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Oct 15, 2011 18:11:39   #
Dawn Loc: South Alabama
 
I'm hoping for some help with cropping suggestions for the following subject. I'm not happy with any of the exposures of these. I'm just looking for some cropping advise and / or techniques to use when I reshoot this weekend. I don't want the whole car in the picture.... I just don't have a feel for where the cutoff points are. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you =)







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Oct 15, 2011 18:19:13   #
ShakyShutter Loc: Arizona
 
Take a little ladder to get yourself up a little, this will eliminate the sky which is giving you exposure problems in a couple of these.

If you have enough room to get back and achieve the same framing using a little more telephoto and at the same time get up a little this would help separate the car from the background. It will apparently bring the background closer but it will be more out of focus. If your careful with your fstop you can shoot using a minimum fstop again throwing the background out of focus, but you need to maintain about 12ft of depth of field (the length of the car).

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Oct 15, 2011 18:21:37   #
Dawn Loc: South Alabama
 
This is one I did 2 years ago and I don't feel I got it right...



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Oct 15, 2011 18:22:41   #
robduncanphotography Loc: SF Bay Area
 
There really isn't anything wrong with the composition with these shots. Can you be a little more specific with what you are trying to achieve with these shots? Cropping can be tricky when you are just wanting just pieces of a car. Normally it's best to show the entire subject unless the car has some special feature you are wanting to show off. I have a bunch of automotive shots on my website. Take a look and see if any of the partial shots suit what you are trying to accomplish.

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Oct 15, 2011 18:25:52   #
Dawn Loc: South Alabama
 
ShakyShutter wrote:
Take a little ladder to get yourself up a little, this will eliminate the sky which is giving you exposure problems in a couple of these.

If you have enough room to get back and achieve the same framing using a little more telephoto and at the same time get up a little this would help separate the car from the background. It will apparently bring the background closer but it will be more out of focus. If your careful with your fstop you can shoot using a minimum fstop again throwing the background out of focus, but you need to maintain about 12ft of depth of field (the length of the car).
Take a little ladder to get yourself up a little, ... (show quote)



Thank you so much ShakyShutter...=)

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Oct 15, 2011 18:27:25   #
Dawn Loc: South Alabama
 
robduncanphotography wrote:
There really isn't anything wrong with the composition with these shots. Can you be a little more specific with what you are trying to achieve with these shots? Cropping can be tricky when you are just wanting just pieces of a car. Normally it's best to show the entire subject unless the car has some special feature you are wanting to show off. I have a bunch of automotive shots on my website. Take a look and see if any of the partial shots suit what you are trying to accomplish.


Thank you RD, I will do that now. =)

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Oct 15, 2011 18:32:12   #
robduncanphotography Loc: SF Bay Area
 
Dawn wrote:
This is one I did 2 years ago and I don't feel I got it right...


I like this shot, but I think it would have been better if you hadn't cut the bottom of the wheel off. But the overall composition is good.

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Oct 15, 2011 18:39:52   #
MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy
 
I don't do and never had tried auto photography, there is an art to to, showing off the curves of the car and not getting distracting reflections.

My only comment on your shots would be try not getting so much pavement in the shot, the bottom 1/3 of each photo is parking lot, I think that real estate could be used to show off the beautiful car a little more.

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Oct 15, 2011 18:40:03   #
ShakyShutter Loc: Arizona
 
I was going to say here go look at these examples until I realized they violated every thing I just told you about. Some shot high some shot very low with very little regard to background intrusion into the body lines or depth of field.

Don't forget to that these have been Photoshopped to a fare-the-well to maximize the features of the car. Lighting was totally controlled in all these examples.

http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-family-performance-cars/

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Oct 15, 2011 18:50:09   #
Dawn Loc: South Alabama
 
robduncanphotography wrote:
Dawn wrote:
This is one I did 2 years ago and I don't feel I got it right...


I like this shot, but I think it would have been better if you hadn't cut the bottom of the wheel off. But the overall composition is good.



Exactly! I have this one hanging in my office at work and I shake my head every time I look at it. Wheel is cut off and then I'm not sure about whether or not I should have captured the whole window..and maybe got at least to the middle of the grill...I really want to get this one right..

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Oct 15, 2011 19:10:04   #
robduncanphotography Loc: SF Bay Area
 
Take your time and play around with the composition. See what looks good. Use the rule of thirds, that helps me out a lot.

I take it you have a thing for Cameros? Use that passion and capture what you love so much about them. Capture the essence of the car. Lighting is also very important, it looked like you were shooting into the sun in the first shots. If you put the sun to your back just before it goes down or just after sunrise (golden hour) it will improve the images tenfold. This is an example of that with my own boring truck.



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Oct 15, 2011 19:32:09   #
Dawn Loc: South Alabama
 
Thank you all for your comments...thank you ShakeyShutter for the link..If I had a phenomenal background as the shot taken on the bridge I would definitely go with a full car body shot.I love that shot!

MWAC..I agree there is an art to auto photography & I'm lacking..=)

RD ..enjoyed looking at your pictures. Thank you so much for the advice ..there is just one thing wrong with your truck picture though...there is no bowtie in the grill..=))

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Oct 15, 2011 19:38:55   #
robduncanphotography Loc: SF Bay Area
 
HAHAHA, thats right, no bow tie. I wont comment any further than that.... ;-)

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Oct 15, 2011 20:01:48   #
RockinRobinG Loc: The Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska
 
Dawn wrote:
I'm hoping for some help with cropping suggestions for the following subject. I'm not happy with any of the exposures of these. I'm just looking for some cropping advise and / or techniques to use when I reshoot this weekend. I don't want the whole car in the picture.... I just don't have a feel for where the cutoff points are. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you =)


I took the liberty to have a little fun with the second one. Removed parking stripes, cropped a lot, blurred the background, and gave it a little "bling" to boot.

Original
Original...

Crop/edit
Crop/edit...

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Oct 15, 2011 20:29:29   #
Dawn Loc: South Alabama
 
Thank you RockingRobinG...I love it! Looks like a poster...Did you do this in CS5?

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