Friend's Car

[dirty1thirdee]

I took these photos of my friends car, and I thought they came out pretty good for the 5 rushed minutes that we were there.







I didn't have any equipment with me except for my D70s and 18-70mm lens, so shooting these were a little difficult. C&C welcome.

 

[W.Smith]

I took these photos of my friends car, and I thought they came out pretty good for the 5 rushed minutes that we were there.

I didn't have any equipment with me except for my D70s and 18-70mm lens, so shooting these were a little difficult. C&C welcome.

So, what would you have done differently, given a choice of equipment?

 

[dirty1thirdee]

Well, for one I would have used a tripod so I could have a better choice of angles other than what a curb and some stairs provided. I would have placed a flash off to the side of the car to get better lighting on it and to show the contour of the hood.

 

[bitteraspects]

i might suggest a tighter crop for these. otherwise, rushed or not, the came out good.

 

[ShootHoops]

I don't know what it is, but I like something about #1.

 

[dirty1thirdee]

Thanks for the comments!

I was going to crop out the bottom and left sides on the first one, but I kinda like it how it is.

 

[bitteraspects]

nah, the first one is nice the way it is with the cityscape. i ment the other two could use a tighter crop.

 

[LaFoto]

In the first, the primary subject gets a little lost since the car (and it is about the CAR, this photo, isn't it) is all in the shadows plus it is a bit small, BUT ... I still like this photo best of all.
This may have two reasons:
a) car photos don't talk to me as much as they do to others and
b) composition, chosen aperture, exposure and buildings in that first one look so nice!
Therefore - and you have already come to the same conclusion - I would not touch that one at all, I would forget ALL about cropping! It is good as it is! (It just isn't a Photo Of The Car ).