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Old 06-03-2013, 01:07 PM   #10601
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I'm liking this one. Still looks on the under exposed side. With a little editing I think this photo will look great. You're horizon is uneven ( leaning to the right) and I would try to bring some of the highlights up to get some detail in the clouds.
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Old 06-03-2013, 08:17 PM   #10602
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Old 06-06-2013, 01:56 AM   #10603
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Track day yesterday! Got a chance to practice some more. Lighting conditions were rough, not a cloud in the sky all day.
Nice work! Might be time to invest in an ND filter and see if you can get some slower shutter pans
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Old 06-06-2013, 02:01 AM   #10604
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What do you guys think?
I randomly was able to find this spot before it got too dark out.

I normally don't like putting cars near trash/broken down buildings. The broken down pier kind of shows you what happened to it the past few months(sandy and so on)
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Your exposure is on the spot, but not too sure about your composition. I'm not sure what I'm looking at, the cityscape or the car. I want to look at the car but the cityscape is pulling away from it. It makes me wonder if the car is distracting.
I very much agree. The cityscape looks great but it almost seems like the car was an afterthought, both because of where it's positioned in the frame but also because of the overall exposure.

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Yea I wasn't sure about it at first.

The original intent was to get the car and show off the jdm led that I installed. It was a tough location since, the skyscape is visble but to the left is some trash and gated off. To the right the pier blocks it.

I figured it was a bit busy for some of us photogs. Anything else strikes you?
Appreciate the feedback.
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I like this better without the car. Nicely done.
I agree again, this is really nice, but make sure that horizon is straight!
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Old 06-06-2013, 02:06 AM   #10605
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I own an Olympus EPL3 and I'd like to buy another lense for it, can anybody recommend anything.

I'm am a beginner at best but realize the basic lense that it came with can only do so much.

I've read a bit now and Ultra-wide, wide, long range all get brought up but not really sure what would be the next logical step for where I'm at.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
It really depends on what you like to shoot, and what you already have. The Panasonic Lumix 25mm ƒ1.4 lens was awesome on the Olympus OM-D that I rented a few months back. It's equivalent to a 50mm lens on a DSLR and ended up being a really great walk-around lens. I also tried out the Panasonic Lumix 14mm ƒ2.5 which was also good, albeit not quite as fast and sharp as the 25mm. Unfortunately, those are the only lenses I have really spent some time with on the Micro 4/3s format, but you can see some samples I took on my OM-D review here:

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Old 06-06-2013, 02:17 AM   #10606
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Yea Its really hard to focus on both.

I think it has to do with me shooting it with a 35mm 1.4

This was shot today and light painted with 16-35mm f4 Much more focus on the car.
Not bad lightpainting the first time. I liked the least highlights.
35mm is a great focal length to shoot cars...it's not too wide to create distortion, but it's wide enough to get a lot in the scene. You just have to compose it right.

Your light painting is pretty good, but it could be a little more even, especially on the rear and on the ground behind the car. The wheel is also turned a little too much given where you are, and honestly there's just a bit too much distortion going with the car itself. The front seems to grow larger than the rear of the car, which is also starting to slant inward.
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Old 06-06-2013, 02:21 AM   #10607
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Haven't posted here in a while.... my two latest:
Seriously dude? You and RJ really make a strong case for not having to own a DSLR. These are fantastic...I wish that the lighting was a little more even on the front of the car though, especially in the second shot. Both are good examples though of how you can make a centered composition work. Well deserved.

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Old 06-06-2013, 02:23 AM   #10608
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I like this shot a lot, but I do wish you were a couple steps to the left so that the car was more square with the camera. The composition is still quite nice overall.
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Old 06-06-2013, 02:29 AM   #10609
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New set:
I'd say your last photo with the 3 side profiles is your strongest out of the set, mainly because the rest of them have either uneven lighting and/or you're shooting in the shadows. I don't like how the pole is pretty prominent in the third and second to last photo, and don't forget to roll up all the windows.
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Old 06-06-2013, 02:43 AM   #10610
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Here's a pic of my BRZ using my Samsung Galaxy S III:

Here's the same, but with my Nikon D5000 with the standard 18-55 lens:

After driving 9.5k miles in 18 days and taking 2,500 pictures total I got a bit more familiar with both. I wish I had another week and another paycheck during the trip because I would've loved to have gotten used to the tripod more and not rushing shots. I'm working on it, though. I think I'm doing okay for only having barely a month of hands-on experience.

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Me trying to take my time with the shot using the SGSIII:

Then not really thinking about it (perhaps overconfident?) with the Nikon:

After I zoomed in it just got darker:

I guess now's a good time to practice post-processing to get the most out of these pics. I need to learn to slow down when taking a shot. In my defense I was getting over the flu and cold during the entire road trip, plus exhaustion from driving 6 to 20 hours straight on most days.
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^ Your phone is metering for the surroundings and not your car, your car is extremely underexposed in every shot.
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what's best to do, Spot Meter.. and what would you point at to spot meter at for best results?
Yep, you'll want to spot meter on your subject, which of course is the car. The problem then is that you might blow out your surroundings, but that's just one of the problems with shooting a dark car in the middle of the day. This is why I advise to avoid shooting midday if you can, no matter what camera you're using. Of course, your camera phone isn't going to be anywhere near as good at metering as an actual purpose-built camera, so keep that in mind as well. Compositionally, the car is really close the bottom edge for most of the shots.

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Yes, truth. Thank you! Although for the shots from behind I was actually wanting my car to be that dark. The side profile is where I was kind of surprised that it came out so dark. I'm still educating myself on metering and such. Slow-going, but I'll get there. haha I appreciate the feedback.

