Went back, tried again. Don't know what to think. I have to say I like the last one that is kinda in your face cause they were the work horses of their day and it makes it look tough, even with all the rust. Weird I know! Thank you for all the suggestions!! Will try on an overcast day when we get one.
I like the in your face here.. I would try once again only stand up a lil more to show some of the hood & keep the grill up front & bottom of the image to keep that tougher than life feel. I love your subject...
Kelly, I cropped the picture more. Better or is it to much now?? Can not do anything about the glare until we have a more overcaste day. May get lucky tomorrow cause it is supposed to rain. Will see if I can get more of the top of the hood without loosing to much of the grill. BTW my husband thinks I'm nuts cause I keep running across the street to take pictures of the same thing over and over!!
If you are finding it difficult to find a cloudy day (lucky you) try during that period just before sunset or even just after. You will have to open up your aperture and you will probably need a tripod too. I have to deal with a great deal of chrome on some of the motorcycles I shoot this is one way I overcome this.
The image I have attached believe it not it was taken when it was really dark and overcast.
That's a good point. Or you could use the reflection, maybe walk around and notice where the reflection is - one side of the windshield or the other etc. - move around and 'put' the reflection where you want it. What about some golden late day sunlight and a sunset reflection in the windshield? - maybe worth a try. A good subject to try different compositions and see what works best (since this interesting looking truck isn't going anywhere!).
the last one here is the best one "the I like in your face version" wished u had left a lill more space, just a tiny bit, across from the headlight is to show sense of space..
There's a great book called, the photographers eye which gives excellent advice on composition. This subject would sit extreme right and low based on the 'rule of thirds' the headlight would be placed on the "thirds" lines being an initial, bright focal point for the viewer to start their exploration into the shot.
I've got to say that this scene lends itself beautifully to a full HDR, grunge treatment.
Where do you find these poor things! Top shot could use less contast. And I'd be tempted to reduce the saturation a little on the bottom one. I would shoot all of them a little wider (assuming you are not already at full WA). This is turning into a humorous series (in a good way).
Believe it or not they are just across the street from me. Got permission to tromp around out in the weeds of their back fourty and these are what I found. Tried to take shots of just the best looking parts of the rigs. Lots of stuff hidden in the weeds. Tried not to fall into any holes or trip over car parts as I was taking pictures! The 1st one I think I shot in vivid so it came out pretty blue to begin with but I'm pretty sure I added more contrast, not much. Will look at the original shot and compare. Backing off the saturation, not a problem. Shooting wider, that can be tricky. There is a lot of junk other than the cars out there and I tried to keep as much as possible out of my pictures. It seems just about everyone in my neighborhood has an old old junker in the back fourty. Some in better shape than others! Will keep trying and add them as I find them!! Thanks for the advice Kelly!
Fair point about keeping the compositions clean of yet more junk. But I see the weedy environment as a key element for these. Since they start to take on the spirit of a grumpy old bird refusing to leave the nest. So a little wider would let the weeds in a little more. Or sumthin like that.
I would move the camera to the left to show more greenery in front of the truck and crop out the the back wheel that can just be seen to the right of your current pic. Flip the photo horizontally so the truck is facing to the right. Most people look at photos left to right. This would be a good subject for an hdr blend if you take 3 bracketted photos about 1 stop apart.
Thank you everyone who has taken a look see at my photos!! Will keep trying. I think I need to put these old rigs in their own album to make it easier to keep track of. Looked in my user guide and it says way in the back I can buy a wide-converter and a tele-converter for my PowerShot. Now, do I spend the $$ or save it towards a big girl camera??? Hmmmmmm. Kelly, I will try to get more weeds in the pics if possible and will repost.
Rick are you talking about my very 1st picture of this thread? Or the blue jeep with the winch on front?? Either one, I will see if my program will let me reverse the picture. I haven't tried that before!!
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Thank you for all the suggestions!! Will try on an overcast day when we get one.
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