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Offline Shady Pioneer

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Re: Some new shots..
« Reply #20 on: 11 May 2010, 10:07 »
You haven't used the sig? You ungrateful sh!t.  :evil: :kiss:

Offline jeynesey

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Re: Some new shots..
« Reply #21 on: 11 May 2010, 10:27 »
Lol chill out  :wink:

Some more pics, not as happy with these but some actually have the WHOLE car in this time  :grin: :grin:













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Re: Some new shots..
« Reply #22 on: 11 May 2010, 11:31 »
I love these shots!

I find that cutting a car out or even as you have done with the wheels is a great way to get a more involved picture of a car.

Well done  :cool:


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Re: Some new shots..
« Reply #23 on: 11 May 2010, 14:10 »
Nice start.

With this one:


I would straighten it up as the car is leaning slightly, try to bring back some detail in the sky (if you use Adobe Bridge as well as photoshop, the Recovery option in Camera Raw editor is good for this).
I would, when shooting, have moved the camera a fraction higher and angled it down slightly, this would lose you some of the gap under the car and make it look lower to the ground.

As for a 50mm lens, I love mine (£130 for the Sony 50mm f1.8), completely worth it. The main thing with the 50mm is that it can go to a wider aperture (the f-stop, eg f1.8) which means a) you can go to faster shutter speeds in lower light conditions, but b) it gives you a narrower depth of field (see Horney's guide here) meaning that only your car (or whatever you've focused on) is in focus. IE, it makes the background blurry and the car sharp.


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Re: Some new shots..
« Reply #24 on: 11 May 2010, 21:36 »
^^^ Cheers for all the advice :smiley:


So much to learn, really isnt just a case of letting the camera do it for you for the results I want  :laugh:

Id say Im really pleased with 2 I have taken, the others not so much, but very new and plan to practice practice  :grin:
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