2008 Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach

[Sevan Pulurian]

Hello everyone, This is actually my first post on this forum. I just wanted to share some shots I took at the Long Beach Grand Prix this past weekend. Fell Free to C&C. I am always looking for room to improve. You can find the larger versions and the rest of my shot on my flickr page here. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevan_pulurian/sets/72157604720687341/)

As far as PP went i used lightroom. set a preset for clarity+50, saturation +12, vibrancy +12 bumped up the sharpening levels a bit. Then for each photo a upped the color levels a bit using the saturation levels and the luminance levels to make the colors pop.

Enjoy.

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/2439621157_d29dc5e2fe.jpg

2.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/2439617089_425d616e5b.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2112/2439600257_683f2c4c34.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2203/2440437182_caec52082e.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2439613187_26ab63162f.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2180/2439617367_b09672c1cb.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2440436718_f4fe6a9cd8.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/2440442606_37611bf3f0.jpg

Thanks for looking

Sevan

[Daniel Buck]

not quite sure I like the angled shots, but I do enjoy #8, that one I love!

[John Thawley]

Sevan, I'm guessing you had a Super Photo Pass?

I'm of the same mind on the overuse of the angle. As a viewer, you find yourself tipping your head side to side to view the content... not unlike a bad seat (at the net) at a tennis match.

Try to vary your shooting angle. Most the shots here are fundamentally the same shot. Though, if you were in fact shooting with the SPP, I can understand the limitation.

Thanks,

John

[Sevan Pulurian]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I might be able to fix some by cropping the images. But it was a challenged to shoot with the pass. I had to almost pan like a smile. start at the top and arc through the turn with car. I got some straight left to right shots in the gallery.

[Jeff Boerio]

I like #3. It is a creative way to tell the story of where the shot was taken.

I tried to go up onto that location. Local security guys wouldn't let me :)

Jeff

[Sevan Pulurian]

Thanks Jeff. The driver missed the turn and i was quick to react. You are limited to what you can shot from above the car from were they had the locations.