Wife's new G35

[Gig103]

Two shots I thought I'd share:

http://www.mikepirone.com/albums/G35/IMG_1028.sized.jpg

http://www.mikepirone.com/albums/G35/IMG_1043b.sized.jpg


Thanks for looking!

[RadAL]

seem a little soft focus... maybe due to not saving it at a high enough quality (I usually save it 8 or 9 quality on photoshop). You could also crop out a lot of the sky in both pictures.

[muay_thai_dan]

agreed with the post above^

[PhotosGuy]

I agree with Rad (Whoda' thunk it?) ;) If the sky was more interesting as in #2, I could live with that crop, but not as it is.
And the tree? Good light on it, but the tree is reflection on the metal, & you could have easily avoided that.

[NeoTokyo]

A tight crop at full width of #1 would look nice, kinda like a business card layout.

[Gig103]

Thanks for the tips!
I could really use advice about soft focus, I think I see it often in my photos. This time I wouldn't attribute it to the shutter, since it was shot 18mm, 1/100sec, F/6.3. I figured it was the kit lens, but sometimes people post shots with it that are quite nice.

Some of it could be the downsampling - I let "Gallery" (the web app) handle it (fullsize here if interested (http://www.mikepirone.com/gallery/G35)). I used the exposure lock (* button) and then used manual point selection to focus on the car's logo (center dot).

[PhotosGuy]

advice about soft focus, - I let "Gallery" (the web app) handle it 1st, don't trust it to do as good a job as you could. Even a PS Action would be better, but I prefer this:
Selection for sharpening illustration. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=6232485&postcount=57)

Post Processing #3 - Sharpening & Saving (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=34489)