TVR T350 & Tamora

[docevi1]

On the Holy Island Hoon yesterday I got the oportunity to wander around and take pictures of the cars that were there, I also managed to disappear into the distance and set up to take a few shots as the cars came past.

These are my favourite image of the day (photo quality wise, not content).




What do you think?

[murph7355]

1st one looks a bit blurred - hard to pan at the angle you had though.

2nd one's neat, though perhaps a little overexposed.

Good effort though.

[docevi1]

murph7355 said:

1st one looks a bit blurred - hard to pan at the angle you had though.

I couldn't get far enough from the road, the back of the car is blurred, but the front is perfectly in focus and in the larger version it adds to the essence of speed IMO.

[simpo two]

I think the biggest problem with the location at (1) is the shade. With a wider lens you could have taken the car when it was closer, but exposure is always a problem when you've got sunny chunks on the subject.(2) has nice colour but no composition.
That's me done, 4p lighter

[docevi1]

may I ask why you don't like the shade? I personally think it really adds to the picture and makes it quite interesting. Yes the focus is slightly out on the back of the car but it makes it look as if it's moving quick...

2 I showed more for the variation in colour and the "picture".

[simpo two]

docevi1 said:

may I ask why you don't like the shade? I personally think it really adds to the picture and makes it quite interesting.

Well one thing about photography is that everyone has different opinions! I try to avoid mottled light because it results in over-exposed chunks mixed with under-exposed chunks, and I would rather enjoy the car and the picture than have to pick through all the chunks. It's just not so easy on the eye, IMO, though I'm sure it looks better in the original.

[murph7355]

I think the other thing to remember is that when photos are resized and compressed you lose quite a lot in them.

The first one still looks blurred to me But I like the lighting

[trackdemon]

docevi1 said:

What do you think?

I quite like this, the composition is pretty good and the subject is nicely centred. It seems a bit out of focus though and the lighting is not ideal by any means; the car rather blends into the background. Perhaps it'd be worth prefocusing next time or using a smaller aperture. I would have tried a longer exposure to help create more movement in the shot; the added blur would have helped separate the subject from the background too.



I can see the potential here, but for me the shot doesn't work. The concreted area in front of the car is very distracting and leads the eye away from the subject whilst adding nothing to the shot itself, also I would have asked the passenger to jump out whilst I took the shot, they just add to the sense of clutter for me (sorry if its anyone here ).
Good location & car though so if you get a chance I'd try a tight crop of the car against the red fence; you should get nice high contrast bright yellow against the red background. Another shot would be to move the car onto the concreted area and take front 3/4 view from a low viewpoint (camera on the ground even) with a some background interest. Finally how about shooting the car through the fencing - try framing the car with some foreground objects using a big aperture so the foreground is blurred.

>> Edited by trackdemon on Tuesday 10th August 13:18