Whip 1... Car shoot...

[MpoweredM]

Hey everyone. n00bie here. I figured my first post might as well be one for the whipping. I have a few in the series from this location, however here is one for now..

http://www.pbase.com/mpoweredm3/image/75626872/large.jpg

(possibly sharpened too much for the size it was downsized to?)

:thumb

-C

[Swartzy]

that this is your first posting....now, let me ask you since you posted here in the Whipping Post. Is this your best work? Is this a photograph that you would include in your portfolio and ask a professional's advice? If not, what would you think to do differently? or...would a different shot you took at the time be a better representation for important feedback?

I simply pose this question because all too often, a shot is posted for the relevancy of "Hey, I took this, what do you think?"..that's not the point of the forum of course......do your best first....if it is, then let's proceed...but first afford us the opportunity to know your intent.

As the photograph stands now...nice car...flat lighting....semi truck trailer takes up most of the frame and overall is uneventful....gimme some pizzaz...something to dig my teeth into. Make me want to look at it for an hour.

[MpoweredM]

that this is your first posting....now, let me ask you since you posted here in the Whipping Post. Is this your best work? Is this a photograph that you would include in your portfolio and ask a professional's advice? If not, what would you think to do differently? or...would a different shot you took at the time be a better representation for important feedback?

Swartzy, I appreciate the [enitre] response. As I mentioned there were others from this shoot. I ended up post-processing 5. IMO, this one came out best TO ME. I do A LOT of car photography. I recently sold my show m3, and with the love of photography that I have, I've been given the opportunity to meet a lot of people that love pictures of their cars. Would I include this in a professional portfolio? With your response I believe it is not worthy.


I simply pose this question because all too often, a shot is posted for the relevancy of "Hey, I took this, what do you think?"..that's not the point of the forum of course......do your best first....if it is, then let's proceed...but first afford us the opportunity to know your intent.

My intent was not to "just post". I have many other forums, car forums, regional forums, where I can "just post" and I've had the experience of people saying, "Sick shots". "Nice car, better photography". I like to think they are sincere in believing they like the shots, but there is much more behind photography than it just being a "nice shot" to non-photographers. I've got much to learn and I hoped by finally joining this site, I can further my knowledge in the photography field.


As the photograph stands now...nice car...flat lighting....semi truck trailer takes up most of the frame and overall is uneventful....gimme some pizzaz...something to dig my teeth into. Make me want to look at it for an hour.
I'm glad you mentioned the flat lighting. This seems to be something that has forever been my kryptonite. I shoot many times impromptu. I receive a phone call from someone saying, "it's beautiful outside, I need shots". This shot was much the same. I also shoot with only available light. I hoped to also get suggestions on lighting that one could purchase to help better my main field of photography (automobiles/motorcycles (with models too)).

Hopefully this cleared up my intentions. Then again, I have never known my intentions. :)

[Gary Glass]

I think the sharpness is fine. The light and composition are unconventional, but not necessarily bad. The mood of the shot is rather dark, urban, gritty. The light and the off-center placement says you're not going for the typical ad shot, but the most unconventional point is that the car, which is already far off-center, is also turning out of the picture. If you're happy with all that, then you nailed it. Looking at the picture from that point of view, the only thing I'd want to change about it would be to crop a bit of the bottom. There's a lot of out of focus pavement there, which puts the car at more of a distance. Cropping would also give the shot an even stronger horizontal format which, I think, would further strengthen the originality of the mood and composition.