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12 years 3 days ago - 12 years 3 days ago #226670 by John37
I took a lens to a car show that I knew would not be the correct choice for good results. But I did so as a challenge... to force myself to see and shoot creatively. Though not masterpieces, I like them nonetheless. Not only was there the wrong lens to deal with, but the harsh mid-day lighting. Some are with fill flash. Here's my first attempt at being creative today. I used my 70-200f4. I knew I wouldn't be able to get far enough away to get full pics of the cars. CC welcomed as always. Thank you!



I was going for something by keeping the double yellow lines in the photo. I think the idea didn't translate well.


Didn't quite get the DOF right. But I learned for next time.



Is he juggling? or picking balls from the ball tree?


There was live music, too. The lens was good for this.


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12 years 3 days ago #226677 by icepics
I love the first one. But then I like doing that, getting a close up of something so that you might know what it is, but yet it looks abstract. The reflections in the chrome are interesting too. To take the idea further, you might see how this type shot looks varying your focus point, in the middle, on part of the subject closer to you, etc. The only thing I might think about is cropping a smidge off the left side to not show that slight whitish area in the lower left.

The one of the 'cowboy' is a great action shot, a nice sharp well-framed image. I see what you were going for with the cars/yellow lines but I agree it didn't quite turn out. The one of the band is nice too. You just keep getting better at this, and trying different styles (portraits, sports/action, etc.) is maybe a good way to figure out what you're best at and get practice while using your camera in different ways.
Sharon
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12 years 3 days ago #226679 by Janos
Love the first shot :judge:
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12 years 3 days ago #226681 by John37
Thanks for the feedback! Sharon, do you think it would have turned out better if the lines were closer to the cars and I was lower, and perhaps a little more left of the cars?
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12 years 3 days ago #226685 by Darrell
I really like 1 and 3, I did the same type of pics at the last car show I went to, think I got the idea from a web site, It is really cool and easier to get than the whole car sometimes....:beerbang: :beerbang:
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12 years 3 days ago - 12 years 3 days ago #226691 by John37
a couple more from the day




I know this is nowhere near a standard print size. But it's what I came up with! :lol:


Can't forget the soundman! :lol:


Two drummers in the band



Thanks for looking!
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12 years 2 days ago - 12 years 2 days ago #226711 by icepics
Maybe. Not that you can go back and reshoot, but ideas for next time, yeah I'd probably try some varying vantage points. What's interesting in the photo I think is the stair-step pattern of lines and colors of the cars; and the yellow stripes on the hood of one car seem to balance the curved yellow lines on the road.

Wonder how it would look if you played around with some different crops? I noticed looking at it again the first and second cars look sharp. (edit - Now that I look again, maybe not, not sure if that would turn out looking balanced) Most of the time I frame a photo the way I want but once in awhile if I couldn't change the vantage point but got a photo that had something I really liked and was sharp enough I'd enlarge it then crop it down. I've played around with photoshopping some, making copies and then trying different crops. Sometimes it works and sometimes I just didn't get the shot I wanted.

You really got some nice shots of the band, you seem to have framed those to get one musician with some of the instruments but managed to not get so much of the stage to have too many distractions (cords etc.)
Sharon
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12 years 2 days ago #226721 by TheNissanMan
I did exactly the same last week, I had media access, was in the middle of the track and rather than take the 100-400 kept the 50mm and 10-20mm on me instead, got some good results so was happy :)
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