Honda Ciivic C&C

c.a.r. · Apr 24, 2011

I have 2 photos, both unedited, and in the exact same angle. The first was 30 second shutter, f5.6 and iso 400. The second only difference was 2.5 second shutter and using HID headlights for the lighting, it was all i had on hand. Comments welcome, and any editing tips.

Stryker · Apr 24, 2011

May we know what you want to show in the two photos. Is it the grafitti, the car, the refection, shadows, etc???

FranDaMan · Apr 24, 2011

^^^^^^^^ +1

It's hard to see what the subject is

coldmm803 · Apr 24, 2011

Hi c.a.r., As the others said, with the current crop, it is difficult to determine what you're focus is. I'm new to photography so take my word for what you will. I think both shots can be improved by shrinking the hight of the photos. This decreases the amount of water in the frame drawing more attention to the reflection and the car itself. It is good that you have the front wheel turned in a little to face the camera.
Of the two photos, I think the first one, without the HID lighting is better. The HID's cause the car to be overexposed, washing out details (side molding, body panel lines...). The HID's also cast a shadow of the car on the wall.
Back to the first one. With a little post processing you can bring out a bit of detail and brighten up the photo. The first thing I would do is adjust the white balance and tint to get rid of the pinkish tone. I expect that the car is white, as the viewer, I shouldn't have to guess.
Here is a quick edit done in Lightroom. I also added some vignette to darken the corners of the shot and draw more attention to the center.

_MG_0134 by coldmm803, on Flickr

lyonsroar · Apr 24, 2011

^ that's a little better

The WB is off in both pictures. Really bad. That is a white car right? Not pink, or light blue, or washed out yellow. It should look white.