I'm curious about this as well.

Here's one where I tried using the natural light from the sun at my back.

I was aiming for "rule of 3rds" in this one.
The exposure on this one is much better, but you missed the Rule of Thirds on this one since the car is too low in the frame again. I know your camera phone has a grid option, so make sure you turn that on. It'll give you a Rule of Thirds grid that should make it easy to put a car right on one fo the crosspoints. Also, be sure that horizon is level when it's so prominent in your photo.
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Old 06-06-2013, 04:21 AM   #10611
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Old 06-06-2013, 08:18 AM   #10612
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I'd say your last photo with the 3 side profiles is your strongest out of the set, mainly because the rest of them have either uneven lighting and/or you're shooting in the shadows. I don't like how the pole is pretty prominent in the third and second to last photo, and don't forget to roll up all the windows.
Yeah I noticed the pole too and moved inside the garage. And yea i noticed the window was down in some of the shot. Will keep these thing in mind next time.

Question about shooting the shadows how was you able to tell?
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Old 06-06-2013, 09:21 AM   #10613
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Admin, can you please review/give me some pointers on my last post? Back 1 page or so, thanks.
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Old 06-06-2013, 09:59 AM   #10614
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Old 06-06-2013, 06:43 PM   #10615
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Yeah I noticed the pole too and moved inside the garage. And yea i noticed the window was down in some of the shot. Will keep these thing in mind next time.

Question about shooting the shadows how was you able to tell?
Well, it's pretty obvious because the shadow is in front of the car in most of the shots. Just remember what I mentioned in the first headline of Part 2 of my tips and tricks here:

"Be careful with backlights

Generally speaking, you want to avoid backlights in automotive photography. Remember that typically you want your light source behind you, so that it lights up your subject. If you’re taking a photo of a car with the light source behind it, such as the sun or a streetlight, then you’ll more than likely get lens flare (the ugly green or brown series of circles that emanate from the light source in question) and your subject will not receive enough light."
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Old 06-06-2013, 06:46 PM   #10616
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Admin, can you please review/give me some pointers on my last post? Back 1 page or so, thanks.
Just remember to say something when you post up photos...since I quote what people say on here to respond and delete the photos from the reply, if you just post photos with nothing else, I'm not going to reply to it.

I feel like the bridge that's above the car is going to make for a more interesting background and surrounding than the ground that you've put into the foreground in both shots. There are times when you can make this work, but it's taking up so much of the foreground that it's really overpowering the rest of the image. Your second photo is the stronger of the two, mainly because the lighting is more even on the car and you're not in the shadows so much.
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Old 06-06-2013, 07:45 PM   #10617
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Yep, you'll want to spot meter on your subject, which of course is the car. The problem then is that you might blow out your surroundings, but that's just one of the problems with shooting a dark car in the middle of the day. This is why I advise to avoid shooting midday if you can, no matter what camera you're using. Of course, your camera phone isn't going to be anywhere near as good at metering as an actual purpose-built camera, so keep that in mind as well. Compositionally, the car is really close the bottom edge for most of the shots.



The exposure on this one is much better, but you missed the Rule of Thirds on this one since the car is too low in the frame again. I know your camera phone has a grid option, so make sure you turn that on. It'll give you a Rule of Thirds grid that should make it easy to put a car right on one fo the crosspoints. Also, be sure that horizon is level when it's so prominent in your photo.
Will take all into account! Thanks!
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Old 06-06-2013, 09:59 PM   #10618
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I may regret this... but I'd like a pro's opinion since I'm just getting started in the photography hobby.

This is my favorite shot I've been able to capture of my car so far.
Rebel XSi, EF-S 18-55mm (yeah, yeah... kit lens), f/5.6, ISO 100, tripod, 0.6 Exposure.



And same photo, after trying out some post production techniques in Photoshop (including a LOT of clone stamping to get rid of the distracting background). Next time I'm going to try and shoot in front of a better background first rather than doing all the work to try and fix it after the fact. Lesson learned. I also went a little overboard with the soft light layer in a couple spots. Made it look a little artificial in a couple spots.



Please be gentle...
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Old 06-07-2013, 12:52 PM   #10619
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Here are a few of my latest pictures. Any comments and advice are appreciated.

1. This one was taken up a local canyon at approximately 8:00 PM. It feels like the colors are too washed out but when I try to up the exposure the highlights are blown out.



2. This photo was taken at the exact same spot as number 1 but was taken 10 minutes earlier and from a different angle. Would it have helped to turn the wheels to one side or is the composition ok?



3. The picture was taken at about 1:00 PM on a very bright day. Is there anything I could do to improve this style of black and white photo?


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Old 06-11-2013, 12:49 PM   #10620
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Nothing special. Just practicing.




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Old 06-11-2013, 08:48 PM   #10621
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It has been a while since I've looked in here let alone posted. Got to take some photos at a cars and coffee meet and happy with how these came out. Comments appreciated!


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Old 06-12-2013, 10:57 AM   #10622
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A few shots I took when I was vacationing in Santa Fe last week. Nikon D60 with standard 18-55 lens.
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Old 06-13-2013, 11:51 PM   #10623
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Old 06-17-2013, 03:46 PM   #10624
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Need some advice on a few things. Just bought my first DSLR and went out shooting the other day. I was in auto just to see how it comes out. My car came out underexposed but the rest looks pretty good. What are some settings that would be good for shooting a black car while the sun is out? Shooting a black car in general? Is shooting midday with sun out a no no? Any input is greatly appriciated




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Old 06-17-2013, 09:20 PM   #10625
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haven't thrown anything up here in a while...one i like quite a bit. Upshift flame is tough catch sometimes on a high revving V8 N/A.





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