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10-22-2012, 09:57 PM | #9726 |
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I KNOW I can do better, my ISO was too high, and the car was filthy from driving from Colorado to Southeast Missouri the day before, but other than a dirty car, and the grainy ISO, anyhting I need to work on?
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10-22-2012, 11:24 PM | #9727 |
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10-23-2012, 01:44 PM | #9728 |
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Vilar, I love the profile!
Any thoughts on this one? |
10-23-2012, 03:33 PM | #9729 |
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^thats freakin sick man, I love the tilt on it
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10-23-2012, 03:50 PM | #9730 |
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Loving the angle and the composition. Can't see anything wrong other than overall it's a touch darker. You don't want to ruin the overall feel though, so I am not sure if a little brightening would even improve it. SICK!
The first shot is money, I just wish you shot a little more wide open to smooth the background a bit more and get that separation. The colors of the leaves pop enough that I don't actually need to see the leaves because there's so much to look at with the car. What lens/settings were you using? I like the second shot too but it's framed a bit to close for my taste (which really has no merit). |
10-23-2012, 03:55 PM | #9731 |
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I got a D600!!!
After borrowing FX bodies for the past couple years, I finally ditched my D7000 and literally just received my first, very own FX body. I am beyond excited and look forward to losing all my money on some lenses I have always wanted. Armin, car photography aside, pick 1: 14-24mm f2.8 or 24mm 1.4? I love wide angle, but I crave shallow DOF and low-light handheld. I still have my Tokina 11-16 2.8 that I can shoot at 2.8 on an FX body, so I may jump on the 24mm and just go nuts. Also, any take on the 28-300mm f3.5-5.6? I've heard many good things, but also some bad things. It suffers from distortion at most focal lengths but that can be easily fixed in LR with the Lens Correction option. At the price point (<$1000), it seems to OBLITERATE the 24-120mm f4 in all the reviews I have read. I've always wanted a capable zoom for general purposes when I don't have my primes. I'll have a 135mm f2 and 70-200 f2.8 to borrow when I need em, but I want a couple I can call my own. Looking forward to your feedback. |
10-23-2012, 03:56 PM | #9732 |
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Thanks guys! I didn't add the tilt, look at trees behind the car and the top of the mountains, that's the bank on the road
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10-23-2012, 04:07 PM | #9733 |
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4 shots of my dads Bentley GT Coupe SPEED.... I only have 2 here, but the other 2 are in the process of being edited.
This first one I am not a big fan of, and I don't know why. It's either very boring, very underexposed, not properly polarized (i did use a CP), or all 3. Or the composition just is not very creative. I saw a cracking wall, questionable light, and a black Bentley and I thought it would work out. It doesn't seem to have worked very well. Thoughts? AJW-bentley-underground by AJW imaging, on Flickr This second one I like MUCH better, as it's crisp, clean, and sexy. But 2 things bother me and I am curious as to whether they bother you. 1) It's a tighter crop than usual, not leaving much room on the right side. 2) I am getting some light reflecting off the black paint, something which I tried to polarize for but couldn't block out. Advantageous Parking by AJW imaging, on Flickr |
10-23-2012, 08:00 PM | #9734 | |
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I really like the second shot, the passenger side tire is showing more than I'd like to see but I think the positioning of the car best shows the body lines. Congrats on the D600. I'm jealous, i'd love to move to full frame. |
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10-23-2012, 09:04 PM | #9735 |
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I agree. I think a couple steps to the right would've been a better angle. I really like the picture though, and nice car!
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10-24-2012, 12:10 AM | #9736 |
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10-24-2012, 02:04 PM | #9737 |
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10-24-2012, 02:08 PM | #9738 | |
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The teaser shot is a tough one...I feel like you could've at least gotten a bit more exposure out of it, but the location and composition just seems weird with the car merging into the plane behind it. |
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10-24-2012, 02:12 PM | #9739 |
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Love the colors and contrast, but I would've cleaned the leaves off the front of the car. I also understand where you mounted your license plate, but for the purposes of your photo, it really stands out a little too much. I probably also would've tried to position the car so that it couldn't have tree trunks growing out of it.
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10-24-2012, 02:19 PM | #9740 | |
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10-24-2012, 02:23 PM | #9741 | |
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10-24-2012, 02:38 PM | #9742 | |
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As for road racing stuff, I've shot time attack and a lapping day before, but most of my stuff has been drifting. I just personally find drifting a whole lot more interesting and challenging to shoot overall. Here's everything I've shot motorsports wise: http://photos.arminausejo.com/Events/Race-Events |
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10-24-2012, 02:51 PM | #9744 |
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The composition seems okay, but I really wish that other car wasn't in the photo. Like I mentioned to INKMAN about his selective saturation, you need to make sure you get rid of all the saturation other than what you want. You've got some blotches on the car itself that aren't edited properly on the roof and A-Pillar.
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10-24-2012, 02:54 PM | #9745 | |
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10-24-2012, 03:00 PM | #9746 |
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Yeah, terrible light You've got mixed lighting on the car thanks to the shadow from the tree, and I'd probably have the car pointing inward instead of outward on that side of the frame. I don't like the chain link fence in the background either.
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10-24-2012, 03:03 PM | #9747 |
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Nice capture! In cases like this I tend to have more above the car than below the car, mainly because the dirt is usually pretty uninteresting. The only time I frame it otherwise is when you can see the road in front of the car, like this:
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10-24-2012, 03:08 PM | #9748 |
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Hard to say on which edit is better...they look very similar to me other than a minor contrast adjustment. The shallow DOF is nice, but I don't like how the car is just centered in the frame for both the front and rear shots. As for cloning out the pole, it'll take some time since you'll need to do multiple clones. It's more of a pain in the ass to do in Lightroom compared to Photoshop, but definitely possible.
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10-24-2012, 03:11 PM | #9749 |
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I think that despite the ISO and dirty car, your photos are pretty good! The car's a bit too close to the bottom edge...just frame it a little higher and you're in very good shape.
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10-24-2012, 03:16 PM | #9750 |
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Welcome back dude! Yes, the lines and poles do bother me, but I do like your exposure and composition otherwise. As for the side profile shot, I think you didn't crop it tight enough personally. A wide crop like that would work well with a really exceptional background, but not so much with just a wall.
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