ripped_fear Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 They would be around f8-10 and have been edited as well. All a on tripod and remote instead of pushing the button Ok cheers some of mine were f7 so wasn't far out. Need to get brave and try plying with shutter speed too I guess. All mine were with a tripod and remote too Bit of a pain as I was using my bigger lense meaning I have to go a fair distance from the car. Some good advice on this, I have to echo the comments re Light room, I have made some cracking pictures purely by using LR. Also shoot in RAW so then I can give them a touch up, you can copy and paste settings in LR as well if you edit one picture and want the same collection to have the same edit. Quick and easy. Will have to invest in light room then, everyone must be recommending it for a reason I curently dont shoot in RAW, does this make it easier to edit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Ok cheers some of mine were f7 so wasn't far out. Need to get brave and try plying with shutter speed too I guess. All mine were with a tripod and remote too Bit of a pain as I was using my bigger lense meaning I have to go a fair distance from the car. Will have to invest in light room then, everyone must be recommending it for a reason I curently dont shoot in RAW, does this make it easier to edit? I believe by shooting in RAW it allows you to make loads of changes to the actual picture. Read it up a long time ago, hence I switched from jpeg to RAW. Also the camera sometimes lets you shoot in both formats so in essence you have 2 copies. Though I would only shoot in RAW if you plan to edit some pictures as the files are much bigger in size. 100% recommend you look into Light Room, actually check out some YouTube video's on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 I believe by shooting in RAW it allows you to make loads of changes to the actual picture. Read it up a long time ago, hence I switched from jpeg to RAW. Also the camera sometimes lets you shoot in both formats so in essence you have 2 copies. Though I would only shoot in RAW if you plan to edit some pictures as the files are much bigger in size. 100% recommend you look into Light Room, actually check out some YouTube video's on it. Thanks buddy. Yeah will do at a later date, want to really get to grips with the camera first, trying to learn in stages other wise its too much to take in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Ok cheers some of mine were f7 so wasn't far out. Need to get brave and try plying with shutter speed too I guess. All mine were with a tripod and remote too Bit of a pain as I was using my bigger lense meaning I have to go a fair distance from the car. Will have to invest in light room then, everyone must be recommending it for a reason I curently dont shoot in RAW, does this make it easier to edit? This was shot with an 18-200 lens, so not wide at all... just need to get further away from the ca https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3570/3478811525_c29d868180_b.jpgMy car by Graham John, on Flickr Also, if you are on a tripod, stay in Aperture priority and and up the aperture values, try higher and higher... since you are not holding the camera, you dont need to worry about shutter speed Thanks buddy. Yeah will do at a later date, want to really get to grips with the camera first, trying to learn in stages other wise its too much to take in. good choice! EDIT - also, you are shooting in VERY bright light, not the best.... consider a polariser filter or change your location/timing on the shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 This was shot with an 18-200 lens, so not wide at all... just need to get further away from the ca https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3570/3478811525_c29d868180_b.jpgMy car by Graham John, on Flickr Also, if you are on a tripod, stay in Aperture priority and and up the aperture values, try higher and higher... since you are not holding the camera, you dont need to worry about shutter speed good choice! EDIT - also, you are shooting in VERY bright light, not the best.... consider a polariser filter or change your location/timing on the shoot. Do you mean just keeping upping the F number? Yeah it was a little bright, it was sunset as i read this was the best time to get an even spread of light. The polarised filters is somthing I was looking at on ebay. Worth the investment? they are very cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Yes, F value.... A CP (circular polariser) is definitely worth it for car photos, also helps with reflections Theres a "golden hour"... literally the hour before sunset and the hour before complete sunrise - that is generally the best time to take photos, but you also have to have the location, the camera skills and the shot you want. So what you have is a good place to continue learning. I would start with wider.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Yes, F value.... A CP (circular polariser) is definitely worth it for car photos, also helps with reflections Theres a "golden hour"... literally the hour before sunset and the hour before complete sunrise - that is generally the best time to take photos, but you also have to have the location, the camera skills and the shot you want. So what you have is a good place to continue learning. I would start with wider.... Thanks for all the help, if i get some decent weather over the next couple of days I may return to that spot as its local and try again. Thanks will continue to update the thread to help the progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 For taking static portrait type shots I recommend the Nifty Fifty lens, as lenses go its cheap and always had nice results with it. These are straight from the camera, just resized, no other processing Also, being 50mm fixed focal length forces you to move around and try different angles etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_ufo Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I find night car photography my personal favourite, as some of the lads said you need to think about the scene, This particular photo I took below, my friend had taken a photo of his BMW and loved it that much I decided to take a photo of my supra...what was great is he mentioned his camera settings which helped me dial them straight into my camera. His photo I haven't quite grasped his editing skills as his image looked so much sharper (could be my cheapo tripod) My settings were 15 second Shutter, F6.3 and ISO 160 @40mm using a canon EF24-105 lens http://www.photographybynaz.co.uk/Supra/OCUK12.jpg The other one I took recently, I drove past an area in town under a railway and saw some arches with some graffiti, I drove in and in the corner was a nice area, had the picture in my head. After I had got my car detailed I wanted to post a picture so headed down there with my camera around 9pm, cleared a few distractions and took these... 10 seconds F18, ISO 1250 http://www.photographybynaz.co.uk/Supra/OCUK-Graffiti-1.jpg http://www.photographybynaz.co.uk/Supra/OCUK-Graffiti-2.jpg http://www.photographybynaz.co.uk/Supra/OCUK-Graffiti-3.jpg http://www.photographybynaz.co.uk/Supra/OCUK-Graffiti-4.jpg http://www.photographybynaz.co.uk/Supra/OCUK-Graffiti-5.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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