got to go out today and take some pics with my new Fugi S5100.
Please yell at me make me take better pics.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...0&ppuser=15402

 

Awesome I've been wondering what color I should paint my leyland. Black looks awesome now to figure out if I want a white top?

 

not black its dark plum ill take another when the sun comes out,

also how/when do i use a telephoto and wide angle lense

 

I really like this pic . . .


Although it's hard to expose, on account of so much snow wanting to tell the camera, "hey, paint me gray," the composition overrides that for me. I like the way the road leads you to the top of the tire. You having turned the tire out toward the road adds to this image.

The other pic I liked was the fence hole one. That one made me grin. Perhaps if you had gotten a bit closer, allowing us to see more of the Mini?

Thanks for sharing.

 

Want to play with depth of field? Use the telephoto.
(you'll also be less apt to see your own reflection with a tele)

Wide angles? You can get interesting images with them.
If it's too wide ( a fisheye), then you better have clean shoes.

 

Here are some quick thoughts

You have quite a few photos where you essentially sectioned off part of the car. Personally, I'd like to see more of the car. What I'd like to see is a photo showing the entire front end, not just the right 1/4 of it.

Of the photos you took where you shot a section of the car, I think this one was the most successful.



You need to be careful in the framing. In the photo above the front tire is cut off before we see it in contact with the ground.

Try shooting the front end head on, either squarely centered, or intentionally offset to the left or right side of the frame, so the background can give you a sense of place.

In most of these shots you're really close to the car and shooting pretty wide. Try backing up and zooming in.

Also, try getting lower. In most of the shots you're at headlight level. I realize there is snow there, but if conditions permitted, I'd try to get down really low (the camera only a few inches off the ground), so you're shooting up. Doing that will also help you in situations where the background is cluttered because you'll get more sky in the pictures.

Actually, that's what you did here, and it's my favorite shot of the new group.



The door handle one I would crop a little tighter.

The telephone pole picture would be a lot better without the metal stakes and the barbed wire fence.

 

Looks like we liked the same one.

 

added a few more "Night Time Pics" already entered mine for the monthly photo thing so these wouldnt count anyway. i have a real problem taking night time shots, cant seem to get the car at the right angle, lighting correct, to use flash or not. any help with night time would be awesome

 

see this thread on night photography

You're going to need a tripod if you don't have one already. Also, read about using your camera's manual mode, and how to adjust the white balance.

 

That should be a compliment to the Snake. A good photograph stands on its own.

After reading the color is a "plum" derivative, and not black, gray-scaling might enhance the image. What say y'all?

I'm also wondering here about angles.
If you're up close, yeah, a very low angle would be dramatic.
But if you've got access to a tele, couldn't you get a low-enough angle by standing way back? (I'm thinking "rays" and how the further from the vortex, the more the height from the base increases, blah, blah, blah. I haven't experimented with this much but I believe it holds true. Along with this, if you're using a, say 300mm, wouldn't you be able to get some interesting DoF?) Thinking you can get perhaps even more dramatic results that way.

Of course, you could go back to the same location and have a caravan of Toyota Tundras trying to tailgate you through the trees.

 

Here are a couple examples of what I'm talking about (getting some distance from your subject, getting low to the ground, and zooming in).

(clickable)

Notice how if you get really low (with the lens a few inches off the ground) you can see all the way under the car. It's a more dramatic viewpoint.

Here's an example where I backed up, zoomed in, but shot from a kneeling position.

(clickable)


That said, I'm a big fan of really showing almost a pavement viewpoint. Like this one (hope you don't mind my posting your photo here Juan).

 

No problem Dave.