Critique my photos

[Silent1]

This morning i took a few photos of the MINI, i'm not very experienced at all, but i could do with some help





The rest of the uploads can be seen here:
Mini Photos

They're fresh out of the camera except for a resize

Edited by Silent1 on Monday 7th April 01:44

[RobDickinson]

1st critique, your not applying the car 70:30 rule, for some reason cars need to be shot at this (or about0 or side/front on.

[Silent1]

70/30% rule? I thought my first photo 'obeyed' it, am i wrong? or am i not understanding it?

ETA, found something on le gravy noir's website

Edited by Silent1 on Monday 7th April 00:22

[Bob_Defly]

Yep, it's definitely a mini alright!

[trackdemon]

Silent1 said:

Critique my photos

Silent1 said:

i'm not very experienced at all, so go gentle on me

They're all brilliant

[Silent1]

trackdemon said:

Silent1 said:

Critique my photos

Silent1 said:

i'm not very experienced at all, so go gentle on me

They're all brilliant

Sorry, perhaps i didn't say it very well

I'm happy for people to comment, after all i wont improve otherwise!
So let me know where i've gone horrifically wrong and i'll try and improve

[The_Jackal]

Personally the colour suits the background nicely.
I would go for a bit of depth of field, to focus on the car. It does tend to blend into the background.

[trackdemon]

Silent1 said:

trackdemon said:

Silent1 said:

Critique my photos

Silent1 said:

i'm not very experienced at all, so go gentle on me

They're all brilliant

Sorry, perhaps i didn't say it very well

I'm happy for people to comment, after all i wont improve otherwise!
So let me know where i've gone horrifically wrong and i'll try and improve

Just a bit of low grade sarcasm

Pic 1: The car is a little too small in the frame, and I'd show a little more of the side of the car as well as getting lower down. The sky is very dull (not a lot you can about that) so I'd compose to show less of it.

Pic 2: Much the same as above, but for the sky. The tilt ruins it too. The curves of the car + the complimentary tones could look quite nice if you shifted round to frame the car against the snowy trees

Pic 3: Try head on, long focal length (200mm+) to compress the elements and add some depth of field. Shift the car out of shadow.

[Goldeeno]

There a good start mate, it looks like you've just parked up, shot with a point and shoot and drove a bit further down the lane. (sorry dont mean to sound harsh)

For me the cars the star, and it doesnt really make much impact in your shots, id concentrate on making the car the main point, alot of them there too much background, and that makes the car look a bit small and insignificant. (God knows how you spell that )

I like your head on shots, with a little more work they would look great. I would try maybe tilting the camera and angle of about 15 degrees might work, and parking the car offset to the camera so you get front and side, then having wheels turned. Trail and error mate, i can blast ideas at you all day, but just keep going.

Check out various car photoshoots etc, you'll get more ideas then.

Edited by Goldeeno on Monday 7th April 22:11

[Silent1]

Excellent, thanks for the pointers so far