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10/17/2004 08:25:32 PM · #1 |
So I set out today to take some pictures with my new tripod and memory card and must say I came back disapointed. I took 20-some pictures and this is the best I came up with...
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I think it's a good shot, but I don't know if I like the shadows or the glare on the hood.
The front driver's side tire looks really good, but that's about it. I couldn't park it facing the sun as my shadow went all over it. Any tips as to how that picture could have been better?
I also experimented with forced flash and ISO settings -- determined that the flash was a good thing and 100 ISO seemed to do the trick.
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10/17/2004 08:33:30 PM · #2 |
Maybe next time take 30 somethings shots. ;p
What about shots from the back. Keep that same angle but from the back. Or shoot at a different time of day. |
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10/17/2004 08:58:39 PM · #3 |
Hey Dave -
Nice TJ! Where 'bouts do you wheel around?
(I'll post pics of my TJ later ;) |
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10/17/2004 09:01:30 PM · #4 |
I'm in Pittsburgh, PA -- so I've been to wellsville and a few places around here. Paragon is just screaming my name because it's only 6 or so hours away.
JoshuaM -- thanks for the tips. I guess I should have taken more pics. I've tried it at different times of the day -- it's SOOO hard to get a nice picture with yellow and such a dark black (wheels/tires)...either the yellow is too bright and the black looks good, or the black is too dark and the yellow looks good. |
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10/17/2004 09:06:31 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by deapee:
I guess I should have taken more pics. I've tried it at different times of the day -- it's SOOO hard to get a nice picture with yellow and such a dark black (wheels/tires)...either the yellow is too bright and the black looks good, or the black is too dark and the yellow looks good. |
Actually too dark is better then too bright. You may be able to use post-processing to bring out the dark picture, but not a overexposed picture.
Since you had a tripod it would've be the perfect opportunity to bracket your shots. Take one shot with +1 EV, 0 EV, and -1 EV and combine them later to get the perfect shot.
Also a circular polariser may help out with reflections. |
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10/17/2004 09:18:21 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Originally posted by deapee:
I guess I should have taken more pics. I've tried it at different times of the day -- it's SOOO hard to get a nice picture with yellow and such a dark black (wheels/tires)...either the yellow is too bright and the black looks good, or the black is too dark and the yellow looks good. |
Actually too dark is better then too bright. You may be able to use post-processing to bring out the dark picture, but not a overexposed picture.
Since you had a tripod it would've be the perfect opportunity to bracket your shots. Take one shot with +1 EV, 0 EV, and -1 EV and combine them later to get the perfect shot.
Also a circular polariser may help out with reflections. |
I found that option on my camera the other day and was wondering what the use of it was for....thanks for answering my question with out me asking. My camera [even though a low end camer] lets me set it to take 3 pictures and i can set it -1/2 - 0 - +1/2 or -1.0 - 0 - +1.0. Can you put that in PS7 as 3 layers and combine????? |
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10/17/2004 09:26:22 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by SDW65:
Originally posted by faidoi:
Originally posted by deapee:
I guess I should have taken more pics. I've tried it at different times of the day -- it's SOOO hard to get a nice picture with yellow and such a dark black (wheels/tires)...either the yellow is too bright and the black looks good, or the black is too dark and the yellow looks good. |
Actually too dark is better then too bright. You may be able to use post-processing to bring out the dark picture, but not a overexposed picture.
Since you had a tripod it would've be the perfect opportunity to bracket your shots. Take one shot with +1 EV, 0 EV, and -1 EV and combine them later to get the perfect shot.
Also a circular polariser may help out with reflections. |
I found that option on my camera the other day and was wondering what the use of it was for....thanks for answering my question with out me asking. My camera [even though a low end camer] lets me set it to take 3 pictures and i can set it -1/2 - 0 - +1/2 or -1.0 - 0 - +1.0. Can you put that in PS7 as 3 layers and combine????? |
Can't combine 3 layers in any of the challenges, but you can come up with some awesome pictures and prints this way. Make sure you have lot's of RAM before you do it though. |
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10/17/2004 10:21:20 PM · #8 |
Mine goes pretty far up the EV scale and back down too...I played with it a bit trying to get things right before...but now that I have the tripod...it's going to be a lot easier to learn about different conditions.
When you say combine the pictures though, you basically mean that you should for example cut the top part (yellow, etc) and combine it with the other picture where the black looks best, right? opacity and all that would be set to 100% basically, or is there some special 'merge two pictures together' feature that I don't know about? |
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10/17/2004 11:14:59 PM · #9 |
Great photo, and Jeep. One way to combat the brightness of the yellow is to get it muddy BEFORE you take the pictures.
I've always been partial to glare off of the paint, gives a bit of the shiny feel that is lost if you worry TOO much about it. i'd probably start with the polarizer mentioned earlier and then expirament from there. WHile I've yet to purchase one myself, it's high on my shopping list. |
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