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Old 02-05-2003, 12:41 PM
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Default How to take a good looking picture, FYI (im not bitching)

Ok I have seen alot of people post pics that are way too dark, so much that you can't tell what is what. So to fix this problem:
before you snap the pic, meter off the car and do a meter lock.

1 - Setting your shutter speed & aperture (lens light) so they are locked on your car. This will aviod things like the sun and other bright objects in the background from screwing with the meter.
Every camera has one of these features, if not do it manually.
2 - after "locking or holding" the meter on that setting, then focus and THEN take the picture. It will meter off your car or what ever the object of your picture is. Correctly.

Good Luck!
Old 02-05-2003, 12:44 PM
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Default Re: How to take a good looking picture, FYI (greebler)

d00d. i dont think everyone's camera has this... my camera is very very limited in features. basically i just snap pics and thats it! its a fujifilm... a201. POS! wish i could afford a cam with a CoOl lens and stuff.
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Default Re: How to take a good looking picture, FYI (greebler)

who cares, if i can see the car pretty clear in the picture..then its fine.

this is honda-tech, not superstreet magazine.
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Default Re: How to take a good looking picture, FYI (jonas)

who cares, if i can see the car pretty clear in the picture..then its fine.

this is honda-tech, not superstreet magazine.
- any pictures in general show as an example of what is bothering you
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Default Re: How to take a good looking picture, FYI (Palm Beach h00kup)

maybe the best thing for people with entry level cameras is to just simply hold it as still as possible. or even better, rest the camera on something stable like a chair or railing or whatever. this will definetly weed out some of the blurriness. Also, if your camera doesn't have manual adjustments like f-stops or aperture settings (or if you don't know what that means) just try taking a couple pictures of the same thing with different settings like flash or no flash. that way when you are uploading pictures, you can choose the best ones.

for some point and shoot digital cameras, taking shots at night is really hard because the light is too dim to have a good light exposed shot. this is why it's really important to hold the camera as still as possible. get a tripod, which works the best.

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Default Re: How to take a good looking picture, FYI (Zensokuryoku)

and not everybody likes breaking their neck to see a stunna sidewayds shot...lol

There are times for different angle, etc. Don't just stabd 20 feet from your car, do the stunna tilt, and snap.
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and not everybody likes breaking their neck to see a stunna sidewayds shot...lol

There are times for different angle, etc. Don't just stabd 20 feet from your car, do the stunna tilt, and snap.
lol, wtf is the point of those anyway, youre right i just end up tilting my head to see the correct angle and in the process im thinking to myself "wtf is the point of this?"

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Default Re: How to take a good looking picture, FYI (greebler)

Is this place slowly turning into the appearance forum or what??
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