I plan on displaying this picture in a gallery so I made some edits to improve upon the original. The first picture was a little dark so I made some quick and easy edits in Adobe Photoshop. This photo was taken in Rexburg, Idaho in an apartment complex parking lot. I’m glad they parked by the tree so that it had a nice background. I had taken a shot from a higher angle, standing up, but this did not look as good. It made the bus look bloated and disproportionate. So to get this shot I squatted down so that I was at eye-level with the VW emblem. I decided to take the picture with some lead room on the side which also put the emblem on the third.
Here is the original…
Original photo
Here is the edited version…
Edited photo
Some of the edits that I applied to this picture include adding brightness. This is the most obvious difference between the two pictures. By doing so, I lost some of the detail in the rust on the front of the bus. I attempted to avoid this by adding contrast back into the shot. This further defined where the colors ended and where the small details should have been, but I feel as though I did not add enough contrast back in to compensate for the brightness that I added. I had added so much brightness since I was going to be hung and prints usually come out darker. I do like the kind of urban grunge look that it gives it.
A less obvious edit that I made was to remove the Grenade logo that had been painted onto the bus. It was found right by the rear view mirror, but I removed it to make it less distracting. I think this gives it a more authentic look. I do love the patina in the front bumper and the reflection of the trees in windshield.
VW has been and always will be a company that I hold dear to my heart. Especially these old classic cars.
Song that I listened to while writing this blog post…