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I've had a few members ask me for some more pictures of my car, so I decided on Monday that I'd head out to some hip locations and take some pictures. The result : The first pictures I take come out as decent as my previous attempts do. Crisp, reflective, etc. But then 2/3rds of the neon turns darkish. The ones I really liked the location of. Is it because it was really bright outside? That makes no sense though. I have no idea what I am talking about.

Dear 2gn, please help this camera noob figure out how the hell to work a camera please.

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Here be darkness.






the ramblings of a mad man at 1 am

try using a fill flash....something angled toward the darkspot, with a soft filter, using ttl metering

Damn, looks really good man! Sucks that you can't get the right lighting.

stop taking pictures at Target and you'll be fine.

*ooooooo..... oooooooo. oooooooo...... ooooooooooooo........* [/super troopers]


so sexy... makes me rethink my lip kit.... oh wait, i was already rethinking it.....

MoxHairR/T wrote:stop taking pictures at Target and you'll be fine.

Target Greatland.

Pimp on Josh, pimp on.

i really love this blue every picture i see it in looks freaking amazing.

lolelectricbluesxt wrote:

MoxHairR/T wrote:stop taking pictures at Target and you'll be fine.

Target Greatland.

wow.. I thought all the Greatland's were converted to Super Target's. At least thats how it was in this territory.

(Used to be a Senior Team Lead for the Target Corp. Store 818 in Ft. Myers, the store I was stationed out of, converted, along with the Sawgrass store and about 20 other Greatlands in the southern half of the U.S.)

Can you guess how I knew it was a Target?

Car looks good. I ordered my Zaino Kit so hopefully my car will shine like that soon.

Zaino FTMFW!!!

But Josh needs to come over and let me redo it....

lambostealth wrote:Zaino FTMFW!!!

But Josh needs to come over and let me redo it....

Wanna do mine? My elbow hurts thinking about it.

Looks sharp!

MoxHairR/T wrote:

lambostealth wrote:Zaino FTMFW!!!

But Josh needs to come over and let me redo it....

Wanna do mine? My elbow hurts thinking about it.

Bring it over when you come out to cali. you bet I'll do it!

MoxHairR/T wrote:

lolelectricbluesxt wrote:

MoxHairR/T wrote:stop taking pictures at Target and you'll be fine.

Target Greatland.

wow.. I thought all the Greatland's were converted to Super Target's. At least thats how it was in this territory.

(Used to be a Senior Team Lead for the Target Corp. Store 818 in Ft. Myers, the store I was stationed out of, converted, along with the Sawgrass store and about 20 other Greatlands in the southern half of the U.S.)

Can you guess how I knew it was a Target?

Car looks good. I ordered my Zaino Kit so hopefully my car will shine like that soon.

The red sign on the door... I work at the Sawgrass 1 overnight.

Oh I'm glad I just didnt straight up double side tape my sideskirts and not do any screws. Because. Well. Drivers side did not hold.

lolelectricbluesxt wrote:Oh I'm glad I just didnt straight up double side tape my sideskirts and not do any screws. Because. Well. Drivers side did not hold.

I think I'll go put some screws in mine now.






But seriously...

I miss my wheels.....

lambostealth wrote:I miss my wheels.....

Yeah, I got a great deal on them!

Thanks for the comments guys, and the tip fearingdark

Supermanneon wrote:The red sign on the door... I work at the Sawgrass 1 overnight.

Is Mr. Mori still the STL there?

Well, you parked next to a WHITE building on that very first pic. Next set of pics you are near a dark colored building. White/light buildings behind/near the car will reflect sunlight onto the car.

Try some near a light building, but not when the sun is crazy bright and/or noontime. I'm sure you already know that to get nice, soft light (not harsh highlights/reflections) you shoot as dusk/dawn. When the sun is going down is easier cuz you don't have to wake up so early

MoxHair wrote: Can you guess how I knew it was a Target?

Car looks good. I ordered my Zaino Kit so hopefully my car will shine like that soon.

because of the "dimonds" in the stripe around the top

Going thru ur pics, I see you had it on 'auto'. It kept adjusting the exposure on each shot.

The first pic you posted (that you liked):

Camera Make: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Camera Model: KODAK CX7430 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Image Date: 2007:05:09 16:46:05
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 5.6mm (35mm equivalent: 34mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0056 s (1/180)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 80
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

New pics:

Camera Make: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Camera Model: KODAK CX7430 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Image Date: 2007:05:21 12:53:18
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 5.6mm (35mm equivalent: 34mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0029 s (1/350)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 80
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

Camera Make: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Camera Model: KODAK CX7430 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Image Date: 2007:05:21 12:53:04
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 5.6mm (35mm equivalent: 34mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 80
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

Camera Make: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Camera Model: KODAK CX7430 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Image Date: 2007:05:21 13:23:31
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 5.6mm (35mm equivalent: 34mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0010 s (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 80
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

My recommendations are these:
Don't shoot midday. That is where you will get most of your "darkness" on the bottom of the car, because all the sunlight is coming from ABOVE. Unless you are parked on white pavement, there's not going to be any light reflecting back up at your car to light up the side/bottom of the car.
If you notice, the pic that you liked was taken around 4 pm. Amazing what a difference there is between 1pm to 4pm.

If your cam has a manual mode (or aperature/shutter priority mode), mess with it. Just see what different settings do. I see that your cam has "Exposure compensation: +/- 2.0 EV in 0.5 EV step increments" I believe you can adjust that manually.

But really, since the cam isn't a DLSR or anything, your best bet is just to leave it on auto and shoot at the correct time of the day

I <3 your rims btw.

Wow. Way to thread resurrect Jess

LOL sorry. I didn't even notice. Hmm. How did I manage that one. I must have been linked from another thread haha

01rtgurl has got it down. dawn and dusk are the best times of the day to shoot because it is the best lighting. also if your uploading program happens to let you edit your photos, try messing around with that stuff and you can really up your picture quality. even better if you have photoshop then use that.