Mini Cooper at night

[Thrill]

Digital Rebel (300D) w/ kit lens.
ISO 100, 13 seconds at f/5.6, focal length 33mm
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9088/mini24hr8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I noticed after the fact that the entire car isn't in focus, only the front quarter or third. Would a higher aperature value fix this? All comments more than welcome.

[Nick_C]

I like the shot, especially the lighting although a little flare has creeped in I see.

If you focus midway (say the door mirror) then I would have thought F5.6 to have adequate depth of field, but being as its a tripod only shot you could have used F11 instead to have made sure everything was sharp, the shutter would have had to stay open even longer though so careful you dont touch the camera & shield it from any wind.

The most I would go to is F16, anymore & sharpness will start to decrease due to what they call "Diffraction".

Nick :-)

[Thrill]

Thanks for all the advice. I'm going to try and re shoot it sometime soon. I want to try and leave the space in front of the car instead of behind it.

By flare, are you talking about that circlish thing by the side mirror? I was wondering what that was since I first put it on my computer.

[Nick_C]

Yes that right, try a slightly different angle or turn off the lights on the mini, its more than likely those that have caused the flare on the lens.

Nick :-)