HDR Transformer Kaiyodo Optimus Prime

This weeks [10/14 to 10/21] photography assignment is Table Top.  I know how to take pictures for Table Top since a few years back, and from the class of last year.  It seems that every time I do it, I improve.  I decided to take this assignment a bit further to do them in HDR [High Dymanic Range].

At Comic Con this year I gotten an kaiyodo action figure, and I have been looking and waiting for, which was Optimus Prime.  I wanted to fine a good price for it at at Comic Con.  I found a seller that had 3 left, so I gotten 2 of them for discounted price.  One box is open now, and one box is staying sealed cause Optimus Prime is my favorite Autobot.

Materials

• Kaiyodo Transformers Optimus Prime Action Figure
• PVC homemade Light Tent
• Silver Sun Car Shade
• Black Acrylic
• Nikon D40
• picture sets of different exposure
• Photomatrix Pro 3

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Today is the due date for my Photoshop Final projects. I submitted two images but I also given the process images, showing the starting point to the finished images that I wanted to achieve. I have uploaded them to here, so I can share with you, and please give me comments, and thoughts, Id like to see what you all have to say about my work.

First Image is a drawing of me and a lulu girl dressed up as a jedi. I got this drawing at Comic Con a few years back. The artists name is Tim Wollweber, and I just simply scanned the image in to my computer, and used photoshop to outline the dark and important lines. Than, I went and colored in all the areas I wanted to show colors. I took the image to place it on a background image that is Star Wars related. I was applying layers and adding lightsaber effects.

Second Image is a Transformer Toy, his name is Optimus Prime the leader of the mighty Autobots from Cybertron. A year back, I took several exposed shots of this action figure, and made the image into a HDR resolution.  HDR (High Dyanmic Range). For what I have applied are a few different things that I learned during class, which are; Filter in the Lens Blur, Masking, and Applying Text with gradient colors.

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