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Needs more depth of field, lower shot angles and more sky behind the car rather than ground infront of the car.

other than that they're pretty good :laugh: also, late afternoon (about 20mins before sunset) is great for taking pics of cars.

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^They're right Cara - Need to get down on your knees when taking photo's of cars :P

Also for DOF - if you have the control on your camera, get away from the car, add zoom to fill the frame, and make the apature as large as possible (smallest number) ie. apature ~5.x

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^They're right Cara - Need to get down on your knees when taking photo's of cars :)

Also for DOF - if you have the control on your camera, get away from the car, add zoom to fill the frame, and make the apature as large as possible (smallest number) ie. apature ~5.x

wouldnt know how to do that! LOL

cheers everyone for the input and advice, here are a couple others, i took on the angle, makes the car look a little weird tho, and the last pic i was lying on the ground(taken on a different day tho)

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wouldnt know how to do that! LOL

cheers everyone for the input and advice, here are a couple others, i took on the angle, makes the car look a little weird tho, and the last pic i was lying on the ground(taken on a different day tho)

Hey Cara, the latter ones are good too.

For apature control, its the "A" on your control dial of your camera (finepix S6500fd as you said in your other thread) as seen below:

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Read up on the manual about apature control with your camera and to get the Depth of Field you want, adjust the apature.

If you want ONLY the car to be focussed (ie. less DOF) then use long zoom and big apature, to focus on the surroundings too (more DOF) then use a shorter zoom and smaller apature. Remember though, whatever zoom you are at, try to fill as much of the frame with the car as you can as the car is to be the focus point of the photo.

MissR34 Grand Master

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cheers for that lee,

the next time i will be using the camera will be at gazzanats thid weekend, so i will certaintly play around this it and see what i get and post some up.

thanks once again!

Xmetal Mentor

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Something else to think about

Boat ramp locations are very 1991 and you're shooting a car built in 1999, try and find a location that complements the age of the car - for example try and find a modern industrial complex or something that's only recently been built. Even underground car parks late at night are a winner provided the place doesn't look like it was built back in the stone age. Take your tripod if you're going to be shooting underground, the light levels won't be enough to shoot free hand. :)

Examples of modern locations that i've shot cars at:

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Underground Car Park examples shot by me:

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IMG_0621.jpg

As you can see the cars match the location in a few ways ranging from colour, vehicle age and so on.

Factor this in on your next outting and you'll be onto a winner. :)

MSN me if you want to ask questions. :)

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Hey Cara, you've got a nice car a few nice shot. The second set of shots are a bit too low in my opinion.

http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9488

This thread has some pretty good information to improve your photographing skills. ;)

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