It’s time to make a CobaltSS.net Calendar for 2006

If you would like to see your car in this calendar send original high resolution pictures of your car to calendar@cobaltss.net

All pictures must be taken with a camera that has at least 3.0MP and sent in the original form. No resized or cropped pictures please.

Also, lighting is very important. Please take a moment to read there car picture taking tips before taking your pictures:
http://www.cobracountry.com/fototips/home.html

If we get a decent number of submissions, we will have the members vote to puck the 13 cars for the Calendar.

We need all submissions by August 27, 2005.


Think of some cool places to have in the background of your pictures.
http://cobaltss.net/gallery/files/2/3/6/6/DSC00061Medium.JPG
Let me know if you have any questions :cool:

Submission Agreement:
By summiting you pictures to CobaltSS.net, you agree that:
CobaltSS.net may use the pictures for the Cobalt Calendar which will be available for sale and distributed to GM employees.
You will be credited for your picture and retain the copyright to your picture.

Do entries have to be SS's?

I have a photo that I want to send. Are you going to credit the person in text or should I put my name on the image?

sent 3 pictures of my baby in so hoping for the best

Do entries have to be SS's?
All Cobalt models are accepted. The background can help a lot.

I have a photo that I want to send. Are you going to credit the person in text or should I put my name on the image?
We will credit each picture in the appropriate corners in the same font as chosen by the designer, so please send the original unmarked pictures.

sent 3 pictures of my baby in so hoping for the best
Those are nice pictures but the sun creates really dark shadows on the sides of your car. Try taking some in the morning or in the eve if you can

Do you plan on selling these?

Do you plan on selling these?

Yes, they will be for sale on the site. BDW, the pic you sent is 100% perfect! You are good!

Yes, they will be for sale on the site. BDW, the pic you sent is 100% perfect! You are good!
Just for legal reasons, you should make a submission agreement since there is money involved then.

lol thanks :) Glad you liked it! I hope it can be used to promote the Cobalt.

All pictures must be taken with a camera that has at least 3.0MP and sent in the original form. No resized or cropped pictures please.

Damn it...I gotta go back to that dealership I was at. I was waiting at a Honda place for my friend's Accord to get fixed and the only camera I had was on my cell phone. They had a sign that said "Honda/Acura Drop-Off and Pick-Up Only" so I got a pic of my SS parked there and made sure to get the big-ass bowtie in it. I'll have to go back and get another one.

What type of pics exactly like, only exterior or maybe interior and engine bay?

EDIT....
Is the quality of this picture good or should i get a better one?

http://www.cobaltss.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=1021&c=

What type of pics exactly like, only exterior or maybe interior and engine bay?

EDIT....
Is the quality of this picture good or should i get a better one?

http://www.cobaltss.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=1021&c=
I like the background and the positioning of the car. The perspective however is kind of plain and you are WAY too far away. Always try to fill the frame with the subject and pay attention to composition.

Never center the subject, rather position it using the thirds rule. (SEE BELOW)

http://www.palmettobayinc.com/PhotoTutorials/thirds.html

Edit:

The picture in the post by JonelZ is a great example of the rule of thirds, and good composition.

Edit:

The picture in the post by JonelZ is a great example of the rule of thirds, and good composition.


Your advice was good, b ut that picture that Jonel posted is horrible. No offense, if it's yours.

First of the car is not correctly positioned according to the rule of thirds. It's not anywhere close to being centered at the lower left intersecting point. It's too close to the edge of the frame. Second there is a tree hanging into the left side of the photo distrating attention away from the car. The biggest distractions are the lamp pole on the left that is competing too much with the car, and the huge fountain behind it. The fountain pulls your eye off the egde of the image since it's cut off at the top. Also the curb and the metal railing that is visible further back in teh photo, both lead your eye out of the image and away from the car. Which should be the main point of interest. Also there are just too many objects in the background that are visually distracting for me. Sorry to be so picky, but that is not a good picture...... :cssNET:

I added a grid of lines dividing the image into thirds horizontally and vertically.

