WHOH Look at this pic

stiffdogg06 said:
Looks like a dang mirror. For $32 bucks I think the purple haze is worth a try.
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And from what the author said, there wasn't much prep. I'm assuming the car was in good condition to begin with, but that is quite impressive never the less.
 
I wouldn't put much stock in those photos (or any photo for that matter). You can trick a camera to show anything, and then you can photoshop it.



Here you go. No Photoshopping at all. Straight out of HP digital camera. No trick lighting. Guess what LSP was used!



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That's why I rarely upload photos...they're meaningless.



If you want to try a LSP and review it, great! Just don't make your decision based on a photo.
 
Alfisti said:
I wouldn't put much stock in those photos (or any photo for that matter). You can trick a camera to show anything, and then you can photoshop it.



Here you go. No Photoshopping at all. Straight out of HP digital camera. No trick lighting. Guess what LSP was used!



If you want to try a LSP and review it, great! Just don't make your decision based on a photo.
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You da man! :bigups

I have a feeling that alot of people here are better picture takers than detailers. :ignore
 
the suns position really helps enhance shots like that. you could take a pic on the other side of the car and barely capture an image most likely.
 
Alfisti said:
I wouldn't put much stock in those photos (or any photo for that matter). You can trick a camera to show anything, and then you can photoshop it.



Here you go. No Photoshopping at all. Straight out of HP digital camera. No trick lighting. Guess what LSP was used!



HPIM2958.JPG




That's why I rarely upload photos...they're meaningless.



If you want to try a LSP and review it, great! Just don't make your decision based on a photo.
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Totaly agree.



I also agree that flat paint that is polished to perfection with no LSP on it will look exactly like that. No matter what LSP comes out and no matter how much the inventor or faithful followers say it means nothing and will do nothing if the paint isnt polished to perfection or at least close to it.
 
Yeah, don't put much stock into those pics like mentioned. Here is a picture of the passenger side door of my 2001 Civic after a polish and a wax.



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oc op and natty's blue if i remember correctly.
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optimum lineup rmg and nattys red. (red or blue don't remember that either)

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A polarizing filter on any camera will dramatically enhance the gloss or depth of shots. I guess these days I don't trust any picture I trust the person.
 
That DoDo pic upsets me. It is that same overexposure issue I HATE so much about so many pics on our forums. As I mentioned during my last rant in a C&B thread, practically ANY paint and ANY product would look flawless if the picture itself is over-exposed enough, which this DoDo one is, intentionally or not. I know I mention this issue much too often, but it really p!sses me off.



Mind you, being a photographer, I am not against Photoshopping a picture, and neither should anyone else. PS is the modern day version of the dark room. No camera, no matter how good its CCD might be, can ever capture a scene quite like the human eye does. So using using the PS "dark room" to bring that pic as close to reality as possible, is a great thing and should be done. But using it for any other reason (i.e. creating a new reality) is just plain unfair.



I am not implying that this pic was PSd, the light may have just thrown off the camera's metering, but far too many people use the "dark" side of PS on these forums.
 
White_07_G6_GT said:
A polarizing filter on any camera will dramatically enhance the gloss or depth of shots. I guess these days I don't trust any picture I trust the person.
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Actually, a polarizing filter isn't ideal when one wants to show off reflections since a polarizer's very claim to fame is "eliminating" reflections on shiny surfaces and showing the depth instead. So it doesn't work from a detailing stand point.
 
Many times the light meter is thrown off on the camera with black to bright transitions. How do you edit/fix that in PS?
 
i personally have never even visited photoshop.com or used the tool itself (however it is used) and therefore cannot tell if a pic has been doctored or not. as far as polarizing cameras are concerned i don't know what that means either. i know how to set my timer on my camera and turn the flash off thats about it. i would like to know what setting would be the best to use to capture as real to life images with my digital camera.
 
Alfisti said:
I wouldn't put much stock in those photos (or any photo for that matter). You can trick a camera to show anything, and then you can photoshop it.



Here you go. No Photoshopping at all. Straight out of HP digital camera. No trick lighting. Guess what LSP was used!



HPIM2958.JPG




That's why I rarely upload photos...they're meaningless.



If you want to try a LSP and review it, great! Just don't make your decision based on a photo.
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I agree, I didnt want to take the wind out of the OPs post. Ive been asked to post pics several times and thats why I dont. There are detailers here in the past that have been accused of photochopping pics and I just dont want to get into that?
 
Reflection in a black car looks often as a mirror.

This is a reflection in a black car prior claying, polishing and waxing. Picture of the scratch.

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The same car after claying, polishing (blackfire) and waxing (sealant and carnaba of blackfire)

Looks not reflective anymore but what a wetnees.

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