Re: Is this a real picture or CGI?

Doc wrote:
> Looks to me either like CGI or extremely enhanced by CGI. Seems to
> have a sort of "plasic" patina to it. Is an actual photo of a pristine
> new car not good enough anymore?
> 
> http://www.toyota.com/matrix/


It's a real photo that's been dodged and burned. It looks like the top 
surfaces have been burned in. The rest is just superb lighting.

The way it is lit is just stunning. Take a look at the catch lights and 
the shadowing and you'll see that the lighting is very simple, but it's 
some of the best modeling I've ever seen. You can really feel the three 
curves of it.

   It appears to be one longish softbox almost directly overhead. A bit 
of fill to soften the shadows.

   Jeff