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Moving... or clever photoshop


Retrophonica

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Hi Everyone

I came across this image on Pinterest and loved it - I own a Classic Mini too and would love to recreate this shot for myself... but after studying it I wondered if the car was sat still and the motion all added in Photoshop

What do you think?

Blur Mini.jpg
 
Hard to say for sure but I believe the motion and spin blur were added. Its hard to have a vehicle in motion that is so good in focus.
The motion blur of the vertical background is a bit 'over the top'...
 
It's really hard to make that kind of panning photo without any distorsion on the car, but i think it will be harder to made the distorsion reflection on the car and wheels.. so in my opinion its photography, maybe exagerate the effect on the background. But i'm not and expert in that kind of photos so i could be wrong XD.

Cheers!
 
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My guess is that it was done at a car show or a commercial photographer's studio or other location where the car was put on a turntable. They then set the camera on a tripod that was also sitting on the turntable, and then took a several second long time exposure during which the camera and car turned as a unit, so the car remained perfectly sharp, but the background blurred nicely.

That being said, it certainly looks like they did muck with the rims and tires in post production.

OTOH, I certainly wouldn't bet a large amount of money on my turntable theory, LOL.

Tom M
 
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Actually, the use of large turntables for car photography is common. Obviously, such a turntable is not something most amateurs would invest in, but there are quite a few commercial product photographers who specialize in the photography of large equipment that do have this sort of gear. Also, they are quite common in car shows where new models are being introduced by the mfgrs, in high end dealerships, advanced grip for movie and video production, etc...:
http://www.autoloadit.com/external-360-turntable-photography/

Don't forget that even a turntable that can handle a car can be made surprisingly compact and reasonably portable using arms that extend out to place under the tires (like a hydraulic lift), not a full circle, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE3zysJvgGM . If needed, one can bolt on a sturdy, non-flexing extension of one of the arms past the tire and place the camera at the end of it.

You might also enjoy these links:
http://carturner.com/
http://www.core77.com/posts/21672/car-studio-photography-set-ups-21672
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj0CUPABgIk

or just go to Google Images and search for {turntable auto photography}.

From the shape of the OOF blurs, I'm still sticking with my guess that this shot was done on a turntable, not on the road with an extension arm attached to the car (and the car driving in a circle). Another possibility is that the car could have been driving in a circle with the photographer at the center of the circle with his camera mounted on a tripod with a panning head, but I just don't think one could ever achieve the smoothness of the background blurs, as well as the rock solid sharpness of the car using this technique, even if he was using a geared or motorized pan head.

T
 

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