hoo! Too bad the tool is going away.

I played with Affinity Photo beta a little and it looked pretty good.

Sam

Thelensspot · October 5, 2015

Sam, did you select out the red on the wheel before doing the de-saturation on the green and yellow channels or increase saturation as a final step? The red still looks pretty rich in the final version.

mercphoto · October 5, 2015

Sam wrote: »

I played with Affinity Photo beta a little and it looked pretty good.

Sam

I like it so far as well. Its mostly similar to Photoshop, but just different enough, to make it sometimes difficult to use. Once you learn the quirks, though, its pretty good. They still have some work to do, like the ability to read layered TIFF files. But I use this type of tool so seldom that Creative Cloud is not worth the expense to me.

mercphoto · October 5, 2015

Done.

JUR2015_14717 - Version 2 by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

Sam · October 5, 2015

Thelensspot wrote: »

Sam, did you select out the red on the wheel before doing the de-saturation on the green and yellow channels or increase saturation as a final step? The red still looks pretty rich in the final version.

No, I didn't need to select or mask anything. De saturated the green, still had some color cast. Desaturate the yellow, the color cast was gone. Nice black wheel. Checked the red brake caliper. Looked good. A little sharpen, vibrance, I'm done. Easy peasy.

Sam

PS: You ken slide them little sliders all over the place and see what happens.

Cygnus Studios · October 5, 2015

I love the color correction...

If you're up to it (now that you're editing) remove the spots on the spoke and maybe the line on the disc. I know it's nitpick thing, but that's just the commercial in me

When you do the outside shots, be aware the carbon fiber will capture reflections like glass.

mercphoto · October 5, 2015

Agreed about the furthe edits.

thanks! Probably 2 weeks out on the exterior shots due to work schedule conflicts between Paul and I. And I've got a circular polarizer and tripod to help.

Cygnus Studios wrote: »

I love the color correction...

If you're up to it (now that you're editing) remove the spots on the spoke and maybe the line on the disc. I know it's nitpick thing, but that's just the commercial in me

When you do the outside shots, be aware the carbon fiber will capture reflections like glass.

Thelensspot · October 5, 2015

Sam wrote: »

No, I didn't need to select or mask anything. De saturated the green, still had some color cast. Desaturate the yellow, the color cast was gone. Nice black wheel. Checked the red brake caliper. Looked good. A little sharpen, vibrance, I'm done. Easy peasy.

Sam

PS: You ken slide them little sliders all over the place and see what happens.

Thanks Sam! Much appreciated...especially the PS!!!

Bill, will look forward to seeing some of the outside shots!

mercphoto · October 28, 2015

New shot from last night. More to follow.

J15_ 3263 by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

mercphoto · October 28, 2015

Undercarriage, stitched manually from 6 photos, in Affinity Photo on the Mac. Processed in Aperture.

UnderbodyPanoramic by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

mercphoto · October 30, 2015

A finished undercarriage shot, and a black and white conversion using On1 Perfect B&W 9.5

UnderbodyPanoramic3 by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

427bw1 by Bill Jurasz, on Flickr

Wiren · October 31, 2015

The Olympus line is really great... it is what I have been using for the last 10 years... all of my shots are with an old Oly E-3 that is on it's last legs... their quality lenses are awesome. If life quits kicking me in the balls I plan to upgrade to the E-M 5ii with the Pro 12-40/2.8, 40-150/2.8 and 300/4 with maybe the 17/2.8

Nice work, great shots, really shows what can be done with a decent camera and great skills.

Thelensspot · October 31, 2015

Really great work here, Bill.

Thanks for updating the thread with your latest shots.

mercphoto · November 4, 2015

And the book has been sent to the publisher. Should have it in 3 weeks. Here it is everyone!

http://albumonline.asukabook.com/album/?key=8bc9d5a717187

427 GS Corvette micro-4/3rds

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