Looks good
That autoglym wax looks like good stuff, how is it? Ive been using Meguiars NXT 2.0, it looks great, but i like experimenting with waxes was going to try out the autoglym
Looks good
That autoglym wax looks like good stuff, how is it? Ive been using Meguiars NXT 2.0, it looks great, but i like experimenting with waxes was going to try out the autoglym
Looks great, I really like the AGHD. The only problem I have with it is that it sweats. Even if you give it a good 30 min to cure before buffing it off it seems like the next day I have a slight film all over the car which seems to show up more definitively if the car is in the sun. Its easily cleaned off using some QD but it still bothers me.
Regarding your pictures are you using a tripod? If so try cranking up the aperture to the highest setting (which is the smallest opening) and set the timer. The shutter will need to stay open longer to account for the aperture and by setting the timer you don't run the risk of accidentally bumping the camera when you press the button. The other advantage of using a large aperture setting is that the reflections in the distance are more crisp. Think of it like when you squint your eyes... more of the viewing area is in focus when you squint your eyes because the focal point is much further away from the lens and therefore variations in distance don't seem to have an effect on how sharp they are.
If you don't already have any, and can't find any in your Walmart for cheap, I've got some extra that I'll sell ya cheap. (I bought all that my Walmart had a few weeks back). PM me if you are interested.
Find some sun and take some good pictures. Anyone's car looks good in the shade.
Just saying, show off your good work.
If anyone can let me know how to get it so the sky is not white that would be great, I cant figure it out
superstang, what hood is that? I've thought about running something similar on my 98.
Oh, and the car looks great!
good lawdy thats a nice stance
you need to expose for the sky, not the car. when you do this and depending on situation the car might be underexposed. you need to hit the car with a flash/strobe. the reason why your skies are "blown out" is because of the slower shutter speed to expose your subject properly. notice how in the last picture you posted that wasnt in the shade? your sky is blue.
can you please post pictures WITHOUT the "HDR" effect? thanks.
Love It!!!!
I hate to inject more photo advice because the pics are already pretty good.
Use a tripod definitely, but pay atention to aperture.
A small number is a large aperture, which renders the foreground and background out of focus. This is good because your subject is all we want in focus. And the subject doesn't have to be centered, we know it's the subject because it's in focus. Large apertures also require less light so you can use a faster shutter speed. Tripods are not necessary with a shutter speed at least as fast as the focal length, i.e. 1/60th or faster with a 50mm. But a tripod and using the self-timer is still nice for keeping the camera still during the shot.
Apertures wider than ~f2.8 can get a little soft, but it's good because it hides minor blemishes in the subject. A good lens will have a pleasant softness. A bad lens will just be soft. "Good" and "bad" here are unrelated to price or brand, but zoom lenses typically are just bad universally due to design, regardless of brand. Zooms perform best near the middle of their range in both aperture and zoom. A fixed length lens is superior at wider apertures. And a fixed 50mm/f2 is quite cheap.
A large number is a small aperture, which renders more of the scene in focus. This is bad because we don't care about anything but the subject. The background gets distracting when it should just fade from notice. A small aperture also requires more light and a longer shutter speed. And the smallest apertures are inherently fuzzy. Around f/8 is usually the sharpest, but for car pictures will result in too much foreground and background in focus. OK for scenic pics, not ok for pics of a single subject.
I think the first set of shots are great, but would be better with a larger aperture so the backgrounds are less distracting. But the scenes themselves are very nice, IMHO. The absence of direct lighting works well in the shots, I'd say. There are no harsh shadows but depth and detail are good. I'd say they are well exposed, also.
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