Sunset pics

[Spikito]

ok so I am by no means a good photographer...i do pretty good with stuff up close, like food, but never been good with my car.

anyway, the sunset looked cool today from my new apt. about halfway through i thought hey, i just washed the car. There's an empty lot behind behind a building right by my complex. its the back of the building where theres loading docks.

anyway,,hauled ass over there, snapped some shots, want some opinions.

these where dont with a Canon Elph SD450. 5 megapixel. i forgot my tripod, and was kinda shaky for some reason. so remember, i took about 30 pics in 5 mins. no tripid, lenses, lights, nothin...just hand held real quick, so dont bash me.

i though all these pics where either too bright, or too dark. first time, oh well.









the only one i really like




my car looks too high in this one...but i promise its not...its cuz the camera is tilted up.

[Spikito]

didnt mean to make that one bigger, oops.

anyway, if anyones got editing software and wants to play around...ill send you originals


edit: so im looking through the originals full sized for the first time, now that i mentioned it..and i see these pics are grainy as hell....FML.....musta been too dark. i know with the flash off they were too blurry

[Mean Green Z28]

I like that 1st shot, send me the original for it so I can play ...

t b u r a h 1 "at" g m a i l . c o m

I am by no means that good at Photoshop either so don't expect much ... lol

[Y2KPewterSS]

Well, you fall into my category of photography skills, but still decent pics.

[cammed goat]

First one.

[ss~zoso~ss]

your car looks higher because you had the wheels turned the wrong way, rookie mistake! lol, nice car dude

[Spikito]

your car looks higher because you had the wheels turned the wrong way, rookie mistake! lol, nice car dude

well thats just how i parked, lol...i was in a hurry, i just pulld a u-turn and stopped. but i have pics with them both directions.

[Spikito]

and like i said in the OP...i generally take shots of small things, up close, not quite macro range, but almost...and ive done crazy long shutter stuff...this is new to me. and its a $100 target camera, lol

[WyomingSS]

great pictures--

[Mr. Luos]

Looks good!!!


Been meaning to try to get to a certain location when the sun is setting here. Just haven't had the time or the right circumstance.

[Wyoming T/A]

last year during a forest fire west of Cody,Wy--got these shots--no car,sorry--did make for some good pictures

[DarkDestiny]

Nice looks great, what kinda camera you runnin?

[third_shift|studios]

Shooting into the sun is VERY difficult. If you have photoshop-i suggest you shoot one photo getting the background in perfect exposure, then do another shot with the foreground in good exposure, then blend them. (you'll need a tripod or stack of books to ensure they overlap perfectly).

Another thing you can do is shoot with the sun setting to the far right or left and the car is angled in the opposite direction, that way the sun is lighting the side of the car facing: you.

camera

SUN________ /(car angle)

[Spikito]

nice diagram jaison, lol but yeah. good advice, thanks....a buddy of mine told me the same thing about blending two images.

[Spikito]

Nice looks great, what kinda camera you runnin?

are you talking to me or the guy right above you?