Figured we'd run out and mess around.

 

The pics came out pretty good.We have to find more places to take pics with less ppl around.Right click and save as...

 

Right click save as the corrected version. The shot of your "crib" was corrected. That **** in the window annoyed me.

 

 

nice pictures

 

the 2nd pic is junk and the last 2 are focused on the wrong area.
the rest are pretty nice.

 

Yeah...the second the tripod moved slightly. I liked it though and put it in anyway...lol. Unfortunately, I only took one of those instead of two or three to be certain. Same happened to me on another shot right after it....it was in an awesome spot but was blurry.

In the last two, I don't recall being in AF...but I assume it must've been on and jumped to the sign in the background. His wheels looked sharp enough though, so that's why I let it go. The issue with those, was that security was mounting against us and they were kind of rushed. AF gets me alot sometimes...lol.

Thanks for the critique though...I saw your screenname when I came into the appearance forum that you posted here....I was like....oh man...here it comes...lol. I've seen alot of your stuff. Any tips/tricks on night shooting you can give? Any "rules of night shooting" or anything?

 

hahaha.I saw what u did on the one at the "crip".

 

Just a quick cloning to get rid of it. It ruined the whole picture being there.

 

ya try uping ur apeture for those wider shots what mode are u shooting in? also make sure u have VR off when using tripod, and remember rule of 3rds other then that props for another nikon guy

 

Great im about to pic up a d60 soon

 

Make sure you use the self timer to prevent any shaking of the tripod.

 

other than that cars look okay

 

haha Im affectionately called Brice.Hater by my friends. I always try and talk more about the photography in cases like this than the cars. Obviously is not to be in a rush. Night shooting is very tricky with a new camera. I would always go into P mode, and change your shutter speed to at least 1.0 to 1.3 and go from there. see how the lighting reacts with the prolonged shutter being opened and adjust from there. I have a D40 and usually dont use AF at night. buy my 70-300 isnt AF at all, so it makes it tricky.

 

looks good bro

 

clean ride

 

Black hatch is dope

 

Those pics are nice! I take it you guys went out after the meet?

 

No, that was on saturday.

 

For those asking about settings:

All shot in manual with the biggest aperature for the mostpart. In select photos I did go with smaller aperatures to increase depth of field when cars were inline and I was tight to the car.

Funny thing is, with my cheap *** Kodak before I always used the timer on the tripod to shoot in low light...with this I didn't...go figure.

I shoot high end video now, and being in contact with the tripod is something I'm just totally habitual to. Stepping away while shooting isn't possible for me, so when shooting I just stuck to it. Gotta have seperate mindsets with the photo and just get them locked in.

 

That was the night before the meet.

 

Cool, I cant wait until my car is done to get some good shots! And yes it will be clean!!! lol

 

I want to see you surpass Larry. One of you has to be the cleaner one....who's it gonna be?

 

All three are nice and clean!