Photograph and Camera talk

[Jett129]

@goosehd Here's another shot,that's a little bit tighter.

[goosehd]

@Jett129 Thank you for the great images and I like the artistic eye used in your composition!  Most people would have never have seen that shot or thought to take a picture of it.

[Jett129]

Full disclosure…It's a pet photography project of mine called Reflections in Chrome. I've been working on it for about 7 years. This year thanks to the pandemic there were no car shows, so I've been going through some old files. If you search on IG for #reflectionsinchrome the majority of the pictures are mine. @goosehd

[goosehd]

@Jett129 I’ve looked a few times at the pictures in your collection and love them and the concept!  What a great project.

[Jett129]

Thank You very much. I’ve printed some of them on Aluminum and it looks really cool.

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Those are f'n awesome @Jett129

[Jett129]

Thank you as well. I’m going for the Fun House Mirror effect that you get as the person’s reflection walks in front of or behind me. Now that I’ve told you I have to kill you. Just kidding!

[Jett129]

This picture was featured today on Instagram @just_unitedstates. 

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

It's interesting how the mountain seems to have an aura around it. It almost looks like a painting.  ???

[Jett129]

I especially like the glow behind the little tree,down on the left.

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Oh good, it's not just me seeing shit again.

[JDelage]

I wonder how the image was taken and processed.

[Jett129]

I was pretty low to the ground when I shot this  which enabled me to get the rock in the foreground. Used a 16-35 Wide angle lens on a Canon 5D Mark 3. The editing software I use is called DXO. The main thing I added/brought out was the blue in the sky,which otherwise would have been a pretty flat gray.

[JDelage]

That halo effect is often an artifact of sharpening. Was the sun right behind the rock?

[Jett129]

The sun was barely visible behind the formation,but there nonetheless. The picture didn’t need sharpening as it was pretty in focus. I’m not really sure what caused the Halo effect,but it’s contributed to the image’s popularity.

[Jett129]

Don’t shoot much during the Winter. Spend a lot of time revisiting old files. Mostly deleting pictures,but sometimes you find a fun one. Walking the Dog,reflected in the chrome bumper of a 55 Chevy Belair. 

[Jett129]

Use of selective color in this picture of the grill of an old Mercury.   

[motojobobo]

That’s cool @Jett129 . I’ve generally been lazy about exploring post-processing possibilities but seeing successful outcomes may prod me into trying them. Well done

[Jett129]

Thank you,it comes from the fact that in the days before color film,people would hand colorize  select parts of the B&W images. Now through the wonders of Photoshop it’s much easier. If you search on #selectivecolor on Instagram there are some really,really cool shots. I also think that once you do this it elevates the image a little closer to being “Art”,which is something I struggle with.

[Jett129]

Another example of Selective Color.