I also added the pic that I won the Aleromod.com calendar contest with last year.
http://www.pbase.com/voodoosoup/image/36295962/large.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/voodoosoup/image/36296234/medium.jpg

Your advice was good, b ut that picture that Jonel posted is horrible. No offense, if it's yours.

First of the car is not correctly positioned according to the rule of thirds. It's not anywhere close to being centered at the lower left intersecting point. It's too close to the edge of the frame. Second there is a tree hanging into the left side of the photo distrating attention away from the car. The biggest distractions are the lamp pole on the left that is competing too much with the car, and the huge fountain behind it. The fountain pulls your eye off the egde of the image since it's cut off at the top. Also the curb and the metal railing that is visible further back in teh photo, both lead your eye out of the image and away from the car. Which should be the main point of interest. Also there are just too many objects in the background that are visually distracting for me. Sorry to be so picky, but that is not a good picture...... :cssNET:

I added a grid of lines dividing the image into thirds horizontally and vertically.

I also added the pic that I won the Aleromod.com calendar contest with last year.

I still think the positioning is decent. The car is positioned well enough on the intersecting point for me to consider it on target, and the lamp post is also close enough. It would be rare to frame it geometrically perfect. The position of the lamp and the car balance the image well.

I never said it was perfect but I see it to demonstrate good composition.

I disagree about the curb and rail leading you away. It is a line that leads into the car, and the fountain I find to be a good addition to the composition. If you removed it you would just have a parking lot which really bares no interest to the eye.

Now as far as image quality goes: It's lacking, especially with color but that's more to do with the camera used.

You seem to be more of a minimalist, which I like as well, but I don't think minimalism was the style intended with his picture.

but I don't think minimalism was the style intended with his picture.


You're right, it's a snapshot at best.......

And this is going to be a "car" calendar, not a "lampost" or "fountain" calendar.

Think of it in terms of someone taking a picture of their kids at Disneyworld. They'd probabably take a nice picture of them with Mickey etc and maybe the Castle in the backround. But you wouldn't want that as their school picture for the yearbook.

I guess I tend to think a car calendar picture as a portrait of your car.
To me the picture that Jonel posted is just like my example of taking a pic of the kids at Disneyworld.

I'm just trying to help everyone that isn't into photography take better pics of their car.

And I guess Chevy must be into the minimalist car photography movement as well.

:rolleyes:
http://www.chevrolet.com/cars/

Here's a good link on kodak's website. I guess they're minimalists too.....
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=6370/332/392&pq-locale=en_US
They've got a lot of other good general photography tips there as well.

Here's a shot of my Cobalt. I probably won't submit this one. I have some new places to photograph it that I want to try out.
http://www.pbase.com/voodoosoup/image/41521290/medium.jpg

Sounds like you two are rally into photography, but let’s not let this be an argument thread.
Do your best to take good pics. Some will be a portrait and some will be “Disneyworld” and it’s all good as long as you get the light correctly


What type of pics exactly like, only exterior or maybe interior and engine bay?

EDIT....
Is the quality of this picture good or should i get a better one?

http://www.cobaltss.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=1021&c=


I like the picture, but I think the sun is too strong. Try taking some more in the evening

Sounds like you two are rally into photography, but let’s not let this be an argument thread.
Do your best to take good pics. Some will be a portrait and some will be “Disneyworld” and it’s all good as long as you get the light correctly

No point in argument, just trying to help.

I would like to send a few pics of my Cobalt in. Is there any way we can get our hands on this calendar when it's done. I'd like one even if my car isn't in it.

Your advice was good, b ut that picture that Jonel posted is horrible. No offense, if it's yours.

First of the car is not correctly positioned according to the rule of thirds. It's not anywhere close to being centered at the lower left intersecting point. It's too close to the edge of the frame. Second there is a tree hanging into the left side of the photo distrating attention away from the car. The biggest distractions are the lamp pole on the left that is competing too much with the car, and the huge fountain behind it. The fountain pulls your eye off the egde of the image since it's cut off at the top. Also the curb and the metal railing that is visible further back in teh photo, both lead your eye out of the image and away from the car. Which should be the main point of interest. Also there are just too many objects in the background that are visually distracting for me. Sorry to be so picky, but that is not a good picture...... :cssNET:

I added a grid of lines dividing the image into thirds horizontally and vertically.

