Best photo of DV yet - and some others!

[eclat2emira]

Hi, someone posted on FB about the drivers academy and this image really caught my eye - DV has never looked better! (It actually looks GREEN and it's not even bright sunlight )

This is one of Lotus's own images and this section of the site has great shots of Hethel and Magma too - visit: https://www.lotuscars.com/sv-SE/driving-academy/a-taste-of-lotus/

 

[eclat2emira]

Hi, someone posted on FB about the drivers academy and this image really caught my eye - DV has never looked better! (It actually looks GREEN and it's not even bright sunlight )

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This is one of Lotus's own images and this section of the site has great shots of Hethel and Magma too - visit: https://www.lotuscars.com/sv-SE/driving-academy/a-taste-of-lotus/

slightly better image below...

 

[DaaS]

This is where you can find some of the other images. They look really good... but may be enhanced/edited. Who knows!

Lotus Driving Academy - Lotus Cars Official Website - For the Drivers

Welcome to the Lotus Driving Academy at the home of Lotus cars Hethel.

www.lotuscars.com

 

[NicolasB]

This cannot be Magma.... right?

 

[frazzer]

slightly better image below...
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look at that sky, the image tone is a bit funky - certainly not straight from the camera, seems saturation / vibrance has been boosted

 

[NicolasB]

look at that sky, the image tone is a bit funky - certainly not straight from the camera, seems saturation / vibrance has been boosted

Definitely edited

 

[eclat2emira]

Definitely edited

I'm not sure, As per my commenti think sunlight and possible exposure, plus the effect of the metallic lighting up could be causing that.

The other front 3/4 shot - i saw that car in that position quite possibly the same day and that is how it looked, the red deep and darkish. Same in the factory in a poorly lit area.

All the metallic FE colours seem to be very sensitive to light, either lightening or darkening much more than a solid colour would.

 

[jamesbxxx]

This cannot be Magma.... right?

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Definitely doesn't look like this. This looked right to my eye vs phone photo.

 

[912Matt]

This cannot be Magma.... right?

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There was an Emira in the factory yesterday in this Ferrariesque red colour, but on orange wheels! Very different to the Magma cars we saw

 

[Wizardwings]

My attempt at removing the Sepia filter:

 

[Racer X]

look at that sky, the image tone is a bit funky - certainly not straight from the camera, seems saturation / vibrance has been boosted

Agreed- Saturation, vibrancy, black point and contrast all bumped.

 

[Eagle7]

Agreed- Saturation, vibrancy, black point and contrast all bumped.

It looks like a cell phone HDR image which is always over-saturated and over-contrasted. It usually crushes the blacks and mis-represents the mid-ranges which is why I don't like that setting.

To do a proper HDR image you'd need 3 cameras; one each for brights, mids and shadows, and all 3 would have to shoot simultaneously then the imaging processor composite them using an algorithm of some kind to bring out the best of each of those ranges in a single image.

Doing all of that with a single camera imaging array just doesn't work very well in my opinion. The effect doesn't look realistic at all, and sticks out like a sore thumb.

 

[PaulP]

It looks like a cell phone HDR image which is always over-saturated and over-contrasted. It usually crushes the blacks and mis-represents the mid-ranges which is why I don't like that setting.

To do a proper HDR image you'd need 3 cameras; one each for brights, mids and shadows, and all 3 would have to shoot simultaneously then the imaging processor composite them using an algorithm of some kind to bring out the best of each of those ranges in a single image.

Doing all of that with a single camera imaging array just doesn't work very well in my opinion. The effect doesn't look realistic at all, and sticks out like a sore thumb.

Well a single camera taking multiple images very rapidly at different exposures will produce proper HDR – but I get what you’re saying a single captured image cannot do HDR it’s just a bullshit label

 

[Eagle7]

Well a single camera taking multiple images very rapidly at different exposures will produce proper HDR – but I get what you’re saying a single captured image cannot do HDR it’s just a bullshit label

Yeah it's SUPPOSED to work like that, at least that's what marketing speak says, but in real use it just doesn't quite deliver.

 

[DrD]

So looking at these, they definitely unfortunately (for us DV keenos at least) looks like shadow, not DV: https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/dark-verdant.982/post-30345