This is the third and last location used for a private IBL (Image Based Lighting) and Autodesk Maya project dealing with car renderings called Ibiza & Bridges. Location is the in 2013 built Honsell Bridge in Frankfurt with its perfect view on the EZB and the Frankfurt Skyline. Photography (IBL and backplates) were shot on a rainy day with dark clouds.
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The full spherical panorama was shot similar to part 1&2 of this series with a Canon 60D (APS-C sensor) and a Walimax fisheye lens with 11 mm focal length. Five bracketing series plus zenith, nadir an offshot with seven 2 EV shots each were necessary to complete the panorama for the IBL.
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Several distances such as the width of the street were measured on location to ensure a easy and fats camera setup in Autodesk Maya. For calibration check and fine tuning, a simple polygonal plane an a reference cube with the bounding box dimension of the Seat Ibiza was used.
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The environment isa lit by the IBL only. Additionally, four mesh lights within the car are used to simulate the cars spot and fog lights.
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For this setup the a dark red metallic car paint was chosen to match the slightly dramatic atmosphere.
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Post production was done in Photoshop. To darken the backplate Color Lookup filter NightFromDay.CUBE was used at approx. 50% strength. Additionally, lens flare effects wre used for the four front lights of the car.
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