C&C on my first time editing pictures in lightroom

[alwaysbored786]

Here are some of the pics pics i recently took at a weekly car meet i go to. All of them have been edited in lightroom. I know composure could be worked on, on a few of the pics, i just took them in a hurry with the 50mm 1.8 and couldn't get the angles i wanted because people were leaving as i got there.

lmk what i should improve on =D

Thanks for taking the time to look at the pics!

 

[Biggs88]

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The 3200 ISO is killing the detail. Also, the slow 1/50 shutterspeed and wide open aperture is killing the sharpness.

Try shooting at 200iso, aperture 11. Let the camera choose the shutterspeed. Use a tripod to deal with the slow shutter.

 

[alwaysbored786]

I was noticing the high iso while editing, i was in such a hurry i didnt even change it . Question, at f/11 will i be able to obtain the same dof i did in some of the pics?

Thanks for the feedback, im going to try using those settings this thursday with my new tamron 17-50 2.8. Cant wait!

 

[lyonsroar]

I was noticing the high iso while editing, i was in such a hurry i didnt even change it . Question, at f/11 will i be able to obtain the same dof i did in some of the pics?

Thanks for the feedback, im going to try using those settings this thursday with my new tamron 17-50 2.8. Cant wait!

I kinda like to use a larger aperture (smaller f#) for cars at this distance. With my 50mm f1.8 I stick at f2.5-3.2. It really makes the car stand out from a background.

In other words, I disagree with the other poster...:greenpbl:

 

[alwaysbored786]

I was noticing the high iso while editing, i was in such a hurry i didnt even change it . Question, at f/11 will i be able to obtain the same dof i did in some of the pics?

Thanks for the feedback, im going to try using those settings this thursday with my new tamron 17-50 2.8. Cant wait!

I kinda like to use a larger aperture (smaller f#) for cars at this distance. With my 50mm f1.8 I stick at f2.5-3.2. It really makes the car stand out from a background.

In other words, I disagree with the other poster...:greenpbl:

Thanks! I like to stick between 1.8 and 3.5 as well b/c of the exact reason you said as well. Thanks for the C&C, anyone got some more? =D

 

[o hey tyler]

From shooting wide open in the first shot, you do not have sufficient DoF. The out of focus area near the tire draws my eye. If you were shooting on a smaller aperture, that wouldn't have happened. For example, f/5.6 - f/8 is probably where that lens is the most optically sound. Shooting on f/5.6 would give you good DoF, sharpness, and still render nice out of focus areas.

I didn't look at all your shots, because there are a lot and they're not numbered.

Also, you can't change your ISO in post processing. However if you are using lightroom, the "Detail" panel has noise reduction in it, as well as sharpening. Using those will also really clean up your images as well.

 

[ghache]

From shooting wide open in the first shot, you do not have sufficient DoF. The out of focus area near the tire draws my eye. If you were shooting on a smaller aperture, that wouldn't have happened. For example, f/5.6 - f/8 is probably where that lens is the most optically sound. Shooting on f/5.6 would give you good DoF, sharpness, and still render nice out of focus areas.

I didn't look at all your shots, because there are a lot and they're not numbered.

Also, you can't change your ISO in post processing. However if you are using lightroom, the "Detail" panel has noise reduction in it, as well as sharpening. Using those will also really clean up your images as well.

Lighroom sharpening is baddddddd
for car photography....no so much

 

[o hey tyler]

I was referring to the details panel mostly for the noise reduction. I'm sure a low level of sharpening in noise reduction would do worlds for these images, even if it is just in Lightroom.

 

[alwaysbored786]

From shooting wide open in the first shot, you do not have sufficient DoF. The out of focus area near the tire draws my eye. If you were shooting on a smaller aperture, that wouldn't have happened. For example, f/5.6 - f/8 is probably where that lens is the most optically sound. Shooting on f/5.6 would give you good DoF, sharpness, and still render nice out of focus areas.

I didn't look at all your shots, because there are a lot and they're not numbered.

Also, you can't change your ISO in post processing. However if you are using lightroom, the "Detail" panel has noise reduction in it, as well as sharpening. Using those will also really clean up your images as well.

Hmm, tips you gave for #1 make a lot of sense, i honestly dont like that picture too much anyways, i should have composed it better.

As for changing the ISO, i was referring to me forgetting to change it while shooting, i know you cant change iso in PP. In some of the pics, i think noise actually adds to the effect I was going for....not all pics, just like 2 haha.

Thanks for the tips .