i think it is to do with a lack of contrast between the subject and the background, without that the subject isn't very well defined.
are you using any filters on the camera, if you are shooting in natural bright sunlight then a circular polariser imo would help a lot. meaning you can dial out reflections on the windows of the car, and also lessen the brighter overexposed bits of the body.
Yeah that's definately an issue..that's probably another reason why the Mini and the Punto shots are slightly better. I'm using UV filters on both lenses but that's it. I'll see if I can find a circular polariser though so thanks!
Does your camera shoot im RAW and does it you have the ability to set exposure time.
If you get the object in question into position then set the exposure time to say 20 minutes making sure that there are no elements to wobble the camera you will be amazed at the out come as say light come on cars come past ETC.
Yeah it does shoot in RAW - that's the format I use all of the time tbh!
Mmmm, i'll give that ago...i've always looked at trying to do long exposures but whenever we've been shooting the cars it's bin quite rushed so i've never got round to it...definately a must do now though!
the cooper shots are epic!!!:worship:
lmao cheers mate! it's only a Mini One though but Ssshhh
although it's mapped to the same that a Cooper remaps to (cos it's the old 1.6 Mini One) and it has an exhaust so it's not exactly slow!
I don't mean to be negative here, but these to me just look like snapshots. You need to show the cars of at their best, so that means having the car excellently prepared. Also think about how you are going to light the cars, using natural light, reflectors, studio lighting. Also you're backgrounds often distract from the car too.
On a composition note, why not try getting in close with a wide focal length to pick out some detail or use your long focal lengths to get a shallow DoF to pick out certain areas of the cars. Most of your shots look about 50mm so not very exciting in my opinion.
Also i'm not sure that a 6 megapixel camera can show enough resolution to be used in print, and you may want to look at upgrading from the kit lens too.
Keep experimenting and trying new things and try to get a unique style that will then set your photos apart from others. Good luck.
Nah don't worry - that's what the thread was for!! With reference to the cars and the locations i've tried to really shoot the cars as the owners want them and where they want them. So the cars have been prepared to the owners preferences and in general shot in a location which has been picked by the owners. But I do see what you mean about the distracting backgrounds - Where would you suggest as good locations to shoot?
I'm only starting out so don't have a huge studio or any lighting equipment yet but it's certainly something I intend to invest in in the future!
Most of my shots are indeed around the 50mm ish focal length so I agree I think I need to try and vary that abit more!! Any sort of advice for doing so? What sort of close up shots go down well with cars? Because i've always thought of mine as somewhat lacking whenever i've tried tbh...:bang:
As far as the camera quality goes I know it's only 6MP but the sensor is seriously high quality - It's not of the standard of something like a D300 but I can't afford to upgrade to that sort of model at the moment (money is going on my car this month
) But I can assure you the photo's are high quality and high detailed up to Poster size as I have in my sitting room a photograph I took of some Tigers blown up and framed in Poster size :slayer:
Thanks Everyone for your comments!
