Maserati Coupe from Auction to Perfection

I have to ask.. The work is just amazing But so are the pictures. It seems all you southern guys have some hook up on great photo shoots. What kind of camera are you guys using? My point and click just can't compete. Are you guys all on DSLR's?
 
The mediocre before and during shots were taken with a Canon PowerShot SD750 - notice the huge quality difference between them and the finals taken with a Digital Rebel on a tripod.



The other huge difference I've found is a polarizing filter on the SLRs - it amps up the reflections (and marring on light colors) immensely. It's like the difference between looking at a car with polarized sunglasses and without. I've found that polarizing filters on a camera or polarized sunglasses are the most effective way to evaluate marring on light metallics during the daytime.
 
themightytimmah said:
The mediocre before and during shots were taken with a Canon PowerShot SD750 - notice the huge quality difference between them and the finals taken with a Digital Rebel on a tripod.



The other huge difference I've found is a polarizing filter on the SLRs - it amps up the reflections (and marring on light colors) immensely. It's like the difference between looking at a car with polarized sunglasses and without. I've found that polarizing filters on a camera or polarized sunglasses are the most effective way to evaluate marring on light metallics during the daytime.
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That's so true, I use my polarized sunglasses all the time. Only problem is that sometimes I see too much swirls marks when I'm walking down the street that I just get distracted as I keep looking at the hoods of cars. I never thought about using it for my camera though, I have a Powershot G2 with Filter attachment. I should try that.
 
Hey folks... I see much talk lately about the micro-mesh abrasives. About the only experience I have with them was to use their kit all the way to 12000 to polish up a refinished piece of wood furniture. It polished up to a high gloss finish.



At any rate... one thing I noticed about them is that their grit scale does not correlate directly to wet/dry sandpaper. So when the poster is using 6000 grit, it's not as though he's using regular sandpaper at 6000 grit. "Regular" micro-mesh 1500 correlates to 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper.



A thorough correlation chart is available on micro-mesh's website:



https://www.micro-surface.com/default.cfm?page_id=174



Hope this helps.



Tett
 
Incredible job! The paint looks so rich, deep and black. :bow



I continue to be astonished at how well finishing with Ultrafina and topping with a carnauba makes black paint look so incredible. :)
 
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