here's a shot I took of my cousin's Charger...nothing spectacular about the car itself, but I'm interested in people's opinions of this shot. I have other shots, but this was the only good one of the bunch...probably b/c I started to get irritated b/c it was hot as s**t in the garage.

 

this is my type of shot.

i would have liked to see the entire tire, though.

i think the green sign on the right should be cropped/cloned out.

other than that, it's a very nice shot.

 

looks awesome. i think some post-processing with photoshop will really make it stand out more.

 

^^^
LOL...that's the best SN I've seen...

I did some photoshop editing, but nothing intensive. Just a quick-fix on contrast, hue and sharpness.

I agree...the whole tire would've been nice. The way the bottom is cut off is a bit distracting.

 

Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 1.6 sec (8/5)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77) Windows
Exposure Program: Manual
Compressed Bits per Pixel: 2 bits
Maximum Lens Aperture: 42/10
Metering Mode: Pattern
Light Source: Cool white fluorescent (W 3900 - 4500K)
Sub-Second Time (Digitized): 50
Color Space: sRGB
Sensing Method: One-chip colour area sensor
CFA Pattern: GREEN BLUE RED GREEN
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Manual
Focal Length In 35mm Film: 120
Contrast: Hard
Saturation: High saturation
Sharpness: Hard
Compression: JPEG
Image Width: 2896 pixels
Image Height: 1944 pixels

next time...shoot in raw, edit in raw, and save your pics at a .png file (no compression)

 

My uncle just sent me a copy of his CS2 program, so when i get that, i figure i'll start dabbling a bit in RAW format.

 

That picture has tons of potential John. It would have been nice to have a lens that had a few more stops down, like my 17-50 2.8 so you dont have to have the shutter open for so long (more chance of camera shake) but nonetheless, really good picture for you.
-GP-

 

Thanks a lot...sometimes I feel that I'm improving, other times, not so much...then again, i've only been using an SLR for about 2-3 months or so. I do plan on getting a lens with a wider aperture...but i'm saving the money for other things at this time (built turbo, lol).

Luckily, i'm using the 55-200 Nikkor VR lens.

 

shooting in RAW will help out alot if you start using CS2.
-GP-

 

yeah, i could only imagine the difference...just gotta check my mail eagerly for the program to arrive.

Do you shoot in RAW?

 

I used to shoot in jpeg because i couldnt figure out how to edit anything in RAW until about a month ago, now i shoot in RAW and its sooo much better.

the only downside would be that you need a BIG CF card because raw files are so big. I just got a 4GB SanDisk ExtremeIII CF card and i can get 400 pictures in raw, over 1000 in highest quality jpeg.
-GP-

 

solid picture

 

camera shake isn't a problem if you: 1) use a remote (15 bucks) 2) use time delay (takes 10 more seconds, but works fine).

 

nice picture, should have cropped more of the right side out so there wasnt such a big empty space