1 Car pic to critique

theres somehting about this pic i absolutely loved... i dunno what it is...

but i think i got it right ahahah...

what do you think
camera is a canon A610,manual mode, vivid, AWB, autofocus, F 8.0, 1/100th? shutter.. dont remember.. tripod

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There are some interesting reflections on the car and there is a lot of shadow area on the car that is without detail. The net effect is one of overly high contrast such that too much of the subject is either blown out highlights or underexposed shadows.

There are few clues as to the sun angle, but my best guess is that it's either directly overhead or slightly behind the car. My recommendation is to take the shot of the car with better lighting (a more favorable angle - with the sun behind you), and I would definitely recommend a polarizer to reduce the reflections.

Other than that the composition is reasonable good , although the various background elements are just adding clutter.

thanks for the in depth review!!..

yea exactly the sun was about right above at the time with a basically overcast sky...

i went to a car meet and didnt expect anything special out of my snapshots.. i wasnt really there for photography sakes.. just taking random pics of cars and this came out decen ti think...

thanks !

The low camera angle and the fact that the front wheels are turned slightly away from the camera make this image more pleasing than what it would have been otherwise. Had you used flash it MAY have opened up the dark shadows in the front of the car depending on how far away you were when you took this image, and the power of your flash. I don't care for all of the clutter behind the car or the guy standing behind the car.

Benji

i was too far away to use flash... yea the clutter was something i had to deal with.. oh well

Way too much distraction in the background, however I think that the car itself turned out alright.

One thing you must keep in mind is that cars have 4 wheels. I'm sure this one did also, but you're not showing that. When you see all four it gives a better stance to the car.

had you moved to your left a bit, you would have captured the 4th wheel and also ensured that there wasnt a stop sign growing out of his hood.

i aligned with the angle of the front left wheel becausei think anything else wouldve looked kind of awkward.. and it wasnt my car so i couldnt go mess with the wheel angle..

Im not too worried about the exposure or blown out highlights but the background competes with the car too much