R8 in black and white

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I have posted the car here before but not this shot.
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I like the tones, the reflections, the sharpness but there's something about the composition I'm not quite happy with. It feels a bit squashed at the top. A different crop might be better?
 
bloke in Scun has one also but doesnt hang around long enough to have a good ol proper look ...nice car and photo isnt bad either
 
I feel the first shot has great potential, both are nicely exposed.

I really think #1 needs to be taken with a nice fat wide angle lens (10mm sounds good), down on the ground so we've got the reflections still but also some more breathing room for the car - maybe even some sky! Just my 2 cents.

Great car however, yours? :)
 
Oh Rory, you and that R8 - a match made in heaven me thinks!

I'd agree with the first comment though, both the shots are fantastic but cropped a little too close to the top of the car for my liking.
 
its pretty lacking in contrast and tone for a B&W shot IMHO, bit a of tweeking would probably bring it up a bit but suspect you'd have been better waiting for better light.

DOF is not shallow enough, better shooting it at f2.8 to bring the background OF.

more space at the top would help too as would loosing the reflections on the side


reflection in the water nice, and the angle of the car for the 3/4 shot is good. I would have shot it at a different angle to the sun though since the left side is in shadow compared to the highlights of the front.


finally the name down the side looks cack.


Trappe said:
I have posted the car here before but not this shot.
CC would be welcomed(y)

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It's a good pic - I remember reading a tip from a pro car tog who said to always turn the front wheels hard lock towards the camera... never tested it on my own Vauxhall Astra to find out if it still looks crap or not! :D
 
Trappe said:
Thanks for the points. no need to be so rude about the name. It's just put there to stop copying etc. it's a subject that been covered here on many an occasion.
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not being rude just straight to the point. put your name down the bottom so people can see who shot the image.
 
you don't want to turn hard lock, just a bit to turn the tyre tread away and show a bit of the wheel.

DekHog said:
It's a good pic - I remember reading a tip from a pro car tog who said to always turn the front wheels hard lock towards the camera... never tested it on my own Vauxhall Astra to find out if it still looks crap or not! :D
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the 2nd shot is better, the first lacks punch and the crops on both are iffy

agreed about the name though, it's too big and a bit daft imo, completely knackers what was left of a half decent image for me :(
 
Trappe said:
And then I would have had a crit from someone saying thay I had spoilt the detail in the reflection;) I thought that I had positioned it in a dead area of the shot:shrug:
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It might be in a 'dead area' but, because it's so large it and doesn't have a low opacity it really intrudes. It makes the image appear more cropped as you're invading the dead space which is needed for the car to 'move into'.

I'll not crit the image as all bits I would have pointed out have been pointed out.
 
looks like a real nice shot but i personally would have left a little more gap at the top above the car and the left side, but otherwise great
 
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