First time using the SLR
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First time using the SLR
Car was dirty, lighting was total crap, location was nothing interesting, and all of these are probably very over processed. But hey, it was my first time using a real camera and doing anything in photoshop, so hopefully things only get better from here! 
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Thanks 
And I know there are some good photographers on here, I would love to hear any tips or advice you may have. I think next time I need to worry less about the specific shots and more about actually getting out in appropriate lighting conditions.
And I know there are some good photographers on here, I would love to hear any tips or advice you may have. I think next time I need to worry less about the specific shots and more about actually getting out in appropriate lighting conditions.
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got any pics from the side? Or maybe like an angle shot where it goes from the front to the back. I'd like to see some shots of that wing. that wing is HAWT!
nice pics btw.
nice pics btw.
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yeah, here's one, i have some more that i took today that i haven't edited yet that are probably more what you're looking for. i'll try to get those up soon.
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Also I can't figure out why but photobucket does something weird to my pictures. that photo in exactly the same size looks crystal clear on my computer, but when i link it to photobucket it gets kind of hazy. same with the first few.
edit: in retrospect, for some reason when i link to the photos here, they're getting bigger than they're supposed to and its messing with the resolution of the photos. anybody know why?
edit: in retrospect, for some reason when i link to the photos here, they're getting bigger than they're supposed to and its messing with the resolution of the photos. anybody know why?
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Nice dude, congrats on the camera!
Just a few things to think about while you play around, and honestly that's the best way to learn, is do it, and figure out what does what. Do not be afraid to make mistakes, miss exposures, try and fix them afterward, etc. This will give you the best understanding of exactly how much you can get away with.
1) When shooting cars, get low! Try taking a knee and shooting the car from that perspective. Try different angles as well, but PLEASE don't just stand in front of the car and snap away! You will see what I mean. Most often, in any type of photography, having the camera at straight eye level won't get you the most eye-pleasing picture, which is kinda funny if you think about it
2) Good lighting is hardly every available mid day. Problem is mid day sun is the strongest natural point source lighting there is, meaning direct light. This gives you high contrast(hot highlights and deep dark shadows) and it can be a challange to maintain detail in both. Morning and evening when the sun is lower in the sky are the best times by far, and you will have more of that nice golden warm tone too. Overcast days scatter light everywhere, which acts as a fill light(filling in the shadows) and can flatten your pictures out. However, with a broad or scattered light source, the saturation goes up, and contrast can be added in post.
3) As for digital processing, the one thing all my professors have said is with digital, it's better to have a lighter hand than to over due it in photoshop, which can yield all kinds of digital funk, or artifacts that look like crap and screams digital. A similar thing occurs when you take your ISO up high with digital. You will see little colored pixels showing up in places that they don't belong. This is called NOISE and it IS NOT the same thing as grain that you get with high ISO films. Grain is nice, noise sucks...plain and simple. The thing with digital is, once you have made your RAW conversion(if you're shooting is RAW) and you open the image in PS, any changes you do to the picture throws away information and with digital it is ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH INFO you can get with the initial capture, because, that's all you get.
4) Do as much image manipulation as you can IN CAMERA. This means using your WHITE BALANCE(light temperature settings) to either create or kill color casts, using the shudder speed, and aperture to get as close to the way you want your pic to look. The, "Oh I'll just fix it in PS" routine doesn't work...you can always tell. However like mentioned above, there is a certain amount that you can get away with when having to "save" pics in post production if you missed your exposure. This happens all the time so don't feel bad if you have to save some images, doing so will teach you a lot about PS and how it affects your image data.
I hope this helps, again congrats on the camera. Have fun, and post up stuff you're proud of dude!
PS - Nice car mang
Just a few things to think about while you play around, and honestly that's the best way to learn, is do it, and figure out what does what. Do not be afraid to make mistakes, miss exposures, try and fix them afterward, etc. This will give you the best understanding of exactly how much you can get away with.
1) When shooting cars, get low! Try taking a knee and shooting the car from that perspective. Try different angles as well, but PLEASE don't just stand in front of the car and snap away! You will see what I mean. Most often, in any type of photography, having the camera at straight eye level won't get you the most eye-pleasing picture, which is kinda funny if you think about it
2) Good lighting is hardly every available mid day. Problem is mid day sun is the strongest natural point source lighting there is, meaning direct light. This gives you high contrast(hot highlights and deep dark shadows) and it can be a challange to maintain detail in both. Morning and evening when the sun is lower in the sky are the best times by far, and you will have more of that nice golden warm tone too. Overcast days scatter light everywhere, which acts as a fill light(filling in the shadows) and can flatten your pictures out. However, with a broad or scattered light source, the saturation goes up, and contrast can be added in post.
3) As for digital processing, the one thing all my professors have said is with digital, it's better to have a lighter hand than to over due it in photoshop, which can yield all kinds of digital funk, or artifacts that look like crap and screams digital. A similar thing occurs when you take your ISO up high with digital. You will see little colored pixels showing up in places that they don't belong. This is called NOISE and it IS NOT the same thing as grain that you get with high ISO films. Grain is nice, noise sucks...plain and simple. The thing with digital is, once you have made your RAW conversion(if you're shooting is RAW) and you open the image in PS, any changes you do to the picture throws away information and with digital it is ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH INFO you can get with the initial capture, because, that's all you get.
4) Do as much image manipulation as you can IN CAMERA. This means using your WHITE BALANCE(light temperature settings) to either create or kill color casts, using the shudder speed, and aperture to get as close to the way you want your pic to look. The, "Oh I'll just fix it in PS" routine doesn't work...you can always tell. However like mentioned above, there is a certain amount that you can get away with when having to "save" pics in post production if you missed your exposure. This happens all the time so don't feel bad if you have to save some images, doing so will teach you a lot about PS and how it affects your image data.
I hope this helps, again congrats on the camera. Have fun, and post up stuff you're proud of dude!
PS - Nice car mang
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