¦FTC¦ RECEPTOR 17'S Vehigallery - March 4th: Photodump Part 2

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Hello one and all! I’ve finally arrived 13 weeks late to the FM7 party now that I had enough dosh to purchase a disc during the January sales. Looks like I’ve missed a heap already, so I got a lot of work to catch up on everyone’s efforts and skills since 7 was released last year.

So a little about me, I’m your average insanely random, randomly insane Welshman who likes to take a few snaps in Forza’s games since Horizon 2 came around. despite having played since the original Forza offline. I started the whole Screenshot/Picture taking thing in the Halo series, but decided to move onto Forza as well, as the established community here is awesome and the challenge to take great pictures is much greater.

I’m a proud member of the FTC (Forzatography Collective), who’ve helped me improve my pictures over the past year or so in FM6 and FH3 but I’m still a little less well known for quality images, with with just the one winning screenshot to my name in FH3, but I try to be active and add more to this community whenever I can, just need to keep the creative juices flowing.

Anyway enough of all that, let’s get on with the pics below!

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Winning Photos in Competitions

WINNER HORIZON 3 - PHOTOCOMP 21:

Nightbridge:

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So onto the first photos after playing the game for the first time this afternoon:

I’m really happy with the first and last photos from this initial set, hopefully I might get some FM7 beginners luck in Photocomp13 with them.

More to come as I advance through the Driver Levels and thank you very much for stopping by.

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Great shots! I really like this one and the first shot is very exciting as well. Good luck in photocomp13!

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Great start! I really like this one:

Looking forward to more! Good luck in the photocomps!

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Really like this one!

Good job. Keeo them coming!

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Thank you both very much! I might just put that one in too for the Photocomp this week. Feels good to be back in and cutting my Forzatography teeth.

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Solid Capture right here:

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Thanks very much Exit0rbit! May have been only my 3rd capture in FM7, but possibly one of my career best over all the Forza games I’ve played in.

So, back again with a fresh update and a bit of a mixed bag as I earn more cars and go through championships and Forzathons, so I’m starting off with some variety pieces and then onto some pairing shots featuring a few cars I particularly like in different styles:

And onto the pairing shots, featuring the Donkervoort GTO, Jaguar XKRS, Camaro Z28, the Racing Corvette C7.R, BMW i8 and thr Subaru BRZ FE:

Donkervoort GTO

Jaguar XKRS:

Really happy with this one below, as I was tyring to pair the contrast of the colours of the inner corner with the more muted monochrome of the car itself and the background.

Camaro Z28

I’m not sure if I got the angle right with this one, as I was tyring to ensure the edge of the tunnel didn’t appear in the left hand side of the shot, but I think it looks decent:

Chevrolet Racing C7.R

BMW i8:

Subaru BRZ FE:

I don’t often do group photos, but this one was a perfect opportunity with the headlights on to show a trail of cars all racing each other through Dubai’s sands.

And that is it from me. Once again I’ve submitted a handful in for the 14th week of the Photocomp, so we’ll see what happens.

As always, any and all feedback/comments/critique is welcomed so don’t hesitate to give me your opinions.

Until next time!

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I like the lighting/composition of the i8 shots.

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I really like that! I’d say you succeeded, well done!

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Thanks Exit! The i8 is really good for getting those atmospheric reflective shots so it was fun going around with it. I’ll likely give it some more photo treatment later on.

Well now, approval from NV himself! Thank you very much indeed for that and I’m glad it worked out for at least one person! It was a good balancing act trying to keep the colour on the inner corner and not have it ruin the background and car.

So, it’s been 2 weeks and despite not posting here, I’ve most certainly not been idle in making new Forza photos, just been forgetting to post them here. So thus here is the first Photodump of two featuring my newest works, where I have been fine tuning more with experimental shots in the rain and aiming for a little photo realism.