I also added the pic that I won the Aleromod.com calendar contest with last year.

voodoo your on this board too wow!!!
it is S/C Alero i just got my SS it is cool to see a few of the aleromod group here as well

wow...this is a good idea...def keep us posted on when their completed and off the presses...i want one!

TTT, we need a lot more pics for this :cool:
If your car makes it, you get a free calendar

I'm planning a better shot of my car perhaps this weekend. I may or may not use a model.

ttt :cool:

hey jonelz- i sent my pictues in, idk if your the one recieving but how do they look if you are? :cool:

I pick mine up nexr week. i`ll try and get some pics in.

hey jonelz- i sent my pictues in, idk if your the one recieving but how do they look if you are? :cool:

The front shot is looking good. Can you take more?
Those are the only siver SS pics we got

yea ill take more and send um in, i want my car in a calendar. Sweet :cool:

i would love to, but the only place worthy of a pic in cincinnati would be to catch the city skyline at dusk,a nd i just don't know of any places where i could do that from. other than that all we have are wal-marts and closed down buildings as backdrops

yea im goin to a big meet on sunday maybe i can get some cool pics there....

when is the cutoff time for this. when is the last day we can submit pics. i plan on having mine hopefuly this weekend

I sent this pic in. IDK if its calendar quality but I personally think its a good one. :)

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/239/onlinepicredssmn9tw.jpg

when is the cutoff time for this. when is the last day we can submit pics. i plan on having mine hopefuly this weekend


We need all submissions by August 19, 2005.

did you get mine?

I sent this pic in. IDK if its calendar quality but I personally think its a good one. :)

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/239/onlinepicredssmn9tw.jpg


hmm....it could be better by pointing the steering wheel all the way to the left ;)

did you get mine?

yes i did

i hope i get my car back b4 the deadline, my car goes into the body shop to have some things touched up and my fender replaced..ill let u know asap...

I just uploaded some pics today but there not 3mp, don't know if you can use them

do we just post them here or send them to someone sorry i didn't see where they go

send them to calendar@cobaltss.net as stated in my original post

send them to calendar@cobaltss.net as stated in my original post


oops sorry did not see that

I have sent a few, did you recieve them? What do you think?

I have sent a few, did you recieve them? What do you think?
badass!


Still Need more cars :) Only have one silver and one orange.
zinner, where is yours?

im waiting for my carbon fiber hood to come, then ill get some good ones for you jonel!

badass!


Still Need more cars :) Only have one silver and one orange.
zinner, where is yours?
and not my yellow one, ohh i see how it is jonelz. ill go sit in the corner and cry cuz i didnt get in. :( :red:

sent some pics! Hope you still need some arrival blues lol.

and not my yellow one, ohh i see how it is jonelz. ill go sit in the corner and cry cuz i didnt get in. :( :red:

co-yellow-balt did you send them to calendar@cobaltss.net? I dont think I saw any from you.
Make sure you send the orginal camera pics. Don't crop or resize!

Just found this post.

hmm.

I assume to preserve uniformity, no models in the picts, eh?

Just found this post.

hmm.

I assume to preserve uniformity, no models in the picts, eh?
I never had the chance to do the one I was planning and I assume no one else has either.

When the calendars come out, How much are they gonna cost?

Just found this post.

hmm.

I assume to preserve uniformity, no models in the picts, eh?

I dont see why not, could give us something to look at...besides the cars. :)

I dont see why not, could give us something to look at...besides the cars. :)


Agreed!


Hope to have it done by the end of August, but we still need more cars

JonelZ- is that pic of my silver ss good? you think it will make the calendar, if not i can try and get a better shot?

Barring rain, I should be taking a few this weekend.

im just hoping my hood will be here by the 19th so i can get some pics in on time

JonelZ- is that pic of my silver ss good? you think it will make the calendar, if not i can try and get a better shot?

