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Parker · 03-18-2007, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by STi LOVE

omggggggggg yo your maddddd sickkkkkkkk lol i really like your pix man, but i just dont no how you do it.... any poiters?

it takes practice, knowledge & patience...

jon06STI · 03-18-2007, 08:28 PM

sick pics! i love that picture of the blue wrx

ghibli99 · 03-18-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Nis01

Absolutely gorgeous pictures. I've been doing a lot of research into photography for the last year and thought I'd give up on getting into it until I saw these pictures. Really have a newfound respect for what can be done with automobile still photography. Please keep posting pictures.

Thanks for the nice comments, and I'll definitely continue to post up images here. Don't give up... I've been taking pictures off and on since 1987, and only started to seriously get into it last summer. I still have a very long way to go, but it's been a fun and rewarding journey so far. Best of luck to you, and most importantly, enjoy it.

-Mike

ghibli99 · 03-18-2007, 10:29 PM

Here are a few more from last night's meet. Have a good night, folks.

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-Mike

eze13sti · 03-18-2007, 10:33 PM

pics look good!

**WESTI** · 03-18-2007, 10:36 PM

those pictures look good. THe mountaints in the background are pretty cool

STi LOVE · 03-19-2007, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Parker

it takes practice, knowledge & patience...

kk thanks ... that wasnt much help , but ok

SPNALL4 · 03-19-2007, 06:35 AM

Hey Mike - Do you mind me asking what your exposure was for 34 & 35? 34 is sick with its crisp detail of the cars an the soft flow of the water and glow of the sign. I dig the tone of all of your images. Thanks for sharing them with us. - Chad

ghibli99 · 03-19-2007, 08:23 AM

^^^ Hey Chad -- thanks a lot for the nice comments! I'll take a look at my settings when I get home. I shot everything in manual that night, and I'm usually good about remembering my exposure times, but right now (and this early in the morning), I'm having a tough time remembering.

Based on the approximate aperture on #34, and remembering how dark it was when I shot it, the exposure was probably in the 15-20 second range. I got lucky since nobody walked through the frame and no cars drove by. #35 was much shorter, since that part of the lot was brighter (and the sun hadn't completely disappeared yet). So probably about 1 second... maybe even less.

Usually, however, I can get good water flow effects with a relatively fast shutter speed of 1/8 sec:

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Handheld, no image stabilization on that one. I shot it with my nifty-fifty after having about 4 cups of coffee at breakfast.

It was like 25 degrees outside (Wah Gwin Gwin Falls in Hood River, OR), though, so my hands probably froze in place as I took it.

-Mike

Parker · 03-19-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by STi LOVE

kk thanks ... that wasnt much help , but ok

to be quite honest, there isn't really any pointers you can receive except a few that you should just read up on. Understand what aperture, shutter speed, ISO, White Balance and Metering are and how they all correlate with each other and produce a photo. When you get a better understanding of that, you'll have a better understanding of how to take shots. But this all starts with practice & patience which can't be taught. go out, shoot (a lot) and learn from your mistakes. you can't expect shots like this without some practice first. Plus, some people just have an "eye" for composition and that in itself is 90% of photography.

Parker · 03-19-2007, 02:50 PM

Post Processing helps too...most of these shots aren't directly from the camera.

Carbon///M3 · 03-19-2007, 05:14 PM

amazing shots, amazing cars, thanks for sharing

ghibli99 · 03-26-2007, 09:15 AM

Two shots for now from the Prodrive meet on Saturday:

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-Mike

SPNALL4 · 03-27-2007, 09:06 AM

Hey Mike - So I made some attempts at evening pix and came up short. Not too sure if its my camera (Sony F-717, 5mp) or my settings. I tried to liven them up with PS but still pretty drab. I live very close to 67th and 101 so I tried the shopping center but MAN, my colors are not even as close to being balanced and natural as yours. Frustrating! I do better with daylight http://web.mac.com/banninginaz/iWeb/...hotofolio.html

Got any tips for my vehicle shots?

Damn, I can't get the attach files option to work. I'll email them to you. BTW, how do you get your attachments to appear large in the thread versus small attachment images?

ghibli99 · 03-27-2007, 11:41 AM

Hey man, I got your email. I'll respond to you privately, but it's not your camera.

Oh, and I'm not using attachments for my images; I'm hosting them on Photobucket.

