Any tips for night pics? Could use help

[BigRocsFirebird]

Just wondering if anyone could give some tips. I'm posting a couple pics of a lot that i've taken. I took pics of friends cars also. i've got a lot to learn and anything could help, thanks.
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[sweetbmxrider]

what are you looking to correct or improve on? i mean the main thing is light. the yellow street lights give you that yellow tint. leaving the lights on the car with a long shutter creates the blurry lights and colors the area around it. if your source light is behind your car, it will make the car darker or you will blow the light out. it really depends what you are shooting and what you are trying to accomplish. post processing helps a bunch. I try to keep say a street light or a building light out of the frame unless it is part of the picture like in the parking garage or the building sign. don't be afraid to crop either!

i like 12 too, makes that 6er look fast. only thing is the blue lines. i don't like when they intersect the car unless it is part of the picture.

shoot in aperture priority too if you don't already. expose for the car or whatever you want exposed and adjust your overall exposure if you want the picture a little more over or under exposed. depending how close or far you are from the car, f8-11 tends to be the sweet spot for most lenses giving you the sharpest picture. I try to shoot the same pic a few times and see what works best on my computer.

You can also shoot the same pic twice, exposing once for the background and once for the car. as long as the two aren't drastically different, you can layer the foreground into the background and have a pretty cool shot. its all your preference and what your style is though. can't please everyone so just please yourself

[maroman88]

that saleen is NICE

[BigRocsFirebird]

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

what are you looking to correct or improve on? i mean the main thing is light. the yellow street lights give you that yellow tint. leaving the lights on the car with a long shutter creates the blurry lights and colors the area around it. if your source light is behind your car, it will make the car darker or you will blow the light out. it really depends what you are shooting and what you are trying to accomplish. post processing helps a bunch. I try to keep say a street light or a building light out of the frame unless it is part of the picture like in the parking garage or the building sign. don't be afraid to crop either!

i like 12 too, makes that 6er look fast. only thing is the blue lines. i don't like when they intersect the car unless it is part of the picture.

shoot in aperture priority too if you don't already. expose for the car or whatever you want exposed and adjust your overall exposure if you want the picture a little more over or under exposed. depending how close or far you are from the car, f8-11 tends to be the sweet spot for most lenses giving you the sharpest picture. I try to shoot the same pic a few times and see what works best on my computer.

You can also shoot the same pic twice, exposing once for the background and once for the car. as long as the two aren't drastically different, you can layer the foreground into the background and have a pretty cool shot. its all your preference and what your style is though. can't please everyone so just please yourself

yeah i see what you mean. i just feel like my shots are not good

Originally Posted by maroman88

that saleen is NICE

yeah if it wasnt for me he wouldnt have it still. i've saved him so much money on that thing. i do all the work on it lol. he was talking about tradeing it for my firebird

[WiMiMc]

like stated above its in the light sources/exposure. make sure the camera is white balanced correctly. if you have photoshop, aperture, or some other photo editing you can mess with the levels and change the color of the photo.

if its at night you'll want a larger opening on the aperture, completely open or f/1 or f/1.4.

if theres enough light then close it down, closing it down will increase your depth of field, (things in the distances will be in focus)

you want the light source to either be above or behind the camera,

[Knipps]

Invest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_card

Don't expect good results with something you printed off the internet...

[Featherburner]

Originally Posted by BigRocsFirebird

Just wondering if anyone could give some tips.

Here's one. Get rims with the proper back spacing for your car. Your pictures will instantly look better.

[sweetbmxrider]

i think you could improve your composition some. if you are wanting your car as the center of attention, you gotta make it that. you don't have to necessarily fill the frame but a large portion should be the object of interest.

[WiMiMc]

Originally Posted by Knipps

Invest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_card

Don't expect good results with something you printed off the internet...

though you could get one for a few bucks

[BigRocsFirebird]

Originally Posted by Featherburner

Here's one. Get rims with the proper back spacing for your car. Your pictures will instantly look better.

honestly i could care less. i've got my fox body that i replaced almost every part on the car and did some motor work and twin turbos soon. and i'm buying a 2011 mustang or f150. so this car wont be around much, but thanks tho

[maroman88]

Originally Posted by BigRocsFirebird

honestly i could care less. i've got my fox body that i replaced almost every part on the car and did some motor work and twin turbos soon. and i'm buying a 2011 mustang or f150. so this car wont be around much, but thanks tho

guess ur friends are good convincers... seeing as tho u have pics of mustangs and f150's

[deadtrend1]

What is up with the super duty mirrors on that F150? Are they available like that?

[BigRocsFirebird]

Originally Posted by maroman88

guess ur friends are good convincers... seeing as tho u have pics of mustangs and f150's

well my mom had a chevy tahoe back in 97 then our neightbor informed us he's a ford dealer and pretty high up. ever since then hes hooked us up with trucks since my mom gets a new one every 2 years and we buy 2 f-250 superdutys every year. my moms is the same as the blue one in the picture. that's my friends parents they got one cause they loved ours. but i've always loved the mustangs cause i grew up with my dads 83 gt.

i bought the firebird cause of matt (DaSkinnyGuy). turns out i love the f-body also. This wont be my last one. I had to get a v6 cause my mom was to scared i like going fast and burnouts and all that good stuff. But since i always loved mustangs i got a fox body and rebuilt from bottom up in the past 7 months. The kid with the saleen is my best friend. He only got it cause i wanted a mustang so his parents bought him that. The other mustang is a freind from school. He busted my balls all day for buying a mustang then he gets one.

I always liked the fords cause i grew up with them. I'm also loving the f-bodys though. I like the fact that people with f-bodys with talk with you and are pretty cool. So i can see myself getting another or maybe even buying a corvette.

After taking a ride in that blue one in the picture next to the f-150 it sucked me in. that thing is pretty quick although hes got a ton of money put into it. hes been building it from groung up. hes become a great friend of mine and before i met the guy i made fun of the shopping cart handle wing on the back. but everything is put togeather nice when in person. he does circuit racing. i've seen him take some turns well over 90mph and the thing takes it like its nothing. i can't wait till his supercharger is put on.

Originally Posted by deadtrend1

What is up with the super duty mirrors on that F150? Are they available like that?

I believe that is standerd for the 2010 f-150s. they are huge like dumbo mirrors but it's so much nicer to use than the smaller ones. looks funny but i like it.

[deadtrend1]

Standard mirrors don't are smaller, with the option of the turn signal in it. Just did t know if he swapped for those and color matched the paint.

[BigRocsFirebird]

Originally Posted by deadtrend1

Standard mirrors don't are smaller, with the option of the turn signal in it. Just did t know if he swapped for those and color matched the paint.

i'm not sure mine is the same way with the color matched paint

[B4C]

Those mirrors come with the factory towing package, the standard ones are smaller

[Jersey_TA]

Nice pics man. I know I try to stay FAR away from lots/lighting that's yellow. I always use my tripod at night. Your pics look pretty good though