Since it's been brought up about 34 times in the Rodrez thread, I decided to make a post where we can post some good ol' car enthusiast shots. Let's get some good stuff in here, not shots where you see more of the tree in the background then the car, but good, clean, quality shots. This isn't limited to the handful of guys mentioned in the other thread but it's for anyone who thinks they've got something to help others learn. Anyways, enough rambling... let's get it started.

Oh and I guess you can post what camera you're using too, if you'd like... I just picked up a Canon 20D but those were all with my previous 10D.


I'll start off with some of my stuff:












Modified by aLL STaR HYBRiD at 1:32 PM 11/12/2004

 

nice!

edit...here are a few poopy ones i have taken...


















Modified by ^MikeG at 5:26 PM 11/12/2004

 

Modified by xdriver at 2:00 PM 11/12/2004

 

The pics make the bike look soooo nice lollll

 

Yes, I like the motorcycle pictures.

 

Not the best, but I really like these out of all the pix I've ever took:










Modified by DC4KiD at 6:40 PM 11/12/2004

 

not exactly the best shots compared to other people here.. but here's some of my favorite shots.. i'm using a Fuji S7000

 

your cam is off the chain. what brand is it?

 

heres one from when my friends and I did a 99-00 conversion



then when we LE MANS'ed my other firends car.





All of these were taken using my ghetto HP Photosmart320 2.1MP DigiCRAPra

 

what cam you usin xdriver?

 

all your pics are very good , but im just amazed at how clean these wheels are

 

some of my favorites

 

i'll have to get in on this later, cool thread

 

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bike pics and the interior of the 350z was taking with a nikon d70slr and some extremely expensive lenses and the full shot of the 350z was taking with a nikon coolpix 995 (broken now).


1069.00 - Nikon 135mm f2.0D AF-DC Nikkor Portrait Lens

 

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bike pics and the interior of the 350z was taking with a nikon d70slr and some extremely expensive lenses and the full shot of the 350z was taking with a nikon coolpix 995 (broken now).


1069.00 - Nikon 135mm f2.0D AF-DC Nikkor Portrait Lens

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damn...all you ballers with the d70's

 

My uncles Nissan Patrol (from Amsterdam)








My cousins tank:

 

Camera is a Canon a95, pic's are untouched with the exception of a border.

 

Haha ... VALLEYFAIR!!!!!!!!! Great picture of the Mpls skyline

 

 

Here are just a couple of mine.

 

heres mine..

 

canon s200 2.0mp, i dont claim to be any good.

 

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edit...here are a few poopy ones i have taken...





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More pics of this car???

 

This picture was taken with a Canon 10D with 24-70mm f/2.8L lens. I set the shutter speed manually to catch the water droplets and to add to the foggy affect. I had a friend spray a fine mist of water in front of the car to create the foggy look. Some mistakes were the really large aperature. Second mistake, the glare from an oncoming car on the door. 3rd mistake, the overly exposed area on the top of the picture. If I could take this picture again, I could learn from my mistake and make it better. This picture was not touched up at all.



This would be a better example. But still had some trouble areas.



I had alot of people asked me how did I photoshop this picture. I told them I desaturated the picture but they didn't believe me. Anyhow, this picture is untouched. All I did was take the color out of it. To get the line of the light shinning through the trees, I woke up early and caught the sun coming up. There was a camp fire that was still smoking. So I positioned myself behind the smoke and the sun rays and caught this breath taking shot. Same camera as above.



Same deal with above. Completely untouched.



Same camera. I set it on a tripod and manually set the shutter to about 3-5 seconds. I set my aperature to 22. ISO was at 100. I was able to get everything clear in my picture because of the smaller aperature. The trick to the sureal water effect is the shutter speed. However, you must capture it just right. From playing around with the camera a 3-5 second shutter speed is perfect. Too much and the images will wash out. Too little and you won't get enough water effect. Another thing that helped me take this picture was a circular polarizing filter. I adjusted it so that some parts of the water reflected and some parts didn't. Without a polarizing filter I don't think you could take the same picture because of the glare.

 

That evo pic is one of THE sickest pics I have seen, even the headlights reflecting on the car seem to add to it. First thing i thought of when i saw it was GT4s photo mode.