Some recent shots, how did I do?

[pshannon68]

Well since my last lexus/vw shoot thread went SO well I thought I might take a little more interest and try to get out and shoot a little more. So here are a few shots over the last week or so that I thought weren't horrible. I'm sure they are not everyones taste especially the angle one of the car but whatever I'm having fun with it and not trying to make a living...Let me know what you think.

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[pshannon68]

Any thoughts or tips for the future?

[JacksSenseOfRejection]

#1-3) just look like snap shots and have crooked horizon lines

#4) Don't use dutch angles if you're not sure what there intended use is. That photo just looks crooked.

#5) Do you see how all the antenna and trees poke up out of the car like your car is a porcupine?

#6) Fake HDR is bad. Don't mess with HDR, that fad is over and slowly dying.

[jnm2.0t]

Nice, you spotted Maryland One! Saw it at San Jose when I was boarding a flight to LA. The Terp in me was ecstatic.

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[pshannon68]

#1-3) just look like snap shots and have crooked horizon lines

#4) Don't use dutch angles if you're not sure what there intended use is. That photo just looks crooked.

#5) Do you see how all the antenna and trees poke up out of the car like your car is a porcupine?

#6) Fake HDR is bad. Don't mess with HDR, that fad is over and slowly dying.

Yeah your right, 1-3 were pretty much just snap shots, liked the sunset so grabbed a couple shots, I thought 1 turned out ok though.

Yeah I know people keep saying to stop the agnles but straight on is just boring to me. We had a lexus meet a week ago and I tired to just do straight on pics, no crazy angle but I haven't had a chance to check them out. I'll post them up when I get a chance.

Yeah I saw that too but the way the plane approached that was the only way to get the shot. Mabye I could try waiting till the plane got closer and try to shoot from a lower angle up towards the sky more...

Wasn't trying to do HDR, I have no clue what I'm doing when it comes to editing, and I was messing with the light/dark shadows/highlights and it came out like that. Right now I'm playing with the adobe elements 10 trial and then i'll try lightroom 4 before I buy one.

What about the last 3? Decent shots?

Thanks for the tips.

[pshannon68]

Nice, you spotted Maryland One! Saw it at San Jose when I was boarding a flight to LA. The Terp in me was ecstatic.

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Yeah I thought that was really cool, never seen it before and got lucky.

[sonicGLI]

When your subject looks like it's coming down from the heavens with an angel's halo around it, you need to put photoshop away and focus on getting exposure correct in-camera

[yel0wsn0]

Yeah I know people keep saying to stop the agnles but straight on is just boring to me. We had a lexus meet a week ago and I tired to just do straight on pics, no crazy angle but I haven't had a chance to check them out. I'll post them up when I get a chance.

No, your problem is the subjects. Car meets are never good photographic opportunities.