Pictures of cars.

[memento]

nah, not a mistake... a learning experience.

 

[RKRAMOS]

true true, although where I live there there aren't many parking garages, loading docks, and stuff like that. So it's hard to come across.

 

[memento]

i bet there's a Walmart!

go behind the Walmart. in the evening...

 

[RKRAMOS]

There is but it has the uneven parking deck. It's not the cool one where the trailer of the truck is backed into the ramp.

 

[coldmm803]

I agree with all the comments posted. For the fast shots, 1/60 may be too slow since you're new to this. You may want to try a shutter speed of 1/200 or 1/125 to start off, if it's not providing the effect you want then you can slow it down more. The lower the shutter speed the more stable you will need to be in your movement (rotation and camera shake).
What was meant by the snow being blown was that it is over exposed (too bright).

You can take a look at this too, a lot of good info but it is scattered Armin’s Quick and Dirty Tips and Tricks to Automotive Photography - NASIOC

 

[RKRAMOS]

So I've been doing a little experimenting and every time I take a picture I also get a black screen as if the camera isn't drawing in any light. Any suggestions?

EDIT: Every time I take a picture at 1/2000.

 

[coldmm803]

1/2000 is a very fast shutter speed, the camera is only capturing light for 0.0005 seconds. If there is not enough light, then the pic will come out black. Similarly, if you were to use a shutter speed of 30 seconds (30') in an area with bright light, the pic would come out white. As you spend more time with photography, taking pics and looking at the settings used, you should notice that just because you perceive a decent amount of light in a situation does not mean that there is.

 

[RKRAMOS]

So the slower the shutter speed the faster we would have to be going to get the speed shots correct? Sorry if I'm asking a bunch of dumb questions.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Actually, it's the opposite, to show motion blur.

Slower shutter, longer pan on a slower car, more blur, more illusion of speed.

On a fast car, since you are panning faster, the background shows blur faster, so a faster shutter speed can be used.

The trouble is, on a slow shutter, long pan, you have more risk of a blurry subject from camera movement/bad panning.

 

[RKRAMOS]

Actually, it's the opposite, to show motion blur.

Slower shutter, longer pan on a slower car, more blur, more illusion of speed.

On a fast car, since you are panning faster, the background shows blur faster, so a faster shutter speed can be used.

The trouble is, on a slow shutter, long pan, you have more risk of a blurry subject from camera movement/bad panning.

Now that I reread my statement I realized you are correct, thanks for pointing that out lol.

 

[RKRAMOS]

So I've been messing around with my camera trying to get these pictures to come out properly but they are all coming out gritty. I'm not sure what I could be doing wrong.

 

[LuckySe7en]

1&2 are too busy. I find myself looking at the background more.
3 is the best one imo

 

[RKRAMOS]

1&2 are too busy. I find myself looking at the background more.
3 is the best one imo

Thanks

 

[RKRAMOS]

So I was messing around with the Fish eye lens, let me know what you think.