Its ok, but more will help out

In the end, we will choose the highest quality images. So just having one to choose form may not guarantee you’ll make it even though you’re the only silver car we got.

So to be safe, everyone please send a few quality pics

Barring rain, I should be taking a few this weekend.

I would still like to see shots of your ladies on the car even if it is raining Erod. :D

I could get that going.

We shall see what happens with the weather....

badass!


Still Need more cars :) Only have one silver and one orange.
zinner, where is yours?

you got mine right, i hope i am that orange one, i sent on 8/5/05, thanks

you got mine right, i hope i am that orange one, i sent on 8/5/05, thanks


You’re actually the 2nd one we have now, but can you get better pics, I don’t think we can use any of them because they have a lot of reflections form the house and stuff.

Take it out in the open and get some cool pics. That awesome car deserves much more then pictures in the driveway :cool:

jonelz my email is down and im not going to be able to send again by the deadline so im going to post some in the gallery. i hope you can work with them from there. :) but then the watermark would be on it dammit...

jonelz my email is down and im not going to be able to send again by the deadline so im going to post some in the gallery. i hope you can work with them from there. :) but then the watermark would be on it dammit...

We need a high res (like 3+ megapixel) orginal. Sign up for gmail or yahoo and use that to send it.

You’re actually the 2nd one we have now, but can you get better pics, I don’t think we can use any of them because they have a lot of reflections form the house and stuff.

Take it out in the open and get some cool pics. That awesome car deserves much more then pictures in the driveway :cool:

yes i know!!!, i will try and do it this weekend, thanks alot

We need a high res (like 3+ megapixel) orginal. Sign up for gmail or yahoo and use that to send it.

i have yahoo but i wont have access till maybe the last day of the deadline, but ill try.

my camera is a 3.2mp :red: i figured the ones i had already sent were calendar quality

I guess you won't have too many 2006 model years since deadline date is Aug 19/05. Wouldn't that be funny, an actual 2006 Cobalt in a 2006 Calendar about Cobalts (lol) :lol:

Mines an 06......

If my model cancels ill kick her ass.....

Wow I called that one.

Her coworkers mom died, so she has to work.

Deadline is Friday, right?

Deadline is Friday, right?

I have to push it back to the 26th. Still need more cars

all i gotta say is: http://www.cobaltss.net/forums/showthread.php?p=50331#post50331


if i had time to get the clear pics i'm sure one of those pics could make it up there lmao :nuts:

all i gotta say is: http://www.cobaltss.net/forums/showthread.php?p=50331#post50331


if i had time to get the clear pics i'm sure one of those pics could make it up there lmao :nuts:


Cool of course, but I hope you disinfected the car afterwards.

:)

Cool of course, but I hope you disinfected the car afterwards.

:)


actually i'm going to wash it now lol, there is crap all over my hood

Come on guys, more pics please :)

My most dependable model is letting me down.

grr.

Come on guys, more pics please :)

did you recieve the ones i sent.
any good? useable?

alright i have everything done i wanted before i submitted some pics, ill get around to it thursday or tomorrow hopefully :)

last call

End of month is Wed. wait'll then.

i sent you a link jonel but got no response, i got all the high res pictures if you want them

End of month is Wed. wait'll then.


I am, just wanted to do a ttt so more ppl see this

i sent you a link jonel but got no response, i got all the high res pictures if you want them

I like them :)

ttt hope you all make it

ttt ???

Any word on this calendar yet?

ttt ???


to the top

Any word?

yea who made it
http://www.smileyville.com/images/scared/peepwallA.gif

i hope i do :cool:

Were is this calendar ???

Sounds like it should be nice! I want one :)

want any sedans?

:lol: guys. I asked for the pictures so far in advanced so we have time to work on it. It will be ready soon. No worries 2006 is still months away :cool:

I'm gonna have to get some pictures ready for next year. Too bad I won't be able to make it this time :cry: . Oh well, just let me know where to sign up and send the money! :cssNET:

Hey Jonel are you using any of the picts I sent you?

yea its cool JonelZ we just wanna know who made it :cssNET: