Acura TL at Sunrise...

[automata]

So I woke up early last Sunday and I decided to go out to try to get some nice shots of my car with my new DRebel. This is my favorite picture of the ones I took that morning, unfortunately it’s not as sharp as I’d like it to be.:mad:

Lens used was a 50mm f/1.8.
http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery/data/09c6c3783b4a70054da74f2538ed47c6/full_1306_p35896.jpg

I kept playing with the picture in PS CS and after using a High Pass Luminosity sharpening action from the TLR Sharpening toolkit I downloaded from thelightsright.com, I ended up with this.
http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery/data/09c6c3783b4a70054da74f2538ed47c6/1306_p36063.jpg

Comments? Suggestions? Thanks for looking.

[Pugdaddy]

I think you cropped it too much. You have a beautiful blurred background that you have almost completely cut out. I think if you just cut off the top of the pic at about the height of the second street light on the left you'd have a keeper. The second pic doesn't look right tilted like that either. Nice car.

[quickben]

Not really to do with photography.....

I've been looking for a nice set of split-rim alloys, and I REALLY like those !

What are they called ? Do you know if they're available in the UK ?

Cheers

Gary.

[automata]

Pugdaddy, thanks for the advice. I'll keep playing with it.

quickben, the wheels are Volk Racing SF Winning. They are 2 piece forged aluminum wheels imported from Japan. Mackin Industries imports them to the U.S., not sure who imports them to the U.K. but I'm sure they are available there.

[jeenyus1five8]

sweet ride. i like the 1st one. nice rims btw. i have volk sf challenges on my Z and love them. the color looks outstanding with the TL

[c0ntr0lz]

great shots, but for some reason the car doesn't look in focus on the first one.
i'd like the first one better if you saw just a tad more street in front of it.
nice backdrop also

[automata]

Thanks for all the comments and advice. I'll keep practicing.

[PhotosGuy]

Nice shot! The lighting looks good. You might try manual focus w/tripod. Try to get the exposure in the 1+ sec range & turn the lights on with your remote for about the last 20% of the exposure. Keep it up & post some more! ;-)

[mr.photoguy]

I like them, but for a car photo.
I think they are a bit soft, and the background is to busy.

[clorich]

***searches at acurazine***

I thought I saw this recently :mrgreen:

WWW gets smaller every day, I think.