Originally Posted by ttrank

Beautiful pics Cal!!!!

Can't wait to come out there for a shoot. Trying for this summer.

Originally Posted by Calvin

Thanks for the kind words! Your guys' appreciation makes all the time and money (well, almost on the money part lol) spent well worth it!

The effects you are talking about are from using a circular polarizer. CPL's reduce the reflection on one part of the car (notice how the windshield is almost perfectly clear with no reflections of the sky, and the paint on the hood is smooth) while increasing reflections on the parts opposite (that's how the side of the car gets so shiny/glossy).

the colors are there to begin with, but i saturate them a bit in photoshop.

Originally Posted by Calvin

it's not part of the lens. it's a filter you can buy

hvstar.net has the best prices! the website looks shady, but i assure you that is where everyone goes for their filters.

Originally Posted by 9600baud

Thats what I meant sorry... threw "lens" and "filter" around interchangeably (wrongly so of course)

I ordered this "HOYA 58CIR 58mm Circular Polarized Filter" from some random amazon seller before I saw your post but it should suffice for my needs I hope. Thanks again for the tips!