-Mike

03-18-2007, 10:29 PM	#49
ghibli99 Professional STI Racer Car: 08 GD3 5MT Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 809 Join Date: Sep 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Here are a few more from last night's meet. Have a good night, folks. Removed. -Mike Last edited by ghibli99 : 03-29-2007 at 11:04 PM.

03-19-2007, 08:23 AM	#54
ghibli99 Professional STI Racer Car: 08 GD3 5MT Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 809 Join Date: Sep 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	^^^ Hey Chad -- thanks a lot for the nice comments! I'll take a look at my settings when I get home. I shot everything in manual that night, and I'm usually good about remembering my exposure times, but right now (and this early in the morning), I'm having a tough time remembering. Based on the approximate aperture on #34, and remembering how dark it was when I shot it, the exposure was probably in the 15-20 second range. I got lucky since nobody walked through the frame and no cars drove by. #35 was much shorter, since that part of the lot was brighter (and the sun hadn't completely disappeared yet). So probably about 1 second... maybe even less. Usually, however, I can get good water flow effects with a relatively fast shutter speed of 1/8 sec: Removed. Handheld, no image stabilization on that one. I shot it with my nifty-fifty after having about 4 cups of coffee at breakfast. It was like 25 degrees outside (Wah Gwin Gwin Falls in Hood River, OR), though, so my hands probably froze in place as I took it. -Mike Last edited by ghibli99 : 03-29-2007 at 11:01 PM.

03-26-2007, 09:15 AM	#58
ghibli99 Professional STI Racer Car: 08 GD3 5MT Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 809 Join Date: Sep 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Two shots for now from the Prodrive meet on Saturday: Removed. -Mike Last edited by ghibli99 : 03-29-2007 at 11:01 PM.

03-27-2007, 09:06 AM	#59
SPNALL4 Junior STI Driver Car: 06 OBP Tribeca, 06 A Fav Mod: Breast Enlargement Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 53 Join Date: Feb 2007 Trader Rating: (0)	attempts Hey Mike - So I made some attempts at evening pix and came up short. Not too sure if its my camera (Sony F-717, 5mp) or my settings. I tried to liven them up with PS but still pretty drab. I live very close to 67th and 101 so I tried the shopping center but MAN, my colors are not even as close to being balanced and natural as yours. Frustrating! I do better with daylight http://web.mac.com/banninginaz/iWeb/...hotofolio.html Got any tips for my vehicle shots? Damn, I can't get the attach files option to work. I'll email them to you. BTW, how do you get your attachments to appear large in the thread versus small attachment images?

03-27-2007, 11:41 AM	#60
ghibli99 Professional STI Racer Car: 08 GD3 5MT Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 809 Join Date: Sep 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Hey man, I got your email. I'll respond to you privately, but it's not your camera. Oh, and I'm not using attachments for my images; I'm hosting them on Photobucket. -Mike This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

03-18-2007, 08:28 PM	#47
jon06STI STI Driver Car: 06 Subaru Impreza Fav Mod: 06 Subaru WRX STI Location: Mass Posts: 270 Join Date: Nov 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	sick pics! i love that picture of the blue wrx

03-18-2007, 10:33 PM	#50
eze13sti Professional STI Racer Car: 05 STi Location: corpus Posts: 768 Join Date: May 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	pics look good!

03-18-2007, 10:36 PM	#51
WESTI Gold Member Car: 06 WRB STI Fav Mod: HKS CARBON TI Location: Irvine, Ca Posts: 5,228 Join Date: Apr 2006 Trader Rating: (7)	those pictures look good. THe mountaints in the background are pretty cool

03-19-2007, 06:35 AM	#53
SPNALL4 Junior STI Driver Car: 06 OBP Tribeca, 06 A Fav Mod: Breast Enlargement Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 53 Join Date: Feb 2007 Trader Rating: (0)	Hey Mike - Do you mind me asking what your exposure was for 34 & 35? 34 is sick with its crisp detail of the cars an the soft flow of the water and glow of the sign. I dig the tone of all of your images. Thanks for sharing them with us. - Chad

03-19-2007, 02:50 PM	#56
Parker I accept bribes... Car: 06 SGM STI Location: San Diego Posts: 2,384 Join Date: Mar 2006 Trader Rating: (5)	Post Processing helps too...most of these shots aren't directly from the camera.

03-19-2007, 05:14 PM	#57
Carbon///M3 Amateur STI Driver Car: カー Fav Mod: Rogue ssk Location: Louisiana Posts: 41 Join Date: Jan 2007 Trader Rating: (0)	amazing shots, amazing cars, thanks for sharing