some classic Ferrari shots, want opinions

[ls3steve]

These are from my latest shoot. Please let me know







Many thanks


Steve

[vixen1700]

Nice pictures.

Hairpin Company by any chance?

[The Jolly Todger]

For me the colour of the barn and the car are too similar and take the eye away from the subject a little too much.

[2slo]

My constructive opinion FWIW: Pros: Good sharp images of 2 lovely 1960s Ferraris. Cons:I find the BGs distracting and unflattering to the subjects.

[Simpo Two]

Yep, get them out into the country - and watch where the light is coming from.

[budfox]

Nice and sharp, light looks good and I don't dislike the composition. They just feel a little ordinary to me though, but the colour of the cars doesn't help.

[onyx39]

stunning cars.. what models are they (the grey one in Particular)

[ls3steve]

Thanks for comments guys. As for the location, it was at DK Engineering's storage farm. So couldnt change that.

The grey car is a 250 Pininfarina Coupe and the Silver is a 330

[bashful]

Take these comments with a huge grain of salt, but, for my taste:

1) Too much foreground and tree branch - it's a lovely car, show it to us!
2) Nice arrangement of the cars, but what're the I-beams doing in the frame? Also, the barn seems off-vertical - looks like the ground slopes, but it's distracting.
3) Like it, except if you have control over the cars, there's quite a lot of dead space between them - you could close up the gap and get in tighter. (If you were shooting at a villa on Lake Cuomo, I would understand including more background and letting the image 'breath', but the barn isn't as enticing to me as the cars.)
4) Probably the best of the lot, because it's simplest, and I like simple, but I could do without some foreground gravel, particularly those couple of darker patches, and if you wanted to take this to the next level, a circular polariser would take the distracting reflection off the windscreen.

But, the main thing is, good work getting the exposures right - can be tough with shiny cars on a sunny day.

[rottie102]

Please take it as a constructive criticism:
None of them deserve to be in anyone's portfolio.
Main thing - there is just too little cars in them, too much of everything else if the cars were meant to be the main subject.

[agent006]

First two need either no foreground or far more foreground (foliage and girders). There isn't enough to be a feature, they just look like a framing mistake especially the foliage.

[RobbieKB]

I think they would all benefit from proper post-processing as they look very close to SOOTC, albeit perhaps a bit contrasty (asides the first).

[ls3steve]

taking all the comments onboard. How about some of these taken from the same shoot ?









i know, i know.. angles

[rottie102]

ls3steve said:

Use your own judgement - what gets your attention in the first shot and what in the second?
As much as I can try to concentrate on the car in no 2, my eyes are being constantly drawn to vibrant, punchy sky and hedge.
If you want to crop it like that, at least desaturate the rest etc. Remember YOU decide what viewer's eyes concentrate on, think about it with every photo, remove distractions and make sure that the subject of the photo always stands out.