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[Driver500]

So I'm trying to continue improving my photography.

When I first started I was tempted to jack up the contrast and black level to go for a less accurate but more stylized picture.

That resulted in pics like this.

Since then I've dialed back the editing to end up with a more natural photo, but still haven't quite gotten the results I'm after.

These are a couple from my latest effort from the Monte Carlo thread.

To me they are more natural, but still don't quite have that super slick look other people are able to get. The light didn't help in some of the Monte Pics. Mid day sun with hard surfaces all around.

Camera for the Monte was a Canon t3I. Camera for the first pics was a Canon non DSLR 10MP.

What do you guys think on the difference in the editing style? Ideas on improving?

 

[HYBRED]

Honest advice? Forget editing. Learn how to take a better pre-processed photo. Post can make a good picture great, but it can't make a bad picture good.

To start - Focus on lighting. In your Monte pics, you're either shooting towards your light source, or at an odd angle to it, creating shadows on your subject. This kills detail, dulls the color, and creates hot spots and glares on the areas that are catching light. If part of the car is lit and part isn't, as in the second photo, it also makes it much more difficult to properly expose the entire subject.

 

[Humboldt1498]

Like Hybred said, start by thinking more about lighting. If you're going to regularly shot cars look into a circular polarizing filter too.

 

[Driver500]

thanks for the feedback...

 

[punchit]

Not to hijack the thread but this might help both of us. I think we both need the basics and wanted to get some opinions from the pro's. I have a canon d60 and have seen multiple threads with tortorial after tortorial but it is very overwhelming. Where can one start with just the basics of learning the camera other then the owners manual?

 

[mi_l123]

Not to hijack the thread but this might help both of us. I think we both need the basics and wanted to get some opinions from the pro's. I have a canon d60 and have seen multiple threads with tortorial after tortorial but it is very overwhelming. Where can one start with just the basics of learning the camera other then the owners manual?

youtube

 

[SpectorV]

ive been on http://www.adorama.com/ before they have tons of videos you can watch and pick up some stuff to try