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Was really happy with this first shot whilst pulling out of the Parabolica in Monza in the wet. I’d made some other photos in the same corner, but this one was my fave form the three, going for a bit of angle and the spray behind the single car. Surprisingly the livery looked great too and has been one of my most popular in all games.

Subaru set:

These were taken in my obligatory Hot Wheels toy replica livery I own and I was trying to mess with the Abu Dhabi lighting underneath the hotel with the bright blue neon lighting as you go under the bridge, the vibrancy of the colour was a key point I wanted in the set, but trying not to overwhelm everything else. I think only one managed to achieve it in the end in the last photo:

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NSX Set:

I am a sucker for Spa Francomchamps. I love taking photos on the circuit and especially at dawn/dusk depending on the setting as night falls/ends, thus I broke out my NSX and had a good session with these photos.

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Possibly my favourite form the set going around La Source:

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And finally some dribs and drabs from other races and shoots:

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And that’s it, until my next photodump in a day or two. Thanks again for stopping by and as always, any comments/critiques/suggestions are welcomed!

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Beautiful shots :heart:

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Thank you KTVDS! The car’s aggressive build really does help with making those menacing shots. I might try it with something a little more brutal looking later on on Spa with similar settings to see how it works.

Thanks jungsten! Glad you liked the pair shot of the VW and Ford. Was a lucky happenstance after pausing the game mid race in Maple Valley.

I’ll post up part 2 in a few days, once the logins have been fixed for the front page and I can access my gallery.

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The NSX looks menacing in that lighting, great work!

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Good shots, but the NSX set really stands out above the rest to me, good work

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Looks like a photo T10 would promote the game with, great work!

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I am digging those pictures of the NSX, nice job on Spa Receptor!

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Wow, now that is some high praise! Thanks NV, the idea was to go for that photo-realism effect and it seems to have come out very well.

The NSX certainly has been a popular production from me it seems, the car is just far too photogenic, especially on my beloved Spa circuit. Hopefully I can make some more unique shots on that track in the future with some new cars. Thank you both.

Thanks Morc! The Kemmel Straight at sunset with the open background is superb to get some shots when I’ve tuned the exposure some.

Right, so onto the belated second photodump, including a winner of the Gladiator Comp’s first Round!

Starting off with some photos I took in a Mixer Co-Stream with some other FTC members a month or so ago, featuring the 911 Strassenversion (sp?) around Yas Marina:

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Wasn’t too sure about this first one being a little too dark, as my screen is a bit deceptive when taking photos, trying to frame in the line above was tricky too, but I’m happy with how the composition ended up.

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Felt these three were simple, yet effective and very clean, which is what I wanted in these shots with the 911. With the shot below however, I’m not too sure if I added too much sunglare, but I like it regardless:

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And with that, onto a set featuring the Honda CRX on the Top Gear circuit in the wet. I tried to get some retro styled shots in this one, alongside trying to mimic a photo that Snooty took for Forza 6’s All Cars Project in my own style dressed in my retro styled livery:

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I did have another shot of this at a more severe angle, but I preferred this one more, trying to get the car’s reflection in full beneath it as well on the damp circuit, pretty happy with the muted styler in the end.

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And onto a few more randoms with the LMP Mazda and some experimentation in the last two shots:

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So last but not least, these were the photos I worked on making for the Gladiator Comp in the first round, which my subject was a Porsche 911, I decided to run with the 2016 GT2 RS on Yas Marina and made as few experimental attempts on some photos before settling on the black and white shot that managed to win the voting round before I was knocked out in Round 2 by some fantastic efforts.

Thus here was the winning shot and the subsequent experimentations prior:

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And that’s that! Apologies for the rather large photodump this time, a lot to cover in a month. Should really work on being more active here in the Forzatography forums.

As always, any and all input/comments/criticism is welcomed!

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Some quality pictures in this set! Especially the GT2 pictures are superb.

The lighting is something i struggle with as well, as in game everything appears brighter.

Maybe up exposure a bit, currently im using between 55 and 60 depending on the time of day and weather.