Modded Altima at Sunset

[zaqattack00]

Finally got her all cleaned up and ready for some pictures! You cant really notice in the first picture but the building to the right with the red neon sign is the new Nissan Headquarters in Cool Springs, Tennessee... thought it added some to the picture

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/zaqattack00/IMG_3288.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/zaqattack00/IMG_3289.jpg

Let me know what you think! Now that I see them up here they look a little cool temperature wise.... thanks!

[RadAL]

looks like the altima was just pasted onto the picture.... could be the post processing, but looks fake, to me.

[PhotosGuy]

Nice light on it, but I'm not loving the choice of crop.

[zaqattack00]

hm yeah the higher res pics look better for sure. I tried messing around with the shadows/highlights in PS to give it that pp'd look...

[cgkades]

i like the color tone and feel of the photos, they look blurry to me though... are they HDR that arnt ligned up right?

[zaqattack00]

i like the color tone and feel of the photos, they look blurry to me though... are they HDR that arnt ligned up right?

no..single shots, but when i loaded them into photobucket i feel like i really lost some clarity...

[PhotosGuy]

when i loaded them into photobucket i feel like i really lost some clarity... I've used PB for years without any problems.

It could be that PhotoBucket has resized?
Before uploading your images to your Photobucket account, choose either a
display or file size that is equal to or larger than that of your images. You
can do this by clicking on the 'Uploading Options' link in your upload panel
and then on the radio button next to your preferred size. If an option is
greyed out, this means the option is not available for your Photobucket
account type. Selecting a size larger than your images will prevent further
resizing upon upload and help expedite the upload process. To make the changes
permanent, you must upload at least one image from the upload panel. This is
important for Pro users using FTP or anyone using the Windows XP Publisher. If
you choose to use the file size options, the file size of the original image
will take precedence over the the display size and any display size is
accepted as long as the file size is less than your choice in the 'Uploading
Options'.
I always click on the image to get the 100% size that I've uploaded, & then use that URL for display.

[Orlandoech]

Nice light on it, but I'm not loving the choice of crop.

How so? The car itself is competely underexposed. There is no detail in the car because so...

[PhotosGuy]

How so? The car itself is competely underexposed. There is no detail in the car because so...
1. You're probably using a non-color managed browser, so what you see will be darker & more contrasty than what I see. See the link in my Sig.
2. The second shot has detail in the front & the soft light in the sky defines the contours of the body. Again, see the other link in my Sig.

[zaqattack00]

haha I'll admit these are not my best shots, it was 35 degrees outside when I was taking these so I didn't linger on perfection. I also was messing around with a larger aperture f11 through f32, which may be something to take into account, I don't know, I'm still practicing.

I definitely didn't take the time needed when I was loading them into photobucket, maybe that's were some of that quality went...

Thanks again for the criticism, can't get better unless I know what I am doing wrong!

[PhotosGuy]

I also was messing around with a larger aperture f11 through f32 The closer you are to the sweet spot of the lens (2-3X stopped down from max aperture), & the more in focus the area you're looking at is, the less artifacts you will see. When you get down to f/16 & above, you will probably see that diffraction will actually make the image look less sharp.
There's a reason that "L" glass costs a lot.

[zaqattack00]

The closer you are to the sweet spot of the lens (2-3X stopped down from max aperture), & the more in focus the area you're looking at is, the less artifacts you will see. When you get down to f/16 & above, you will probably see that diffraction will actually make the image look less sharp.
There's a reason that "L" glass costs a lot.


Could you expand on that a little more.. The lens I was using max aperture is f2.8 so would the sweet spot be around f3.5 - f4.5, or f4 - f6? I was under the impression that the smaller the aperture the greater the distance in the picture is focused or in clarity... thanks

[PhotosGuy]

2.8 to 4 to 5.6 = two f-stops, so f/5.6 to f/8 would probably be the sweet spot for a f/2.8 lens. the smaller the aperture the greater the distance in the picture is focused or in clarity. A smaller aperture (larger f-stop number) will give more DOF, depth of field, at a given distance from the subject.