some "creative" pics

[mynameisbob28]

washed and waxed my car the other night, and as usual, when i wash and wax i go take some pics, and i got some that i REALLY like... here is the whole album, the new ones start with the numbered ones
http://www.pbase.com/mynameisbob28/my_car&page=5

and the good pics:

let me know what you think of the pics (i know the car needs some work, but with money, it will all come together)

 

[[civic]]

Love the brickhouse background you chose.

 

[mizjif]

sweet man, i love takin care of my car too...im gonna take care of her like that and take some nice pics too...good work

 

[mynameisbob28]

Love the brickhouse background you chose.

thats the middle school that i went to. its right by the high school i'm at now (maybe that explains why my car still looks pretty much stock... i'm only in high school). thanks for the compliments guys

 

[anfrey]

very nice shots. i would have adjusted the aperture a bit for the night shots

 

[mynameisbob28]

very nice shots. i would have adjusted the aperture a bit for the night shots

yeah, i just put it on auto and took the pics, i didnt feel like messing with too many settings... they were long shutter speeds, so the aperture and shutter speed leveled each other out, i just probably would have gotten some different results with different settings... maybe next time i'll play around with that.

 

[flipmoderacer02]

those are some nice pics...

 

[anfrey]

if use a larger aperture (smaller number, btw) and lower the exposition a bit the lights look really sweet... as would using some filters (polarizer, star filter, etc)

all in all, very nice shots what digi do u have? play around with aperture and exposure, and learn about depth of field a tiny little knowledge creates impressive results. when i'm taking serious pics i never use auto mode, always manual.. and i know VERY VERY LITTLE about digital photography or photography in general

 

[mynameisbob28]

i actually know a bit about photography, i've taken photo 1 in high school, taking photo 2 now. i just didnt feel like taking a lot of time. im using a canon powershot g3 camera, its my moms, so i just have to play around with it. just as im typing this i found the manual focus on the camera, and i dont like it. i wanted to get some longer exposure times with some blurred background motion, i just didnt get anything good out of it, the cars moving by on the road behind the car were moving way too fast.

 

[anfrey]

to blur the background you use a smaller aperture.

 

[mynameisbob28]

thats not exactly what i meant. I wanted to have some motion in the background, like a person walking that would be blurred due to long exposure times. the rest of the background would be in focus. but either way, a blurred background is pretty cool.

 

[anfrey]

ah i see... just make sure u have a tripod and set your aperture and exposure to get enough light and focus.

what ISO do u usually shoot at? i try to avoid going over 150

 

[mynameisbob28]

ah i see... just make sure u have a tripod and set your aperture and exposure to get enough light and focus.

what ISO do u usually shoot at? i try to avoid going over 150

i used a tripod for every one of those pictures, except the ones that are on the ground, but those the camera was sitting on the ground, so either way it wasnt moving.

I had the ISO set on auto, but i could change it to anything from 50-400 i believe.

 

[anfrey]

right on sorry if i sound like a smartass it's not my intention

 

[ner0x]

wow that thing needs some mods.

 

[mynameisbob28]

right on sorry if i sound like a smartass it's not my intention

no, not at all... as my dad always says, "its better to be a smartass than a dumbass." I appreciate the comments and tips.

 

[anfrey]

lol nice quote... sometimes i feel like i have too much willingness to help people, that i sometimes come out as an a*****e, such as when i mention things and they're pretty basic, it's not because i find that person to be an idiot or unknowledgeable, i just have no reference as to how much knowledge that person has already...

 

[mynameisbob28]

lol nice quote... sometimes i feel like i have too much willingness to help people, that i sometimes come out as an a*****e, such as when i mention things and they're pretty basic, it's not because i find that person to be an idiot or unknowledgeable, i just have no reference as to how much knowledge that person has already...

fair enough, you cant guess that ive taken a semester of photo already and halfway through another... nobody could... its all good tho.

anybody else have comments about the pics?

 

[1995honda04]

real nice pics

 

[svtec]

Cool pics !!