cheers guys,nice one for making this a sticky. im gonna play about with the camera settings a bit and see what happens,i wanna try for some moody/cloudy type shots! neil.
as i said.....i didnt have a flash....which is vital for dark skys the shots with the 2100 are in need of a tripod....that why they are blurred. (motion blur) if using a tripod aswell it can help if you use the self timer....that way you know the camera is 100% still and it will give you a nice sharpe image
Riley - I like the last one, but you should have got all of the rear light in the shot! It is all about composition and lighting. It's easy to just fill the frame with the car and think it's going to look good, but you need to think about what can be seen in the background. Recardo seems to take a good shot - the one of his car by the lake is a good example too. The emphasis is not really on just the car, but the whole scene. One of the best pics I've seen of my car was taken by the photographer who shot it for the Golf mag. The original photo before it was chopped for the mag was mostly moody sky with the car filling just a small spot in the bottom left corner of the frame! Get yourself a couple of those digital photography mags. I flicked through a few of those - it helps you get a better understanding of what the settings on your camera will help you achieve. I have spotted a few new locations to take my car to. Next time we get some good weather I'll have a go and see what I can come up with!!!
ok i cleaned up a picture.....notice the difference you get when you dont have stuff poking out of the car....lamposts etc
RECARDO, Much better! - see Riley, it's the little things that count!!! Perhaps we should start an "Ammatuer Snapper" thread where we can post pictures for constructive criticism?
i like this pic as it fills 1/3 of the picture but as recardo pointed out it would be better without the lamposts etc.. my photoshop effort done in paint but you get the idea also im trying to understand apedture at the moment (depth of field of focus) i take it an apedture setting of say 2.1 is a small depth of field? Edited by: mikedub
I think you have got either too much or not enough of the car in that shot.... The aperture thing gets mee too!!!
the depth of field is control by the apature. again you cant be to extreme either way or the picture will be to dark or to bright the lower the apature, the more light allowed in, the more blurred the back ground can be a great effect
does your zoom affect the depth of field aswell ie. zooming in gives an even shorter depth of field if you have the apedture set low?
lol iso is the sensitivity. if its a dark night and you want to get all the light and detail you must use a higher iso.....problem is again you have to do it in moderation or the picture will be grainy. so shooting in poor light use a higher iso. if its a nice day.....keep it low next wish i knew this much about bloody cars
LOL - This is becoming a good "how to use your camera" thread!!! Excellent example of aperture setting RECARDO! I struggle a bit to actually get my camera (Fuji S5000z) to do what I want! I either have it all on Auto or I select Shutter priority, Aperture priority or Fully Manual (Which I can't get my head round cos it's too complicated!). Getting there slowly though...
I don't even own a camera I have to scrounge the bro's digi got to be the only one on here without a camera
you only really need fully manual if your a) that good with a camera you know what to set it as just through experience b)your trying a fancy camera shot and you need to. some guys at my work can look out the window and tell you want your camera is reading on auto. the cameras these days have so much technology to think for you why not use it
