Cars and Coffee

onehundredoctane · Sep 5, 2012

I've been attending a few local Cars and Coffee meets for the last couple of months, it's always a free for all and huge crowds, getting decent shots of the cars is usually not possible. I've snapped a few I figured I'd share. I'll try not to let this be a thread where a few pics get posted and the thread dies off! So be prepared to see a few new pics each month

while snapping these random pics I'm trying to improve my "eye" for what makes a good photo, improve my editing and like the rest of you. . . become a better photographer.

Pic1
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8298/7934288650_b8fcb2c7e9_b.jpg

- Purpose:
I wanted emphasis on the "GT-R" emblem (obviously) because Nissan has made such a rich racing history for the GT-R in Japan which has just in the past few years been brought over to the United States. Overall I was aiming for a finished product comparable to what you would see in a sales brochure at a dealership, yes I know it's not perfect that is why I have included some critiques of my own.

Critiques:
- Yes I realize the surface of the car has a little road grime on it, I can't go around cleaning other peoples cars just for one shot, and I didn't feel like editing it out since the car actually gets driven and doesn't live it's life under a car cover.

-The car in the background looks overly saturated and probably should've been edited out.

-The person in the back ground and the lisense plate both need to go.

Sid51 · Sep 18, 2012

onehundredoctane said:
Yes I realize the surface of the car has a little road grime on it, I can't go around cleaning other peoples cars just for one shot, and I didn't feel like editing it out since the car actually gets driven and doesn't live it's life under a car cover.

Hahahah that would be funny.
Anyway, i liked the picture!

Tony S · Sep 18, 2012

Either include the tail light or get rid of it completely, for me it's a distraction. Focusing more on the GT insignia and shoot with a smaller aperture so the Nissan emblem is a bit more recongnizeable might work better for what you were trying to convey. Composing that way would at least eliminate the other distractions you pointed out on your own.