Why are there so few car photographs?

[Bacardi]

trackdemon said:

I'd be lying if I suggested I'd never used several gallons to wet a floor before though...

I made a big puddle once, git to get rid of the water mind...

[House86]

Trackdemon, love the Aston pic on the last page, was worth getting up early

A few from the British GT Championship at Brands last weekend -

[captainrogerover]

Alright folks. I'm new round here... so hi!

Some amazing photos! I love the action shots. I'm still trawling through them all.

I've got into doing a bit of vehicle photography recently, My stuff isn't great, but it's improving. I'm slow and like to spend some time moving stuff around and setting up shots if possible, but struggle to get time with any interesting cars. Anybody got any suggestions?

Here's one of my faves of a GT


I've got a few more on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149063550@N02/albums...

[Nik da Greek]

Hi

I'm st personally, but at least make no bones about what I do is take snapshots of cars. I find even my humble efforts are improved simply by taking a lot, playing about and seeing what works. Can't beat a car show for learning on lots of different shapes and colours and if you pick a good one, you're almost certain to find at least one car that floats your boat. Speeds you up a lot too, trying to get pics done before some fool blunders into the way


Personally I like retouched and "effect-ed" pictures meself, but I can imagine plenty of "real" photographers are looking at that Ford GT picture and sucking their teeth in at how the "lens flare" doesn't match the true light and how there's a really bright spot apparently stuck to the shadowed corner of the rear bumper. Not that I'm criticising, like I said, I'm st, but I have a vague understanding of what separates a nice photo from a techincally good one. One day maybe I'll even be able to get both into one frame

[toasty]

One from Saint-Saturnin this year.

[captainrogerover]

Nik da Greek said:

Hi
Personally I like retouched and "effect-ed" pictures meself, but I can imagine plenty of "real" photographers are looking at that Ford GT picture and sucking their teeth in at how the "lens flare" doesn't match the true light and how there's a really bright spot apparently stuck to the shadowed corner of the rear bumper. Not that I'm criticising, like I said, I'm st, but I have a vague understanding of what separates a nice photo from a techincally good one. One day maybe I'll even be able to get both into one frame

I hear you. I just do what I like to look at. I have huge respect for purists who can shoot an amazing shot straight out the camera but I also like something that's had some punch added to it. And I definitely need to get a better understanding of light.

This was one of the shots straight out the camera.

[Rogue86]

Was going to say, the direction of the flare matches the light (as obviously it should as its real). Would say the biggest issue is probably the post sticking out if the roof - an easy photoshop fix to be honest. Welcome though, promising start!

[Nik da Greek]

Rogue86 said:

Was going to say, the direction of the flare matches the light (as obviously it should as its real)

some of it was.

I much prefer the original, tbf. Like I said, it's a personal thing but I think photos work either with a fktonne of effects or almost none and halfway between always looks slightly... wrong

Didn't mean to come across mega-critical. Again, it's personal preference but I find it a weird and slightly depressing feature of photo threads that you spend ages touching up a photo, uploading it, posting it up because obviously you're proud of it and want others to see it and then ... nothing. No-one comments, not even to say "nice photo but I don't like such and such" or "would have been better if you'd done this..."

[realjv]

Possibly not the sort of car photo this thread had in mind.


Blue and Black by realjv, on Flickr

[GroundEffect]

captainrogerover said:

Alright folks. I'm new round here... so hi!

Some amazing photos! I love the action shots. I'm still trawling through them all.

I've got into doing a bit of vehicle photography recently, My stuff isn't great, but it's improving. I'm slow and like to spend some time moving stuff around and setting up shots if possible, but struggle to get time with any interesting cars. Anybody got any suggestions?

Here's one of my faves of a GT


I've got a few more on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149063550@N02/albums...

The only thing I would change is take some of the processing out of the sky. It's a bit distracting - your subject is the car, not the sky!

Otherwise, very good composition

[captainrogerover]

Rogue86 said:

Was going to say, the direction of the flare matches the light (as obviously it should as its real). Would say the biggest issue is probably the post sticking out if the roof - an easy photoshop fix to be honest. Welcome though, promising start!

Yeah, I removed it in the other shot above it.

GroundEffect said:

The only thing I would change is take some of the processing out of the sky. It's a bit distracting - your subject is the car, not the sky!

Otherwise, very good composition

Thanks GE! You're absolutely right about the sky. It does look over cooked.

Nik da Greek said:

Didn't mean to come across mega-critical. Again, it's personal preference but I find it a weird and slightly depressing feature of photo threads that you spend ages touching up a photo, uploading it, posting it up because obviously you're proud of it and want others to see it and then ... nothing. No-one comments, not even to say "nice photo but I don't like such and such" or "would have been better if you'd done this..."

Not at all. There's no wrong opinion, I shared it to get some criticism. It's the only way to improve at anything after all. Showing stuff to friends and family is useless, they're never honest.

My biggest problem is getting cool stuff to shoot, I'm fed up of photographing my dark coloured 5 series.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I might post some more in the future

[Stickyfinger]

BRAKE porn

[MRobbins1987]

Something a little different.

[Riley Blue]

A Bigger Splash

[realjv]

Valvoline Racing 20/50 by realjv, on Flickr


Ford Mustang by realjv, on Flickr

[damianmkv]

the splitscreen barista by damianmkv, on Flickr

[kman]

[danllama]

Here's a couple from my recent road trip around Europe!

Freedom by Dan J, on Flickr

snappedbydaneurotripday1-11 by Dan J, on Flickr

IMG_4886 by Dan J, on Flickr

[Gandahar]

Taken on todays dog walk, original size so you can zoom in.

Edited by Gandahar on Friday 18th August 00:19

[Gandahar]

And the concourse editions for comparison