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crews control
 


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I never realised...



How stupid am I?

I spent ages trying to copy the look of that iconic D3 shot, the one used at the top of each page on this forum. It's such a sharp image which displays the graphic style of the D3 perfectly. I know it originates from the Land Rover PR dept, but it's perfection amazed me.

Until i found the company that made it... I never realised that so much in the way of car photography now is completely computer generated. And I don't just mean photoshopped. The vehicle doesn't exist... Never has... nobody took the photo! How disappointing to find out that most of the LR shots of the D3 came from a keyboard. I must have been the last one to find out.

Embarassed

Still the good news is seeing what an improvement the same company can make to an ugly Porsche... it's almost art!

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Post #31116317th Jun 2008 12:14 pm
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I agree CGI has a lot to answer for.

There are still good automotive photographers out there. I have a mate in the graphic design trade and he uses this guy http://www.chrisbaileyphoto.com/ who takes a mean photo. Even then the touching up done after beggars belief.

What really annoys me is the clearly CGI'd mud some manufacturers use in their promotional materials when I'm sure most of us would happily, and in some cases expertly, apply the real thing 8) 2008.5 D3 HSE, Stornoway, Ebony
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That we are good at!

   
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You're hired Bow down 2008.5 D3 HSE, Stornoway, Ebony
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I didn't realise that either.

Though I'd say you've got it pretty spot on in your current avatar Thumbs Up 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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Nice Cayenne melt there Thumbs Up

TBH, those silver D3 pics (they have profile shots of side and rear etc) used above and in the brochures... have always looked CG to me Wink Spent too many years working around Soho in the film effects industry I guess.  
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