Random Snap Shot Thread

**dirtybird** · 01-20-2010, 02:59 PM

Yeah they did. Great work Chris!

**Cbacarella** · 01-21-2010, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by AutoEuphoria

Good pics, but Glover is off his rocker. Haitian earthquake was caused by the inaction at the global warming summit?

On topic, I really like what you did in the first one. Very creative, and perfect for the situation!

Originally Posted by lucky7

those turned out great.

Originally Posted by dirtybird

Yeah they did. Great work Chris!

Thanks everyone. I've shot in that auditorium about 3 times before and have always gotten very crappy photos. The light is VERY VERY dim and if i had my camera in Av mode would come up with about 1/8 @ 2.8 which is no good at all. I would usually shoot in M at about 1/50 @ 2.8 and get 'decent' results.

Well, from shooting with strobe so much I set my camera (for most shots) around 1/125 or 1/200 @ f/4-4.5. It blacked out almost all ambient light except the key lights the auditorium had pointing at the speakers. So it shot it as if i was shooting them with strobe. It worked much nicer than other shots i have shot there..haha

Thanks again..

.Chris.

**mdhmi** · 01-21-2010, 10:49 PM

A buddy of mine screwing around while we were waiting for the track to dry at Mid Ohio.

**littlemissGTO** · 01-24-2010, 09:22 PM

Took this one today. Sunset on an icy Mississippi River.

**Golden** · 01-28-2010, 12:51 PM

This is Toby. Obviously unedited (not that I know how to edit) form my point and shoot.

**AutoEuphoria** · 02-01-2010, 09:58 PM

Troll cookies from Zehnder's Bakery in Frankenmuth

**93 saturn sl2** · 02-02-2010, 03:12 AM

had my camera with me so I got this... I have no clue what im doing with an slr..

**Cbacarella** · 02-02-2010, 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by 93 saturn sl2

had my camera with me so I got this... I have no clue what im doing with an slr..

I dont think this is too bad at all for not knowing what you are doing. Might i make a few suggestions?

I would first make the background of the image clean. What that means is take away anything that distracs the eye from the subject(the car). So dont park in front of a party store. I start reading the signs and what not..haha. Try a brick wall or sky or something.

The second thing i would do is choose a better angle that is more flattering to the vehicle. I would suggest moving around the car by taking some steps to your left in this photos. If you would have been kinda squared up with the direction the front wheel was pointing and maybe lowered the camera down when you shot or moved it up a little the car would look nicer. Also, dont be afraid to either move closer when shooting wide, or zoom all the way in and step back a tad. Filling the frame with car also helps make the focus on the vehicle and helps take care of distracting background.

Hope that helps a bit! Go out and shoot some more, id love to see some more pics!

Btw..your car reminds me of my old mustang..

.Chris.