350Z Pics in need of some help!

[djtimodj]

Hi guys can anyone help me out by pointing out the problems with my pic's and a little comment on how to impove??

Thanks, Tim.
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[Fordo]

problems? yes. you're too good!


some really nice photos there- great use of location. i really like 6- the contrast is just right- the paint looks stunning. in 5, the wheels look a little dark.

7 is my favourite shot- great idea! id never have thought of doing a shot like that. Reminds me of the kind of teaser shots they do when there a big car release coming up.

shots like 12, 17 and 18, to me anyway, i think could be improved by lowering the height of the camera by a couple of foot.

18- there looks to be something rusty growing out of the back window of the 350. id use photoshop to remove.

I quite like the ultra wide angle style. can work really well with cars.

great work, and nice car. I remeber coming back from Le Mans last year, late for the ferry, following a 350 who I'm guessing was also late for ferry or euro tunnel

Edited by Fordo on Sunday 20th April 12:49

[muppetdave]

A really nice set of photos there

[djtimodj]

Fordo thanks for the great reply!

I know what you mean about some of the side shots making the wheels look a little to dark. I dont have a flash yet so it makes lighting very hard! lol..

[Fordo]

djtimodj said:

Fordo thanks for the great reply!

I know what you mean about some of the side shots making the wheels look a little to dark. I dont have a flash yet so it makes lighting very hard! lol..

I have the complete opposite problem to you- i have a dark grey car, and the shineyest alloys known to man- I either get perfect wheels and a car too dark, or car looking perfect and the wheels are overblown.

At the moment, i usually do 2 shots on tripod, one exposed for the car, one exposed for the wheels, and then i blend them in photoshop

[Goldeeno]

Firstly i agree with everyone else, i think there pretty damm good. What camera did you use? I think hardest part is finding the right angles to capture the car from, but it looks like you have sorted the composition.
I think its the resizing and reduction in quality but a few of them look a bit out of focus?
My fav would be 13... if you had a flash gun and access to that place at night, could be awesome. But there all cool.

[djtimodj]

Yeah they have gone a bit funny when i posted them? When i view thm in PS or on my home PC there pin sharpe??

Is there a way to stop the pic looking out of focus after resizing ??

[pmcuksnapper]

djtimodj said:

Yeah they have gone a bit funny when i posted them? When i view thm in PS or on my home PC there pin sharpe??

Is there a way to stop the pic looking out of focus after resizing ??

try using flickr to host your images.

They don't seem to be compressed on there as much as photoshop.

Another suggestion is that when saving the images (after im assuming you have cropped them) maybe the cause is due to the amount of compression the software is set to.

Great set of images.

I especially like number 4

[Goldeeno]

resizing shouldnt matter, but if your using photoshop and it asks you the save quality if you leave that full then they will be sharp but smaller... but then there huge files. I was just checking, though it might have been my monitor on the blink again.

[sidaorb]

Got any of the machinery photos with the bonnet down, all that equipment, the car and the sky is screaming out for HDR