bobg1951chevy Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Did anyone notice the DEEP shine on all the black cars that passed on the auction block last week ? Wondering how ALL of them looked sooooo good ?
keiser31 Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 My wife mentioned the beautiful black paint on one of them....maybe a Chevelle.
Matt Harwood Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Bright lights, distance, and your TV still doesn't have the high resolution that your eyeballs do. 3
vermontboy Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) There are all kinds of tricks in film work (ask Clint Eastwood), with black lighting can make a washboard quarter panel look perfect. I am slow at typing Edited January 25, 2018 by vermontboy (see edit history)
Brass is Best Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 It is like the lighting in a bar at 2:30... 5
bobg1951chevy Posted January 25, 2018 Author Posted January 25, 2018 12 hours ago, Brass is Best said: It is like the lighting in a bar at 2:30... Ain't that the truth ....... then trying to carefully chew your arm off in the A.M., so not to wake the Princess you bring home in the wee hours. She looked so much better the night before ....... without the 5 o'clock shadow.
39BuickEight Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Some cars only get the low angle camera treatment. My wife was yelling at the TV a few times "let us see the whole car" because I'm always asking her what she likes.
auburnseeker Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 13 hours ago, Brass is Best said: It is like the lighting in a bar at 2:30... That ain't the lighting that is affecting your eyes at 2:30. 2
60FlatTop Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 It is not always the lighting that pretties them up. We were watching the Hershey all auction a few years ago. Well, actually, quite a few years ago. That was the year they had a couple of museum shabby Duesenbergs the jockies didn't know how to start and a young woman stalled an R type Bentley on the ramp so it wouldn't restart. We were non-bidders so we sat way up in the yokel seats, but we had a good view and lots of room to roll in the aisle laughing. Anyway, as to the waking up in the morning, I noticed a pride of A-body GM cars passing through. It was a mixture of two door hardtops and two door sedans. Now, this is probably my imagination, BUT, when the hardtops were on the block the doors were open. When the sedans came across the doors were closed and the focus was on the engine and wheels. With that shiny stainless window surround it looked "just like" a hardtop. I learned some shady stuff growing up, but we were just a sideshow compared to the real circus. On topic, although I don't have a big light bar, a little splash of red does perk up the black ones. Bernie
ejboyd5 Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 On 1/25/2018 at 7:15 AM, Restorer32 said: Auction goggles. Are auction goggles and alcohol the same thing?
auburnseeker Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 1 hour ago, ejboyd5 said: Are auction goggles and alcohol the same thing? No, but when used together (you fill the goggles with the alcohol). they have tremendous effects on the wearer. As evidenced by the bids placed.
Dave Henderson Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 I have an auction catalog for an auction held in 1974 by a big name auction house still in business today. I wondered why some cars looked unusually shiny, until that is I noticed water dripping from the running board of one. They hosed it down, moved it to another spot, and shot the picture before it dried off!
39BuickEight Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 The DIY home remodeling shows on TV always wet everything before doing an outdoor final reveal.
vintagerodshop Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 The only thing at BJ that was worth the money was the bill for the Stage Lighting designer and installer. If you looked at that same car in the sunlight you would not recognize it.
cahartley Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 The big auctions have lighting down to a science........just like jewelry stores. Hmmmmmmm.......so THAT'S why diamonds never sparkle like they do in the stores.......
Brass is Best Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 12 hours ago, cahartley said: The big auctions have lighting down to a science........just like jewelry stores. Hmmmmmmm.......so THAT'S why diamonds never sparkle like they do in the stores....... One also has to beware of sellers that photograph cars indoors with studio lighting. They adjust and filter light until all the imperfections are hidden. The only way to honestly show a car is to photograph it outdoors in natural light.
padgett Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 Agree: it takes some red to make black tolerable
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