Oh, by the way, I appaulogize for how pathetic my car looks with the stock rims, the 17s will be going on once Im sure the snow is done.....(you never can be too sure in the midwest....)

 

thanks for hijacking my thread! lol jk man, your car's lookin good! i gotta clean my engine bay too..there's so much dust in there..

 

hahahahah.. OWN3D!!! jk

both your cars look real good.. and bobaab, those are some cool lookin night shots u got..

 

too dark...

but hell i hate the f*ckin 45 time limit

 

COLDBLOODED!

 

Looks good bobaab, but stock?!?!?

 

yep..going with the stock look..just have a K-bar under the hood for now

thanks for everyone's replies, keep em coming. im working on my photography skills but i think this camera is holding me back a little bit..but i don't like blaming the machine rather than the person using it

keep the replies coming!!

 

well the equipment is part of it. Please don't get offended, this is all constructive:

you need more light. Flash is fine, but use it for fill-in. Some background light would be great. Even a streetlight. But then you need a longish exposure. 4-8 seconds. Some cameras cant do that. I usually drive somewhere where there's interesting light. Your driveway (??) is way too dark. Even if you used like a 20 second exposure, I dont think you'd see much more detail.. and then you'd have more noise. Less is better but a few seconds can add some neat effects. Here's a shot I took at an office building. I did adjust some of the saturation and temperature to extremes for effect in post, but the light was all natural. 6 seconds I think. The taillights added a light source as well.

That shot of the orange sky would be great if you lit up the car more with a light source or flash (low-powered).

 

thanks for the input! that's great advice..

but..

unfortunately, my digital camera can't do that..all it has is a "Night" mode..it just has a longer exposure chosen by the camera automatically. i have a 35mm Canon EOS camera but i don't want to go through getting the picture developed and wondering what it will look like. I mean you can take REALLY great pics with that camera, it's just that when taking night photo's, it's alittler harder to predict how it will turn out without much experience.

ill try to get a better camera in the future, i'm looking into the Canon EOS digital camera since i have had success with the 35mm version. And plus, this series has been out for nearly 20 years now..that has to say something.

Well thanks for the input, i'll definately work on it!!

 

excuse my camera ignorance, but what does exposure actually do? because i tried using that before and it didnt do jack for me. but i guess im camera illiterate and dont know what to expect from the pictures anyway..

 

great reference site: dpreview.com

if you've used a film SLR (in manual mode), then you're already way ahead of most. The digital rebel is a nice piece.. $1000 for kit! But there are some really nice point and shoots with fully manual functions (powershot S50 for example) for a really good price. I'm an amateur myself and use an s45.

you can find all the photo basics thru a google search.

But real quick:
it's all about light. exposure is how the film or ccd is 'exposed' to light.

shutter speed: time film or CCD is exposed to light. anything longer than 1/30 really should use a tripod. You should actually always try to use a tripod (or set it down on something)
aperture: iris that controls how much light comes in as well as depth of field. larger f-stop number = smaller iris = everything in focus. smaller f-stop = large iris = only subject in focus.

exposure is a combo of shutter speed and f-stop. if you increase the f-stop number, then you need more light cuz you closed your iris, so you need slower shutter speed and vice versa

then theres the light source. If you have light from background, even in daylight, use fill-in flash if necessary and you dont want silhouette. Night time, need long exposures and def a tripod (or set it down).

if your camera has a 'night' mode, then turn on the flash as well if possible. that should help. just dont reflect the flash right back into the lens. use an angle.

 

rocketscience, you are the nicest evo owner.

 

well thanks..

we all like cars. Photography is another hobby. Nothing better than getting some input from people who have some experience in something. anything.

 

thx again for the advice, i didnt even think about using the flash. ill try that also, thx!

 

wow...cars are looking good!!! to bad i am also camera illiterate