Hyundai MUV Advertisement Project shot.

[torqueguru]

Did this for a project at school, awaiting critique now, so next time i can better the shot.

Regards,
TG.

[windrider86]

For me the overall image is too blue. I would also get rid of the fence that is showing. Its distracting.
Without really knowing what you want critiqued its hard to guess.

[digital45]

Personally I would have liked to have seen the car fill more of the frame.
I quite like the effect, it is almost like a Scalextric track but image at the front of the car is asthetically off putting. My eye is also drawn over to the right hand side of the image. In general it just seems a little over processed and unnatural. People like to imagine themselves in that car at that location and it isn't possible with this particular picture.

[PowerPix]

Originally Posted by windrider86

For me the overall image is too blue. I would also get rid of the fence that is showing. Its distracting.
Without really knowing what you want critiqued its hard to guess.

Ok, so yes, it's too blue and the fence is distracting. Also, the car looks kind of small in the shot and maybe the whole road should be in focus.

[wattsbw2004]

Not necessarily the whole road but diffinately more of the road should be in focus.

[xxpinballxx]

I am going to go against most......The cool temo is fine for me.....gives me a sense of a cool morning.....
The size of the car is fine with me seeing as its at the beginning of that turn and the road.....
In my opinion its a nice shot but I would take the car and give it a bit more unsharpen mask and "shine" to it. I htink it'd make a good advertisement with a bit of tweaking.....

[PKSon]

Originally Posted by xxpinballxx

I am going to go against most......The cool temo is fine for me.....gives me a sense of a cool morning.....
The size of the car is fine with me seeing as its at the beginning of that turn and the road.....
In my opinion its a nice shot but I would take the car and give it a bit more unsharpen mask and "shine" to it. I htink it'd make a good advertisement with a bit of tweaking.....

I'm throwing in with pinball on this one. i think if the car had more pizzazz/flare it would be more tempting. the rest of the blurred road and placement looks fine.

The only thing i would like to add is that although the leaves add to the atmosphere and the surroundings of the road is something you can't change (if taken at the same place) (or unless you seriously photoshop it) I think the background (and fence) is too distracting in the sense that it's impossible for the advertisers to put in their copy. It doesn't fit anywhere.

When I was designing advertisements for contests, we'd have a great illustration or picture but then no where to fit in any slogans, copies, or catch phrases. So we had to edit everything out, or just take a new shot.

So i think, same style, comp, and temp, but with more empty space.

[mdruziak]

Personally I like it. But a couple of nits.

The car should be on the road. One wheel is off the road. And you should clone out the fence. Because the way it looks right now, something bad is about to happen because the car is heading straight for the fence!

[bratha]

I agree with pinball too... I think the blue looks great. Definitely adds to the interest for me.

I think if you could sharpen the car a bit, it would definitely pop a lot more, and perhaps slightly less background blur.

I think it looks fantastic though, I love the setting and the composition.

[Austin_HXC]

I like it for the most part, but it looks like a matchbox car.
If you could retake it, I say to get a different angle of the car.