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01/10/2025 3:20 pm
1978 Corvette L82 T-Top Silver by AUTOart.
01/10/2025 3:23 pm
The 25th Anniversary Vette is one of my favorites. AUTOart did a beautiful job on this one. Photographed beautifully.
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01/10/2025 3:41 pm
@perrone1 I am playing with different lenses and exposers. I could have lowered the exposer by one maybe two stops for the closed body photos, I think that would have brought out the silver for a little more depth in the paint. Those were done with available light with longer exposers.
01/10/2025 3:46 pm
Yes; new equipment always comes with experimentation. With the doors open, to get good visual details, you'll cause the exterior to lighten. I use spot metering a lot but in that situation, it calls for matrix metering to get a comparable blend of all components. Trial and error.
But your shots here are TERRIFIC!!
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01/10/2025 7:08 pm
@rich-sufficool Mine is AUTOart, here are four quick flash photos with the headlights in the open position.
01/10/2025 8:43 pm
@rich-sufficool They're both good, but UT's dog-legs ruin things a bit, OTOH, you gotta love those graphics! 😎 😎 😎
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02/10/2025 9:35 am
@john3976 Thanx, John. That is a step above the UT '78s.
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