Comments on: Green Fins in Austin

By: Happy Birthday America | XS650 Chopper

Happy Birthday America | XS650 Chopper — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:39:59 +0000

[...] Pic: Fourth on Lake Austin BY: stuckincustoms.com [...]

By: Stuck In Customs

Stuck In Customs — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:46:14 +0000

hehe thanks all

Michael – yes I am here in Austin… it’s my home base!

By: Michael Harris

Michael Harris — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:22:29 +0000

Lol, I shot this same car show in hdr as well. I’ve got a couple of shots from it up at http://www.johnmichaelharris.com. Trey – are you in Austin? If so can you email me? michael@johnmichaelharris.com.

By: Nathalie Dale

Nathalie Dale — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:14:33 +0000

I am not sure if I like this one as much as your other work. It does not have the different “Trey Look”. It is very nice but looks like at lot of HDR out there and seem to be missing of your little personal touch. All that said; I can’t do anything like that and as always I am very much impressed with you work.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:23:05 +0000

Great picture!
P.S. There’s a little Trey in the chrome below the right tail light.

By: Dale Martin

Dale Martin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:42:39 +0000

Lemmings? I don’t think that’s the original paint job on the car in the photo Trey provided. Give me one of those lemming colored cars and I’ll make it look good in a photo.

By: Lia

Lia — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:10:56 +0000

Personality is DEFINITELY lacking in our vehicles today. Our city condo garage cars are all silver, black, silver, black, token red, silver, black, token white. They all look the same. Lemmings. Or should I now say alewives (anyone who has lived/lives in Michigan can remember the great lakes beaches of the 80s covered in dead alewives).

By: Jacob W Crosby

Jacob W Crosby — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:23:53 +0000

Hmm… Looks like Trey brought the Light Smoothing slider below the fourth radio button…

One thing I love about these old cars, is that no matter how hard you try it always becomes a self portrait because you just cannot avoid the chrome!

By: Dale Martin

Dale Martin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:52:04 +0000

I think cars still have personality. Just different lines.

Nice shot. Looks a bit over exposed though.

By: casusan

casusan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:40:14 +0000

Love this shot…and yes, the cars were much cooler then!

By: Birgit

Birgit — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:39:19 +0000

that is really a CAR – and the green is really green – interesting angle

By: Trey Ratcliff

Trey Ratcliff — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:02:58 +0000

Thanks all!

Sometimes I like the ghosting… whenever you see it in there, I do it on purpose because I like the sense of motion and activity over time… sometimes I will remove it if it is too distracting, like the way I just said “it if it” all at once.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:41:02 +0000

Beautiful shot and car. Just remember though that these vehicles were designed to fall apart after 2 years. Which, as I recall, they did.

By: Gail Stayton Moshier

Gail Stayton Moshier — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:16:20 +0000

Great picture!! Back in the day when cars were styling!!! They are so boring now, lol. Hope everyone has a nice Sunday!! I just had a special treat. My dog was barking, so I looked out the door and three deer were walking close to our east yard!! Thanks for sharing, Trey!

By: dan leitch

dan leitch — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:52:45 +0000

hi trey,
i’ve noticed that in a few of your photos of crowd scenes (like the recent one in Dresden) you have made the people look ghosty. Do you do this by turning ghosting off in the initial photomatix stage, or later on in photoshop?

By: Derron Fricke

Derron Fricke — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:29:45 +0000

Trey always look forward to your pics and posts, I will be in the Houston and Austin area for a couple of weeks. Please let me know of some some spots to take some photos and see some sights. Anything would be appreciated as I am not able to travel as much s I would like. Thanks for all the inspiration your photos and blogs have given. my face book is under derronfricke69@gmail.com and have some HDR photos of the Southwest if you want to take a look. thanks again for any tips.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:49:07 +0000

Nice colours, I find that the background is a bit over exposed and ghosty, but I acknowledge the car being the main focus, which looks fantastic!