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Very nice composition on that pic, MrChips. Diagonals and low angles work well on car pics. You might want to pop it in some photo editing software and play with the colour saturation levels to make things pop a bit--the sunlight is washing out the colours (just a little). It could be made into a really nice pic, you're 80% there IMO. The dark area under the car due to the shadow, as well as to it's right is a little too dominant and hiding detail, and it's causing the car to blend in too.
Perhaps try lightening the shadow, and then select the car and increase saturation levels and brightness and then invert the selection and decrease saturation levels and brightness of everything else? The bush in the bottom left is definitely a bit too bright.
You can also crop from the bottom if you think there is too much road showing, as well as to get the diagonal positioning of the car perfect.
Perhaps try lightening the shadow, and then select the car and increase saturation levels and brightness and then invert the selection and decrease saturation levels and brightness of everything else? The bush in the bottom left is definitely a bit too bright.
You can also crop from the bottom if you think there is too much road showing, as well as to get the diagonal positioning of the car perfect.
Edited by just me on Sunday 27th May 18:34
just me said:
Some useful stuff to do with pictures and stuff
Ta! I've given it a go as i'm definitely keen to learn how to make my stuff look better, but not really had a go at retouching before. Oddly on the day this was the one photo I didn't think was working as the sun was behind the car.I tried lightening the shadows under the car but too much and it looked very fake. I've increase the saturation on the front grille to try to highlight the shape.
So.... any thoughts?
Original
First effort!
First effort is very, very good. The car pops a lot more, and the sunlight on the bonnet feels like a spotlight. Beautiful.
Try cropping off the bottom so the bottom edge meets the shadow under the car? Crop on the left side so there is a green wall there and the small bush in the front is not quite so well defined...it's top leads the eye away to the side of the picture. On the right side, by wheel arch, there is a shadowed area in the bush. I would lighten that up so the car is nicely defined on that side...it's blending into a dark mass there. Once you have it, slide the picture to the right, off your screen, then bring it back in until you think it looks right. That's the amount of cropping, if any, that you should apply on that side.
kenrockwell.com -- I love that site. 5 minutes of reading (feel, ask, re-compose with essentials only, take!) and your pictures will get 500% better. For me, being somewhat lazy, the most important lesson is to be relentless about moving around until you find the best angle/elevation.
Your car is very photogenic...lots of beautiful curves and organic shapes inside and to capture surface textures and light splashes on, and a nice colour that you can blend or accentuate. Try to get two subjects in your photographs--done right, that always tells more of a story, and really holds the viewer's interest ie. a horse looking over a fence at your TVR, a grimy brick wall behind your (spotless, gleaming) car, something like that.
Try cropping off the bottom so the bottom edge meets the shadow under the car? Crop on the left side so there is a green wall there and the small bush in the front is not quite so well defined...it's top leads the eye away to the side of the picture. On the right side, by wheel arch, there is a shadowed area in the bush. I would lighten that up so the car is nicely defined on that side...it's blending into a dark mass there. Once you have it, slide the picture to the right, off your screen, then bring it back in until you think it looks right. That's the amount of cropping, if any, that you should apply on that side.
kenrockwell.com -- I love that site. 5 minutes of reading (feel, ask, re-compose with essentials only, take!) and your pictures will get 500% better. For me, being somewhat lazy, the most important lesson is to be relentless about moving around until you find the best angle/elevation.
Your car is very photogenic...lots of beautiful curves and organic shapes inside and to capture surface textures and light splashes on, and a nice colour that you can blend or accentuate. Try to get two subjects in your photographs--done right, that always tells more of a story, and really holds the viewer's interest ie. a horse looking over a fence at your TVR, a grimy brick wall behind your (spotless, gleaming) car, something like that.
MrChips said:
Ta! I've given it a go as i'm definitely keen to learn how to make my stuff look better, but not really had a go at retouching before. Oddly on the day this was the one photo I didn't think was working as the sun was behind the car.
I tried lightening the shadows under the car but too much and it looked very fake. I've increase the saturation on the front grille to try to highlight the shape.
So.... any thoughts?
Original
First effort!
Just one thought! I can't tell the difference between the 2 pictures and would rather spend the time driving the bloody thingI tried lightening the shadows under the car but too much and it looked very fake. I've increase the saturation on the front grille to try to highlight the shape.
So.... any thoughts?
Original
First effort!
Nice car by the way.
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